THE BERNIE THE BOOK COLUMN
IT’S BON NUIT FOR GARETH’S ENGLAND BUT BONJOUR FOR LES BLEUS!…COOLMORE VICTORS IN DERBY
Last month’s truncated column highlighted the headline tip of ITALY in the rearranged EURO 2020 and my original thoughts haven’t changed and they are still available at a standout 11/1.
be on Karim Benzema and France at 40/1, Mbappe and France at 25/1 and Italy and Immobile at 100/1. Admittedly for small units but it just could earn a little or a lot extra.
Finally in this section spread some money around on the top goalscorer markets for minimal stakes. You need a team you think will progress deep into the tournament (number of matches/opportunities and people who are that countries marksman,so how about Karim Benzema at 16/1 Tino Werner at 25/1 And Ferran Torres at a whopping 50/1
I say standout as how the groups look and how the knock- outs should progress, they have every chance of reaching the last four (more later)…but one thing has changed since my first article and that is Karim Benzama’s exclusion from the French national team has been overturned after four years (he is still to be tried over blackmail over a teammate in November! (nice boy) and now one of the standout strikers in world football is available for selection. The Real Madrid talisman will now complete an awesome front three of himself, Mbappe and Griezmann for the world champions.
Mon dieu!!
That makes the 5/1 available for FRANCE to win Euro 2020 exceptional value. The draw for the later rounds should also kibosh England as they will meet in the last 16 the second placed team of group F, which contains France, Germany and Portugal, ALL OF WHICH SHOULD OVERTURN GARETH’S BOYS. The winner of this tie is likely to face Spain, so the bookies odds of 5/1 on England are so skinny, they could win Slimmer of the Year. France also boast a squad sufficiently strong to win the World Cup last time round with no obvious weaknesses and now with the firepower of Benzama should be lumped on at 5/1. So let’s ramp up the odds. Bookmakers are offering the footy double of winner and top goalscorer. If we stay with the premise that we are going to back France (and indeed Italy), let’s have the double, after all a player we pick is going to have the opportunity to play more matches ,so lets see the odds. A small investment must
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Bookies are drooling over the number of different bets that they can offer and one which should appeal to all Celts and me is WHO WILL QUALIFY? Now remember 16 of 24 teams make it to the last 16, with the highest four third place teams qualifying. Let’s look at group A – Italy, Switzerland, Turkey and Wales, no fears there for picking up points and the 6/5 for qualifying is to good to miss.
So to to Scotland who have proved a resilient outfit. Can they not sneak enough points from England, Czech Republic and Slovakia? Again Evens makes good reading.
Finally to Group E with Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden and I think the 13/8 on offer on Sweden not to qualify is too good to miss. This looks a fight-out between Slovakia and Sweden for the third place and the odds offered are good value.
All in all the month of June will be football overload across europe as the competition has numerous locations over the continent but one thing is for sure it will be an overdue spectacle for the footballl lover with the finals and semis to be staged at Wembley. The qualification from the group stage is such that it will only start getting compulsive viewing from the knockout last 16 ties with England versus Germany, France or Portugal and absolute corker. But what else have we for you this month…read on.
JUNE 2021
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