Euro 2016

The European Championship will kick off on Friday, until then let's remember the groups:

GROUP A

Albania

France

Romania

Switzerland

GROUP B

England

Russia

Slovakia

Wales

GROUP C

Germany

Northern Ireland

Poland

Ukraine

GROUP D

Croatia

Czech Republic

Spain

Turkey

GROUP E

Belgium

Italy

Republic of Ireland

Sweden

GROUP F

Austria

Hungary

Iceland

Portugal

Here are the outright odds at NetBet:

France - 3.75

Germany - 4.00

Spain - 6.00

England - 9.50

Belgium - 12.00

Italy - 18.00

Portugal - 21.00

Croatia - 28.00

Austria - 41.00

Poland - 51.00

Russia - 67.00

Switzerland - 67.00

Wales - 81.00

Turkey - 81.00

Ireland - 88.25

Hungary - 90.75

Northern Ireland - 90.75

Albania - 91.75

Slovakia - 94.50

Sweden - 101.00

Romania - 101.00

Czech Republic - 101.00

Ukraine - 111.00

Iceland - 111.00

Good luck!

I'm expecting some new suprise on EURO, I hope that Croatia can do it  :o

I think Belgium will win Euro 2016 and Thomas Muller will be the best goal scorer of the competition.101 odds on bet365  :)

What a great odds you have there? I really am excited for Euro 2016, I guess it will be Switzerland who will make it on the group stage round.

Cobra Croatia if they get lucky might reach semifinals but that must be their maximum. France is without the doubt biggest favorite. I expect England to show their promise, and also think that Spain and Belgium are in really bad shape and dont deserve odds that are given to them.

Opening match takes place tonight, here are the odds at NetBet:

France vs  Romania

1.35 - 4.75 - 11.00

Good luck!

France-Romania i hope it wont be just another boring tactical opening game without many chances.

Mannixx I am sure it wont be the case, France are number 1 favorites coming into this Euro, they are playing infront of the homecrowd and they are much stronger side compared to Romania. 3-0 at least in my opinion.

Lloris-Sagna, Rami, Koscielny, Evra - Pogba, Matudi, Kante-Payet, Griezmann, Giroud

Tatarusanu-Rat, Grigore, Chiriches, Sapunaru-Stanciu, Hoban, Pintilili-Standu, Popa, Andone

Let the games begin  :D  :D

at least Romania have something to remember even they lose

festivity show <:-P <:-P <:-P

A great goal from Dimitri Payet gave France all three points after the opening match, Romania were just a few minutes away from clinching an unexpected draw.

France 2 - 1 Romania (Giroud '57, Payet '89 - Stancu '65)

Romania deserved at least draw, only Payet played on expected level, they are playing without idea, they must play much better if they want some big result here.

Romania was excellent in the first half, they had two good chances in both halves.

A chance at the start of the match it must be a goal for them, amazing how he missed with half a meter from the goal..

Three matches to enjoy today, here are the odds at NetBet:

Albania vs  Switzerland

5.40 - 3.30 - 1.80

Wales vs  Slovakia

2.90 - 2.95 - 2.80

England vs  Russia

1.86 - 3.25 - 4.90

Good luck!

Interesting facts about the national team of Albania :

This is the team with the highest number of "foreigners" in the entire European Championships.

They have 12 players who weren't born in their country.

6 of them are from Swiss, 4 from Kosovo ( Serbia ), and one from Macedonia and Germany.

The greatest attention is paid to brothers Xhaka, Granit and Taulant.

Granit plays for the Swiss, but Taulant plays for Albania. They have same parents! :D

I would like to add that Swiss isn't better.

They have 8 "foreigners".

An announcement for this match:          Brother against brother

Wishing the England boys all the luck for tonight + for the rest of the Euro2016 tournament!

Poor performance by both squads. Switzerland was dominate entire game, but I expected more from them since they had an extra player on a field for an hour or so. Also, they missed a lot of 100% chances and barely got a win away since Albania had great chance just few minutes before the end.

Switzerland was better when they were playing 11 vs. 11, but when Albania got red card, they were better team WTF  *-*  *-*

Really good game by Romanians, i feel sorry for them losing it in that way .

Really good game by Romanians, i feel sorry for them losing it in that way .

Romanians played almost perfect game, but that Payets shot was unstoppable. Their defense is really good, one mistake by goalkeeper make them lose probably.

Switzerland squeezed past Albania, now they are in a good position to qualify but it mostly depends on their match against Romania.

Albania 0 - 1 Switzerland (F. Schar 5')

Wales edged past Slovakia, big result for Bale and company.

Wales 2-1 Slovakia (G. Bale 10', H. Robson-Kanu 81' - O. Duda 61')

Im really happy for walles and their win in european championship debut. I hope Russia wont lose heavily cuz England is attacking all over the place.

England nearly won it and probably deserved the victory, but Russia snatched a point in stoppage time.

England 1 - 1 Russia (E. Dier 73' - V. Berezutski 92')

Completely different second half that the first one where England dominated so im glad Russia equalised at the end.

World champions Germany play tonight, here are today's Euro 2016 matches and the odds at NetBet:

Turkey vs  Croatia

3.85 - 3.25 - 2.10

Poland vs  Northern Ireland

1.66 - 3.55 - 6.20

Germany vs  Ukraine

1.57 - 3.90 - 6.75

Good luck!

Good start from Croatia, Turkey is not an easy team to beat.

Turkey 0 - 1 Croatia (L. Modric 41')

Turkey played really bad, like they were scared. Croatia played by expetations, 2.1 odds were a gift on them. A lot of missed chances by Croatia aswell with two times hitting the bar.

Luka Modric scored amazing goal, great game for Croatia, Turkey had luck in this game  :D

Have you noticed that the players of Real Madrid excellent lead their national team ?

Bale - Wales

Modric - Croatia

Ronaldo - Portugal

Kroos - motor of the German national team

Ramos - stability in Spain defense

Deserved win for Poland, they played pretty well against Northern Ireland.

Poland 1 - 0 Northern Ireland (A. Milik 51')

Have you noticed that the players of Real Madrid excellent lead their national team ?

 

Bale - Wales

Modric - Croatia

Ronaldo - Portugal

Kroos - motor of the German national team

Ramos - stability in Spain defense

Ronaldo, Kroos and Ramos haven't played yet at the Euros, have they? Secondly, they are among the best (and the best paid) players in the world, it's obvious that they should be leaders in their national teams.

Yup agree what Johnny said, Real Madrid was always bringing best players on the market.

Nice win by Poland, decent game. On the other hand Northern Ireland playing extremely bad. If they don't fix something for the next match, we will for sure see them going home after group stage.

Pretty unfair result for Ukraine, they played really well in the first half and fought bravely throughout the match. Germany have not been that great, but if they win when not playing well... we can only imagine what will happen when they will start to play in full throttle.

Germany 2 - 0 Ukraine (S. Mustafi 19', B. Schweinsteiger 93')

Agreed Johnny, in another day Ukraine would score one or two first half but in second they wasn't brave enough and it was quite disappointing performance from them, too defensive.

Every player that I mentioned was man of the match, best rated player in that game.

Like Toni Kross at just completed match.

And i think it will be also with the remaining two, Ronaldo i Ramos.

I hope you understand me, they simply stand out with their qualities.

Ukraine simply deserved one goal..

Today's three matches and the odds at NetBet:

Spain vs  Czech Republic

1.43 - 4.35 - 8.50

Ireland vs  Sweden

3.35 - 3.05 - 2.40

Belgium vs  Italy

2.45 - 2.95 - 3.30

Good luck!

Untill today,Croatia played best game at EURO 2016.Such a dominating game for them.Turkey only had one serious shot on goal.

Germany played a bad game but they are the only one on this Euro to win by two goals.

Pique saved the day for Spain with a late goal, Iniesta and company had some headaches as the Czech Republic displayed a sturdy defence. A deserved win for Spain though, the Czechs played for a goalless draw and eventually got punished for their defensive attitude.

Spain 1 - 0 Czech Republic (G. Pique 87')

Pretty boring match today, Spain playing their usual style of football and Czech Republic focusing on defense. They knew if they lose their chances into going further are minimum. But still they didn't lose too much. Spain struggling with teams that are defenselessly oriented, at least this win will boost their confidence. 1&0-2 goals came for my bet so I am happy.

Also nobody on the forum posted that Croatian captain Dario Srna lost his father during the match versus Turkey. According to medias, his father was really sick and Dario pretty much said good bye to him before going on the Euro. Also, some medias are saying that he left squad, and some are not saying anything about it. Still waiting for official response from Croatian national association about this one. RIP and Dario, have strength to move on and win games for your father.

Ireland held Sweden to a draw, not a bad result for the Irish.

Ireland 1 - 1 Sweden (W. Hoolahan 48' - C. Clark own goal 71')

I don't agree with you Johnny, this is not good result for Irish, they were much better, they deserved to win this one  :)

I don't agree with you Johnny, this is not good result for Irish, they were much better, they deserved to win this one  :)

Well, if you would have asked them before the game I'm sure they would have been quite happy with a draw :)

It's true, they played better than Sweden tonight, but at this level every mistake has a very high price.

Very good game between Belgium and Italy, a high-intensity match from both sides. Italy made the difference thanks to their excellent defence plus a few moments of inspiration in attack. I have seen great determination among the Italian players, they could do really well at this tournament. As for Belgium, they surely have quality but it seems they are not coping well with the pressure.

Belgium 0 - 2 Italy (M. Giaccherini 32', G. Pelle 93')

The first round of group matches will be concluded tonight, here are the matches and the odds at NetBet:

Austria vs  Hungary

1.76 - 3.45 - 5.45

Portugal vs  Iceland

1.54 - 3.85 - 7.50

Good luck!

Belgium team dissapointed me yesterday, they have great individuals but inexperianced coach Marc Vilmots could put them together in good team.

I expected nothing more from Belgium to be honest. Their defense is really bad. Vertongen got me zero points on Fantasy League :(.. 40 odds on Italia to win it all seems tempting now. They showed the most out of all teams in first round with Portugal yet to be seen, but I don't expect some great result form them on this Euro.

Huge and unexpected victory for Hungary, probably the most surprising result at Euro 2016 so far.

Austria 0 - 2 Hungary (A. Szalai 62', Z. Stieber 87')

Great result for Iceland, they fought hard and held Portugal to a draw. Superstar Ronaldo missed two great chances and generally seemed to have more interest in quarreling with the referee than in playing some real football.

Portugal 1 - 1 Iceland (Nani 31' - B. Bjarnason 50')