Euro 2012: Germany v Greece preview
Mario Gomez.... will continue his goal-scoring fury against Greece!
The second quarter-final of the Euro 2012 between Germany and Greece will be played tonight at the Arena Gdansk, Gdansk.
Germany has played flawlessly in this tournament with three victories in three games and different strikers scoring consistently for the country. The great form surely will help them go far in the tournament.
Greece on the other hand, are the surprise team to enter the knock-out stages and undoubtedly the underdogs among the big nations in the quarter-final stage.
Quarter-final Match preview:
Germany has a dream run with 3 wins from 3 games and are quite confident to take on Greece. Greece have won, drew and lost 1 game each from the three games they have played in the group stages.
Germany chances: Germany are definitely the favourites to win the match tonight with a strong offence-defence combination.
Greece chances: Strikers Gekas and Karagounis will have to try hard to break through the German defence to score a goal.
Betting odds:
An Czech win is good at 1/3 while Portugal is flying high at 11/1. A draw between the two sides is riding high on19/4.
EURO 2012: GERMANY V GREECE
Venue: PGE Arena, Gdansk Date: Friday, 22 June Kick-off: 19:45 BST
Germany Likely Team Selections:
Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese, Ron-Robert Zieler, Marcel Schmelzer, Benedikt Höwedes, Mats Hummels, Holger Badstuber, Philipp Lahm, Per Mertesacker, Jérôme Boateng, İlkay Gündoğan, Sami Khedira
Greece Likely Team Selections:
Kostas Chalkias, Alexandros Tzorvas, Michalis Sifakis, Grigoris Makos, Giorgos Karagounis, Kostas Fortounis, Giannis Fetfatzidis, Giorgos Samaras, Nikos Liberopoulos, Kostas Mitroglou, Dimitris Salpingidis, Fanis Gekas
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Euro 2012: UEFA Euro 2012 Quarter-finals Schedule
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Euro 2012 quarter-final: Portugal beat Czech en route to semis
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