One note of caution about Holland

Idiotically, UEFA have maintained the head to head method of separating sides level on points that caused such chaos four years ago. Italy were eliminated purely because they were unlucky enough not to be playing one of the other two strong sides in the group - Sweden and Denmark knew exactly what they needed to both get through, and did so.

It's not exactly unlikely that both Italy-Holland and Holland-France could result in draws. And assuming all three sides beat Romania (no mean assumption, but I think the group'll just be way too much for them myself), then it could happen again - only this time Italy would benefit, and Holland be the ones done over. They need a win against either the Azzuri or Les Bleus - otherwise they could end up eliminated on five points.

Posted By: thebigfeller, Jun 5, 14:28:24