By Rob Dore When Joachim Loew decided to leave out Mario Gomez (26), Thomas Mueller (22) and Lukas Podolski (27) for Germany’s quarter-final with Greece, the general opinion was that he was taking an unnecessary risk. The Greeks had shown themselves to be resilient in the group stages and as comparisons were being made with […]
Can Super Mario power up Germany?
By Lee Dover Mario Gomez may have rampaged his way through the German Bundesliga over the years, but he has often felt like a plumber without his tools when the major international tournaments have come knocking. Super Mario was a member of the Germany teams who impressed the world with great showings in Euro 2008 […]
Euro 2012 Preview: Germany v Greece
Germany v Greece Friday 7.45pm ITV1 & RTE2 The lowdown… This game will be seen as the biggest mismatch of the quarter-finals. Germany qualified as group winners with three wins from three, moving comfortably but unspectacularly in to the knock-out stages. Joachim Loew’s team have now won their last 14 games in-a-row and are the […]
Money-Back Mario! Refunds all round if Gomez scores first
Mario Gomez is the leading Euro 2012 goalscorer with three goals so we’re a touch worried Paddy has gone bananas after seeing this latest Money-Back special! If Gomez scores the first goal, Paddy Power will refund all losing first goalscorer, last goalscorer, correct score & scorecast singles on the match. Paddy must have been feeling […]
Super Mario Gomez scores and you get your money-back!
Hindsight is a wonderful thing but by half-time of the Netherlands v Germany game we here on the Paddy Power Blog were wondering just how desperate our money men are we to give cash away. The special on this game was that we’d refund selected bets if Mario Gomez (26) scored a goal at any […]
Our blogger tips Germany 1-0 and Mario Gomez (0-0 half-time too)
Germany have been heavily backed by punters to win Euro 2012 and it’s no shock to see them get off to a good start. A single Mario Gomez goal was enough to beat an impotent Portugal tonight in Group B. Let’s hope people who read Paddy Power Blog reporter Sean Goff’s preview followed his advice […]
Group B preview: Germans to see off Portugal
Group B betting preview: Germany v Portugal Saturday, 7.45pm (BBC and RTE2) The lowdown Germany won all 10 of their qualifying games and go into this tournament as 10/3 second favourites to win it outright. Manuel Neuer has been outstanding in goal while Bastian Schweinsteiger is widely recognised as one of the best midfielders in the world and is 16/1 […]
Euro 2012: Who’ll be the top goalscorer
IN WITH A SHOUT: Rooney is favourite to be England’s top scorer at Euro 2012 A new manager, a new captain and now England need a new goalscorer if their Euro 2012 campaign is to get them out of the group as Wayne Rooney’s two-match ban rules him out until the final game against the […]
Will Ronaldo prove who the Real world number one is against Bayern tonight?
Real Madrid v Bayern Munich 8pm Ten years ago Real Madrid and Bayern Munich met in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The German side won the first leg 2-1 Allianz Arena only to be beaten 2-0 in the return leg at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid went on to win the competition that year, lifting […]







