Championship races in most of Europe’s top leagues have failed to capture the imagination in this 2007/08 season. Remarkably enough, only the English Premier League has sparked into life this season as the status quo has maintained itself on the continent.
In Germany, FC Bayern are once again out ahead of the field – and look [...]
March 22, 2008
Bundesliga: Bayern Procession Relegates Interest to Slipstream
March 22, 2008
Euro 2008 Betting: Germans Backed By Default
With less than three months to kick-off in Switzerland, Germany remain favourites to win Euro 2008.
Paddy Power calls it as follows:
Germany 4/1
Spain 6/1
Italy 7/1
Portugal 15/2
France 8/1
Ladbrokes generally concurs, but has Spain and Italy at 6/1 with Portugal and France both at 8. Coral offers little value in backing the Germans, quoting Joachim Loew’s men [...]
March 22, 2008
Behind The Wall: Mediocrity Über Alles
With Euro 2008 just a few months away, Germany have been installed as favourities to lift their fourth crown. Yet, just three years ago people would have questioned your sanity if you suggested they could win a World Cup that they hosted. Once again, it all points to how fragile the German renaissance actually is…
Germany [...]
March 22, 2008
Behind The Wall: The Schalke Bottling Plant
Germany’s one remaining Champions League representative, Schalke 04, are off the pace in this season’s Bundesliga title race – which might be a good thing for their European hopes given their traditional propensity for self-destruction. Last year they blew it once more. Three years ago this week the mounting hype of their 2004/05 campaign was [...]
