Euro 2008: Germany v Turkey – Betting Tips
Best Bookies, Betting, Bookmakers, Euro 2008, Fixed Odds, Football, Tipsters | selectabet | June 24, 2008 at 9:50 pmGermany v Turkey
The word crisis doesn’t quite cover the situation Turkey find themsleves in ahead of one the biggest games in the country’s history. From a squad of 23, Fatih Terim faces the prospect of having just 13 fit outfield players. Injuries and suspensions have hit them hard and the last thing they need is to be facing tournament favourites Germany for a place in the final.
Incredibly, Turkey have led for under 3 minutes in this tournament yet find themselves just one game away from the final due to their never-say-die attitude. Last minute goals have become the norm for the Turkish fans but surely this one will be a step too far for the plucky Turks. Even with a fully fit squad to choose from Terim’s men would still be underdogs so it’s no surprise that Germany are short-priced favourites at just 4/9 (888 Sport, Bet365, Blue Sq, Boylesports, Coral, Paddy Power, Skybet, Totesport, VCBet, William Hill) in the circumstances.
Germany are coming to the boil quite nicely and go into this one off the back of an impressive 3-2 win over the much-fancied Portuguese. That quarter-final was the first time in the tournament that the Germans looked like justifying their favourites tag. With a full squad to choose from nothing less than a comfortable win is expected from Joachim Low’s men.
The Germans looked a more balanced team against Portugal. Gomez was at last dropped and Bastian Schweinsteiger provided more drive from midfield alongside the impressive Michael Ballack.
Turkey are as big as 15/2 (Bet Direct, Canbet, Centrebet, Coral, Stan James, William Hill) and I doubt they’ll have many backers to win in 90 minutes. The bet has to be with Germany tonight. They’re a short price but it looks like a license to print money.
If Germany can come out of the traps in the same way they did against Portugal then the 11/10 (Centrebet, Coral, VCBet) on them winning at half time and full time could be a good bet.
Michael Ballack has gradually got better with each game and we can exect another big performance when it matters. He’s 4/1 (Bet365) to be man of the match and 11/5 (Boylesports) to get his name on the scoresheet. I’ll be having a wee dabble on each of these.
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Hi again awright mate …. do you not fancy Germany h/t f/t for a good wedge or do you see something else happening.
I fancy /T F/T Krauts but always think something can sometimes look to good do you ?
Hi Mark,
Good to hear from you mate.
I’ve been the Germans since day one so I think they’ll go through. Even without Turkey’s injuries they’d be a short price.
HT/FT does appeal but I think it might be tight, maybe 1-0, 2-0, so not many goals. The Turks will try to keep it tight for as long as possible – by that I mean 120 mins so it’ll be tough for Germany to break them down.
The Germans don’t have much creatively so it’ll be a case of grinding them down and that might take a while.
I’m not convinced enough to go heavy on HT/FT. If you fancy it yourslef you might actually be better just backing Germany to be winning at HT (19/20 at Canbet or Centrebet) just in case the Turks pull a late equaliser out the bag again.
I think I’ll stick to the 90mins.
Good luck whatever you’re on.