Cashing in £50 free bet

Tonight marked the finale of group C, better known throughout this tournament as the group of death. I used the occasion to cash in my £50 free bet that I had earned over the last week by placing five £10 bets. The free bet went on France to win against Italy, and to ensure I couldn’t lose and offsetting lay bet went against France at Betfair. The possible outcomes were:

	Betfair	Bookmaker	Total
France win	-£59.13	£90	£30.87
Draw/Italy win	£30.87	Free bet	£30.87

France started the day badly when their Coach crashed on the way to the ground and the evening never got any better for them from that moment on. Conceding a penalty and going down to 10 men effectively ended their interest in the tournament there and then. Fortunately for me the result didn’t matter as I stood to win £30.87 whatever the result.

In the other game tonight Romania lost to Holland, so Italy escaped the group of death and move on to the last eight.