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Belgium lucked out

1A-France fell behind early on a PK goal by 3E-Ireland but a brace by Antoine Griezmann in 3 minutes sent the hosts to the Quarterfinals, 2-1.  IRL GK Darren Randolph did his best with 8 saves but it was not enough.  1C-Germany missed a PK but it didn't matter in routing 3B-Slovakia, 3-0.  Both GKs combined for 16 saves but 2E-Belgium scored early and then finally broke through with 3 goals in the final 12 minutes to put away 1F-Hungary, 4-0.  By NOT winning their Group, Belgium
avoided possible matchups with Spain, France/England, and Germany.  Now they got an overachiever group winner in Hungary, will face overachiever group winner Wales in the Quarters, and would face Poland/Portugal in the semis.

All 27 entries picked FRA and GER.  22 picked BEL so 22 went 3-0 today. JBueno still holds on to a one-point lead (71) over BigRedMessi2, EEChick1400, and Mejia12.  The Eleven regained last place (54) as one of 5 to go 2-1.  Six of eight Round of 16 matches are done and still 26 of 27 still have a chance to finish in the top 4.  The only change was that TurboTobi (24th-Tied, 58) can't win 1st, making it just 17 who can win the pool.  BigRedMessi2 has the best chance to win the pool (27.2%) but JBueno (18.8%) and Rainman (14.3%) also have a double-digit chance.