jsh312mufc wrote:
Geezar10, are you insane? Portugal have been really poor lately, and will struggle to make it out of their group. Croatia, better than Spain, France and the Netherlands? ENGLAND, BEATING SPAIN? YOUR SEMI-FINALS ARE CRAZY!
Wait and see
I support England, and want them to do well, but realistically they can't make it past the quarter finals
Here's my prediction, on a never-fail method: Dice rolls!
Group 1:
1. Czech Republic
2. Poland
3. Russia
4. Greece
2 wins for the Top 3. Russia edged out on Goal Difference.
Group 2:
1. Denmark
2. Netherlands
3. Germany
4. Portugal
Denmark win all their games, Portugal lose theirs (including 6-1 defeats to both Denmark and Netherlands!). Netherlands and Germany drew, but the Dutch go through on goal difference.
Group 3:
1. Spain
2. Ireland
3. Croatia
4. Italy
Spain win their first 2 games, but lose to Croatia - but Ireland beat Croatia and Italy to go 2nd. Italy's only point comes from drawing against Croatia.
Group 4:
1. Ukraine
2. France
3. England
4. Sweden
A very tight group going into the final round of games: France and England on 4 points, Ukraine on 3 points, with France and England also level on goal difference. France lose 3-2 to Sweden, England lose 3-1 to Ukraine and get knocked out.
Group 1
1. Russia
2. Poland
3. Czech Republic
4. Greece
Group 2
1.Germany
2. Netherlands
3. Portugal
4. Denmark
Group 3
1. Spain
2. Ireland
3. Italy
4. Croatia
Group 4
1. England
2. France
3. Ukraine
4. Sweden
Most teams to do as expected, with home advantage paying off for the hosts. England to beat France. Ireland to get through on goal difference. Portugal to be eliminated and Ronaldo will burst into tears.
Quater Finals
Netherlands beat Russia
Germany beat Poland
England beat Ireland
Spain beat France
Semi Finals
Netherlands beat England
Spain beat Germany
Group 1:
1. Poland
2. Russia
3. Greece
4. Czech Republic
Russia's best players are past his best, but it still should be enough for them to go through. Poland will take the 1st place thanks to home ground factor, while the Czech team will disappoint.
Group 2:
1. Germany
2. Portugal
3. Netherlands
4. Denamrk
I think Germany is one step above the rest (maybe two above the Danes). the Netherlands have been disappointing lately, so I'll go with Portugal for the 2nd place.
Group 3:
1. Spain
2. Italy
3. Croatia
4. Ireland
9 points for Spain, 4 for both Italy and Croatia (or maybe 2 for the Croats if they can't beat Ireland), with Croatia failing to qualify because of goal difference.
Group 4:
1. France
2. Sweden
3. England
4. Ukraine
Home ground or not, can't see Ukraine making it in this group. England will lose to France and fail to beat the Swedes, just to win Ukraine with Rooney back.
Quarter Finals: Poland - Portugal Spain - Sweden
Russia - Germany Italy - France
Easy for Spain, Germany might suffer if their defense is as 'strong' as it was against Switzerland last week, but should go through anyway. Italy v France should be a good game, and I think Italy should go though because the French don't really convince me. Poland to surprise Portugal, with a dubious refereeing.
Semi Finals:
Poland - Spain
Germany - Italy
Spain should beat Poland, but the Poles will put up fierce resistance. Should be a similar match to the Chelsea - Barcelona in the UCL semifinals. Italy to beat Germany because it's Italy.
Final:
Spain - Italy
Italy wins in the penalty shootout. Revenge for the 2008 elimination.
Edit: Ouch, thanks cunego! Edited by kumazan on 02-06-2012 18:35
CrueTrue wrote:
Norwegians, I hope you enjoyed today's friendly. Must be fun to warm up those countries that are going to the European Championship
Yeah, much more fun for you, winning against the small teams before you get annhiliated
I spot a chance for Denmark, to fight for second place, with Germany.
so you think portugal will be last of the group well but i think/ hope germany will be in first place and i guess the netherlands will get second place
Portugal actually had a lot of attractive offensive movements today, we just defended horribly, and conceded 3 goals from direct mistakes from our back men. We're becoming to look like the dutch, the only difference is they have a goalscoring machine and we have 2 guys for strikers who can't seem to know where the goal is , and 1 who hasn't scored a goal for us ever.
Gustavovskiy wrote:
Portugal actually had a lot of attractive offensive movements today, we just defended horribly, and conceded 3 goals from direct mistakes from our back men. We're becoming to look like the dutch, the only difference is they have a goalscoring machine and we have 2 guys for strikers who can't seem to know where the goal is , and 1 who hasn't scored a goal for us ever.
