Betting tips / Paul Bugeja / 23 June 2012 / Leave a comment Bet Now View Market

Sami Khedira was one of three in the second half who scored for Germany to take the lead in their Euro 2012 quarter-final against Greece, turfing theGreeks out of the competition...

Germany are the (2.9) Euro 2012 favourites with Betfair customers after an entertaining 4-2 defeat of Greece.

Heavily fancied before the off, and good value for a 1-0 lead at halftime thanks to Phillip Lahm's opener, Germany were shocked by a Giorgios Samaras second-half equaliser. The underdogs had comprehensively parked the bus, so the sight of two Greece players in the Germany half was a surprise in itself.

But Samaras' goal merely served to rouse Jogi Low's men and the dominance levels went off the scale in the next 20 minutes. Three goals were scored in a 13-minute spell as Sami Khedira, Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus fired Germany into the semi-finals, where they will meet either England or Italy.

At 4-1 up, the markets wouldn't have been surprised to see another goal but that it came from Dimitris Salpingidis was a shock - his penalty will have delighted backers of the 4-2 final score at (360.0). Over 5.5 goals traded at a high of (65.0).

Germany's expected opponents in the final, Spain, play France on Saturday night. Vicente del Bosque's outfit can be backed at (3.8) to win Euro 2012, while Laurent Blanc's boys are (14.5). England and Italy are (11.0) and (12.5) respectively.