Euro 2012 betting

The European Championships are always a thrilling tournament and with the world’s best teams and players on display, there are some brilliant Euro 2012 betting odds to take advantage of.

However, there’s one team who is currently head and shoulders above all others and will be hard to ignore in the Euro 2012 betting…

Spain are still the team to beat

Reigning European Champions Spain head into the tournament as favourites and it’s hard to look too far beyond the Spaniards when considering potential winners.

Spain were brilliant in their 2008 victory seeing off all challengers and defeating Germany 1-0 in the final thanks to a Fernando Torres strike.

With players of the calibre of Xavi and Andres Iniesta supplying the likes of Torres and David Silva they can be irresistible going forward and with Gerard Pique marshalling the defence, they will also be defensively sound.

The only problem for Spain might be if Barcelona perform well in all of their competitions.

With a majority of Spain’s starting XI playing for the Catalan giants, burnout could be an issue.

History is also against the Spaniards as no side has ever retained the title since its inception in 1960.

The closest any side has come was West Germany who were defeated finalists in 1976 after winning the title in 1972.

With that in mind, it could be worth opposing Spain in the Euro 2012 betting.