Euro 2008. Germany are favorites

Not what we say. They say the numbers, as announced on the official website of the Euro.

According to the Castrol Performance Index (CPI), Germany has a 17% chance of winning the Championship. What is this CPI?, Be asking. For it is one thing that fans have created some statistics to figure out who will win the Euro.

It is based on the performance of teams in scoring defense and attack. How do they calculate? Based on previous games of recent years. Surely the fact that bookmakers are as crazy with our select, place and second favorites, has something to do with this study, which places Spain as the strongest selection, although not the top seed due to the complicated his group, not as in Germany.

All this is calculated since 2000. Since then, the teams level titles have gone to France, Brazil, Greece and Italy. No sign of Germany or Spain, but the Teutons got a runner in the 2002 World Cup and a third in 2006. That yes, in the last European Championships, Germany returned 1 and 2 points in the group stage. Pauper previous balance.

As this study sets its results in the defense and in attack, perhaps most interesting is finding out what teams have the best qualities.

Best attack: Germany.
Best defense: France.

Defending champions, Greece, is fifth in chances of winning the Euro 2008 ... below. Well I would have liked to see a similar study before last season. Recall that the bets in early June 2004 were paid 100 euros for each euro bet on Greece. And that, gentlemen, reality always overtake a study based on statistics. And surprise in football, fortunately, still exists.

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Via: Euro2008.com