The greatest show of the footballing summer is now just hours away and the marathon month long 51 game Euro 2016 bonanza promises to be a cracker. I am going to be weighing in every match day with a pick and do my best to guide you the dear FourthOfficial.com reader down the right path.
The opening game sees hosts France get started with a tricky looking battle against Romania at the Stade de France. Even allowing for the French players blackmailing each other over sex tapes and subsequent controversial exclusions, the host nation have to be taken very seriously as tournament winning chances, if only for the fact that on paper their draw gives them a dream route to the final.
The Romanians will be no pushovers however and what they lack in flair they make up for in graft. They were unbeaten in qualifying and only conceded 2 goals. Hard to envisage a goal fest here and while stakes should be kept to a minimum until we see how some of the less fancied nations approach a group stage where they could conceivably qualify for the knock-out stage without winning or scoring in their three games, UNDER 2.5 goals is the pick to get a fascinating 30 days of football off and running.
#BestBet – France vs Romania = UNDER 2.5 Goals
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