Euro 2008

[m.g.]

Originally Posted by matt

actually, that's not right is it. forgot uefa are doing that stupid results between the teams thing rather than goal difference if teams are tied on the same points, so:

if italy & france have a score draw, then italy are through if romania lose

if italy & france have a goal-less draw, italy need romania to lose by at least 3 to progress

and it italy-france is 0-0, and holland-romania 3-0 to the dutch, anyone knows what happens then as by my reckoning the italians and romanians would have identical results. would they have to quickly meet up for a penalty shoot out or would it be the flip of a coin..?

Apparently, everything is explained here & being myself French but from Italian origin (my parents were both born in Italy...) I'll have a dinner with friends somewhere & I won't even watch the match... just to avoid any schizophrenic emotions

Anyway... after what I've seen before, imo France and Italy don't deserve to qualify...

[matt]

Originally Posted by m.g.

Anyway... after what I've seen before, imo France and Italy don't deserve to qualify...

yeah, i get the feeling that lots of people are thinking the Italy France game is a winner takes all match and forgetting that Romania actually topped their qualifying group. beating the Dutch into second place in the progress.

Add the fact that Van Basten has made 9 changes for tonight's game and I wouldn't be at all surprised it Romania make the Italy France match an irrelevance...