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I wouldn't bet a single penny against Ronaldo after this evening - won the game tonight, should take Portugal past the Czech Republic, then who knows?!

So is anyone else watching now? Come on England!

He has indeed. To be fair though, so has the tournament organiser who claimed that the line judge is "seriously injured". If he had been seriously injured, he would be on his way to hospital, which he isn't.

Watford away.

Indeed - they went into the match knowing that their superior goal difference was irrelevant and that losing even 1-0 put them at serious risk of elimination.

I agree, but... the problem comes when the native language doesn't use the Latin alphabet - for those places we need to find a way to write it, even if not our own way to pronounce it.

I understand where you're coming from, but I tend to be able to watch it when it's England. To be honest, if England (or Britain) are playing any sport, even tiddlywinks, I'd probably be able to watch it and cheer them on. I realise this may be a sad indictment on my life... :lolol:

I like that. How high do you set it - bonus point for scoring 3, or 4?

I also wonder how long there's been a medal for finishing 4th.

The Euro games are at 7.45 :)

I agree that it seems wrong. The BBC, however, appear not to. BBC: Britain Can Judo Medal

And again at 2:40. I hear exactly what you're saying!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/15693231 :thumbsup:

I'm not sure I fancy playing Italy any more than I fancy playing Spain to be honest, so it probably doesn't matter. Play for the win though, simply because (as others have said) playing for a draw rarely works.

I'm going to speak up for Bosnia actually - they were fantastic in qualifying, and were only a penalty away from being in Ukraine at France's expense. Having said that... I do agree with the main point... it doesn't need 24 teams. However, more importantly, how is it going to work? 6 groups of...

I think that's a far smaller advantage than the advantage Spain & Croatia currently have under this system...

I see what you mean, but the difference from 2 teams to 3 teams is you can't ever split 2 teams on goals scored head-to-head; if it's a draw it's a draw and you move on to comparing records against other teams. Extra goals against the whipping boys, for me, are more important than goals scored...

You're right - but I suspect it was created on the assumption that 3 teams all finishing level on points would be pretty rare and that it would more commonly be used for 2 teams. From that perspective I can totally understand the logic - if two teams finish level on points but one beat the other...

Ok - that's the bit I was completely misreading. When I read the first page, I thought it was being said that Spain definitely wouldn't settle for this 2-2 "fix" as Italy could win 5-0 and then they (Spain) wouldn't win the group. My bad. Thanks again :drink: