EuroCup Saturday June 19

Surprises today at the Eurocup, Hungary drawing with France and Spain just getting a draw at home with Poland were certainly not in the bets today, Germany winning against Portugal even away is not really much of a surprise as Germany, for one of those strange reasons nearly always wins against Portugal.

Now I woke up kind of late and just got to see the last minute of the first half with Hungary beating France 1-0, this was a downer, I play a game (free of course) and I bet most of the credits I had on France winning, even when France scored the draw I just knew I had lost my bet. Lesson is I should never bet and for you it is do not follow my advise on things like sports betting.

Then Portugal, which by the way is my team, I do have some Portuguese ancestors, well they were really underwhelming, posed very little threat, and apart from Ronaldo getting closer to setting the record for most goals scored for a national team they showed nothing, now they could even be out of the competition if they get nothing against France. As for France the score is not bad, they are qualified for the next round and can actually pick the spot they want to come out in, first, second or even third (even though for third it depends on what Germany does against Hungary).

And then we come to Spain, they didn't even televise this game here but I followed it on As.com, just minute by minute reports, and it seems it is the same story, almost complete possession and almost completely ineffective. This particular group is indeed complicated, only Sweden is qualified any of the other three could make it. To be honest I think Spain will be too much for Slovakia, but I thought the same for France today.