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| 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
