Saturday, July 9, 2016

Heading to the final

In meantime, catch up on kick-ass anime
with awesome music, Macross Delta!
3F-Portugal (2-0-4) will try to snap a 10-match losing streak to 1A-France (5-0-1) when the two national teams meet up for the final in Paris, France.  In the new expanding Euro (24 teams from 16), a third-place team has reached the final.  It has happened twice in the World Cup when they had 24 teams with Argentina losing 1-0 to Germany in the '90 final and Italy losing in PKs (0-0 (3-2)) to Brazil in the '94 final.

Both teams struggled to being the tournament with France needed a late second-half goal to edge Romania while Portugal blew a 1-0 lead to tie, at the time, lowly Iceland.  After settling for a tie in their 3rd match, France has won each knockout stage scoring 9 goals.  Portugal has played even in the first 90 minutes in each of their first
five matches (winning in OT in the Round of 16 and PSO in the Quarters) before knocking off Wales, 2-0 in the semifinals.

Euro 2016 Final
@ Stade de France (Paris)
            
3F-Portugal (2-0-4)
A Seleção
vs
1A-France (5-0-1)
Les Bleus

In the pool, three have been guaranteed money.  Eric F's BigRedMessi2 leads and will win the pool if France wins.  Michael W's Big Blue and Tuan L's The Eleven will need a tiebreaker to determine who will finish 2nd/3rd (if France wins) or 3rd/4th (if Portugal wins).  Chris D's Game of Two Halves will move and claim the 4th money spot if France wins.  However, if Portugal wins, Ford R's Rainman will rise and win the pool eliminating Game of Two Halves.
If PORTUGAL beats FRANCE in Final…
Rainman100points
BigRedMessi294
Big Blue92Tie:7.5If total goals <=8 3rd; >=9 4th
The Eleven92Tie:9.0If total goals <=8 4th; >=9 3rd
If FRANCE beats PORTUGAL in Final…
BigRedMessi2106points
Big Blue104Tie:7.5If total goals <=8 2nd; >=9 3rd
The Eleven104Tie:9.0If total goals <=8 3rd; >=9 2nd
Game of Two Halves100

Stats:  France are 5/11 favorites to win and ESPN's SPI has France with a 79% chance to win... Goals: 107 (2.14/match) (3 OG, 8 PK, 9 90+)... Scoring 1st (31-5-10, 4 0-0 ties): 16-WAL, 32-ESP, 40-IRL, 44-ENG, 46-BEL.... Lead at the Half (18-2-5, 25 ties): 16-WAL, 40-IRL... Shutouts (33): 02-ALB, 05-TUR, 06-NIR, 07-UKR, 08-CZE, 10-BEL, 11-AUT, 15-ALB, 17-UKR, 18GER, 18-POL, 19-SWE, 21-TUR, 22- IRL, 24-POR, 24-AUT, 25-ROU, 26-SUI, 26-FRA, 27-RUS, 28-SVK, 28-ENG, 29-UKR, 30-NIR, 31-CZE, 35-ITA, 36-SWE, 38-NIR, 9-CRO, 41-SVK, 42-HUN, 43-ESP, 48-WAL, 50-GER... PK (8/12): 01-ROU (G), 14-ROU (G), 20-CZE (G), 23-ISL (G), 24-POR (X), 32-ESP (X), 33-AUT (X), 40-IRL (G), 41-GER (X), 44-ENG (G), 47-ITA (G), 50-FRA (G)... OT (4): 37-SUIvPOL (0:0), 39-CROvPOR (0:1), 45-POLvPOR (0:0), 47-GERvITA (0:0)... PSO (3, 28/37): 37-SUIvPOL (4:5, 5.0), 45-PORvPOL (5:3, 4.5), 47-ITAvGER (5:6, 9.0).... Hat Tricks (0)... Red Cards (GF:GA) (3, 0:1): 02-ALB 36' (0:0), 11-AUT 66' (0:1), 40-IRL 66' (0:0).... Own Goals (3): 09-IRLtoSWE, 23-ISLtoHUN, 38-NIRtoWAL...

After Round Robin (36 matches):  Scoring 1st (23-2-7, 4 0-0 ties): 16-WAL, 32-ESP.... Lead at the Half (12-1-4, 19 ties): 16-WAL... Shutouts (26): 02-ALB, 05-TUR, 06-NIR, 07-UKR, 08-CZE, 10-BEL, 11-AUT, 15-ALB, 17-UKR, 18GER, 18-POL, 19-SWE, 21-TUR, 22- IRL, 24-POR, 24-AUT, 25-ROU, 26-SUI, 26-FRA, 27-RUS, 28-SVK, 28-ENG, 29-UKR, 30-NIR, 31-CZE, 35-ITA, 36-SWE... PK (4/7): 01-ROU (G), 14-ROU (G), 20-CZE (G), 23-ISL (G), 24-POR (X), 32-ESP (X), 33-AUT (X)... Hat Tricks (0)... Red Cards (GF/GA) (2, 0/1): 02-ALB 36' (0:0), 11-AUT 66' (0/1).... Own Goals (2): 09-IRLtoSWE, 23-ISLtoHUN...

Final standings pending final:

Rnk Team W-L-D PT GD GF-GA GRP
--- ---- ----- -- -- ----- ---
 1. FRA  5-0-1 16 +9 13-4  1A
 2. POR  2-0-4 10 +3  8-5  3F 
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 3. WAL  4-2-0 12 +4 10-6  1B
 4. GER  3-1-2 11 +4  7-3  1C
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 5. ITA  3-1-1 10 +4  6-2  1E
 6. BEL  3-2-0  9 +4  9-5  2E
 7. POR  2-0-3  9 +2  4-2  2C
 8. ISL  2-1-2  8 -1  8-9  2F
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 9. CRO  2-1-1  7 +1  5-4  1D
10. ESP  2-2-0  6 +1  5-4  2D
11. SUI  1-0-3  6 +1  3-2  2A
12. ENG  1-1-2  5  0  4-4  2B
13. HUN  1-1-2  5 -2  6-8  1F
14. IRL  1-2-1  4 -3  3-6  3E
    SVK  1-2-1  4 -3  3-6  2B
16. NIR  1-3-0  3 -1  2-3  3C
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17. TUR  1-2-0  3 -2  2-4  3D
18. ALB  1-2-0  3 -2  1-3  3A
19. ROM  0-2-1  1 -2  2-4  4A
20. SWE  0-2-1  1 -2  1-3  4E
21. CZE  0-2-1  1 -3  2-5  4D
22. AUT  0-2-1  1 -3  1-4  4F
23. RUS  0-2-1  1 -4  2-6  4B
24. UKR  0-3-0  0 -5  0-5  4C
         Tie: PT, GD, GF

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