What Stephen Orford Think about EURO 2008

Winners
Portugal. I think Ronaldo might do a Diego.

Surprise Package
Romania. They'll do at least one of the big three.

Supporting
Spain. See Paul's reasoning, plus there's Xabi and Pepe.

Oustanding player
Ronaldo, otherwise my winners prediction is up the spout.

Emerging player
Karim Benzema has the chance to show exactly why everyone has been banging on about him.

Whipping Boys
Surprisingly not Austria, but possibly Greece. Their ultra-defensive style can't work again, and even though they qualified well they are still prone to the odd pounding.