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2012 UEFA European Championship and 1000 Lt in the "Tonybet” online betting account, which I will "activate" every day for three weeks by placing bets on various championship events and try to turn it into a larger sum - such is the pleasure of the upcoming football celebration that awaits me.
I am Martynas Pocius. As my colleagues in the basketball field joke - a sports journalist with an exotic nickname in the world of the Lithuanian orange ball. My love for football was born after M. Van Basten's goal into the net of the then USSR in the 1988 European Championship and has been burning until now. I demonstrate it by attending country's stadiums during the A league matches, running onto the field in the SFL league among the "Ozo tapyrų” and supporting London's "Chelsea" for almost 14 years.
Betting is not unfamiliar to me either. However, so far I have lost more often than won. I like to make quite "crazy" bets - my biggest win was guessing that four matches in one round of the Bundesliga would end in a draw. I do not have specific strategies and tactics. I try to analyze the game of teams, their strengths and weaknesses, but I also do not avoid what is a big "taboo" in betting - sympathies and antipathies.
Since I will be placing bets throughout the championship, I hope you will not blindly copy my predictions. You are responsible for your own money and your own bets.
I believe that true horror of betting companies will also read this diary, so I am looking forward to advice, suggestions, and comments.
Balance: 1000 Lt
Starting with some general long-term bets. Since this money might be frozen until the end of the tournament, the amounts are more symbolic.
Tournament winner - Netherlands (odds 8.00). Bet - 10 Lt.
Until the championship battles begin, I consider it obligatory to predict the winner of the entire tournament. Bookmakers at "Tonybet” are favoring Spain, I support England with my heart, and my mind leans towards Germany, but since my cat has recently taken a liking to chasing an orange ball around the house, doubts about who will be the best in Europe are gone. It's necessary to believe in signs.
Most goalscorer of the tournament - Fernando Torres (odds 15.00). Bet - 5 Lt.
Did I mention that I support "Chelsea"? There is only one uncle del Bosque convincing that the matches must start with this Fernando, not Llorente, for which the same odds are offered. A favorable result allows us to hope that the Spanish national team will face no special defensive obstacles on their way at least until the semi-finals.
England will not reach the quarter-finals (odds 2.30). Bet - 10 Lt.
I shed a tear, but I have to admit that even though the English national team struggled for victories in the last two friendly matches, they looked hopeless there, so I do not believe that the situation will improve in the championship. W. Rooney is suspended for two matches, defenders are dropping not by days, but by hours, the new coach R. Hodgson is faithful to British traditions and uses exclusively a 4-4-2 formation - do I need to explain why I will be pleased if this bet of mine "burns"?
Russia will take first place in Group A (odds 2.6). Bet - 10 Lt.
This championship is D. Advocaat's farewell to the Russian national team. In the previous European Championship, another Dutchman, G. Hiddink, already made the "Russian miracle”, this year, looking at the teams in Group A, the coach won't need a big miracle to reach the quarter-finals. The only task ahead is to adjust the aim for the attackers, as not scoring against the Poles, the Czechs, or the Greeks, but scoring 3 goals against Italy, means disrespecting oneself.
