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Originally Posted by big screen satellite
wouldn't back against romania qualifiing with the dutch putting out a weakend side too
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i was arguing that point with my mates on the weekend - everyone's on about how italy-france is a winner takes all match but seem to be forgetting that if romania beat a dutch team that has already qualified then italy and france are both out regardless of the result. and being cynical, if you were holland and knew you were already guaranteed top spot in your group, wouldn't you rather lose and so see france & italy both exit the tournament, especially as you could come up against them again in the semi-final...
and if italy & france were to draw then if romania lose by only 2 goals they'd still qualify...