Did you watch England vs. Ukraine? The not-goal that was one after all, but wasn't counted because the assistant referee at the goal didn't see it? For the life of me I don't understand why they don't handle these situations the way they do in icehockey: in case of doubt, stop the game and have the referees examine the video footage. Putting an increasing number of referees onto or next to the pitch isn't going to help matters. (I hope that assistant referee gets police protection until he leaves the Ukraine.) The English team didn't convince me; I predict a win for Italy by a margin of two goals.
Germany-Greece; on paper there's no comoetition, but they carry so much baggage right now... At this stage there aren't many countries left in the tournament that Germany could win against without causing resentment ... Looking at their 9 points one would think they'd had an easy time with their opponents so far, but the game against Denmark was a pretty close shave considering that Denmark isn't really considered a strong team.
It hasn't been all that convincing so far, has it?
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Date: 2012-06-20 03:11 pm (UTC)The English team didn't convince me; I predict a win for Italy by a margin of two goals.
Germany-Greece; on paper there's no comoetition, but they carry so much baggage right now...
At this stage there aren't many countries left in the tournament that Germany could win against without causing resentment ... Looking at their 9 points one would think they'd had an easy time with their opponents so far, but the game against Denmark was a pretty close shave considering that Denmark isn't really considered a strong team.
It hasn't been all that convincing so far, has it?