Yesterday’s final scores: Portugal 2 - 0 Turkey, Switzerland 0 - 1 Czech Republic

Luc’s predictions: Austria 0 - 3 Croatia, Poland 1 - 1 Germany

Well, just four minutes into the game and Croatia have scored against the co-hosts. It was a very clear penalty and Modric slotted it in to give the Croats a great start and Austria a disastrous one. I’ve got a 3-0 for this one; I hope we see more goals. Austria had a decent side in in 1954; they got to the semi finals and eventually took third place. Along they way, they won the World Cup’s highest scoring match 7-5 against their co-hosts of this year’s European Championships, Switzerland. This time, though, they don’t have a decent side and they won’t score seven goals in the whole tournament.

Come on Croatia, two more!

Yesterday, I got one correct result with Portugal’s win over Turkey, but the stylish second goal scuppered my predicted scoreline of 1-0.  In the other game, Switzerland didn’t get the penalty they should have had to level the game.  No surprises so far with the two favourites for Group A qualification in the driving seat after their first matches.