if Spain will be bidding for a third straight major championship victory when they face Portugal in their semi-final encounter and on Wednesday evening with local rivalry will come to life once again with Spain going into the match as odds on favourites just under 1/2 to qualify for the final.
Spain’s journey to this stage of the competition has not been as smooth as the World Cup or European championship of 2008 after starting with a draw against Italy, they followed up with a convincing win over Ireland and then managed to sneak a late victory over Croatia in a game they could have easily lost. The quarter-final clash with France went according to plan with many predicting that the Spanish national side would win this one but it was not as easy as everyone expected with France putting in a below par performance still in the game with 10 min to go as they were down by one goal but in the end a late penalty gave Spain the win they needed to face up against Portugal in the semi-final. they will meet Portugal on the back of a friendly at the end of last year were Portugal recorded a convincing win over Spain which sets this game off for good classic encounter with the attacking teams ready to press their dominance on the other.
from Portugal’s point of view they are one of the shocks of the tournament in how they have dealt with qualifying from one of the toughest groups that stage where after losing their first game against Germany they were over 25/1 to win Euro 2012 to the point where they are now 5/1 and third favourites to win the competition behind Germany and Spain of course. They have not had it all their own way having been made to work for quarter-final victory over Czech Republic and prior to this looking in danger against the Dutch side in their final group game he did take the lead against them only for a strong comeback which was led by none other than Cristiano Ronaldo to ensure their progress to the knockout stages where he again made a great contribution to the Portuguese colours.
Spain have less time to prepare for this game but do have a strong squad and if necessary they can call upon some of those players who have not had as much involvement so far and Portugal will rely on Ronaldoto such an extent that he does not have a good game they have no chance of winning this clash and as a result of betting tip will be for Spain to progress to the final 2/5 with betdaq where you can enjoy a £30 Risk Free first bet.
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