Ronaldo on a roll

Ronaldo's 9th Euro goal (ties record)

Sometimes, things just line up.  A late stoppage time goal by 2F-Iceland knocked 3F-Portugal to third and put the Portuguese in the upper bracket with no giants (e.g., ENG, ESP, FRA, GER).  They even avoided BEL thanks to 1B-Wales.  After needing a late OT goal to beat 1D-Croatia and a PSO to beat 2C-Poland, POR could've settled for another regulation tie.  But after a listless first half, Ronaldo struck with a brilliant header off a corner kick and less than three minutes later, a Ronaldo shot was re-directed in by Nani and Portugal controlled the rest of the match winning 2-0 over the Welsh.  Will Ronaldo do what Messi couldn't do and win a title for home and country at the world stage?  Will Ronaldo quit the national team if he loses in the final like Messi?  Will Portugal finally go back to their traditional red and not the green glow/night shade jersey?  It was a nice run by Wales and with Iceland out, only traditional powers 1A-France, 1C-Germany, and Portugal remain.

Portugal's win was picked by 5 entries and this also meant we won't know who will win the pool until after the final on Sunday!  Travel Bug (who was 26th before the Round of 16 matches) moved into 1st (89 pts) while
Rainman and TurboTobi moved into a tie for 2nd (88) with EEChick1400.  The Eleven keeps moving up from last, now sitting in a tie for 7th with Big Blue (84).  Only Kds911 (6th, 85) has no chance at money despite getting POR correct.  BigRedMessi2 (5th, 86), The Mighty Mobelfakta (9th, 82), and Game of Two Halves (12th-T, 80) fell a bit but are still alive to win money.  The Wales loss cost JBueno (who led for most of the pool and had the most Round of 16 teams) (10th-T, 81), No Biting (10th-T), and Mejia12 (who had the most group stage wins) (16th-T) a chance for money leaving 9 in the running.  Cheesy Grits FC and Rogue Un are still tied for last with 63 pts.

No one is guaranteed money yet but after the FRA-GER match, three will be guaranteed at least 2nd/3rd/4th with only Rainman playing spoiler if POR wins the title.  If POR doesn't win, then either Travel Bug (GER wins title) or BigRedMessi2 (FRA wins title) will be the pool champion.