Germany v Turkey (1st Semi Final)

An injury hit Turkey faced Germany tonight with a place in the final at stake. I need to place another five £10 bets to qualify for my final £50 free bet so I made two £10 bets on Germany to win in 90 minutes and a further £10 on it being a draw at half-time with Germany going on to win. All three bets were offset at Betfair to minimise my losses.

The possible outcomes were:

A thrilling first half saw Turkey take the lead but despite not playing well Germany quickly responded with an equaliser. With the game level at half time a thunder storm moved over Vienna and knocked out TV coverage. Whilst we were without pictures Germany took the lead but yet again Turkey were able to find an equaliser with only minutes to go. But this was not to be another late escape by the Turks as Lahm grabbed a winner for Germany in the last seconds of the game.

So Germany go on to the final and in doing so all my bets were won with the bookmaker. My losses were minimised at only £1.59 as I make three of the five qualifying bets required for the free bet.