Group A

[AJ]

Portugal
Czech Republic
Switezerland
Turkey

[WHUPUNTER]

1st Portugal
2nd Czech Republic
3rd Turkey
4th Switzerland

[stuartyoung1989]

1.Czech Republic
2.Portugal
3.Switezerland
4.Turkey

[Tulenos]

Czech Republic will almost certainly be missing Tomas Rosicky which is all but all of the midfield gone. It's such a terrible vision that the management have even been toying with the idea of recalling Pavel Nedved again. Matejovsky was a decent replacement earlier in the season, but I doubt he can last in top form for long.

Cech the goalie is also a big question mark, although playing again for Chelsea, but the face wound can easily get torn under pressure as it's pretty fresh. Second choice goalie, Blazek, not in very spectacular form.

[anothamug]

could do worse than turkey to qualify currently 2.88 with betfred. weide open group and with question marks over czechs and a very mediocre swiss side value could be on the turks.

[chiqo]

1st Portugal
2nd Czech Republic
3rd Switzerland
4th Turkey

Portugal will win this group if Christiano Ronaldo will be on the level he is at the moment. Czech is better than switzerland and turkey in my eyes. But it´s possible Switzerland and Turkey change the positions... maybe

[SeanMac]

1st - Portugal
2nd - Czech Republic
3rd - Switzerland
4th - Turket

[Tulenos]

Czech Rep. - Just been announced that Rosicky will be defo out, undergoing an operation next Tuesday. Nedved hasn't confirmed yet so at the moment there is no creative leader of the midfield in the team.

[AJ]

Originally Posted by Tulenos

Czech Rep. - Just been announced that Rosicky will be defo out, undergoing an operation next Tuesday. Nedved hasn't confirmed yet so at the moment there is no creative leader of the midfield in the team.

could lead to me back the swiss to get second place in the group with home advantage

[SeanMac]

i agree mate

[uhudazflo]

portugal should win group

2nd place is anyones and i thhink the host nation might take itt as the hosts always do better than expected,

[Marek76]

After the pandemonium in the play offs for the World Cup 2006, I'm looking forward to the Switzerland vs Turkey game. Keep an eye on the bookings. But bookies will probably be aware of that and will set the lines high.

The Swiss could make it to the next stage. My personal theory says that one of the hosts will definitely progress and Switzerland look much stronger than Austria.

[budda1312]

Originally Posted by Marek76

... My personal theory says that one of the hosts will definitely progress and Switzerland look much stronger than Austria.

agreed
Austria has no chance whatsoever so it has to be Switzerland. They proved strong over recent years and this group is much tighter than we all seem to think. Turkey are no mugs and always a threat. Portugal has clearly the strongest team, especially up front. Czechs on the other hand are terrible and has been since nedved is gone. If you're looking for upsets this group looks the best. Portugal should get 4 points easily so they're qualified already , but the rest is wide open. No result here will be surprising. The table according to teams' strength should look like this imho:

1. Portugal
2. Switzerland
3. Czechs & Turkey

[Carl]

Taken from Pinnacle,

Group A – Weak Section is Portugal’s For the Taking

Portugal lead the Group A winner’s betting market at PinnacleSports.com priced 2.350 to top the pool phase, ahead of the Czech Republic 3.260*, co-hosts Switzerland 4.810* and Turkey 8.430*. The Portuguese possess an enviable pair of wing wizards in Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Nani, but cannot match that quality in the striker department. Though the Portuguese lost just once during Group A qualification, they finished second, having drawn six of their 14 games. Ronaldo was their top-scorer with eight goals, but an unhealthy amount of expectation rests on his young shoulders, and if the opposition can neutralize his threat, coach, Felipe Scolari may struggle with a plan B.

[Riku888]

Slightly different for me guys. Think the swiss will advance from this group in 2nd with Portugal topping and the Czech's in 3rd.

The swiss looked ok in the world cup and have a couple of quality players like barnetta and the arsenal pairing at the back.

The Czech's without rosicky and nedved hhmmmm..........

[JackJarvis]

I fancy Switzerland to do well in this tournament and they are one of my value outsiders.

I am going against the swing of things here and say The Czechs and Swiss to qualify with Portugal to face an early exit.

[Ljava]

Portugal had a great team before, but now they are better i think. With Ronaldo, they can beat everyone. They play excellent football and will be suprise if they wont go till the semi finals on this euro. The hart say that on the second position will Czechs, but the Turkey had also a good team, and there are Swiss who play in their country. Anything can happen here.

[malcolmas]

1st Portugal
2nd Turkey
3rd Czech Rep
4th Switzerland

Portugal should progress further but one slight concern for me is the fact that they drew 6 games in qualifying.
Turkey will be underestimated thereby earning them some valuable points.
Czechs will be fighting over 2nd place with Turkey - the key game should be the H2H with Turkey
Don't think Switzerland will get the better of any of the other 3 teams, even with them having home advantage (maybe 3 draws).

[MartyMcG_1967]

Looks like a tight group this, fancy Portugal and Switzerland to progress at the moment, Switzerland are a good team and as documented the host team always does well and I don't think Austria have enough quality to the Swiss could nick second here.

[ScottishBhoy87]

Really excited about the start of this tournament, already got me funds set up for it

Anyway onto this group, IMO I cant see past Portugal qualifying from it, looking at thier team they have some solid players along with some outstanding players on their day.....I really cant see them not gaining 4 points at least.

Agree with most that second place will be a hottly contested one.
I think Czech Rep may have the best chance to qualify, my home nation Scotland plays them on Friday in a freindly in Prague so by looking at this hopefully I will have a better opinion of their chances.

Turks and the Switz home nation both have the potential to qualify as well, its gony be tight.