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[Charger]

Quite an interesting match indeed... 3 penalty kicks! That's some sort of a record I think...

Germany seemed to have struggled again as well...very interesting...

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

According to the post-match analysis, 3 penalties in 1 match is a record in the Euros.

[Charger]

I thought as much as I didn't remember such a thing....

[Zzzptm]

Germany tied with Hungary? 

[Jack the Stripper]

So England v Germany at Wembley in the rd of 16. Tricky one for England.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

So England v Germany at Wembley in the rd of 16. Tricky one for England.

Not my first choice, then again Germany aren't the team they were, but England have been boring so far.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

So the last 16 line-up is:

Saturday:
Wales v Denmark
Italy v Austria

Sunday:
Netherlands v Czech Republic
Belgium v Portugal

Monday:
Croatia v Spain
France v Switzerland

Tuesday:
England v Germany
Sweden v Ukraine

[Jack the Stripper]

Croatia and Belgium have drawn tricky ones as well. On form you’d expect them to win but form can sometimes count for nothing when you’re up against traditional powerhouse football nations in the knockout phase.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

My predictions for the last 8:

Wales*
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
Spain*
France
England**
Sweden

* but could easily go the other way.
** but only if they get their shit together!

[Zzzptm]

Love to see England beat Germany.

If France beats Switzerland, expect a riot on the streets of Zurich!

Good news is, it's in Switzerland, the rioters will tidy things up when they're done gently setting trash bins on their sides.

[Charger]

It is hard to say what'll happen with the final 16...We've seen some real surprises in the past tournaments...

But I do think KDC has a pretty good line-up there for the final 8.

I'm thinking Wales Denmark will go to overtime and possibly all the way to penalty kicks which means it could go either way...

England vs Germany might be the toughest one of them all...both have had ups and downs in the tournament...Germany more than anyone I think. But there is something similar in the way that England plays to Portugal which might mean that Germany can find a way to beat them as well...hard to say.

Spain is also a tricky one...they only played well on the match against Slovakia...Croatia too equally long time to ignite...so that might be a fierce match.

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Today's Predictions

Wales v Denmark: This could be one of the closest last 16 games with the final result going either way. The neutrals will want Denmark because of the Erikson incident. I think Wales have the better players (Bale, Ramsey) but as a team they don't always gel. If they get it right 2:1 to Wales otherwise 2:1 to Denmark!!


Italy v Austria: I think this could be one-sided with Italy running out comfortable winners. However you look at it Austria have done well to get this far. It will be a major upset if Italy don't win 3:0 or more!

[Charger]

Wales vs Denmark... This could honestly go either way. Bale hasn't really gotten into the groove yet...maybe now he can finally. As a team Denmark is much tighter than Wales though so that might prove an advantage to them. I can easily see over time in this one.

Italy vs Austria...Well this ought to be quite a walk in the park victory for Italy considering how well they have played. BUT Austria isn't a throwbag by anymeans...If Italy gets an early goal that might demoralize Austria though...but the longer they can keep a zero the tighter the match will be.

[Charger]

Wow talk about bad luck for Wales...yet another totally wrongfully given Red card for them...not that it mattered to the course of the match but still...rather strange for one team to suffer two such grave errors though.

The danish were extremely lucky here though. Seemed like every chance ball just happened to fall to Denmark. They didn't even play all that good...they were just super lucky. If it always has been that the swedes are considered the luckiest bastards on the planet I have to say the Danish sure as hell give them a run for their money!

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Wales 0 Denmark 4

I didn't see Denmark playing so well, but they played really well and were deserving of the result. Apart from the first 10 minutes Wales were nowhere.

Well done Denmark, I think they may be a dark horse for the title now.