Or a draw. Croatia win then they are on six points and we will need to beat Spain.
The Italy V Croatia Thread!!!!
I think the best result here is for a Croatia win, which is what I expect.
Italy winning is not very good.
Or a draw. Croatia win then they are on six points and we will need to beat Spain.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
I was thinking an Italian win would suit us, no? Italy beat croatia 1-0, we draw with Spain, we beat Italy 1-0, we go through.
With a Croatia win we'd have to beat Spain.
Anyone who has a link to a decent stream for this, it would be much appreciated, also the Ireland game later.
http://premier--streams.info/Originally Posted by micls
An Italy win is exactly what we want. A Croatia win is the worst result for us, especially if we only draw later.
See:
http://greenscene.me/2012/06/euro-20...-permutations/
No problem!!
Ideal would be a narrow Italy win with Modric picking up a booking to rule him out of the Spain match.
Pretty sure best result for us is an Italy win over Croatia. See all the permutations here:
http://neverfeltbetter.wordpress.com...ield-problems/
Brian Kerr might be the worst commentator ever. He's inventing words and his monotone voice is grating.
There is no such thing as a miracle cure, a free lunch or a humble opinion.
Italy struggling.
The problem with a Croatia win is they would have nothing to play for on match day 3, having accumulated 6 points which no one could best. This scenario assumes an Ireland/Spain draw, which is the min we need. A Spain win v. Croatia, especially likely w/ Croatia looking to 2nd round, would put Croatia on 6, Spain 5, us 4 if we beat Italy, and Italy 3.
Looks like both Italy and Spain will be getting the early bus home.
Since a draw with Spain is the realistic positive outcome for Ireland, operating from that, an Italian win is the optimum result here without a doubt. That set of results eliminates our reliance on the result between Croatia/Spain to as much of a degree as possible. We'd need to beat Italy and just need a winner, any winner, in the other game.
And in the event of a draw in that game we could still potentially still scrape through on GD.
But, whatever, Ireland need at least four points in the next two games.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
A draw would be best.
Should have had a man on the near post, basic error.
good free
Two draws today and we'd need Spain to drop points to Croatia in what would be a very competitive game. I know you seem to have little regard for Spain. but they're more then a match for this Croatian side, especially on the evidence of this game so far.
Author of Never Felt Better (History, Film Reviews).
Seems like we made the Croats look a lot better than they actually are. Italy giving them a bit of a chasing here.
Hmmm.
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