I think the top 3 favourites are

1)Spain - Obviously they have the strongest squad among all. But it's rare to see a team win 3 tournaments continuously.
2)German - They did really well in WC 2010. Very solid squad as well. With the likes of Mario Gomez, Thomas Muller, Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Khedira. Defensively they have very good and experienced players as well such as Lahm, Matt Hummels, Per Mertesacker.
3)Netherlands- Offensively they r one of the best team around. Watch out at players like Van persie, robben, Sneijder, Van der vaart, Huntelaar. But most of them are injury prone . Defensively, I think they still have much to improve.

Teams that I thought would shock others.

1)Portugal- Portugal has been dissapointing even since Figo was around, but I think this is a huge chance for CR to perform. Others stars like Pepe, Bruno Alves, Nani, Meireless, Moutinho would like to achieve sth as well.
2)France - If Blanc is able to blend things really well. France is actually a star-studded team with huge talents. Look at their defence - Sagna, Evra, Adil Rami, Mexes, Clichy, Koscielny. There's also Ribery, Nasri, Benzema, Valbuena, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Giroud, Lassana Diarra. Hopefully this team will go far.
3)Croatia- The most underrated team to me. They've got tough group games to play against Spain, Italy and Ireland. Steven Bilic's considered of of the long serving managers for a national football team. Team consist of Modric, Rakitic, Olic, Kranjcar, Srna. I expect Croatia to give Italy a huge challenge to qualify to the knockout stage aqround

Team that will be a huge dissapointment?

England - Can the caretaker pearce make a difference? Team will talents as well but i still think they are over-hyped. Sorry, no offense to fans of three lions but i think england may even have a problem qualifying into the knockout stage. France, Sweden could do better.
Italy - Sorry to italy fans out there. Ever since the WC 2006(after this tourney) I can see italy national team and italian clubs in serie a going backwards. I personally think the national team will be missing senior players like Andrea Pirlo, Cannavaro, Nesta, Gattuso and Totti.

This post has been edited by mrkenn: Apr 3 2012, 08:18 PM

Croatia, Portugal and France will shock the world

Besides favourites such as Spain, Germany and Netherlands. What do you guys think about France and Portugal?

It's the first game for all the teams in euro 2012 and i find most of them are boring. More to come tho

Dutch playing with two same CM all the time. I'm ok with de jong, but van bommel? No other CM? I know he's a great leader...but performance wise hmm...

The two full backs(Van der wiel and Jetro Willems) offensively they are quite good, but defensively i feel they are not good enough. should have fielded khalid boularouz maybe?

Dutch is missing the old robben(bombarding the left flank). His current play style very predictable(right flank trying to cut into middle and shoot). With strikers like RVP and huntelaar, would have been great if he played on the left and make crosses(I know at bayern he's been playing right wing all the time).

Wesley Sneijder seems to lost his touch too. He's trying to produce his magic passes but unfortunately, they didnt go well.

This post has been edited by mrkenn: Jun 19 2012, 10:36 PM

balotelli will score and italy will win the match. He will win the ballon d'0r at the age of 21.