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Euro 2008 Team Reviews
We at expert have listed every team that has progressed to the finals of Euro 2008 plus their full squads and have written a short brief on each of their star players which should help when deciding on which team to back during the championship. We have also incorporated each teams FIFA world ranking which should be of some use to users. A great feature used within our team review section is that we include links to you tube footage of each teams star man so you can see for your self how good the player really is.
| Austria | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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B |
102 |
Out |
Josef Hickersberger |
Martin Harnik |
Joint Hosts |
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Austria squad looks in a dire state at a really wrong time as they co host the tournament which I don’t think they would have qualified for if it weren’t for the new rule that hosts automatically qualify. |
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| Croatia | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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B |
13 |
Out |
Slaven Bilic |
Luka Modric |
1st Group E |
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Croatia could shock a few people and go far in this tournament as I have witnessed first hand what their team can produce. During the qualifying campaign croatia battered England both on ... |
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| Czech Repbulic | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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A |
6 |
Out |
Karel Bruckner |
Jan Koller |
1st Group D |
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The Czech Republic have a solid squad going into euro 2008 with some key players that could really light up the tournament for example Nedved ... |
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| France | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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C |
7 |
Out |
Raymond Domenech |
Franck Ribery |
2nd Group B |
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Frances squad is looking good at the minute with players like Franck Ribery lighting up their domestic leagues plus they have strength in depth so if any injuries ... |
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| Germany | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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B |
5 |
Runners-Up |
Joachim Löw |
Lukas Podolski |
2nd Group D |
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Germany are the bookies favourite to lift the trophy but I’m not so sure. If it wasn’t for the fact that Germany wasn’t so close to Austria and Switzerland I don’t think they would have a chance. |
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| Greece | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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D |
8 |
Out |
Otto Rehhagel |
Georgios Karagounis |
1st Group C |
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Greece were the eventual winners last time the European cup took place but I doubt they will have the same impact as they did last time around as their squad is ageing and the group they were placed ... |
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| Italy | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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A |
3 |
Out |
Roberto Donadoni |
Andrea Pirlo |
1st Group B |
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Italy always have a strong squad going into any major tournament and the same goes for euro 2008 They have a squad worthy of going all the way as they did 2 years ago winning the world cup. |
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| Netherlands | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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A |
10 |
Out |
Marco van Basten |
Wesley Sneijder |
2nd Group G |
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Holland have, in recent years been underachieving on the international stage and the previous golden age of stars such as Seedorf, Davids and Bergkamp has well and truly gone. There is some light at the end of the ... |
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| Poland | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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B |
28 |
Out |
Leo Beenhakker |
Maciej Żurawski |
1st Group A |
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I can’t see Poland going much further than the group stages because of the fact that their team has no real quality and depth and Zurawski isn’t firing ... |
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| Portugal | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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A |
9 |
Out |
Felipe Scolari |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
2nd Group A |
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Portugal are my favourites going into Euro 2008 as their squad doesn’t seem to have a weak link. Plus they have the best player on the planet at the moment as their buckineering captain so you can expect ... |
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| Romania | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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C |
12 |
Out |
Victor Piţurcă |
Adrian Mutu |
1st Group G |
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Romania’s chances of progressing any further than the group stages were all but gone as soon as the draw was made and they were placed in the group of death with the likes of France, Italy and Holland. |
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| Russia | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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D |
25 |
Out |
Guus Hiddink |
Aleksandr Kerzhakov |
2nd Group E |
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Russia were in the same qualifying group as England going into this tournament and the fact that they have progressed to the finals with England being left behind says a lot about ... |
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| Spain | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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D |
4 |
Winners |
Luis Aragonés |
David Villa |
1st Group F |
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Spain are another team who perpetually under achieve at major tournaments, but this year they really do have a good chance. The main factor for this in my view is the strikers they possess in ... |
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| Switzerland | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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A |
35 |
Out |
Jacob 'Kobi' Kuhn |
Alexander Frei |
Joint Hosts |
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Switzerland as co host of the tournament could ruffle a few feathers as I’m sure the support they will receive will act as a twelfth player and lift their game. |
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| Sweden | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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A |
24 |
Out |
Lars Lagerbäck |
Zlatan Ibrahimović |
2nd Group F |
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Sweden are not at Euro 2008 just to make up the numbers, and with players like Ibrahimovich and ljundberg in their squad I’m sure they will score goals and in turn win games to make qualification into ... |
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| Turkey | Group | World Ranking | Best Odds | Manager | Star Man | Qualified |
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A |
23 |
Out |
Fatih Terim |
Nihat Kahveci |
2nd Group C |
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Turkey have come along way in football terms when considering a little over 10 years ago they hadn’t ever qualified for a major tournament. Going into Euro 2008 they ... |
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