German national soccer team players attend a training session in Basel March 25, 2008.
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Winning Chance of Russians at Euro 2008 Is 1%
The chance of Russia’s soccer team at Euro 2008 doesn’t exceed 1 percent, concluded the survey initiated by Castrol, the official statistics sponsor of Euro 2008.
The survey determines an index of each player of the national squad represented at the competitions. Of all team, Russian halfbacks enjoy the best score amid the Top 20 - Diniyar Bilyaletdinov of Lokomotiv ranks the 6th and Konstantin Zyryanov of Zenit has the 10th position. Sergei Ignashevich of CSKA ranks the 6th of fullbacks and his club mate Igor Akinfeev is the 15th goalie expected to play at Euro 2008.
According to Castrol, the probability of Russia’s progressing to the quarterfinals is 33 percent, the semifinal forecast is 10 percent and the final one is just 3 percent. The winning chance doesn’t exceed 1 percent, the experts concluded. Of all nations that advanced to the competitions, only Austria ranks below Russia with its 26 percent, 9 percent, 3 percent and 1 percent respectively.
Germany, which winning chance is 17 percent, is the obvious favorite of the competitions that start June 7. It is followed by Spain (14 percent), the Netherlands, France and the Czech Republic (10 percent each), Romania (7 percent), Italy (6 percent), Portugal, Croatia, Switzerland (5 percent each), Sweden (3 percent), Greece, Poland, Turkey (2 percent each), Austria and Russia (1 percent each).
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