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Also - that Italian goal will have been celebrated wildly in Budapest, lol.

Denmark - if they lose - would need to lose by about three goals too, and with a 3-0 rather than a 4-1 to Serbia, as Croatia have scored more. Not happening.

Yeah I stated in a post above, though I added Denmark too. Not sure on that. If they lose and Slovenia lose they'd both finish on 2 points.

It did seem odd. Most stoppage time in this tournament has been three or four minutes in the second half. Like you say the second half didn't have many stoppages. Maybe the penalty check?

Yep. They're out. Only way they can stay in is if Denmark beat Serbia, England batter Slovenia, and Czech and Georgia both lose.

Insane finish to the game.

Yeah I know, I just meant when he played here. But yeah, guys such as him are a danger to their opponents. He's always diving in studs up. To be fair with this challenge he was trying to prevent a certain goal but was still over the top and way too reckless.

I am gonna go: Albania 0-2 Spain (though I hope Albania do it). Joselu first scorer Croatia 1-2 Italy. Barella first scorer. It's hard to predict though.

Meant to say - if you think that is stupid, wait til the World Cup in two years - 12 groups, then a round of 32 with 16 games, and 8 qualifiers from 12 in third place. A tournament double the size and with far more head-scratching third place permutations than even this. You'll know what I mean...

Croatia-Italy is the game to watch anyway. It's a shootout for an automatic qualification place (assuming Albania don't win in Croatia's case).

Is that confirmed? I banked on Navas, Grimaldo and Oyarzabal in Fantasy. I was going to pick Joselu but was less sure of him, so didn't (three players max from a nation in group stage).

Probably but we all know Qatar was about money lining FIFA's pockets. The Euros won't be anywhere near as lucrative for UEFA I would imagine.

That's a good point too. The truth is there's just far too much football now. Like I said about the 16 team Euros pre the expansion, sometimes less is more. They're adding new stuff all the time - bigger World Cups, expanded Champions League and Club World Cup. It's too much and too taxing on...

Probably not possible though as they have to fit in pre-season and tours before the season kicks off in August. That's the consequence of far too much football.

Hahaha sorry mate, it is all banter lol :ROFLMAO: Anyway we better stop going off-topic

True, They will realistically finish second if they beat Spain and Croatia beat Italy, unless Croatia give Italy a hammering which is highly unlikely. If Italy get something though Albania would have to settle for third. Though with four points they'd already be above Hungary in the third-place...

I posted it in another thread, think it's the Copa America one. Short answer is nobody these days, but I have my reasons which I outline in there. You can look for it or I can find it later and paste it to you.

Yeah true, there aren't enough top teams to go around. Less is more and quality over quantity - the Euros were perfect as a 16 team tournament, both in terms of player strength and format (no third place qualifiers). I still enjoy this format though. It would be brilliant if Albania could do...

If Hungary end up being in the top four qualifiers there's a good chance it could be them v Portugal as well.

Maybe not on paper as this Italy isn't the Italy of old in player quality (though I like Barella and a few others), but Italy sometimes find a way in tournaments. Tonight we will find out who get Switzerland in the round of 16 though. It will be one of Croatia, Italy or Albania. If Italy get a...