This group is consist of Switzerland “The Co-Host”, Portugal with his lethal weapon CR7, Czech Republic who will have to find a leader in midfield, & Turkey who will be the underdog.
Let’s start with Portugal, the favorite team in this group. They have Cristiano Ronaldo or CR7 who will lead them into making history. Portugal never win Euro Cup before. This is now or never. CR7 is on his peak performance. His performance with Manchester United is awesome and I doubt that it will happen in the next season. Besides CR7, Portugal still have Big Phil, their dear coach whom I believe is going to be retire from Portugal after this tournament. In Big Phil’s hands, Portugal became a great team with superb attacking force.
Next, Switzerland who made a big surprise in World Cup 2006 will try not to embarrass themselves in front of their fans. Switzerland will count on team’s collectivity and hope that their star such as Alexander Frei & Tranquillo Barnetta in a good performance. Usually the host will have a greater spirit because there are thousands of fans behind them.
Czech Republic who’s always awesome in qualification but poor in the tournament will try to stop their curse. But they will do it without Pavel Nedved whose retiring & their star, Tomas Rosicky who’s suffering a bad injury. With nobody in control of the midfield, Karel Bruckner will have to once again count on the veteran 202cm Striker Jan Koller as a target man.
Last but not least, the underdog Turkey will try to stop all of those team with their spirit that their rarely shown. The last time they showed it is in World Cup 2002, where they put up in a 3rd place. Now Turkey with their new force including Tuncay Sanli, Middlesbrough striker who’s in a good form & Volkan Demirel, the next Rustu Recber is becoming one of the underdogs besides Rumania & Russia.
My prediction is that Portugal & Switzerland will go to the next round.
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