7th September 2007

[Radek]

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Hallo soccer fans!

EURO 2008 Qualification in on suterday! So here are some picks - Have to thanks Xazar7a, Beli, TONNY, xtremer11 and adrian!

Picks by Xazar7a:

Very interesting qualification weekend is going to be, i usually dont like to bet on this matches but i hope to be helpful with mine predictions
Helmond Sport - Haarlem	1	Helmon currently second but with 5 points after the "perfect" for now Den Bosch. In Holland most of the teams rely a lto on their hoem matches and win their matches much in front of their fans. Helmond is also with good hoem record 2 wins this season with 5:1 goal difference. O nthe other side Harleem is not very confident away and I dont think they will be able to get something from this match, they had 2 losses away and g.d 1:4. I go for home win here.
Galway United - Drogheda	2	Drogheda dont have to let to lsoe points here. Tehy are very strong team and despite tehy have 6 points in front of the second St. Patricks, in my opinion every point is precious. Galaway are very unconstant team adn aminly their matches finish as draws, i dont think they have enough power to oppose Drogheda. I think after their bad seria it's time to get back on track with win here. So my pick is away win.
Finn Harps - Kilkenny City	1	Finn face their chances for direct promotion to Eircom League. But they nee to be constant and to win matches like this against teh last in the table Kilkenny city. Finn Harps with good performance at home 8 2 2 and goal diference 20:5 - impressive in my opinion. On teh other side Kilkenny face lot of difficulties i ntheir mnatches and their fdefence is amybe teh weakest in this league. I think Finn harps will get their's and will win, home win.
Italy - France	under 2.5 Draw 0:0 or 1:1	Very interesting battle it gonna be at Saturday between this 2 team. This is a repeat of the World Cup 2006 final and in my opinion both of teh teams will be very motivated to get this 3 points. Both sides have excellent players, every player is a star. Big clash here very unpredictable. I expect attack after attack to teh both nets, but both teams have strong defences and i think there will be not a lot of goals on this match, so maybe here under 2.5 goals is good option. I said unpredictable game but in my opinion here most possible goaless draw aro 1-1. Everything can happen here. The entertainment is important.
Portugal - Poland	1	Portugal have to revenge about the loss when they were guests in Poland, then the polish side won with 2-1. Now very importnat much for Portugal, because from this match and the next depends tehir qualifivcation to Euro 2008. Portugal side have excellent players and very technical and have good defence too. Polish side made good impression and won a lto of matches and very good performance from them. But in Portugal i dotn think that will manage to get something, i go for home win here.
Slovakia - Ireland	2	Slavakia with no chance to qualify for Euro 2008, but ireland face excellent chances, all they have to do is to win in this match. I think Slovakia despite that they are at home i dont think they will made big resistance to Ireland, i dont say that they will give them the win, but they dont have something to fight for, while irish side will eb motivated to get this very precious 3 points. so pick here will be away win.
Latvia - N. Ireland	2	Latvia on the bottom of the table with no chances in this group. O nteh othere side the attractive in my opinion team of Northern Ireland, they made me good impression and i think they will have no problem here. This match is very important for tehm and i think they willl win, away win.
Andorra - Croatia	over 3.5	Very short here. It is obvious here that Croatia will win. And i think it will be with big result. My pick will be over 3 goals here.
Brescia - Piacenza	1	Brescia with good start of teh season - 2 matches 2 clear wins, now looking for the third against Vicenza. Brecia made a good result at home 2-0. Now in front of tehir all fans i think that they will repeat their good play. Tehir defence is strong and will stop Piacenza strikers in their attempts to score. Besides Piacenza dont play very good in defence and they will have problems here. My pick is hoem win.

Picks by Beli:

Serbia - Finland	1	In last game with Belgium Serbia learn a leson that no mater of who you play with you need to have respect for other team.In that game start was good but then came suprise from Belgium side they score a goal and Serbians didnt expect things to go in that way and there was confusion on Serbian team.Then came second goal and that was realy hard for players when you go in HT when another team is wining with 2 goals diference.Players "lost their heads" and they couldent organize their game in second HT,in middle of second HT Kuzmanovic game littl hope to serbian nation team but when we all expect they two draw ,then in scene apear the "nightmare" of serbian team Dembele Moussa who score his second goal in match and third for Belgium and then everyhope fall down.In other side in last match Finland also didnt had easy job with Kazakhstan but even in first HT was draw 1-1 Finland won this match with 1 goal diference 2-1and for the moment they are second with 17 points and Serbia are fourth with 14 points and match less.Serbian need to win this match they made mistake with Kazakhstan when they lost away 2-1 then lost match with Blegium i dont think that will be mistake in this match.Fight for first and second place that will qualify i think will be betwen Poland, Portugal and Serbia.Serbian next match will be hard with Portugal away so i dont think that here will be place for mistake.Staium in Belgrad will be full Serbia nees those points they have grate team and i think they can win this match.They won Finland away 0-2 why then they canot win home in front of their fans.
PAOK Saloniki - Iraklis Saloniki	1	Both teams lost their first game.PAOK lost away from Xanthi 1-0 and Iraklis lost home from Ergotelis. Game of Iraklis with Ergotelis i new that that will be away win and i wrote analyse for this match,but i will write again something for this team.Iraklis made big change on their team.They changed their full squad and brought some new anexpirienced players.This is local deby and "many times" meybe beter say more times 14 times from 18 played games team that play "home" win.PAOK home from 9 gameswith Iraklis won 8.In this match PAOK is favorit and they have more experienced team and for my opinion beter team then Iraklis.I think it will be easy win for PAOK.
Croatia - Estonia	1AH	Realy hard group 4 teams are fighting for 2 places that will qualify in Euro 2008.Croatia after suprise raw with Rusia in last game home will face week team of Estonia that has only one win in 8 games (last game 2-1 with Andora).There is no more place for mistake for Croatia,they need to win this match even they are first but nothing is clar in this group till the end.In head 2 head games Estonia seams to be hard team for Croatia cos in 4 games they won 3 and draw once and that in Croatia 0-0.But also only once Croatia won Estonia with many goals in 1995 when was 7-1 and other two wins in away games Croatia won minimaly 0-1.I think its time Croatia to win with more goals diference.They have team that know to scores and i think this match will be with more goals.So my i think it will be home win with -1 or -2 meybe more :d
Iceland - Spain	2	On this group Northern Ireland was suprise they are second for the moment and grate suprise was when they won Spain home 3-2.Spain won last two away games with week team of group with Liechtenstein and Latvia with same result 0-2.I think in this game they are big favorit but like allways week teams know to make many troubles to strong teams.In first match in Spain spain won minimaly and with goal in the 80 minut from Iniesta.In this game Iceland knows that they canot do something mroe they dont need those points and they will look in every kind of way to destroy Spain game.But i dont think they can do that.Spain has grate players and their midfiled is grate and Valencian players will do their game.I think Vila will score here.Spain need those points and they have team to take those points and back in spain with 3 points more.
England - Israel	1	England won their last match with team of bottom of table after 3 mistakes that started with Macedonia home 0-0 then lost game away with Croatia and then they draw away with Israel.Some say that Englad have trubles on their team.I dont think so cos Englad even if Rooney or Beckham dont play in this game they have enaugh players that can replace them and meybe they will show beter game then those two players.England need those points Israel know to be hard rival but i dont think that in this game with England they can do something more.England is favorit in this game they have grate players not for one but meybe for more national teams with same quality and i think here is everything clear England will win.
Hungary - Bosnia Herzegovina	X2	To be honest i never couldent imagine that after 7 games i will see Bosnia in second place.But thats reality boys play grate football and they made grate results.Sometimes Bosnian team are not serious in their game and players boycot national team,thats reason why they had bed results with Greece and Hungary home.In other side Hungary inj 7 games won only 2 and lost 5 games.They won Bosnia away 1-3 suprise and Moldava home 2-0, they even lost from Malta away 2-1.They have realy week team.Bosnia have beter players they know how to play but only if there is no problem in their team.I think that problem are solved and i think that Bosnia will continou their wining row since they lost from greece home.They won Norway away 1-2 won Turkey home 3-2 and won Malta 1-0 in last game.I will take this with les risk dublechance draw or away win.But also for singel with medium stake its nice game for away win.
Independiente - San Martín San Juan	1	After grate start Independiente with 4 wins in row in first 4 rounds they fall in last two rounds.They lost from Boca Juniors home 2-3 and then in last round they lost from Gimnasia L.P. 1-0.In other side San Martin are not stabil team in six rounds they lost 3 and won 3 games.In away games they won Argentinos 0-1 and lost from Boca 1-0 and from Gimnasia L.P. 2-0.I think it is time Independiente to back in game in last game they had no luck and lost minimaly but i dont think they will make mistake in this match.In three home games Independiente won 2 and lost 1 they won Lanus 5-3 and Rosario 1-0 and lost from Boca 2-3.I think it will be clear win for Independiente in this game.

Picks by TONNY:

Euro 2008 Qualifiers: In these Euro 2008 qualifiers, unless big surprises, the big guns Spain, England, Germany as well as Holland, Scotland, Russia and Portugal should win their games quite easily against low ranked teams in the fifa rating list and who throughout their games in Europe are not really successful.
Georgia v Ukraine	2	Ukraine have lost only two games in their group and these two losses were against the two top teams France and Italy and both times they were playing away. They’ll look forward for the away here at Georgia who have been poor lately and in the group. After a 3-1 home win on Faroe Islands Georgia were beaten by Lithuania and France and drew with Luxembourg. I see Ukraine winning here.
Leyton Orient v Bournemouth	1	Unbeaten in four with three wins and a draw leaders Leyton Orient should be able to extend their good run when hosting rather poor Bournemouth who have already dropped 8 points in two defeats and one draw from the 12 available in four games. Bournemouth travel rather badly and Leyton who are good at home are further boosted by their mid-week win on Notts County in the St Johnstone Paints Trophy match. Home Win
Carlisle v Tranmere	1	Carlisle do well at home and have same records of 3W-1D-0L as the leaders Leyton Orient. They will look forward to do well in that league and they have good chances on Tranmere who in mid-week lost at home to promoted to league two Morecambe in the St Johnstone Paints Trophy. Home Win
Leeds v Hartlepool	Draw	Hartlepool had long streaks of wins last season and in third seat are already chasing the leaders at only one point ahead. They will look forward to get another three points at Leeds. But the latter despite their last seat (due to -15 points penalty) have already won their four games in a row and share with Hartlepool the best attack (9 goals scored), while possessing a better defense having conceded three while Hartlepool conceded four. This game will be a hard fought one and I see a draw here. Draw or take either team with (+) handicap.
Chester v Morecambe	X2	Promoted Morecambe lost only one game in four in the league and count five points. A win can bring them into the top five this Saturday. Morecambe did well last Saturday when they led Notts County since early in first half to concede a draw by a late equalizer from the hosts. In mid-week they managed an away 1-0 win on league one team Tranmere in the Johnstone Paints Trophy and prior to these games, among their recent ones they won on two Championship league teams Preston and Wolves. With such performances they can be said in good form and they are to be counted on in the league two this season. They have good chances at up to now unbeaten Chester ( 2W-2D-0L). Chester is hoping to sign Tony Dining in time for the game while they’ll miss John Dandy. Morecambe have two injury doubts while their keeper retuns in the squad and three players are hoping to start. I would go for Morecambe or a draw here. Away win /Draw.
MK Dons v Notts County	1	Notts have not won a game in at least last 11. But they drew their four league games. Dons lost two games: one to Bury at the start and away at Rochdale in last game. But in last two homes they won on leaders Shrewsbury 3-0 and drew 2-2 with Championship team Sheffield United. They should be able to get the win on rather poor and long time winless Notts County this Saturday. Aaron Wilbraham has recovered from an illness and can be in the line up for the home side while two strikers are out and one player is a doubt. Notts will see their striker back after suspension, but even in his presence Notts were winless. Midfielder Weston is still out as well as Mike Edwards until next year. I see the home win here. Home.

Picks by xtremer11:

CHILE - SWITZERLAND	2	This is the first the from the 4 team tournament in Austria, the other two nations are Japan and Austria. I don't have the squads but Switzerland are far the better team with the better players. The team is well-conditioned (just look at their recent results). They have a very strong defence (which i think is the key factor in their success). I expect a clear win for Switzerland. Pick: Away win and Chile not to score
BELGIUM (U21) - AUSTRIA (U21)	1	Belgium played in the last U-21 championship .In the qualification round they eliminate Bulgaria (the country where i'm from) and i watched the 2 games, they are playing good fast football. I don't know much about Austria U21, but i think they will playing the same kind of football as the senior squad. Home crowd will also be in help for Belgium. So my pick here is: Home win
NORWAY (U21) - HOLLAND (U21)	2	Holland have one of the best U21 teams in the moment. The Norwegians will be playing strong and defencive football as the senior national team, but i think that Holland have the quality to outplay them. My pick: Away win
ITALY (U21) - FAROE ISLANDS (U21)	1AH	In my opinion Italy have the strongest U21 team in the world at the moment simply because the are the best tactitians, in contrast of the other U21 teams (i'm sure that they can outplay a senior team). My local bookie is offering a -2,5 AH, which i advise you to take
Netherlands - Bulgaria	1AH	Robin van Persie, the leading goalscorer for Holland is back along with Ruud van Nistelrooy and they will form a deadly attack. In the first game here in Bulgaria, we were very lucky to get the point 1 because most of the time the game was played in our half ad we were totaly outplayed by Holland. Of course i will be backing my national team but i think that we will be smashed by Holland by couple of goals. My pick Home win -1 AH
Belarus - Romania	2 2AH	Romania are topping the group. They are playing good football. They got a 0-0 draw in Holland, but they can't make any mistakes if they want to qualify for the Euro cup, because Bulgaria and HOlland are right after them. Belarus aren't a bad team, but they lack confidence. Pick : Away win, Away win AH -1
Wales - Germany	2 2AH	I watched Wales in their last friendly against Bulgaria and although they won the game, the didn't play well. Now they are in some transition (playing without Giggs and Bellamy), the new coach is trying some new young boys. Germany are again without many of their injured stars, but although this we saw what they are capable of in the game against England. My pick : Away win, AWay win AH -1
Italy - France	X2 2 in 0:0AH	This is a much more important game for Italy because they are in need of points and because France beat them in the first game at home. I think that the called players for Italy are the best of choises and if they want to win they have to attack, something that the Italian are good in. France on the other hand will go in this game with the best the have, they are strong in defence and they have very fast players which will be deadly in couterattacks- Ribery, Nasri, Henry, Malouda.Expect another Man of the match performance from the DURACELL powered Ribery. I expect an away win here, pick: x2, 2 AH 0:0, 2AH +0,25
England - Israel	X2	This is a MUST win game for Steve McLaren's boys because they are in very bad position in the moment. Every body knows England's difficults in getting results in this qualifications, with the doubts over Lampard's availability, Gerrard's need of a painkilling injection if he is to play and the form of Owen, there isn't anything bright for them. Israel are a very conditioned and balanced team which is playing good attractive football. Expect a though game here. Pick: Away win AH +1, Away win + 0,75, x2

Picks by adrian:

BELARUS - ROMANIA	2	I think that Piturca- romanian coach- will have no excuses not to win in Minsk. He have all the guns in the field - Lobont(Dinamo), Chivu(Inter), Goian(STeaua), P.Marin(Steaua), Muntyeanu(Vaslui), O.Petre(STeaua), Dica(Steaua), Marica(Stuttgart), Mutu(Fiorentina) are only some of them. On the other hand, Stange - bielorrussian manager- have key players like Hleb - Arsenal, Korilenko - Dnepr and maybe Khamutovski - Tom Tomsk...The Romanians know very well their opponents because Khamutovski played at Steaua Bucharest years ago. Also Steaua meet Bate Borisov 2 weeks ago in order to qualify in CHL groups. Half of Bate will be onthe field Saturday against Romania. They don't have any qualification chances but " no surrender", Stange said... Don't forget that Romania is first i n H group, and if they will win at Minsk, they are almost at EURO...
NETHERLANDS - BULGARIA	1 1AH	I think that Van Basten have 2 or maybe 3 national teams at his disposal in this moment...If u are looking at their attacking line u'll see that it's oe of the best in Europe - Van Nistelrooy is back, Babel, Kuyt, Van Persie, Venegoor of Hesserling...Van der Sar it's a very good goalkeeper even if he is 36. The midfielders - what to say about players like Seedorf... The bulgarians will be without Bojinov. Berbatov it's fit, news agencies said... It' a game "to be or not to be" for both teams, with Romania leading group H and playing at Minsk with Belarus... Don't forget the support of a full Amsterdam Aarena... Take 1 take Netherlands on handycap for the brave ones - no joke
MALTA - TURKEY	2	What to say Take 2
PORTUGAL - POLAND	1	Many tispters are saying that it's a clear home win. I'm not sure about this...Of course, Portugal it'a abig favourite, but it seems that Poland recovered a good football in the last months...could be a sursprise here...Maybe the support of their fans will save Simao, Ronaldo and co... take 1 small stake
ENGLAND - ISRAEL	1	England it' s not having agood run at all. Germany won on Wembley 2-1...u know, there are not friendly games between England and Germany... In order to qualify, England should win even if Beckham, Rooney and Lampard and so on are out...It looks that Hairgraves is back in bussiness...I think that Isreal in too small for this war on Wembley... Take 1
also u can think about: SWEDEN - DENMARK 1 ITALY - FRANCE 1X MOLDAVIA - NORWAY X2 WALES - GERMANY over 2,5 goals LETONIA - NORTHERN IRELAND 2

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