Championship - Championship Manager: Spain and Germany the favorites
Warsaw - The coach of the European Football Cup, the German national football team and world champions Spain, the favorites for the title. At a meeting of the coaches in Warsaw established not only Poland's national team coach Franciszek Smuda: "I think everyone knows who are the favorites for me, these are Germany and Spain.."
For Germany coach Joachim Loew, the Spaniards in the European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine (June 8-July 1), the hottest contender for the title. "The favorite is always Spain, in every tournament. Our minimum goal is to reach the quarter-finals. But our group opponents Portugal, Netherlands and Denmark is of course very strong," said Loew. Ireland's coach Giovanni Trappatoni for the road to European title also leads to Spain. For the Italians, as well as England, the Netherlands and Germany are among the candidates.
Even the former Bundesliga player Karlsruhe and now coach of Croatia Slaven Bilic holds, Spain and Germany for the top favorites. "But all teams have a chance, we're eager to go far. With a little luck, anything is possible," said Bilic. For France coach Laurent Blanc, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands in the title race in the lead.
