Some facts about CR7 in the match against Netherlands

1. CR7 hit 12 shots targeting the net in the match against Netherlands.In the last 32 years of Euro no player has been able to target the ball at the goal box this number of times in a single match.

2.He is now amongst the top 3 goal scorers from Portugal with 33 goals toppling Figo.Only two players are ahead of him at the moment-Pauleta (47) and Usebio (41).

3.His ball possession has been increasing day by day...against Germany it was .49 seconds,against Denmark 1.01 seconds and against Netherlands it was 1.29 seconds.

If i read that right....did u just say 1.29 SECONDS?? dude must've been minutes

Some facts about CR7 in the match against Netherlands

1. CR7 hit 12 shots targeting the net in the match against Netherlands.In the last 32 years of Euro no player has been able to target the ball at the goal box this number of times in a single match.

2.He is now amongst the top 3 goal scorers from Portugal with 33 goals toppling Figo.Only two players are ahead of him at the moment-Pauleta (47) and Usebio (41).

3.His ball possession has been increasing day by day...against Germany it was .49 seconds,against Denmark 1.01 mins and against Netherlands it was 1.29 mins

This edition of Euro has been extremely harsh on few teams. Teams like Russia, Denmark, & Croatia deserved a spot in the quarters, but alas! They played some quality football, & entertained the viewers. They really displayed teams-man-ship & demonstrated that U need not have "Stars" in your line-up to stand apart.
Lets see what surprise is in store for tonight.

UEFA seems to be really twisting and tweaking the rules for promotion in case of a group stage point clash a lot.Feel sad for russia a lot,they would have offered much better competition to germany than greece .Netherlands have themselves to blame for all their misery.They are the only elite nation to not notch up a single point on their table. They need some rebuilding for sure and Croats lacked luck yesterday but being pinned in a group containing Spain and Italy meant that they had to performout of their skins which sad to say they didnt

This edition of Euro has been extremely harsh on few teams. Teams like Russia, Denmark, & Croatia deserved a spot in the quarters, but alas! They played some quality football, & entertained the viewers. They really displayed teams-man-ship & demonstrated that U need not have "Stars" in your line-up to stand apart.
Lets see what surprise is in store for tonight.

Full on in both of my yesterday's prediction..Italy-Ireland and Spain Croatia...

for today my predictions

Eng 2 -Ukraine 1

France 2- Sweden -0..

Croats sure learnt from Chelsea and Italy all thats needed to stifle the tiki taka masters ,but one has to say that lady luck decided not to join their cause last nite or else it could have been a completely different story altogether.

The La Rojas need their think tank to work on solutions for problems of deliverance of their forwards in big matches.Spain were completely unbeatable till the last 20 yards of the croat goal where they were up against a wall,and it was only for some brilliance from iniesta that they could breach it.

By the looks of it,they may end up facing england in the quarters.And terry might draw a page or two from the chelsea books:sneaky:.

Italy's display was needed and balotelli shot home a heroic goal.
But they may end up facing France in the next round and i have my reservations for their performance against the Les Blues who have admitted to be emulating the spanish side in this edition.

My predictions for today
Eng 2 Ukraine 1
France 1 Sweden 0

Portugal vs Holland Euro 2012 Result: 2-1

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Hurray PORTUGAL made it to the Quaterfinal of EURO-2012.

The way I see Group D's fate, it seems the most vital match of this group would be Spain vs Croatia.

Critics everywhere have written Republic of Ireland off for this match, and expect them to bow down easily to the 2006 World Champions.

And hence the pressure would be on Croatia to come out as the better side of their tie with the World No 1 team!

I personally feel that the bookies would be the happiest with the uncertainty of the outcome giving them the best opportunity to make some quick bucks.

In my opinion, the scores would be like this.

Italy 1-1 Republic of Ireland
Croatia 1-2 Spain

In spite of my love for the Italians, I still feel, its an outside chance for them to go through into the group stages, as all the eyeballs and spotlight on the Spain-Croatia match would mean Ireland will be ignored, and they'll bounce back as a surprise!

A big match coming up between Spain and Croatia ...my prediction either 1-0 or 2-1...however i keep my fingers crossed..Croatia is the dark horse in this years tournament..lets see what awaits both the players and the match viewers..

Italy 2- Ireland 0

Interesting group today..Spain has a leeway after a thumping of ireland.
My predictions for today

Spain 2 Croatia 1

Italy 3 Ireland 0

Spain and Italy to qualify in that order


Croatia will understand the importance of this encounter as if spain and croatia draw then italy need to beat ireland by a 3 goal difference in order to qualify.

Italy has to go all guns blazing today against the minnows.Their performance against croatia was not very commendable.The lone goal came off a set piece.They need Cassano and Ballotelli to fire today for sure.

My predictions for today:

Germany 3 Denmark 1

Portugal 2 Netherlands 2

Germany and Portugal to qualify

Crazy Insane Rules of Euro:-


1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question

2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)

3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)

4. If, after having applied rules 1 to 3, two teams still have an equal ranking, rules 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine the final rankings of the two teams.
If this procedure does not lead to a decision, the following rules 5 to 9 apply in the order given:

5. superior goal difference in all group matches

6. higher number of goals scored in all group matches

7. position in the Uefa national team coefficient ranking system

8. fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament)

9. drawing of lots.


Edit:- For this reason only matches are played at the same time on the last day.Else teams playing second would be knowing the goal difference or the points they need to qualify and may approach the game in a different way.

This makes it tricky for Italy too because if Spain and Croatia draw 1-1 then goal difference in all group matches will be considered.So, Italy need to score at least 4 goals.
If either of Spain and Croatia lose then it would be the heart break for the losing team.I hope it's not Spain.

Italy fear a repeat of Euro 2004. Just like then (it was Denmark and Sweden that time), a 2-2 or higher draw between Spain and Croatia will eliminate the Italians irrespective of their result against Ireland.

Crazy Insane Rules of Euro:-


1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question

2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)

3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal on points)

4. If, after having applied rules 1 to 3, two teams still have an equal ranking, rules 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the two teams in question to determine the final rankings of the two teams.
If this procedure does not lead to a decision, the following rules 5 to 9 apply in the order given:

5. superior goal difference in all group matches

6. higher number of goals scored in all group matches

7. position in the Uefa national team coefficient ranking system

8. fair play conduct of the teams (final tournament)

9. drawing of lots.


Edit:- For this reason only matches are played at the same time on the last day.Else teams playing second would be knowing the goal difference or the points they need to qualify and may approach the game in a different way.

This makes it tricky for Italy too because if Spain and Croatia draw 1-1 then goal difference in all group matches will be considered.So, Italy need to score at least 4 goals.
If either of Spain and Croatia lose then it would be the heart break for the losing team.I hope it's not Spain.

Phew!!! Group 1's climax has stunned Europe!!!

Everyone (myself included) expected Russia and Poland to qualify. Instead, the unspectacular but solid Czechs and Greeks made it.

Unfortunately, Karagounis'll miss the QF (huge loss for Greece and in his absence, will be hard 4 them to go further).

I expect both qualifiers from Group B will fancy their chances against the Greeks and Czechs. But, gr8 achievement for these teams to make it this far, against all odds.:)

Germany to go through comfortably and Portugal will go through as well...
Portugal never lose to the dutch ..its been 20 years since they last lost..and this time around dutch have the same bad luck as they did in 1980 wen they were runners up 2 years before...history just keeps repeating..in football atleast..portugal to win 1-0 or 2-1 or even a draw 2-2
I cant germany doing anything else apart from beating denmark 2-0 or even 3
They have won 13 competitive matches on the trot..all time german record..make it 14 tonite..

ShivamSudarshan Says

If it's a draw in the germany game then Denmark will go through.

what if portugal beat dutch ??
Prediction-ger 3-0
1-1 draw for porugal and dutch.
Germany ,germany,go get it!!

Russia had a goal difference of +2 and greece had 0 but on head to head basis greece beat russia 1-0 so,they were through......is it so??


if yes,then how can dutch qualify even if they even if even if they score 10 goals......because denmark beat them 1-0 so on head to head denmark will be through.

It's not a two way tie.
Three teams will be on 3 points so H2H always be like A beating B, B beating C and C beating A . How can you use H2H here ? :grin:

I am not aware of the rules. If I come to know anything I'll update :)


A hell lot of things are to be considered today ->

A) If both Portugal & Denmark win ->
Then three teams will be on same points.
1. Higher points in matches among these teams. All will be same
2. Better goal difference in matches among these teams.
Germany won 1-0 against Portugal
Portugal 3-2 against Denmark
Denmark 2 goal difference win make sure that Germany go out :w00t:

B) If Germany & Holland win=>
1. Rule 1 won't be enough.
2. 1-0 for Denmark,3-2 for Portugal so a 1 goal win for Holland mean all at the same position.
3. In that scenario higher number of goals scored among these matches will qualify which will certainly be Denmark or Portugal

4.Holland 1:0 Portugal is the only result where we need farther rules
Superior goal difference in all matches => Den =0 now so will be negative
Portugal = 0 now so will be -1 as well.
Holland will also be -1

5. Higher number of goal scored is all matches .
Portugal will be 4
Holland =2
Denmark=3 ... so if the cannot score Portugal are through


All in all a very complex situation . If you have a certain case you can easily find but for probable cases ... there are a hell lot of them :biggrin:

If Holland need to go through the best case is a win for Germany(which is possible) and a 2 goal win for them (I am not so sure :D)

Germany can still go out if the lose the game by 2 goals or more and Portugal win against Holland :D

Russia had a goal difference of +2 and greece had 0 but on head to head basis greece beat russia 1-0 so,they were through......is it so??


if yes,then how can dutch qualify even if they even if even if they score 10 goals......because denmark beat them 1-0 so on head to head denmark will be through.

I don't know the rules if their is a tie but my brother told me that this his how russia got eliminated...still can't digest it

I see some fallacy here because every one is saying dutch can still qualify but how?

Please explain ??
Don't wanna take the pain of searching and reading the rules:biggrin:

ps:fantasy mein to watt lag gayi

ShivamSudarshan Says

If it's a draw in the germany game then Denmark will go through.

oh yessss... sorry.. my bad..

If germany beats denmark 2-0 then netherlands even with a 1-0 victory over portugal can qualify to the quarterfinals.

If its a draw in german match then a 2-0 victory will be needed for orange..

Interestingly enough it doesnt sound too difficult for the dutch tonight.. I think they will qualify............................... :)

If it's a draw in the germany game then Denmark will go through.

If germany beats denmark 2-0 then netherlands even with a 1-0 victory over portugal can qualify to the quarterfinals.

If its a draw in german match then a 2-0 victory will be needed for orange..

Interestingly enough it doesnt sound too difficult for the dutch tonight.. I think they will qualify...............................

Group B can get very cute tonight.

Probable result today is a German and a Dutch win.

And we'll have Portugal,Denmark,Holland all on 3 points. So we go down to goal difference. Had it been a two way tie, we would have looked at head to head results.

So Russia (possibly the 2nd best looking team after Germany) went out on head to heads and Holland may go through on goal difference!!

That is why we love football

I lost hope on Oranje after that loss against Germany .

But Greece Wild card entry has given me some hope

I hope they play well as team today :grin:

Go Oranje Go

No one would have expected Greece to bounce back and kick Russia out of the tournament!
...
Group A concluded!

Czech Republic and Greece walk on, while Poland and Russia move on! :biggrin:

Russia knocked out!! :w00t:
Seriously! No one gave the Greeks a chance :biggrin:
Group B quarter-finalists seem to have an easy road now.
Excited for both matches today. The Group of Death!
May the better team win!

P.S - What if Netherlands qualify

No one would have expected Greece to bounce back and kick Russia out of the tournament!

Both my friends here have made wrong predictions for both the matches.


Final Score:
Russia 0-1 Greece
Czech Republic 1-0 Poland


Group A concluded!

Czech Republic and Greece walk on, while Poland and Russia move on!

My predictions for today:

Russia 3 Greece 1
Poland 2 Czech Republic 1

Who would have expected Menez 2 shine 4 France yesterday? 23 games unbeaten now...Les Bleus aren't dark horses, but serious contenders.

Bhai Log,
Sorry to come up with a question again!!
Dose activating Wild card in Fantasy football mean u can keep on transferring players throughout the matchday??

Illustartion: If I are to activate Wild card today can I ,make free transfers till 19 before the last game??
Confused..

how can u judge the gender of a person on the basis of a pg name.. ???

but i agree with u sports are not a famous issue among girls in india.. dont know why is that so..???

every sport can be played by a female.. in india females are still abstaining from these.. cant understand any reason..

I was just going through the names of all those who already have voted on this poll above, and it made me realize one thing.

"HOW MANY GIRLS ARE SUBSCRIBED TO THIS THREAD, AND FOLLOW EURO DISCUSSIONS HERE? ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS I AM SURE ARE NONE."

Football too, it seems to me is a male dominating sport in India.
Though I know a few girls who know a lot more than CR7, Messi, Kaka about football! But its a dying breed I tell you.

Sweden 2 : England 3

Walcott simply mesmerizes!!

Hither-thither, nerve jangling game wherein the 3 Lions scrapped through knocking the Swedish out of fray..
France on the other hand proved why they are the Dark horses this year

Ahhh! Got a reason like I needed one

A certain BLONDIE in my team for the next round

i apologize for predicting that Spanish victory wont be that easy.. i said in an earlier post that spain will win 2-0 only they won 4-0 over ireland..

i think only THE GREAT WHITE SHEAMUS is worthy of being called an irish man.. :(

You were right mate. Who would have thought that Torres would have netted two :biggrin:

On a more serious note, I am really happy that Torres did that :).


At last any of my prediction came true.

I think group D can more entertaining than other group since Ukraine have gone ahead of the pack.

Today will be very crucial for other three teams. Sweden definitely need to get something out today.

Prediction =>
France - Ukraine =2:1
I think Ukraine have shown enough promise in the first match to give France a challenge today.

England 1:1 Sweden

France 3 : 0 Ukraine; Ribery - 2 goals, Debuchy - 1
England 1:0; Ox - 1 goal.

Lucky thing that I got Ribery(c), Debuchy, Ox and Lescott in my team

Seriously though hope OxC starts agn....he did quite well I thought in the first game. Di Natale not starting hurt my team :/

france 3-1 ukaraine
england 1-1 sweden

Group C has been jokingly referred to as the Group of Debt!!!

Neway, gr8 performance by the World and European champs yesterday nd I don't c dem letting up against Croatia.

my predictions

England 1-Sweden 1

France 1- Ukraine 0

No body said that the group C is group of death..but Croatians definitely justifying their FIFA rankings
Spain need another point atleast to be through, so everything still to play for..
Italy despite being so good find themselves on the verge of elimination, will on vacation Irish do anything to trouble the Azzurri progress?? I doubt..sadly Croatia may have to pack their bags.
Today's Prediction
England 1-0 Sweden
France 2-1 Ukraine

i apologize for predicting that Spanish victory wont be that easy.. i said in an earlier post that spain will win 2-0 only they won 4-0 over ireland..

i think only THE GREAT WHITE SHEAMUS is worthy of being called an irish man..

Pirlo u beauty ,who says he has past his prime

I am one minute late to change captain Was busy washing fish of all things to cook

Saw the first match of Euro on TV yesterday. Nice match between Germany and Netherlands. Hopefully Germany will go on to win this time. It has been frustrating since 2002 to see Germany lose everytime in the semis or finals of World Cups and Euros.

realitycheck Says

hahahaha you also know who will score the goals.lolz

No. Just trying to have a guess. Any problem you have with that ? At least better than what you predicted for DD =))

Now it depends on who you have for tomorrow if you have someone who is a possible scorer then you can always change it. Still I would say stick to Dzagoev.
What you need is one goal or two assists from Iniesta . Now Del Bosque has shown signs of another start without proper front man so it may just hurt Iniesta fantasy wise.



Agreed.
Croatia is a good attacking team , just like Russia where as Italy will defend deep and rely on counter attack. What would be good for this game is an early goal for Croatia.


My prediction- which were nowhere near in recent matches

Italy 1:1 Croatia (Di natale & Jelavic)
Spain 2:0 Ireland (Silva & Pique :-P)

hahahaha you also know who will score the goals.lolz

Ab doobara se Iniesta pe risk lene ka maan kar bhi rha hai aur nahi bhi


Rightnow, yahoo and toon army ko to koi taqqar hi nahi de rha PG league mein:sneaky:

Now it depends on who you have for tomorrow if you have someone who is a possible scorer then you can always change it. Still I would say stick to Dzagoev.
What you need is one goal or two assists from Iniesta . Now Del Bosque has shown signs of another start without proper front man so it may just hurt Iniesta fantasy wise.

skctee Says

I think Italy - Croatia match would be the match to look out for today night...both are dark horses in this years tournament ..the tussle between the two teams would be interesting to watch .....my support goes out for Italy ...

Agreed.
Croatia is a good attacking team , just like Russia where as Italy will defend deep and rely on counter attack. What would be good for this game is an early goal for Croatia.


My prediction- which were nowhere near in recent matches

Italy 1:1 Croatia (Di natale & Jelavic)
Spain 2:0 Ireland (Silva & Pique :-P)

I think Italy - Croatia match would be the match to look out for today night...both are dark horses in this years tournament ..the tussle between the two teams would be interesting to watch .....my support goes out for Italy ...

if croatia can score 3 against ireland............den spain can easily score 3(but they should start with a proper striker and not fabregas in that position)
croatia is a good team.........they can upset italy...........even a draw would be good for them.......they can juzz defend and counter attack......wid d passing range of modric.......u never know..........ne thing can happen..........

spain 3-0 ireland
croatia 2-1 italy

i dont see that much happening in spain match.. might be a 2-0 victory or a 2-1 game...

nd italy will get the 3 points today for sure..

spain 3-0 ireland
croatia 2-1 italy

Originally Posted by subhakimi
Main aapne dusre team ko league me shamil kiya

Pehala team itna acha kar raha hai ki kya batau :banghead:

Objection ho toh bol dena fir se purana laa dunga :P

5-6 points ka diff hoga shayad

Are bhai mera bhi yahi haal he, jisse team mai leta hu woh points to chodo yellow card leta hai :banghead:,
aur jisse nikaal deta hu woh jaake goal score karta he:banghead:

Last week mere saath bhi yahi hua tha...kamino ne card le le ke team score ke saath mother-father kar diya.:banghead: Head to Head mein jis ke har match ke baad aage tha usse bhi har gya.Last group ke matches ke players ne card le le harwa diya.Isse to na hi replace karta to bhi jeet jata.
Is bar confused hoon ki captain last week ki tarah replace karoon ki nahi.

Had Dzagoev as captain then thought of making it to Gomez but remembering last matchday performance made me stick to him and gomez scored two goals.

Ab doobara se Iniesta pe risk lene ka maan kar bhi rha hai aur nahi bhi


Rightnow, yahoo and toon army ko to koi taqqar hi nahi de rha PG league mein:sneaky:

Dutch did give the German team some nerves in around 65-80 min, but the defense held on,The dutch never showed the spirit after 80 minutes, Robben jumping the fence off at substitution was clear picture that the team spirit is missing in the Oranges..they may still have a chance but must fight better and hope for favor from germans.. No clean sheet again
A win for Germany, but as it stands Germans can still be knocked out despite their 6 points tally.... highly unlikely but still possible...

Oranje ka toh juice ban gaya!!!:biggrin:
Anyways, this is one heck of a Group of Death... anyone can go thru now!!!
Germany sure shot moving into the quarters... and somehow I have a gut feeling that the Danes will be joining them too

AFTER THE PORTUGAL MATCH LAST NIGHT MY HEART WENT FOR THE SONG "WHY THIS KOLAVERI DI?" u know why this song.. coz of certain lines in it..

"PEPE PEPE.. PEPE PEPE.. PEPE PEPE.. PEPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.."

why this kolaveri, kolaveri, kolaveri di??

hahahahahahaaa..

Spain vs Ireland 3-0

Italy vs Croatia...can't predict the scoreline,but i believe Italy will come out winning..

Main aapne dusre team ko league me shamil kiya :|

Pehala team itna acha kar raha hai ki kya batau :banghead:

Objection ho toh bol dena fir se purana laa dunga :P

5-6 points ka diff hoga shayad :-P

Are bhai mera bhi yahi haal he, jisse team mai leta hu woh points to chodo yellow card leta hai :banghead:,
aur jisse nikaal deta hu woh jaake goal score karta he:banghead:

Dutch did give the German team some nerves in around 65-80 min, but the defense held on,The dutch never showed the spirit after 80 minutes, Robben jumping the fence off at substitution was clear picture that the team spirit is missing in the Oranges..they may still have a chance but must fight better and hope for favor from germans.. No clean sheet again
A win for Germany, but as it stands Germans can still be knocked out despite their 6 points tally.... highly unlikely but still possible...

Main aapne dusre team ko league me shamil kiya :|

Pehala team itna acha kar raha hai ki kya batau :banghead:

Objection ho toh bol dena fir se purana laa dunga :P

5-6 points ka diff hoga shayad :-P

I do not know how many people c d Euro games on Neoprime and noticed the blooper the extra time anchor made
He was praising Gomez, I Quote" Gomezhas been good despite him being on bench behind likes of kangwa, and lewandowski at borussia dortmund most of the season "
WoW

Thats why i was aghast at the decision to award neo sports the contract..
star sports and the team is so much better and the panel is also good..plus the fact that they wud have showcased games in HD was a huge advantage..dam it neo..

I do not know how many people c d Euro games on Neoprime and noticed the blooper the extra time anchor made
He was praising Gomez, I Quote" Gomezhas been good despite him being on bench behind likes of kangwa, and lewandowski at borussia dortmund most of the season "
WoW

The guy is a tool.....someone like Gautam Bimani would have made it fun :