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Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria pushed Croatia to the final whistle, but Luka Modric penalty on four minutes was enough to take all three points. Croatia were gifted the penalty after Rene Aufhauser clumsily challenged Ivica Olic.

Croatia didn't look like the team that knocked England out during the qualifying stages, but I still predict they will cause an upset. Especially in the latter stages of the competition against the bigger teams.

Result

Austria 0-1 Croatia

Portugal started their Euro 2008 campaign in style by beating Turkey 2-0 and almost look certain to qualify from Group A along with Czech Republic who beat Switzerland earlier.

Portugal's centre-back Pepe opened the scoring, surging forward from the back playing a nice one-two with Nuno Gomes and then calmly slotting the ball pass the Turkish keeper Volkan Demirel. Raul Meireless scored the second in injury time sliding home after a flowing move started by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Portugal could have scored more, with Cristiano Ronaldo hitting the post from a first-half free-kick and Nuno Gomes also hitting the woodwork twice.

Result

Portugal 2-0 Turkey

The UEFA Euro 2008 finally kicked off yesterday (07/06/2008) and the Czech Republic beat hosts Switzerland in the opening match of UEFA Euro 2008, courtesy of a goal scored by substitute Vaclav Sverkos.

Even more bad news for Switzerland is that their influential captain Alexander Frei has been sidelined for the rest of Euro 2008 after injuring his knee in the opening game as he limped off in tears. Alexander Frei is an important player as he's the one who scores Switzerland's goals and without him the Swiss will struggle.

Result

Switzerland 0-1 Czech Republic

Just checked the Predict Addict inbox and I've received an email asking me to fill out a short survey on predicting Euro 2008.

After filling it out, it made me realise how little I know about the players who will be playing in the competition. Most of the players I've never heard of, so some new stars could emerge.

It you have 10-20 minutes spare then help Stefan conduct his survey about how people predict outcomes in the context of football during the Euro 2008.

Here's the link to the online study http://phpserver.psycho.unibas.ch/em2008/

With the Euro 2008 about to kick off I can't help feel a little deflated due to England's failure to qualify for the competition. So much was expected, but England just didn't live up to those expectations.

I'm sure that my enthusiasm will return when the first game kicks off on Saturday and the competition explodes onto our screens. Glad in a way that England aren't there because their chances are always over hyped and the media make the whole nation believe that this is their year and England just never lives up to it.

So, the question is "Who Will You Support In Euro 2008?"

Congratulations go to Phil Johnson who has won the FA Premier League 2007/08 Predict Addict's prediction league and is crowned the Predict Addict 'Best Pundit'. Phil scored an impressive 339 points, 27 points ahead of Ian Dave, while in 3rd place was Nick Taylor on 308 points.

Below is the final top ten leaderboard for the FA Premier League 2007/08 Prediction League.

Don't forget that next season we will be running the prediction league again. If you can't wait that long then join the UEFA Euro 2008 prediction league and prove that you know your stuff on the European stage?

With 30 points to play for the crown for the 'Best Pundit' of the FA Premier League 2007/08 is still up for grabs. Just like the FA Premier League title the overall winner will be decided on the last day of the season, with three members still in contention.

If your not in the running then better luck next season. The winner will be announced shortly after the season has finished.

Don't forget that next season we will be running the prediction league again. If you can't wait that long then join the UEFA Euro 2008 prediction league and prove that you know your stuff on the European stage?

Good luck with your predictions.

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Chelsea's 2-0 win over Newcastle United means that the title race goes down to the final game of the season.

Micheal Ballack settled Chelsea's nerves in the second half, with Florent Malouda scoring the second to seal the win. The pressure is now back on Manchester United as they travel to Wigan Athletic and Chelsea take on Bolton Wanderers.

This season has been the closes for ages and all eyes with be on the top and bottom of the table, I'm sure the final day of the season will be the most dramatic for along while. I think a lot of fans will be biting their nails, listening to the radio and praying that the results go their way.

I predict that Manchester United will win 3-1 against Wigan Athletic and retain the Premier League title. Chelsea have made the season interesting, but have just left it too late.

Will Fulham pulled off the great escape and survive the drop? They are definitely in the driving seat, after beating Birmingham City 2-0. Fulham wanted the win much more than Birmingham City and ran out deserved winners. The win moves them out of the bottom three and it looks like Roy Hodson has turned their fortunes around.

WIth Fulham's destiny is in their own hands, Birmingham City need to win against Blackburn Rovers and hope that both Fulham and Reading do not win. It's going to be a tall task as Blackburn Rovers are still chasing a UEFA place.

Elsewhere Reading have dropped into the bottom three and look almost certain to be relegated. After not scoring for the last six games they face bottom club Derby at the best possible time when on a goal drought. If they can't break the duck against Derby then the Championship beckons and with it the millions of pounds in lost revenue that Premier League status guarantees.

I've changed my predictions and I think that Reading and Birmingham City along with Derby will be relegated at the end of the season.

Just finished creating the second video in the series explaining how to make predictions for forthcoming football games in Predict Addict via Facebook, which is now posted on YouTube.

This video shows how simple it is to make predictions for up and coming fixtures for the selected football competition via Facebook.

Check out the video using the following URL http://www.youtube.com/v/bwYXb788pME&hl=en

View the rest of the How To videos for Predict Addict on YouTube using the following URL http://www.youtube.com/predictaddict