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In case of teams ending on equal points, a mini table is created with those three teams, without counting their result against the fourth team in the group.
So if Croatia-Spain ends 0:0 and Italy beats Ireland, the mini table will be created for these three teams and these three results:
Spain-Italy 1:1
Croatia-Italy 1:1
Spain-Croatia 0:0
1. Italy 2 pts (2:2)
2. Spain 2 pts (1:1)
3. Croatia 2 pts (1:1)
Italy wins the group
So if Croatia-Spain ends 0:0 and Italy beats Ireland, the mini table will be created for these three teams and these three results:
Spain-Italy 1:1
Croatia-Italy 1:1
Spain-Croatia 0:0
1. Italy 2 pts (2:2)
2. Spain 2 pts (1:1)
3. Croatia 2 pts (1:1)
Italy wins the group
True. But to me it's not just about this particular situation. To be fair I only support this Italy team, because one of my best friends is Italian and Marchisio and Buffon play for them. With Del Piero not playing for them anymore, my enthusiasm has really gone downhill. I just dislike this type of situations. Team can calculate and schem and decide who they want to kick out. I don't think it will happen here, because Spain don't need it and no one wants to be called a cheat.
Some teams can fix a 2:2 and still leave a doubt if it was fixed or not. But a 2:2 in Croatia-Spain will have to be a blatantly obvious fix. Croatia simply can't score 2 past Spain without the world knowing that Spain are letting them score. It was different on Denmark-Sweden, where teams were of equal quality. This time it just can't be fixed without everyone being sure that it's fixed.
Exactly. If it ends 2-2, it is rigged. No doubt about it. And because Spain's reputation is huge, they can't risk it. Besides, I know a guy who apparently is best friends with Del Bosque's son. I don't know him all that well, basically spent a week with him and a couple of my mates in Bologna trying to find an appartment for him because he was starting his Erasmus when I was leaving, but he tells me Del Bosque would never accept such an offer.
true, but the Poles tend to play well in front of a home crowd and I think they will come out all guns blazing for this one. The Czechs are weak mentally, imo and will falter eventually.
a scoring draw is indeed a very likely result, even 2-2 and especially 1-1, but I think the Poles will ride the adrenaline to win it.
a scoring draw is indeed a very likely result, even 2-2 and especially 1-1, but I think the Poles will ride the adrenaline to win it.
i hope so!
I dont think the Sweden-Denmark game was fixed, in the sense that they agreed before the game that they would play 2-2.
I think they played a normal game, but when the score got to 2-2 nobody had the incentive to try to score another goal, because they were both through it was riskier to attack and to risk not qualifying at alll than to sit back and wait for the game to finish.
Thats not fixing a game, thats two teams having nothing to play for and being happy with the result rather than taking more risks.
I think they played a normal game, but when the score got to 2-2 nobody had the incentive to try to score another goal, because they were both through it was riskier to attack and to risk not qualifying at alll than to sit back and wait for the game to finish.
Thats not fixing a game, thats two teams having nothing to play for and being happy with the result rather than taking more risks.
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