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Euro Cup 2012 Free Picks – Portugal vs. Germany Lines + Predictions

Portugal vs. Germany Euro Cup 2012 Betting Picks + Odds

Germany comes into the Euro playing great and they are the favorites to win Group B, which has to be the Group of Death, and they also have the 2nd best odds to win the whole tournament.

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Euro 2012 – Group B
Saturday June 9th – 2:45 PM
Match Odds: Germany 1.90 / Portugal 4.20 / Draw 3.40
Moneyline: Germany -110 / Portugal +320 / Draw +240
Over/Under: 2.5 goals

The German squad went undefeated in qualifying for the Euro and they scored 34 goals and only gave up 7. They do not have one glaring weakness and their offense is dynamic.

Portugal has a solid squad, but they did not look very good in the Euro qualifying only coming in 2nd in their group behind Denmark, who is also in Group B.

Portugal has one of the best players in the world in FW Cristiano Ronaldo, but sometimes the squad sits back and waits for him to work his magic. Because of this Portugal gets caught not playing a team game and that will really hurt them facing Germany. Ronaldo and Nani lead the squad and will be a handful for the German defense, but it is key that their midfield plays well and feeds their strikers so they do not have to create all of their scoring opportunities.

Ronaldo was a goal scoring for Real Madrid this season and while he has been one of the best strikers in the world for the last few years, but he has not played well in international matches. That will likely have to change in this match or Portugal will lose.

Pepe is a key player for Portugal and the defender from Real Madrid will have to anchor a defense facing a stacked German offense. The Portuguese defense struggled in qualifying and if that happens again the Germans will pounce on them and score a few goals. [ad-3678122]

Philipp Lahm and Per Mertesacker lead the solid German defense, but they are not deep at the DF position and if either of these guys gets injured or do not play well Germany is vulnerable. However, if Lahm and Mertesacker are able to shut Ronaldo and Nani down the Germans should win.

Germany’s G Manuel Neuer played great in Bayern Munich’s Champions League final run, especially in the semis against Real Madrid, and if he plays like that again the Germans will be tough to beat.

Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid leads the offense and in an interesting fact he has the best betting odds to score the most goals in the 2012 Euro Championships. He along with Lukas Podolski give the Germans a great offensive attack.

Jason’s Pick: One of the keys to Germany is their team play and they are great at that since many of their starters play for Bayern Munich. Portugal may score in this match, but Germany and their offense is too strong and they will win and take 3 points away from this match.

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