Some do it more then others,
Some have 4 stars.
Some just don't get it.
Some have never beaten Croatia either....
they brought up some precedent from three years ago whereas the offensive player was off the end line and FIFA deemed him to 'not in the play' therefore not in an offside position.
Anyone else see the debate?
The swiss are the first team mathematically eliminated from the tourney, and on their own soggy soil to boot.
Make that a 3-1 resounding win by the Pork and Cheese.
Ronaldo with a goal, and supposedly set up Quaresma for the third when he could have gone for goal himself.
C-Ron with what I read is his 47th in all competitions this year
Swiss get a goal because of the torrential downpour...Yakin converts an idle ball in a puddle...
Rain stops and Turkeys seals a 2-1 win in the 91st Minute
The swiss are the first team mathematically eliminated from the tourney, and on their own soggy soil to boot.
I would think they would go to peno's...or a coin toss...
As your list goes, how can you even compare, football, and Rugby to the beautiful game. And not even going to get in to Baseball. PLEASE!!
You can't compare any of those games. TOTALLY different.
Some just don't get it.
Tie-breaker rules
POINT SYSTEM :
Three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points for defeat.
TIE-BREAKER RULES :
If two or more teams finish equal on points after all the group matches have been played, the following criteria will be applied to determine the ranking :
(a) Greater number of points obtained in the matches between the teams in question.
(b) Goal difference resulting from the matches between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal).
(c) Greater number of goals scored in the matches between the teams in question (if more than two teams finish equal).
(d) Goal difference in all the group matches.
(e) Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches.
(f) Coefficient of points from the last two qualifying competitions for the final rounds of the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 (points gained and divided by the number of matches played).
(g) Fair Play conduct of the teams (final tournament).
(h) A drawing of lots by the Organising Committee.
There is no need to apply criteria (g) & (h) at this year's championship because the only teams with equal coefficient under criteria (f) are teams of Romania & Germany (ranked 5.), Greece & Poland (ranked 10.) and then Russia & Turkey (ranked 13.) - teams that were drawn into different groups anyway.
Ranking and coefficients for all 16 teams when applying criteria (f) :
1. 2.417 - Holland
2. 2.409 - Croatia
3. 2.364 - Italy
4. 2.333 - Czech Republic
5. 2.273 - Sweden
6. 2.250 - Romania
6. 2.250 - Germany
8. 2.192 - Portugal
9. 2.182 - Spain
10. 2.167 - Greece
10. 2.167 - Poland
12. 2.091 - France
13. 1.958 - Russia
13. 1.958 - Turkey
15. 1.800 - Switzerland
16. 1.500 - Austria
Criteria (a) to (h) above are not applicable under these circumstances :
If two teams meeting in one of the last group matches have the same number of points, the same goal difference and the same number of goals, and if this match stands at a draw at the end of normal time, then the ranking of these two teams will be determined by kicks from the penalty spot, provided no other teams within the group have the same number of points on completion of all group matches.
It is actually PK's if tied Sub
EURO WEBSITE said:Shoot-out chance
The Czech Republic lost 3-1 to Portugal on Wednesday evening and then Turkey beat Switzerland 2-1 – both after added-time goals. That leaves the Czech Republic and Turkey level on points, goal difference and goals scored, and according to Article 7.08 in the official 2008 UEFA European Championship regulations, in that instance, if the two equal teams are playing in the last game, their match is decided by spot-kicks after 90 minutes should it finish level.