France V Italy (This would be frackin hilarious)

KevIRL · 17-06-2008 10:35am #1

Italy and France face the unprecedented prospect of a penalty shoot-out to determine who finishes third in Group C if the two sides crash out on Tuesday.

World champions Italy and France face each other in the final Group C match with both almost certainly needing a win if they are to make the last eight.

But if Romania beat Holland, ending the pair's progress hopes, a draw would not separate the teams in the standings.

Therefore, a shoot-out would be played even though both sides would be out.

It would be the first time in tournament history two teams who have been eliminated from a competition would have to play out a penalty shoot-out for the purposes of determing future co-efficient points.

The co-efficient can affect a team's seeding for future international tournaments.

However, it is just one potential scenario in a whole host of permutations from the final round of matches in Group C.

Xavi6 · 17-06-2008 10:40am

Come on Italy. I've given up on Grance winning it so if they get hockeyed they might finish last and get me some dosh.
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KevIRL · 17-06-2008 10:46am

Xavi6 wrote: »

Come on Italy. I've given up on Grance winning it so if they get hockeyed they might finish last and get me some dosh.
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LOL, look at the sweepstake thread. I need the draw in this game to keep my hopes of Poland taking the wooden spoon prize

kenco · 17-06-2008 11:14am

Should be a great game and I would love to see Italy do it as they appear to have more of an interest in the tournament than France.

Any thoughts on the possible shenanigans from Holland, i.e. lose to Romanina thereby knocking out France and Italy while still toping the group and in doing so remove two potentially tricky teams from the last eight???

More likely in the World cup I would have thought and also I reckon Holland are afraid of no one at this stage so there might not be anything to be gained by it (apart from Spain who would get Romania)

_blank_ · 17-06-2008 11:18am

A shoot out to decide which team finishes third? FFS, this is officialdom gone absolutely loo-laa crazy.

Who the fúck cares?

I'm sure the Italians and the Grench wouldn't want to be a part of this.

Everyone miss every penalty ftw, or the keepers to let them all in.

Sherifu · 17-06-2008 11:19am

I love penalties, bring it on.

gixerfixer · 17-06-2008 11:20am

Hope Italy can do the business tonight.Think a lot of clowns (im looking at you dunphy) have written them off as no hopers on the strength of two games even though they are one of the best teams in the world still.FFS they are the world champions.Prob will be out of there hands mind you as i cant see Holland putting out a strong team against Romania.Hope grosso starts for Italy as IMO he is class and could make the difference

kraggy · 17-06-2008 11:55am

DesF wrote: »

A shoot out to decide which team finishes third? FFS, this is officialdom gone absolutely loo-laa crazy.

Who the fúck cares?

I'm sure the Italians and the Grench wouldn't want to be a part of this.

Everyone miss every penalty ftw, or the keepers to let them all in.

You're a very angry young lad Des.

Need a hug?

Pepe LeFrits · 17-06-2008 12:12pm

Romania will beat the Dutch, imo. France and Italy are done.

chopperbyrne · 17-06-2008 12:17pm

I can see Holland resting a lot of players and playing a complete B team.

Romania will be well up for this and will get the win.

Bye bye Italy and France.

Johnny Utah · 17-06-2008 12:32pm

It just goes to show you how much harder it is to qualify out of the EC group than it is to qualify out of the WC group. All the teams are competitive in the EC.

SantryRed · 17-06-2008 12:35pm

By 2016, that will be ruined if they bring in 24 teams as they said they were going to.

Johnny Utah · 17-06-2008 12:42pm

SantryRed wrote: »

By 2016, that will be ruined if they bring in 24 teams as they said they were going to.

I agree, it will become an absolute farce- teams like the North, Wales and maybe even Cyprus might actually qualify. Only, when they get there they'll lose all 3 games.

KevIRL · 17-06-2008 12:48pm

Johnny Utah wrote: »

I agree, it will become an absolute farce- teams like the North, Wales and maybe even Cyprus might actually qualify. Only, when they get there they'll lose all 3 games.

LOL no danger of us qualifying, even with 24 teams

KevIRL · 17-06-2008 4:27pm

boo-urns from C4

UEFA have stated that Italy and France will not be required to take penalties to decide third place this evening should they draw and Romania win.

It had been suggested that a penalty shoot-out could be required to ascertain which side finishes third in Group C should the game finish level.

However, that eventuality has been ruled out by European football’s governing body, who insist that penalty shoot-outs are only used to decide qualification in the event of a tie between second and third place.

“There is no way that France-Italy can result in a penalty shoot-out,” a spokesman told BBC Sport.

Holland are guaranteed top spot, but everything else is still to be decided by this evening’s games.

Should Romania beat Holland then they will clinch second place, but if the Dutch prevail then Italy will qualify with a win or even a draw.

In the event of a draw and a Romanian defeat, Romania, Italy and France would all be level on two points.

The head-to-head records would be completely even, but Italy will have a better goals scored column in these clashes if they manage to score against the French.

Johnny Utah · 17-06-2008 4:56pm

If thers no penalty shootout, then how do I fill in the table on my wallchart?..... alphabetical order I guess?

France V Italy (This would be frackin hilarious)

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