Morning all,
Going to focus my attention on the football for the time being and I've had a little look ahead at today's opener between France and Romania.
Unsurprisingly, France are the hot favourites for the opening clash as the favourites take on one of the big outsiders for the outright title. I would imagine the hosts get their tournament off to a winning start, but it wouldn't surprise me if there's a little early wobble or slow start. France have a vast array of talent in their squad, but injuries have robbed them of key players in central defence and that could well prove to be their downfall in their quest to win a third European title. They do at least have one of the best goalkeepers in the competition to negate that problem.
The Romanians have long since departed their mid nineties glory days when the likes of Gheorghe Hagi & Giga Popescu graced their side. They managed to go through qualifying unbeaten and showed themselves tough to break down by conceding only two goals. But there is a major note to make here that they were in a very weak group, eventually topped by Northern Ireland. France will present a whole new different challenge. To add to their woes, none of the Romanians managed to score more than two goals and that will not bode well for their chances.
I can see it taking a while for France to break down the Romanians though, so odds of 3/1 on the HT/FT market for Draw/France seem attractive enough. With Romania difficult to break down, the first goal may have to come from a set piece, so Payet to score first at 13/2 (PaddyPower) is also a decent price.
Bets: Draw/France HT/FT @ 3/1
Payet to score first 13/2
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