Bet the Euro 2008 Outright Winner at Sportingbet

SportSavant · Jun 18, 2008

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Euro 2008 has reached the quarterfinal stage but soccer betting fans still have time to pick the Outright Winner at Sportingbet.com.<o

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ffice:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Holland</st1:City> is the Outright Winner favorite at +333 odds, followed by <st1:country-region w:st="on">Portugal</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1

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World Cup winner <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> is at +500, as is <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1

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The Italians advanced to the quarterfinals Tuesday night by beating <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region> 2-0 in <st1

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But the Azzurri needed help to advance and they got it when the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region> beat <st1:country-region w:st="on">Romania</st1:country-region> 2-0 at <st1

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<st1

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lace> got goals from Andrea Pirlo and Daniele De Rossi. Pirlo scored on a penalty kick after Eric Abidal was red-carded for bringing down Luca Toni in the 24th minute. De Rossi put in a 25-yard free kick that deflected off <st1

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<st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region>, seeking its first European Championship title in 40 years, rebounded after losing 3-0 to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1

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lace></st1:country-region> in its opening game on June 9 – its biggest defeat in the tournament's history. The Italians then drew 1-1 with <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1

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<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1

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<st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> now faces <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> in the quarterfinals on Sunday, with <st1:country-region w:st="on">Spain</st1:country-region> a +140 favorite and <st1

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