 Russia
Advances in Euro
2008 as Huge
Underdogs
The biggest underdog
of the Euro 2008
qualifiers heading
into Saturday's game
against Holland,
Russia managed to
beat the
Netherlands.
With
12/1 odds of
winning the Euro
2008 at Sportingbet
(and even longer
33/1 odds heading
into June), Russia
caught a break in
its 3-1 victory over
the Netherlands in
the quarterfinals of
the European
Championship on
Saturday after a red
card given to
defender Denis
Kolodin was waived
off just before
regulation time
ended.
Kolodin committed a
hard foul on Wesley
Sneijder in the 90th
minute and received
his second yellow
card. Slovakian
referee Lubos Michel
consequently gave
him the red card,
but had to waive off
the ejection moments
later because his
linesman had his
flag up signaling
the ball went over
the touchline before
the foul occurred.
Because the linesman
had made the call
before Kolodin's
foul, everything
that happened after
it was called back.
Russia got a goal
each from Dimitry
Torbinski and Andrei
Arshavin in extra
time to overcome the
Dutch at St. Jakob
Park. Had the red
card counted, it
could've made a
difference because
the Dutch would have
been a man up for
the rest of the
match.
After the card was
shown, Russia coach
Guus Hiddink yelled
frantically to the
linesman so he would
get the referee's
attention to the
offside call. The
coach later put his
hands over the
shoulders of the
linesman to
apparently thank
him.
Russia and Turkey
were both huge long
shots to win the
Euro 2008 outright
and have now
advanced. By
late Saturday,
Russia offered a
€700 payout for
every €200 bet if
they were to
ultimately win the
Euro 2008.
Germany was the
favorite paying €800
for every €500 bet.
All Odds Were
Courtesy of
Sportingbet
Germany 8/5
Spain 3/1
Russia 7/2
Italy 9/2
Turkey 10/1
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