I have already spoken about the betting arbitrage and now we will find out how to make bigger profits. As you know, arbitrage betting is a risk free betting, which covers all the outcomes of the sports event. Your profit is the difference between 100% and the percentage you receive from the highest odds on the market.

Now, after I reminded you what is arbitrage betting, we can look at two good strategies. But, be careful, because they are not absolutely risk free. However, if you want to make a higher profit for less time, you need to take risks. If you struggle to convert the odds into percentages, you can use this tool.

Tactics №1: We will bet on the correct score. Firstly, we have to carefully pick a match. For example, I am going to choose the Champions League 3rd round’s match between Astana and Celtic. The experts expect not many goals in the game, so we can say the home team is going to score no more than 2 goals and the visitors are going to find the net no more than once.

0-0 – 7.50 (13.33%); 0-1 – 7.50 (13.33%); 1-0 – 7.00 (14.29%); 1-1– 6.00 (16.67%); 2-0 – 11.00 (9.09%); 2-1 – 10.00 (10%). When we sum the percentages we receive 67.73%. This means that if the final outcome of the game is one of these correct scores we are going to make a profit of 32.27% of the amount we decide to bet.

As there is a risk in such type of betting, you should use this tactic with several matches, in order to reduce losses if you are unlucky! The advantage of this betting type is that you don’t need to make account in other bookie, you can use only 1 bookmaker, which saves a lot of actions.

If you are brave enough, you can combine your matches! This can earn you much more profit, because you can sum the percentages! In such case, you should be aware of not missing any of the combinations!

At both ends, it all depends on you! You decide whether to be brave and place such bets! You can expect more betting tactics in the next articles! I can now only wish you “Good luck”!

1. Rui Patricio
The goalkeeper had a great tournament. He was one of the key reasons for Portugal’s success. Patricio was the first choice for Portugal in all the 7 games in the competition and equalized Schmeichel’s record from 1992 for most saves in the Euro final match (7).

2. Bruno Alves
The brave defender Bruno Alves was among the starting eleven on only one occasion, but his performance against Wales in the semi-final match was very good and he paid his tribute to the Portugal’s title.

3. Pepe
The defender of Real Madrid became the Man of The Match in the final against France. He was one of the most important players for his country. With the defensive approach to the games by Portugal, they desperately needed such a player like Pepe. With his classy performance, he proved he is one of the best defenders in the world!

4. Jose Fonte
Fonte of Southampton appeared for the first time on the pitch at the European championship in the Round of 16 against Croatia. He took part in 4 games in total and with him on the pitch, the Portuguese conceded only 2 goals in 4 games.

5. Raphael Guerreiro
The fullback became the highest rated player by the stats site whoscored.com. He played in 5 matches at the Euro 2016. He was very close to score a goal in the final against France, but his shot from a free kick hit the bar. However, Guerreiro was very disciplined and was perfect in defence.

6. Ricardo Carvalho
The most experienced player in Portugal’s squad (38 years old), Ricardo Carvalho surprisingly, was in the starting eleven for Portugal’s first 3 games of the group stage. Carvalho wasn’t very persuasive against Hungary in the third game of the competition, when his team conceded 3 goals and that’s why Santos left him on the bench for the next matches. But, Carvalho was also helpful from the bench, giving his teammates precious advices.

7. Cristiano Ronaldo
Ronaldo was the best player for his team. A player, who is the leader, the goal-scorer and the motivator. He scored 3 goals and made 2 assists. Ronaldo showed prowess, staying 20 minutes on the pitch against France, after receiving a knee injury. Then he returned on the bench and was even more emotional than the head coach Fernando Santos. Cristiano Ronaldo encouraged his teammate Moutinho to take a penalty against Poland and the midfielder scored the goal. So, Ronaldo was the key reason for Portugal’s success!

8. Joao Moutinho
29-year-old midfielder was mostly used as a substitute player. He came from the bench in the final match and provided an assist to Eder. Moutinho scored the third penalty against Poland.

9. Eder
The person, who decided the final was exactly Eder. He had a great influence on the game after he came on in the 79th minute. Eder scored the only goal of the final game in the 109th minute with a powerful shot! That was just his 4th international goal, but maybe the most important of his career!

10. Joao Mario
The midfielder was very important player in Portugal’s title run. He took part in all 7 matches at the Euro 2016. Mario was tireless! He gave everything for his team and played well until the very last second of every game at the European championship. At his age of 23, he has a bright future in the Portugal national team.

11. Vieirinha
Several years ago, he was described as one of the biggest talents of the Portuguese football. The 30-year-old Vieirinha is a part of Wolfsburg’s squad. The left fullback, as Ricardo Carvalho, took part in the first 3 matches of the Euro 2016, before Santos changed the tactics and the players. Vieirinha couldn’t impress with his performance, but was useful to his team during the group stage of the competition.

12. Anthony Lopes (reserve goalkeeper)

13. Danilo Pereira
Pereira recorded 225 minutes at the Euro 2016, but was very helpful. Pereira was used when Portugal needed to be stronger in defence. He was very disciplined, which was the main quality for Portugal’s success.

14. William Carvalho
In the Round of 16, against Croatia, Fernando Santos put Carvalho as a defensive midfielder and that was one of the most successful moves. The midfielder became the player with the most passes per game – 70. He made 2,6 tackles per game (2nd place) and 1,4 interceptions per match! Carvalho has made 13 successful tackles in total and has let players to dribble past him just twice.

15. Andre Gomes
The midfielder of Valencia made a great start of his participation at the Euro 2016. He assisted for the first Portugal’s goal in the competition. His brilliant pass found Nani in the box, who scored against Iceland. The midfielder took part in 5 matches and deservedly got his golden medal.

16. Renato Sanches
He became the best young player at the Euro 2016! There were lots of speculations about his real age, but it’s true that he is just 18 years old. Sanches is considered as the biggest young talent of the Portuguese football nowadays. Renato scored the very important equalizer against Poland and sent the match into the penalties.

17. Luis Nani
The former Manchester United player was the hero in shadow for Portugal. He also scored 3 goals and made 1 assist. Ronaldo ceded to Luis Nani the Silver boot for the second best goal-scorer. Luis Nani was the captain against France after Ronaldo left the pitch injured. That’s enough to be seen how important Nani was for Portugal.

18. Rafa Silva (played for only a couple of minutes against Austria)

19. Eliseu
The left fullback played in only 2 matches – against Hungary and Poland. He was left out of the starting eleven after weak performance against Hungary, but had the chance to improve against Poland and it was obvious that he has learned from his mistakes.

20. Ricardo Quaresma
For sure, without Quaresma there wouldn’t have been a title for Portugal. The winger was coming from the bench and was giving 100% of his skills and tactical discipline to help his teammates. Quaresma scored the priceless goal against Croatia in the 117th minute! Then, in the quarterfinals, he scored the winning penalty against Poland and sent his team to the semi-finals.

21. Cedric Soares
Alongside with Fonte, Cedric Soares has been one of the key players for Portugal in defence since the knockout stage of the competition. He also recorded 4 matches, just like his teammate in Southampton.

22. Eduardo (reserve goalkeeper)

23. Adrien Silva
He was a part of the interesting nostrum, Santos used. With the change of the scheme, Silva found his place in the starting eleven for the last 4 games of the competition.

Head coach: Fernando Santos

To begin with, the choice of the players for the squad was very precisely made – Santos used 21 players in the Euro 2016 (without the 2 reserve goalkeepers). We can say a lot of the change of the tactics after the group stage – he changed the scheme to 4-4-2 Diamond. Santos relied on the more defensive approach. He wanted his players to be disciplined and to wait patiently for the goal-scoring chances – something which is not typical for the Portuguese football! Portugal played on counter attacks and with long balls – which again was unexpected for the experts.

At both ends, we can only guess, whether Santos has intensively made his team finish with a draw against Hungary – to find a place in the weaker part of the knockout stage… However, he proved he is a world class manager and deservedly lifted the European championship title!

Everyone knows who is Mario Balotelli! He is the bad boy of the Italian football. The forward had a bright start of his career. He was explosive and had clinical finishing skills. However, now he has slowed down and his career isn’t developing well. It looks like he has lost his goal-scoring touch.

To continue, except his irregular style of playing, Balotelli is also known with his wild character. He likes to violate his curfew and go to a strip club. The forward was fined by $400,000 when he was in Manchester City. He has also his car impounded 27 times in total!

But, that’s not all! He was fined by $300,000 for throwing darts at the youngsters in the locker room. He was stopped by a policeman, when driving his Maserati, but Balotelli had £25,000 on the passenger seat. When asked why, he answered “cause I’m rich”.

And do you remember when he almost set his house on fire with fireworks? Since then he has become the face of the fireworks safety campaigns.

On the other hand, Mario Balotelli acts like this, because he is just a different person. He has suffered things, that the most people haven’t imagined. He has survived a usually fatal disease at his birth. He has always suffered from the racist attacks from the fans and he has to live with that – it’s not easy! And the truth is that behind the face of varmint – there is a good human.

Today’s story is about Mario Balotelli’s “hidden” things in his house. The forward loves the animals a lot! He just came back to Liverpool to join the pre-season trainings and posted on his profile in a social network pictures of him and his ducks. This is not the first time the forward is showing his love to the animals. Mario tried to take his pig, named Super, in England, but he wasn’t allowed.

At both ends, don’t strike off Balotelli’s name from football! The striker must prove again, he is worth! And I am sure Jurgen Klopp is going to give him a chance. Mario Balotelli is a very strong character and will be back to his best form very soon! If not in Liverpool, there are lots of good teams to take the striker.

The Portuguese national football team beat 2-0 Wales in the semi-final match and made it to the final of the Euro 2016. Fernando Santos’ players have recorded 5 draws and only 1 victory so far in the tournament, but who cares about it, after they qualified for the final game of the European championship.

That was maybe the best performance, which was shown by Portugal in the tournament. The Welshmen were more active during the first half and took several shots towards Rui Patricio, but the goalkeeper managed to keep his sheet clean. However, Portugal outplayed their opponents in the second half and deservedly won 2-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 3rd goal of the tournament in the 50th minute. It’s interesting that he jumped 2,61 metres high and his header shot was 71,3 km/h fast. Then, the Real Madrid’s forward provided a great assist to his teammate Nani, who acted instinctively and found the net for 2-0 just 3 minutes later. No matter how hard Gareth Bale tried to score a goal, he was denied by the perfect performance of Rui Patricio.

Now, the question is can Ronaldo win his first major international tournament. I am sure he still remembers the final against Greece in 2004, when Portugal lost 0-1 and became the runners-up in the European championship. Furthermore, they were the host nation in 2004.

Many people say that Portugal are incredibly lucky to get so far in the tournament and that they don’t deserve it. But, have you asked yourself the question how France reached the semi-finals? Firstly, they didn’t take part in the qualifiers, because they are the host nation. Then, their group was the easiest in the tournament – Albania, Switzerland and Romania! A victory against Ireland sent them into the quarter finals, where they played against the scared team of Iceland.

So, don’t underestimate Portugal’s record, because the Portuguese team totally outplayed Austria and Iceland, but were unlucky to finish with draws against them. Then, two deflections confused Rui Patricio against Hungary, which meant they had to finish with a draw again. But, Santos changed the tactics in the knockout stage of the tournament and here is the result! Portugal deservedly reached the final and now have the chance to change the history of their national football team, by winning their first major international tournament!

The Swedish national team has good traditions at international level. But, they have always had really good football players. Now, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic retired from international football, Sweden don’t have any star players in their squad! So, The Blue-Yellow urgently need a new hero!

The Scandinavian team has a great record at major tournaments. Sweden have finished in 2nd place in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. The Blue-Yellow have won the Bronze medals from the World Cups in 1950 and 1994. They have reached the semi-finals on 1 another occasion. In addition, Sweden have qualified to the semi-finals of the UEFA Euro 1992. Their only 1st place at a major international tournament is in 1948, when Sweden have won the Olympic games in the UK.

To continue with, let’s see who were the key players for Sweden in the modern history of football. Patrik Andersson is a legendary defender. He was a participant in the Euro 1992, 2000 and in the FIFA World Cup 2002. Andersson is a former player of Borussia Monchengladbach, Bayern Munich and Barcelona. He won 96 caps for Sweden and scored 4 goals for his country.

Thomas Ravelli is another emblematic figure for Sweden. The goalkeeper started his international career in 1981 and retired 16 years later. He played in 2 World Cups (including the third place in 1994) and the Euro 1992. During his long career, Ravelli won 143 caps for Sweden, becoming a legend for his country.

The attackers Tomas Brolin and Martin Dahlin were personifications for a classy goal-scorers. They both were in the squad, when Sweden won the third place in 1994 World Cup in USA. Both had clinical finishing skills and had also very good club careers. All the Englishmen remember Brolin’s magnificent finish against England in 1992…

Sweden have had even more explosive players in attack since the millennium. The trio Henrik Larsson, Fredrik Ljungberg and Zlatan Ibrahimovic were unstoppable! Larsson is one of the most successful Swedish football players. He began his international career in 1993, before retiring in 2009. Larsson scored 37 goals in 106 matches for Sweden. Ljungberg was a part of the great Arsenal’s team, which went unbeaten during the season 2003/04. Ibrahimovic has become the Sweden’s top goal-scorer ever with 62 goals in 116 participations for his country.

However, now there is no magic left in Sweden’s squad… The world is waiting for the next Sweden’s football generation!

1. The doctor of the German team is wearing the official underwear of Cristiano Ronaldo.
2. Joe Ledley postponed his wedding, because Wales went through to the semi-finals of the Euro 2016. The midfielder hasn’t even imagined that his team can go so far in the tournament, that’s why he has arranged the event for 9th July 2016. But if Wales win the semi-final Ledley must take part in the most important game of his entire career.
3. Simone Zaza taught us how to take a penalty. The forward made a really funny step up before taking the penalty, and eventually sent the ball in the stands.
4. The German head coach Joachim Low ignored the thousand cameras during the matches. He dabbled in his pants and then sniffed his fingers. Did he know that everyone is watching him?
5. “Carpenters beat us…” Thibaut Courtois said after the defeat to Wales. So, we have to ask the goalkeeper didn’t he deserve the same definition after the game.
6. The shirts of the Swiss players were teared like newspapers in their matches at the Euro 2016. A player from the team made a funny comment, in which he said that it’s better Puma not to start producing condoms.
7. Harry Kane was taking all the set-pieces for England, including the corners in the first match, which goes to show how awful coach Roy Hodgson is… If you have time search for a compilation with Kane’s free kicks – you will have a lot of fun!
8. Only about 650 people of the 332,000 population of Iceland haven’t watched the match between Iceland and England, which means that about 99,8% of the Icelandic people have been either in the stadium or in front of their TVs.
9. Will Grigg, who didn’t take part in any of the Northern Ireland’s matches at the Euro 2016 has a song for him. The fans are singing “Will Grigg’s on fire”, which seems to be a little bit strange as the forward hasn’t been on the pitch for a minute. “It’s a huge disappointment for me that I didn’t play in the Euro 2016,” the striker said.

The former head coach of Spain – Vicente del Bosque admitted for the first time about the lack of communication with one of his key players in the squad. This is exactly Iker Casillas, who has been friendly with his teammates, but not with the coaches of the team. The Iker’s attitude has changed since the moment he has been told that he will be the second choice for the goalkeeper’s position.

In addition, after Spain were eliminated from the Euro 2016, Vicente del Bosque has sent messages to all his players, except Iker Casillas. That is so sad, because del Bosque and Iker were at the base of Spain’s biggest successes at international level. The former Real Madrid goalkeeper was the captain of the team when Spain won the European championship twice and the World Cup in 2010.

However, Casillas had the chance to take part in the Spain’s last game from the group stage – against Croatia. The conditioning coach Javier Minano has asked Casillas if he is feeling okay and is he ready to play. Casillas, disappointed by the lack of playing time, was angry at that question and only wavered his hand…

To continue with, Vicente del Bosque is not Spain’s coach anymore, so Iker Casillas may have another chance to play for his country. The goalkeeper is the most capped player of Spain – 167 matches for La Furia Roja.

Iker Casillas has won everything in football. He has become a champion in Spain with Real Madrid on 5 occasions. He has won the Champions League 3 times. The goalkeeper has also won the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA World Club Cup. Furthermore, he has lifted the European Championship title twice and FIFA World Cup once in 2010.

It’s true that Casillas is not in the form of his life, but he is a very experienced player and could have helped his team perform better at the Euro 2016. Now, the goalkeeper is about to leave his club team Porto, because of his fluctuating performances at the end of the season (Porto left without a trophy this season).

In conclusion, we can say that Iker Casillas has proven he is a world class goalkeeper and doesn’t deserve such attitude he received from del Bosque in Spain and from Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid a few years ago. But, exactly because his character is strong, Casillas will return stronger and better than ever!

Portugal are very close to the final of the Euro 2016, as the team has been extremely lucky so far. The Portuguese players managed to find their place in the Round of 16 after 3 draws in the group stage and qualified as the third team in their group. The performance of the team has been very unpersuasive and it seems that they had lots of problems in defence, having conceded 4 goals in the first 3 games.

Then, Portugal played against the strong team of Croatia in the last 16’s round in a match, which was considered as one of the most boring at the tournament. Ricardo Quaresma scored the only goal of the game after a mistake in Croatia’s defence in the 117th minute.

However, Fernando Santos’ players were also lucky in the quarterfinals, when they beat Poland on penalties, after finishing with a 1-1 draw in the regular time of the game. So, they are now waiting for the winner of the match between Wales and Belgium, who will be their next opponent at the European championship semi-finals. To summarize, Portugal reached the semi-finals after 5 draws (1 victory after the extra time and 1 after penalties). So, Portugal’s next opponent should be scared of the huge luck of the Portuguese!

To continue with, Rui Patricio has made some silly mistakes in Portugal’s goal, but he saved the decisive penalty against Poland and helped his team go through to the semi-finals. Ricardo Carvalho lost his place in the starting eleven after a very poor performance in defence. Nani is playing well, while Cristiano Ronaldo can’t show his real potential. The forward of Real Madrid missed several 100% goal-scoring chances, which is not typical for him. He scored only 2 goals in 5 matches (both against Hungary in the 3rd match of the group stage). Ronaldo could decide the last match against Poland in the regular time, but he missed 3 really good chances. So, he hasn’t still showed his real face and the fans can expect much more from him!

This is one of the last chances for the 31-year-old world class forward to win a major tournament with his country and that’s why you can feel the tension Ronaldo is feeling on the pitch. He has already played in the European championship final in 2004, but his team lost 0-1 to Greece and there is an opportunity something similar to happen again (if Iceland proceed to the final).
But why Portugal got so far in the tournament. They were quite lucky to finish in 3rd position in their group and this let them go to the weaker half of the tournament’s scheme. If they had finished in 2nd position, they would have been in Iceland’s place, facing England, France and so on.

You will be amazed how many superstitions there are among the players and the coaches at the Euro 2016.

To begin with the head coach of Wales, Chris Coleman, who can’t afford to leave his jacket off during a match. But why? Because, right at the beginning of his career in the national team he recorded a disastrous 1-6 defeat to Serbia in the World Cup qualifying campaign.

“I remember that day was terrible heat, and I took off my jacket. From that moment on, no matter what the temperature outside is, I don’t take it off. I just do not want that match to be repeated,” Chris Coleman explained.

The Italians also have their strange rituals. One of them is the fact that before every game a different player gives a speech. This will continue until the end of the tournament. Obviously, the result of these speeches is very good – the Italians beat Spain in the Round of 16.

“This time it was my turn. I told the guys that we have to win the match with a heart,” Emanuele Giaccherini said after the 2-0 victory against La Furia Roja.

It’s not a secret that the talisman and the best player of the Portugal national team – Cristiano Ronaldo complies with several rituals before every single match. No matter whether the game is for the national or the club team. If the team travels by plane, he must be the first to get off the machine at the airport. If the vehicle is a bus, Ronaldo has to be the last. In addition, the striker of Real Madrid has always stepped with his right foot on the grass in the stadium.

The German forward Mario Gomez did something really strange in the past – he used only the left urinal in the toilet! Fortunately, he’s outgrown it.

“Now, I use this urinal if only it is free. But if there is someone out there, I go to the right one,” Mario Gomez said with a smile on his face.

Some teams proved that the rituals are completely unnecessary. For example, the Englishmen were surprisingly attached to a small stuffed lion, called Leo that it even “watched” the match of the Round of 16 against Iceland from the Three Lions’ bench. As a part of the team, Leo also left the tournament after the scoop of the century.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar are the most popular football stars around the world and it’s normal all the companies to want them to take part in the commercials. Here is the list of the most interesting, funny and embarrassing commercials these players have shot.

To begin with, I can remember the best commercial Ronaldo have taken part in – it is about popular football boots. He arrived at a tennis court, where Nadal was practicing. Ronaldo played tennis with his feet against one of the best tennis players in the world and when he scored a point with a bicycle kick, Nadal decided to put the boots and play with his feet either. Then, Nadal made a great bicycle kick and took the boots for himself. Now, that’s what I call a very nice commercial! In the most recent commercial of Ronaldo, he was a robot and he spoke in Turkish. The advertisement was about a telecommunication company.

Lionel Messi’s most interesting advertisement is about one of the most popular airlines. He took part in the commercial, alongside with the basketball player Kobe Bryant. They were competing who will take the best selfie from the most exotic place. However, Lionel just took his last selfie, but when he looked at his phone, he realized Kobe was already there, because he was also in the picture.

But, Messi also took part in a commercial for a crisp. I don’t like it, because he personally does not eat junk food! How can you tell people to buy such food, when you don’t actually eat it? Neymar also starred in a similar advertisement in his country. But, don’t wonder why are they lying people – because of money!

The Brazilian star Neymar has also starred in very nice commercials. The story of one of them was as follows. The opponents coach brought in a defender, who was told to keep Neymar quiet. This defender continued with his task even outside the pitch. He followed Neymar to the press conference, to the airport, to his home, to the night club, but when the Brazilian got in his car, the defender couldn’t start his… How original that was!

The common thing is that all of these players have taken part in a commercial for a shampoo.

In conclusion, can you imagine what amount of money these players have picked for this small part of the commercials they have taken part in? I can’t! They are like money machines. They take salaries, they sell kits, they star in commercials. They are amazing and that’s why they receive such amounts in their bank accounts!