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    Coach Potato
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    What do you guys think of this conspiracy theory in the spain - croatia game?

    Some Italian press are claiming that spain and croatia will intenionally draw their game 2 - 2 which would send both spain and croatia through and send italy home. Apparently a similar thing happened to them at euro 2004.

    What do you guys think? worth putting something on the draw or the over? lol

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    Dangerous game to play, one false move and your draw turns to a loss and you are out. They won't be able to make it so obvious that there won't be a chance of someone scoring. That said, you probably won't see anyone pressing forward and leaving themselves exposed like the Netherlands did on quite a few occasions.

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    why are they both guaranteed to move forward if they draw?

    if they both draw, and italy wins say 3-0..

    wouldnt spain and italy move forward based on goal difference

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    Quote Originally Posted by ebbearsfb1 View Post
    why are they both guaranteed to move forward if they draw?

    if they both draw, and italy wins say 3-0..

    wouldnt spain and italy move forward based on goal difference
    Yes they would and according to my "calculations" Italy would go through if they win 3-1 based on having a higher UEFA national team coefficient ranking. I hope this happens.

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    what about BTS?

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    Spain to the bank.

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    It's hard to fix a 2-2. 0-0 or 1-1 maybe but not a high scoring draw. That said, no way a team like Spain would do that.

    Croatia is one of the surprises so far but i think that a motivated Spain will beat them.

    2-0 or 2-1 Spain.
    Last edited by sweepem; 06-18-12 at 04:56 AM.

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    if teams level on points goal difference does not matter, simply head to head. look what happened to russia.

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    Just parlay Spain and Italy ML.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vasilli07 View Post
    Just parlay Spain and Italy ML.
    I also think this is the best option for today ...

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    this is too easy> expect an upset!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ebbearsfb1 View Post
    why are they both guaranteed to move forward if they draw?

    if they both draw, and italy wins say 3-0..

    wouldnt spain and italy move forward based on goal difference
    All explained here http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18454917

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    I think the best bet is Italy -1.5.. They will be playing hard and should win 3-0 if they want to advance

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    Italy minus 1.5, minus 2 or minus 2.5.. all seem like good options

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    Line went from -111 to -198 on Spain ML

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    Denmark and Sweden tied 2-2 in 2004 cuz they are both scandinavians and they have good relationship .

    Spain has nothing to do with croatia ,nothing links these two places ... Spain will win ,or at least croatia will not score two goals . The only result i exclude from this match is 2-2 and 3-3

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    what the fuk has happened ?

    Spain has dropped from 1.80 to 1.49
    Italy has dropped from 1.25 to 1.40

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