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Cristiano Ronaldo looks set for a record goals bonanza at Euro 2016 and here's why...



Ex-England aces Michael Owen and Sol Campbell expect the Portugal striker to make the most of the cushiest group at the tournament


Ronaldo looks set to score plenty of goals at this summer's Euros
Michael Owen and Sol Campbell expect goal-machine Cristiano Ronaldo to go into overdrive in Portugal's "weak" Euro 2016 group.
The duo are tipping the Real Madrid ace to make the most of playing against the inexperienced defenders of Iceland and Hungary.
And they they believe he could be a shoe-in for the Golden Boot before the knockout stages even kick off.
Owen, who scored 40 goals for England in 89 appearances, said: "Group F is probably the weakest of the six I’d say with Portugal the standout team so let’s start with them and you can’t talk about Portugal without talking about Ronaldo. He’s a special player and his reputation as the finest player in the tournament is well-deserved.
"But there’s more to Portugal than CR7. They’ve got Bayern Munich’s new starlet Renato Sanches. He’s an attacking midfielder and if the opposition is too distracted with Ronaldo they might get hurt by this guy but there’s little doubt that if Portugal are to win this tournament they will need the Real Madrid forward to bang the goals in for them.”
Gylfi Sigurdsson in action for Iceland
Owen was speaking to Mirror Online as part of Sportlobster's €1m Euros Predictor game in which you can win up to €1Million by correctly predicting the results of the entire tournament.
He, Sol Campbell and Danny Mills have joined forces to give their expert predictions ahead of this summer's finals in France.

Campbell echoed Owen's belief that Ronaldo will come good against the softer sides. He said: “At 31, this could well be Ronaldo’s last European Championship and he won’t want to go out with a whimper.
Campbell, Owen and Mills were England teammates
"He’ll be excited by the lack of experience in the Iceland and Hungary ranks and I’m sure he’ll fancy himself for a Golden Boot. He only scored five times in qualification but a fully focused Ronaldo at a major tournament is a different prospect and I can’t see them slipping up here.”
To make your predictions and be in with a chance of winning Sportlobster's €1m Euros Predictor game, all you have to do is click on the link above, download the free app and guess how the tournament will unfold.
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Danny Mills agrees with his former teammates that Portugal will progress - but he doesn't think it will be all plain sailing.
Mills believes Stoke City’s Marko Arnautovic could be a key performer for Austria
He warned: “Austria are no mugs. They completed qualification undefeated and have a smattering of Premier league quality in Leicester’s Christian Fuchs, Tottenham’s Kevin Wimmer and Marko Arnautovic of Stoke.
“Group F is surely as straight-forward a group as Portugal could’ve hoped for. Of course football doesn’t always stay true to form but Portugal will only have themselves to blame if they fail to qualify, particularly with the added qualification places to four third-placed teams.
"Gylfi Sigurdsson is vital to Iceland’s tournament, he scored bags of goals in qualifying but I’m not sure they’ll have the quality to trouble Portugal and Austria at the top of Group F.”

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