France can be caught.. Ukraine on 19 with 2 to play and France with 25 with one to play. If Ukraine beat France, thars them on 22.. with one to play. France need a draw to ensure qualification
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France can be caught.. Ukraine on 19 with 2 to play and France with 25 with one to play. If Ukraine beat France, thars them on 22.. with one to play. France need a draw to ensure qualification
Italy equalize from the spot!!!
Form watching the game Sweden haven’t really created anything since they scored and Italy have created half chances but nothing concrete, they were probably as relieved as were with the penalty being awarded as it was looking shaky up until that point!
Ukraine have to win by 6 goals to win the group though so it’s incredibly unlikely they will catch France.Quote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock
France also 3-1 up against Ukraine so that's another result going in our favour.
The results staying as they are, would be perfect. Assured of second spot, with a win to play for to top the group
Afaics a red card issued to a Swede who was cynically fouled won a free but complained to the ref (probably) that it was more than just a free. Really harsh imo. Can Sweden hang on for our sake?
Italy are giving it welly in added time, Sweden hanging on, one minute left
Last chance went to Italy with 6 attacking on three and they fluffed it royally. 1-1 just perfect
The perfect result for our boys
would have been better if Italy won.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
Why? Are we not guaranteed 2nd place now, and have a shot at first if beat Italy ?
An Italy win today would have still guaranteed second and a winfor us against Italy in that case may well have taken us through automatically as the best second placed team. In that case we'd have been playing a much less interested Italy team than we will be now.
But to be honest any result other than a Sweden win was going to be a good result.
Yes, we're guaranteed second and it's either finishing first or the playoff. A win for Italy meant we could have qualified automatically as the best runner up but you're banking on Denmark dropping points and still beating Italy.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
I should have included an asterisk to be fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by tommy_c12000
We could have been in a situation where a win against an already qualified Italy guarantees us best runners up.*
*if Denmark don't get 6 pts v Scotland and Turkey, the latter of which kicks off after our Italy game.
Look, the scenario is simple. Beat Italy, we're through
In the last round in the last campaign, an already qualified Italy hammered a motivated Sweden, a result which changed the placings in the group. The last game does not mean the already qualified team slackens off. I'd prefer what I'd call the each way bet in a 2 horse race.Quote:
Originally Posted by JR89
If anything, this puts the pressure on the Italians.. they are the ones expected to get the point they need, while all we exprected since the win against Sweden, was to get second.
Its a throw to nothing really.. think Arsenal in Anfield 89
If we can keep it level going into the last ten minutes they might get jittery
Just wondering.. will they seed the play offs? A draw v Italy would get us a top seeding
I also think this Italy side can be beaten, they’ve not been the run away best team in the group we would have expected them to be, it’s like they’ve just kept everyone at arms length and no more. If we went there and treated it like a cup final I wouldn’t put it past this Irish side doing the business, under normal circumstances I wouldn’t be as confident as I still question this side as a collect under Crawford but with nothing to lose and everything to gain I would put it past us upsetting the apple cart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock
I’ve been wondering that also but there is no confirmation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock