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Originally Posted by flip
well this leaves the Italians in a precarious position.
Lets say the Netherlands wins today and Italy beats France on Tuesday. Then all Holland has to do is intentionally lose to the Romanians and Italy and France are both eliminated. That is a scary scenario, but will require quite a few chips to fall into place.
A draw today btwn the Netherlands and France is probably Italy's best hope because then a victory against France on Tuesday and the Italians are in. (again assuming the Netherlands doesn't intentionaly throw the game against Romania, which they will,, I think if it can eliminate France and Italy)
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I dont see any team throwing any games, especially not the Dutch. If the Dutch win today they're through, so they might rest key players for that match against Romania, but even that would depend on whether another result will move them from top of the group to runners up and their quarterfinal game is affected.
At the end of the day this is a big tournament and teams put their foot on the gas and keep it there.
Besides, the Dutch arent as well versed in match fixing, they dont have the experience or the expertise, I guess they could ask the Italians and Portuguese for some pointers.
