Revisiting my previous predictions, I was a perfect 8 of 8 (though I got the ordering wrong on Group B). Maybe I should stop investing and go to Vegas! Let’s keep the streak alive:
Quarterfinals
Portugal vs. Germany — I think Portugal’s main weakness will be their lack of firepower upfront but Germany won’t be the [...]
Most questions ask me to predict what’s going to happen in the financial markets but yesterday, a co-worker asked me about Euro 2008. I know it’s lame to make predictions after a round of games have been played but regardless, here’s my semi-educated take:
Nothing too exciting this week. There was another round of Champion’s League matches but most of the groupings look fairly settled and we won’t get any really exciting pairings until the knockout rounds. A nice drama may be unfolding as Liverpool basically need to win their remaining 2 matches against fairly decent teams [...]
It took 30 years on this earth to appreciate the grace and depth of the world’s most popular sport but after watching the biggest match English soccer has to offer, it was definitely worth the wait.
I’m normally not a big fan of the Premier League. At times, the sheer physicality of it resembles rugby [...]
