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Shay Given's 23/1 fourfold for UEFA Euro 2024 Quarter Final Predictions
Shay Given's 23/1 fourfold on Spain vs Germany and UEFA Champions League specials
An unbelievable matchup this one. Many will say it could have been a fitting final but here it is at the Quarter Final stage. It's a very difficult one to call and whoever does come through it will really fancy their chances of winning the whole competition.
Spain have had a fantastic Euros up to now and the hosts Germany haven't done badly either. The Spanish wingers Nico Williams and Lamine Yamal have had a lot of attention and rightly so but Germany also have two outstanding young attackers themselves in Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz.
My head is saying Germany will just sneak it.
France are still my favourites for the tournament and I expect them to get stronger the longer it goes on. Admittedly they have struggled for goals up to now with only one penalty and two own goals to show for themselves but I still think they will have too much for Portugal.
I thought the Portuguese were very poor against Slovenia and France might also still be looking for a little bit of revenge here after that 1-0 defeat in the final of Euro 2016 when Eder bagged the winner for Portugal in extra time.
England got out of jail in their last game obviously, with that brilliant Jude Bellingham goal in the final minute, and maybe that's the injection that they need.
Switzerland are a good team and really strong defensively with the likes of Manuel Akanji and Fabian Schar at the back, so I think this could be another tight, low scoring game for Gareth Southgate's side.
I think the Netherlands will have too much in this one. Turkey had a fantastic result the other night against Austria, to get themselves to this stage and what about that save from their keeper Mert Gunok to preserve their lead. That was the best save of the tournament so far, undoubtedly.
The Dutch are starting to look very good after a bit of a slow start and they blew away Romania in the last round. Cody Gapko is a real goal threat and I think he's going to have another big say in this one.