YTD (EUROS): 12-7-3 (0-1 BIG PLAY!!!)
Been a good start and I want to post super early (or late depending where you are) for tomorrow's action as games start at 6am PDT.
The first game is super interesting to me because I think we will see exactly why the Croatians seem to always advance in these tournaments. For me, I think the best team in this group is Spain, and the Croatians knew that. They just didn't want to get blown out by them. They saw the Italians give up an early goal to Albania and then win the match by one goal. So they know coming into this game if they can limit the Albanians to 1 or less goal, they will be in the drivers seat for next rounds matchup with Italy. That is of course if Italy do lose.
So I think that Croatia wants to come out strong, and every early game to date has gone OVER in goals. Not sure if there's something to that but I think this is where Croatia shows how much more talented they are as they power home a win:
CROATIA OVER 1.5 GOALS (-165)
CROATIA/ALBANIA FH OVER 1 GOAL (-116)
CROATIA -1 (-135)
Maybe a 3 goal game or maybe even 2-0 Croatia. Anything else would in my mind be an upset. I think the Croatians aren't dead and they have a rabid following so I expect them to try to come out and control the tempo. Let's see how these go. As always, tail or fade, good luck to all...