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Originally Posted by Locke
Anyways, I've expressed my dissatisfaction with the format of the tournament and group stage games not meaning much and being largely negative but KJ makes a good point stating that the real importance is in winning the group as it runs you up against 3rd place teams allowing you to go deeper whereas any other spot and you get a much tougher road.
And this is a perfect example, Spain looking like the best team thus far, along with Italy IMO, and now one of them is going to be going home early.
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Yeah but what's Italy's reward for finishing first!?