{"id":5861,"date":"2016-06-19T11:22:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T15:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=5861"},"modified":"2016-06-21T07:30:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T11:30:17","slug":"euro-cup-day-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=5861","title":{"rendered":"Euro Cup – Day 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

Group C:
\nGermany v. N. Ireland
\n<\/strong>Poland v. Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not really much of interest here with these final Group C games. \u00a0Northern Ireland could get to the magic number 4 points with a draw vs. Germany. \u00a0Even though they were impressive in beating Ukraine 2-0, I just don’t see it happening. \u00a0Expect Germany and Poland to move on and the other two to pack it on home.<\/p>\n

Predictions:
\n<\/em>Germany 2, N. Ireland 0
\nPoland 1, Ukraine 1<\/p>\n

Group D:
\nSpain v. Croatia
\n<\/strong>Czech Rep. v. Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spain\/Croatia is a great match-up but tempered somewhat because both teams have already reached the 4 point total, at least. \u00a0But there does appear to be a real advantage to winning the group, which Croatia could do by beating Spain. \u00a0The group winner here will get a third-place team in their first knock-out game, while the second-place team will get Italy, who will be a tough out, of course. \u00a0You could probably argue that finishing third with four points in this group could be a preferable route to seeing Italy in the Round of 16. \u00a0Croatia needs to hope its players and its fans can regain their composure after the flare-throwing, protest thing that marred their draw vs. the Czechs, but they are with out Luka Modric for this one, as he’s out with an injury.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Czechs, their tournament appeared all but over when they were down 2-0 in the 2nd half vs. Croatia. \u00a0Their equalizer in extra time of that game means all they have to do is knock-off what appears to be a dysfunctional Turkey team to get to the 4-point plateau.<\/p>\n

Predictions:
\n<\/em>Spain 0, Croatia 0
\nCzech Rep. 2, Turkey 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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