Betting On Spain V Portugal.

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17th June 2008, by Taylor Luk

The highlight of the 2004 soccer calendar was UEFA Euro 2004. For Centrebet, Euro 2004 will be the biggest sporting event since the Soccer World Cup in 2002. Betting on UEFA Euro 2004 focused on the games with the best teams.

Punters and soccer fans alike were predicting a tough and close encounter in group A, between the host country Portugal and their Iberian neighbour Spain. Punters also predicted that both Spain and Portugal will go through to the quarter-finals, however any mistake against the outsiders Greece and Russia would cost them dearly. Before the Spain v Portugal showdown on the 20 June 2004 in Lisbon, Portugal and Spain had played both Russia and Greece. Both Portugal and Spain were hoping to have already secured a place in the quarter-finals by the time they meet. Little did anyone expect Greece to upset their plans.

Spain V Portugal - Euro 2004 Betting Options Include:

Besides Spain V Portugal head-to-head betting, Centrebet offered a huge range of exotics, including:

Tournament betting: Winner, Make the Final, Make the Quarter Final, Group Winners & Golden Boot.
Match bets: Draw No Bet, Will Not Win, Handicap, Total Goal Score, HT Result, Pick the Score, First Goal Scorer, Anytime Goal Scorer, Will/Will Not Score.
First Team to: Kick Off, Throw In, Goal Kick, Corner Kick, Score, make a Sub, Get a Card
General Specials: Will There Be a Penalty, Will There Be a Red Card, Time of First Goal, Where Will the First Goal Be Scored from, Total Corners, Number of cards, Highest Scoring Half
Second Half Specials: Total Goal Score, Goal Kick, Corner Kick, Throw In, Score
Daily Specials: Total Yellow Cards, Red Cards, Fastest Goal

Centrebet provided prospective punters a full Betting Schedule of Euro 2004 football matches so that you could plan your bets.

Portugal went into Euro 2004 lacking some confidence based on their past record in European championships. After a first round exit from the World Cup and only two semi-final appearances in 1984 and 2000 as their best results, the Portuguese team will need a good start against Greece to get the home crowds behind them. Portugal have failed to beat any of their fellow Euro 2004 finalists in seven attempts since Luiz Felipe Scolari, fresh from guiding Brazil to their fifth World Cup triumph in South Korea and Japan took over in early 2003. The quality in Scolari's squad comes from the outstanding front four of Luis Figo, Simao Sabrosa, Pauleta and Rui Costa.

Spain are the perennial underachievers in international football. To reach the finals, they had to go via play-offs against Norway winning comfortably in the end. They won the European Championship in 1964 and then lost in the final to France 20 years later. Now another 20 years on they should feel as confident as any team to take out the title. New coach Inaki Saez has built a side based around the talents of exciting young forwards like Jose Antonio Reyes, Vicente Joaquin and Fernando Torres.

The results of matches between Spain and Portugal vary depending on who you ask. Three matches are not recognised by Spain and are not included in the following figures.

Spain V Portugal Previous Match Results:

We have also provided betting previews of three other stand out European Football betting opportunites at Euro 2004: France v England, Netherlands V Germany and a Denmark v Sweden Euro 2004 football betting preview.

Centrebet also offers a online sports books on a wide range of European football events. Centrebet also offers Spanish Primera Division football odds, Dutch Eredivisie 2004 Football Betting, UEFA Champions League betting, and UEFA Cup odds for season 2003-2004. Books for these events are now open for Centrebet customers. In order to bet on these sporting events, you first need to register to bet with Centrebet on our secure bet site. You can check our online sports betting calendar for more information on upcoming events.

last update : 17th June 2008 17:11