Czech Republic - Turkey 2 - 1
Switzerland - Portugal 1 - 1
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Czech Republic - Turkey 2 - 1
Switzerland - Portugal 1 - 1
Leader board updated.
The point systems will change in the quarter-finals and onwards, more points is awarded.... better look at the rules.
Matchday 9:
Portugal 3 - 0 Switzerland
Turkey 1 - 1 Czech Republic
So I'm making steady progress up the table thanks to a few good predictions over the past couple of days; Grizzly's miles ahead though, and alas there are no England to lose on penalties and lose him all his points.
OK my choices for Monday:
Austria 1-3 Germany
Croatia 1-1 Poland
These final group games are tricky to predict, the presence of already-qualified teams is always a wildcard. Sometimes they rest their squad and field the reserves, but sometimes they use the confidence from winning the two opening games to get a clean sweep, which surely is a better omen for the knockout stages than losing your last game. I'm not sure which way Croatia will go, so I'm going to fence sit and say they have enough quality to put one past the Poles, but the Poles' extra drive will be enough for them to get one too. Meanwhile I predict Germany to bounce back from the Croatia game (they never seem to stay demoralized for long) and outclass the Austrians; they do look dangerously flimsy at the back though, so I predict Austria to put one past them. Thus, Croatia to win the group with Germany second; not a day for sure bets though.
I have a question though; anyone know of a team losing a meaningful group game going on to win the tournament?
Off the top of my head I would say Germany, German and Germany. Pick any major tournament of the last thirty years. Okay, they didn't go on to win most tournaments, but they would do very well toward the end.Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Bloody Infantry
Hey you didn't update my score.
I should have got 40 points: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showp...&postcount=336
edit:actually I don't think the Dutch-French prediction was counted either...
Day 9:
Portugal 3-1 Switzerland
Turkey 1-2 Czech Republic
Not too bad results wise for me yesterday. That damned small bear is still racing off though. :furious3::beam:
Earwigoh!
Czech Republic - Turkey 2 - 0
Switzerland - Portugal 0 - 2
Sorry about that. You now have 50 points actually, thanks for pointing it out. ~:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Elite Ferret
Oh! what a pity!:sweatdrop: game over for the Greek phalanx...:laugh4::laugh4::laugh4::bounce:
Maybe next time they try to play some football...
Match Day 9 Predictions
Czech Republic 2 - 1 Turkey
The Czechs need to win for the quarter finals, but Turkish counter-attack my do something for their hopes.
Portugal 2 - 1 Switzerland
Portugal's second team want to show up and players like Quaresma, Nani and Almeida are unhappy in the bench, so they should do everything they can for a call. However, this is Swiss last chance to colect some points and pride...
Portugal 3-0 Swiss
Turkey 1-2 Czechs
Portugal 2 0 Swiss
Turkey 1 2 Czech
Matchday 9 Predictions
Turkey 1-1 Czech Republic, Turkey win on penalties (2045)
[In his grumble on learning the change in tiebreaker format - which has been in place since 2004 - Karel
Brückner made an interesting point: Despite winning all three of their last competitive penalty shootouts
without missing a single kick, it should be noted that in at least two out of three of their European exits
the Czechs have gone out being the first team to fall foul of new or previously unused rules. In 1996
they were the first team to lose to a golden goal, and in 2004 they were the first team to lose to a
silver goal. I expect this game will be tight, and the Turks need to keep the likes of Sionko in check.
Nevertheless, I believe it would be in keeping with the Czechs' tournament luck to fail in the first group
stage penalty shootout.]
Switzerland 0-1 Portugal (2045)
[Mehmehmehmehmehmehmeh.]
Match Day ?
Final Predictions
Germany 2 - 0 Austria
Croatia 2 - 1 Poland
Croatia - Poland 1 - 1
Germany - Austria 3 - 1
Germany 1 - 0 Austria
Croatia 2 - 1 Poland
Being the only team up to now int his tournament to turn around a match from a score behind, we are expecting the same again...Hopefully.
LeftEyeNine must be loving it right now... What a great come-back.
Amazing. I had been going to go with 2-2 with Turkey winning on penalties, but I though nah, there
wouldn't be four goals in this game. And there are five. GET IN THERE, LADS! The turks march on! Yas.
Great second half, thanks to the Turks who gave it everything they had - it wasn't pretty, but it was a sight for sore eyes to watch yet another team going all out. Altintop and Servet were all over the place.
Kudos to the Anatolian lions! :bow: :balloon2:
Finally, the first win at a Euro for the Swiss. Granted, it was against the Portuguese B-team, but nonetheless. I think we deserved a little luck after the first two games.
Well done to Turkey! After the Swiss game the Czechs should have been warned. Just goes to show that the alleged best goalkeeper in the world is not quite invincible. Hard luck!
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Amazing Turkey and congrats! maybe we can face them again in the semis...
Match Day 10 Predictions
Germany 2 - 0 Austria
Croatia 1 - 2 Poland
Congrats to Turkey, fantastic of them to come back not just from 2-0 down today but from losing their opener, quarter final well deserved. Also nice for the Swiss to get something but always a little annoying for teams who are already through to play their reserves; I guess it would have been more annoying if the game had meant anything but I really feel it's not a good omen to be losing a game in the group stages. Even if it's meaningless I kind of expect tournament winners to have a mentality which would make them not willing to lose any games at all.
Well they always start slowly and pick up in the knockout stage, but it's been ages since they won anything. And let's face it, they are something of an anomaly in their ability never to get demoralized; be typical if they reach the final now after being so decisively destroyed by Croatia.Quote:
Off the top of my head I would say Germany, German and Germany. Pick any major tournament of the last thirty years. Okay, they didn't go on to win most tournaments, but they would do very well toward the end.
Well alright, it was the closest thing I could think of. We would need die-hard footballologues like Louis or LEN to pull out the relevant statistics. From memory again, I would say that the Germans only recover from their usual initial slump if they have one or two real stars who inspire the rest of the team to pull themselves up by their own hair. As is the case with all teams (Maradona and Argentine, anyone?).Quote:
Originally Posted by Poor Bloody Infantry
The last European Championship I watched was 1992. Germany had a silly opening game against the former USSR (1:0 thanks to Thomas Häßler in the last minute), an easy game against the demoralised Scots (2:0) and a nightmare game against the Dutch (1:3). But I believe Jürgen Klinsmann - solid, fair and a star with the panache of an artist - somehow pulled them through, and they made it to the final. Which they lost, granted. You can't win 'em all.
Got up early to watch Czechs and Turkey this morning. Went to have a shower at 2-0 because I thought it was all over. Turned it back on at 85 mins gone, and saw the incredible ending! Was disappointed with Volkan's push though, abolutely no need with the game pretty much won...
Anyways to business...
Matchday 10:
Germany 2 - 0 Austria *sure bet*
Croatia 1 - 0 Poland
Bad day of betting yesterday, things not going how i expected, tomorrow will be different!
(hopefully)
Matchday 10:
Germany 2 - 1 Austria
Croatia 2 - 0 Poland sure bet
VERY VERY
UN-FRONTROOMISH
BEHAVIOUR !!
This was the best I could do, after cooling off for 5 hours.
What a day...great game between Turkey and the Czechs! Tho I do think the ref was a "little" harsh with the red card tho...seriously Koller is the biggest guy out there and goes down like a leaf in the wind...
As for tomorrow's games:
Germany 3-0 Austria
Croatia 2-1 Poland
Portugal fielded the 'B' Team alright....but that ref was not exactly "cricket" now was he? :inquisitive:
well...whatever....he were already classified in first place and the Swiss deserved a win out of this...just don´t let it happen again.
This is a dangerous omen! As far as I can remember Germany has in every tounament they have won, lost a group game. I have no doubt that they will pull through today's match. Austria - like Switzerland - simply does not have the class to qualify fort he next round.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adrian II
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