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Post by Mart!n on Jun 12, 2012 22:12:41 GMT 1
I think Poland have done well to draw against Russia, it was quite an entertaining match to watch. I suspect Russia and Poland to qualify from this group, Greece were really terrible
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Post by paulgilb on Jun 12, 2012 23:39:22 GMT 1
Scenarios for final round of games in Group A: Russia will qualify for the quarter-finals if they avoid defeat against Greece. Russia will win the group if they beat Greece OR if both games are draws OR if they draw with Greece and Poland beat Czech Republic by less than 3 goals. Czech Republic will qualify for the quarter-finals if they beat Poland OR if they draw with Poland and Greece don't beat Russia. Czech Republic will win the group if they beat Poland and Russia don't beat Greece. Poland will qualify for the quarter-finals if they beat Czech Republic. Poland will win the group if they beat Czech Republic and Greece beat Russia. Greece will qualify for the quarter-finals if they beat Russia and there is a winner in the Poland-Czech Republic game. Greece will win the group if they beat Russia by 3 goals or more and Czech Republic draw with Poland. There are a number of scenarios where goal difference comes into play. I believe Greece will definitely go through if they win - if CZEvPOL is not a draw, then Greece will beat Russia on head-to-heads; if CZEvPOL is a draw, then Greece will have a better GD than Czech Republic.
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Post by Robbie on Jun 13, 2012 18:30:21 GMT 1
As a result of the behaviour by their fans at Euro 2012 during the match v the Czech Republic, Russia have been hit with a suspended 6 point deduction which applies to the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18431163
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 13, 2012 18:40:51 GMT 1
unreal bendtner has scored again
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Post by Panda on Jun 13, 2012 21:45:10 GMT 1
Qualification scenarios for Group B:
Germany will win the group if they avoid defeat against Denmark. Germany will qualify as runners-up if they lose to Denmark and Portugal don't beat Netherlands.
Portugal will qualify if they beat Netherlands OR if they draw with Netherlands and Denmark fail to beat Germany. Portugal will win the group if they beat Netherlands and Denmark beat Germany and their margin of victory is more than Denmark's.
Denmark will qualify if they beat Germany OR if they draw with Germany and Netherlands beat Portugal. Denmark will win the group if they beat Germany and Portugal fail to beat Netherlands.
Netherlands will qualify if they beat Portugal by at least two goals and Germany beat Denmark.
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Post by frag on Jun 13, 2012 21:45:46 GMT 1
Permutation time: if 3 teams are level, then goal difference in the matches between the three teams becomes the deciding factor (as in this case, 3 teams level --> they all have 1 win and 1 loss in the 'mini-group')
Netherlands need to beat Portugal by 2 goals and hope Germany beat Denmark. Germany will be out if they lose by 1-0, 2-1, or 2+ goals, Portugal beat Netherlands (by any score). If they lose exactly 3-2, then it comes down to how much Portugal beat the Netherlands by - a 1-0 or 2-1 Portugal win wouldn't be enough, any other score would knock Germany out.
(If Portugal win 2-1 and Germany lose 3-2, then they're exactly level, but Germany would go through as they are seeded higher. Their 1-0 win isn't counted a second time.)
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Post by frag on Jun 13, 2012 21:49:54 GMT 1
Cross posting there, but I think they complement each other ;D
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 13, 2012 21:53:09 GMT 1
Entertaining match, it finally came together in the second half for the Dutch, but it wasn't enough for them. I think Portugal will beat the dutch and Germany against Denmark could make an interesting result, both teams have played fairly well in the competition so far.
The last group matches are all played at the same time, so its a toss up which game you want to watch, BBC3 and ITV4 are transmitting the other matches.
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Post by Panda on Jun 13, 2012 22:00:24 GMT 1
(If Portugal win 2-1 and Germany lose 3-2, then they're exactly level, but Germany would go through as they are seeded higher. Their 1-0 win isn't counted a second time.) Germany would qualify due to their win over Portugal. Once a three-way tie is broken, the tie-break procedure starts from the beginning again to break the two-way tie.
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Post by Panda on Jun 13, 2012 23:32:15 GMT 1
^ Actually, ignore that. That applies for qualifying but not the tournament itself, bizarrely.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 14, 2012 0:23:28 GMT 1
^ Actually, ignore that. That applies for qualifying but not the tournament itself, bizarrely. UEFA can be accused of many things but consistency isn't one of them.
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Post by Panda on Jun 14, 2012 16:11:23 GMT 1
Croatia will be the first team through to the quarter-finals today if they beat Italy. They will win the group if they beat Italy and Spain don't beat Ireland.
Ireland will be the first team eliminated if they lose to Spain.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 14, 2012 16:19:10 GMT 1
Ireland will be the first team eliminated if they lose to Spain. Sadly, you didn't need the last 5 words of that sentence.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jun 14, 2012 16:53:13 GMT 1
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Post by o on Jun 14, 2012 17:41:47 GMT 1
Now that's a freekick!
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 14, 2012 17:52:10 GMT 1
pirlo has always been world class at freekicks, not many better than him
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jun 14, 2012 18:56:33 GMT 1
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 14, 2012 19:09:06 GMT 1
Croatia played better football than Italy, I was hoping Croatia scored a couple of more goals, they had their chances. But that free kick was a wowser.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jun 14, 2012 21:29:58 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jun 14, 2012 21:44:57 GMT 1
Scenarios for Group C:
Spain will qualify if they avoid defeat against Croatia OR if Italy fail to beat Ireland. Spain will win the group if they beat Croatia OR if they draw with Croatia and Italy beat Ireland by less than 4 goals.
Croatia will qualify if Italy don't beat Ireland OR if they draw with Spain scoring at least 2 goals. Croatia will win the group if they beat Spain.
Italy will definitely qualify if they beat Ireland and there is a winner in the Spain-Croatia game.
Ireland can not qualify for the quarter-finals.
There are other permutations involving goal difference and goals scored but I can't be arsed.
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