For three weeks this summer the world will watch Europe´s top football nations going toe-to-toe at Uefa Euro 2008 - a tournament second only to the FIFA World Cup in importance.
Of course, Fabio Capello´s England won´t be there following a disastrous qualification campaign under old boss Steve McLaren, neither will the Scots, Welsh or Irish, but football fans can still look forward to a tremendous feast of football.
And wherever there´s top sporting action you can rely on totesport to provide extra excitement with a wealth of first class betting opportunities. Germany currently head the outright market at 3/1 and that´s no surprise given an impressive qualification campaign by Joachim Löw´s progressive side.
If you fancy a bit more bang for your buck World Champions Italy are rated at 7s, that´s the best price you will find among any of the leading bookmakers.
Perennial underachievers Spain are 6/1 and with the likes of Fernando Torres, Raul, David Villa and Cesc Fabregas firing the bullets they surely have to go close don´t they? But then again the men from the Iberian Peninsula would give Lord Lucan a run for his money when comes to “going missing” when it truly matters.
With Cristiano Ronaldo now surely the greatest player on the planet there´s no doubt Portugal will receive plenty of financial support. Throw in the likes of Nani, Deco and Tiago and it´s hard to think of a more technically gifted side in the tournament.
At odds of 15/2 the Portugeezers get our nod as the value bet in Austria and Switzerland 2008.
totesport outright betting:
Germany 3/1
Spain 6/1
Italy 7/1
Portugal 15/2
France 17/2
Croatia 14/1
Czech Rep 14/1
Holland 14/1
Greece 25/1
Switzerland 25/1
Sweden 33/1
Russia 33/1
Poland 50/1
Romania 50/1
Turkey 50/1
Austria 125/1
