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Quote from: rendravolt on March 28, 2023, 03:00:47 PM

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Half Time:
Scotland 1 vs 0 Spain
Turkey 0 vs 2 Croatia

Among the ongoing matches, these two matches are interesting. For a while it may be beyond our initial prediction.
Scott McTominay surprised the Spanish fans as in the 7th minute the Manchester United midfielder put Scotland ahead.

Kovacic also surprised the Spanish fans as in the last minute before half time, the score changed from 0-1 to 0-2 against Turkey.

I'm not surprised if Croatia will win easily in this match over their opponent Turkey with the main half scoring advantage. But what surprised me was that Spain had to concede in the early minutes against Scotland. I think Scotland is indeed quite a difficult opponent to beat in this match, if coach Del Fuente doesn't apply a new strategy in the second half it is likely they will lose and it will be very difficult to turn things around in the second half.

Anyway, McTominay scored the second goal in the 51st minute, while the score for Scotland vs Spain was 2-0. Shocked

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Scotland 1 vs 0 Spain

Scotland now two goals ahead with Mctomminay making use of the opportunity that Scotland were able to create to double their lead and advantage against Spain. Spain now has more work to do to be able to turn this game around against the home team. Scotland have been all around impressive, the way they have been able to put pressure on Spain and not let them play their usual midfield dominating game.

An interesting fact behind Scotland's victory over Spain in the second match of the Euro 2023 qualifying round is that he became a player who was able to make 4 goals in two Scottish matches. In addition, another fact is that he managed to become the player of the macth in two matches for the national team whose position is not as a striker.

Spain's defeat in the second match of Group A should not have happened if we look at the match statistics for 90 minutes.
La Roja controlled the game by 75%, it's just that the team now coached by Luis de la Fuente in our opinion is lacking in finishing. Joselu, who played from the start, failed to continue his good form as Spain beat Norway.

But I have a good feeling for Spain that they will be able to earn a spot to qualify from the group competition.

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Quote from: sana54210 on March 28, 2023, 03:25:59 PM

Sometimes that type of games happens, and even though it is rare individually, it is common as a concept. I mean like Czech team doesn't get 1.18 that commonly, and if they ever do, they win that game and it is very very rare for them to lose that type of game. So when you look at that individually, what happened was a rare thing.

But, if you look at "a team that has 1.20 odds to win, ended up losing" deal then it becomes a bit more common and that is why I believe that in general as a concept it's not rare at all. Last year I had a parlay, a ticket that had 8 games, and 7 of those were under 1.40 odds, and you would expect the single game with high odds to make me lose right? SIX!! of the teams with 1.40 chance ended up losing, it happens.

Trust me, I know all about that, even keep a thread that's almost exclusively on upsets worse than that. So I was surprised, but not shocked. Nothing shocks me anymore when it comes to football -- Saudi vs Argentina in the World Cup was probably the one that last came very close to making me "shocked".

Don't usually go for 1.4s on my parlays but I've got plenty of 5 legs of 15/10s that end up all red, so yeah, also not a shocker. Some people like handicaps in that way but I feel like the hit to odds are too strong for me.

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Quote from: rdluffy on March 28, 2023, 01:40:48 PM

To me Crotia is better, not an easy match, but it's the 3rd place of World Cup, with same players, and motivated yet to play the Euro 2024 (like Modric said)
And Spain is way better than Scotland, it's a victory for me, Scotland will try to play on defense, but the spanish team is hard to play against, they almost always dominate the ball possession.

Soccer is really unpredictable, I posted yesterday about my bet, with all certainty that Spain was going to win.
Result: Scotland won, not only 1, but 2 goals against Spain Cheesy

, hard to believe.
And Croatia, which I thought would have a very difficult game against Turkey, won without much difficulty.

I couldn't watch all the matches, I watched the main teams, and the strongest teams in my opinion right now is France, England and Portugal.
Italy and Spain I expected more, not only by the results, but by the level they played.

The result of the first round of qualifiers for me is: 33.24 USD of profits, not much, but at least I have this to bet on next round in a few months

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Quote from: Pierre 2 on March 28, 2023, 09:52:32 PM

In not very surprising result, Turkiye lost to Croatia at home. Honestly I expected draw or loss from Turkish side before match. Turkish team was lackluster in match against Armenia. But even if they lost, I think Turkish team was definitely better playing side tonight. Turkiye could get one penalty and result could change a lot so quickly. Croatia focused on resisting and they were able to. I still think Croatia will be leader in this group and Turkish team will follow at the end.

At first I doubted Croatia would win this game because their first game against Wales was a weak one, and they were lucky to draw. In my opinion, Turkey is not the weakest team, so I think they have a chance to get to the second place in the group. The only opponent for them apart from Croatia is Wales. If Turkey can beat them, there should be no further problems.

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Quote from: FatFork on March 29, 2023, 06:31:10 AM

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As for Spain... I don't know what to say. I didn't watch the game because it was at the sam time as Croatia - Turkey but I'm sure that Scotland really shocked them. Like Polkeins said, Span didn't lose a qualification game in nine years!

Oh yeah, it's definitely impressive to see Scotland leading their group with such a strong start. I guess it just goes to show that anything can happen in football and no team should be underestimated. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the qualification games play out and if Scotland can maintain their momentum.

By the way, if you're interested, you can check out the highlights of the match here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC5Z-IJwwak
The Scottish commentator added an extra level of excitement, making it even more enjoyable to watch.

Thanks for sharing. Yeah, the TV commentator really adds to the excitement. Spain also had their chances, but Scotland's goalie had some really good saves.

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Quote from: Lucius on March 29, 2023, 06:10:17 AM

Last night's game showed a lot of weaknesses in the Croatian team, especially in the first 15-20 minutes when Livakovic saved everything he could. In my opinion, definitely the player of the match, regardless of Kovacic's two goals.

That's spot on. It was really Livakovic who prevented Turkey from taking an early lead, both in the fifth minute and a few minutes later. Additionally, he saved us from conceding the equalizer after Kovacic's opening goal. Had any of those goals gone in, the game could have taken a completely different turn, with a different outcome. Credit to Livakovic, Kovacic and Stanisic for their performances, although the rest of the team seemed to fall short of their usual level. It seems like Dalic has a lot of work to do in order to prepare for the League of Nations Final Four.

Other than those three players there is no one else to mention his performance. I don't know what was wrong with Brozović last night, but he was awful. I wouldn't even say that he played bad. He was a catastrophe. All Croatian players in defense made a lot of rookie mistakes and I'm counting Modrić here as well. Like I said, the end result doesn't show how bad Croatia played last night.

Quote from: G_Besar on March 29, 2023, 08:02:24 AM

Even though the maestro, Luca Modric, was left behind, this did not make Croatia weak. Now that there is a suitable replacement for Kovacic, he is one of the most successful players in Europe.

Under the control of Dalic, Croatia became a European dark horse which was classified as successful in the World Cup and European Cups. Dalic is quite confident with his current squad. He once said when Croatia failed in the semifinals against Argentina, that the current generation of Croats is not over. With that belief, I think Croatia will be able to qualify for the finals and will be a serious threat at the upcoming Euro 2024.

I'm not sure what you mean by Modrić being left behind. He played last night but was equally bad as most of the Croatia team. He made some pretty bad passes that put Turkey in some good goal opportunities.

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Quote from: Strongkored on March 29, 2023, 05:26:35 AM

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The main sensation in these group matches is Scotland, who managed to beat Spain and are now in first place with two wins... I guess they've guaranteed themselves a place out of the group... I'm also pleased with Croatia, who managed to beat Turkey and are now also in first place...

Scotland's victory over Spain was not the result that many people expected, although many realized that the current Spanish era was not an era where they were full of players who managed to lead them to win the world cup or European cup but losing two goals without being able to reply to Scotland was a result which was very bad for them, imagine 75% possession but not scoring at all and Scotland playing effectively on the counter attack, but Spain still had a chance but they can't afford to let their guard down in another game because there are still Norwegians who also still have a chance

It's really no surprise that Scotland managed to beat Spain. Last week Spain won against Norway by playing an aggressive and attacking style of football. However, against Scotland, they seemed to have lost their way with their possession-based approach, which ultimately proved to be unproductive in terms of winning the match. Moreover, Spanish coach appeared to be a bit too confident, so deserve to lose. Can't imagine he did make 8 changes to the team and expecting positive results. Though they had several chances, they failed to take advantage. Also, the current Spanish team is quite young, so it will take some time for them to fully adapt.

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In not very surprising result, Turkiye lost to Croatia at home. Honestly I expected draw or loss from Turkish side before match. Turkish team was lackluster in match against Armenia. But even if they lost, I think Turkish team was definitely better playing side tonight. Turkiye could get one penalty and result could change a lot so quickly. Croatia focused on resisting and they were able to. I still think Croatia will be leader in this group and Turkish team will follow at the end.

Croatia won the match against Türkiye as we predicted. but I don't think there will be two goals in that game. It looks like Croatia will indeed lead in Group D. because I think in Group D there is no team that is comparable to Croatia's current strength. Türkiye and Wales may be jockeying for the second place seat.

I read somewhere that what Real is in club football, Croatia is in national football, and I agree with that.
Similar to Real in the Champions League in recent years, Croatia won many games in the last 2 world football cups and won medals against all predictions and expectations.
Croatia showed another decision of a top team, which is to win even when they are not playing at the highest level, as in the beginning of the match against Turkey.
Kovacic has definitely shown that he can replace Modric and become the leader of this team and that is great news for all Croatian fans.
Croatia is the favorite for first place in this group.

Even though the maestro, Luca Modric, was left behind, this did not make Croatia weak. Now that there is a suitable replacement for Kovacic, he is one of the most successful players in Europe.

Under the control of Dalic, Croatia became a European dark horse which was classified as successful in the World Cup and European Cups. Dalic is quite confident with his current squad. He once said when Croatia failed in the semifinals against Argentina, that the current generation of Croats is not over. With that belief, I think Croatia will be able to qualify for the finals and will be a serious threat at the upcoming Euro 2024.

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Quote from: slackovic on March 29, 2023, 01:04:20 AM

As for Spain... I don't know what to say. I didn't watch the game because it was at the sam time as Croatia - Turkey but I'm sure that Scotland really shocked them. Like Polkeins said, Span didn't lose a qualification game in nine years!

Oh yeah, it's definitely impressive to see Scotland leading their group with such a strong start. I guess it just goes to show that anything can happen in football and no team should be underestimated. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the qualification games play out and if Scotland can maintain their momentum.

By the way, if you're interested, you can check out the highlights of the match here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC5Z-IJwwak
The Scottish commentator added an extra level of excitement, making it even more enjoyable to watch.

Quote from: Lucius on March 29, 2023, 06:10:17 AM

Last night's game showed a lot of weaknesses in the Croatian team, especially in the first 15-20 minutes when Livakovic saved everything he could. In my opinion, definitely the player of the match, regardless of Kovacic's two goals.

That's spot on. It was really Livakovic who prevented Turkey from taking an early lead, both in the fifth minute and a few minutes later. Additionally, he saved us from conceding the equalizer after Kovacic's opening goal. Had any of those goals gone in, the game could have taken a completely different turn, with a different outcome. Credit to Livakovic, Kovacic and Stanisic for their performances, although the rest of the team seemed to fall short of their usual level. It seems like Dalic has a lot of work to do in order to prepare for the League of Nations Final Four.

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Quote from: uswa56 on March 29, 2023, 02:34:38 AM

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With so many experienced and quality players, I am sure Dalic will bring Croatia to the finals in Germany.

Maybe the qualifications will not be crucial to achieve that goal, because Croatia is playing in the final four of the League of Nations this summer, and if they win that competition, they get an automatic ticket to Euro 2024.

Last night's game showed a lot of weaknesses in the Croatian team, especially in the first 15-20 minutes when Livakovic saved everything he could. In my opinion, definitely the player of the match, regardless of Kovacic's two goals.

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In not very surprising result, Turkiye lost to Croatia at home. Honestly I expected draw or loss from Turkish side before match. Turkish team was lackluster in match against Armenia. But even if they lost, I think Turkish team was definitely better playing side tonight. Turkiye could get one penalty and result could change a lot so quickly. Croatia focused on resisting and they were able to. I still think Croatia will be leader in this group and Turkish team will follow at the end.

Croatia won the match against Türkiye as we predicted. but I don't think there will be two goals in that game. It looks like Croatia will indeed lead in Group D. because I think in Group D there is no team that is comparable to Croatia's current strength. Türkiye and Wales may be jockeying for the second place seat.

I read somewhere that what Real is in club football, Croatia is in national football, and I agree with that.
Similar to Real in the Champions League in recent years, Croatia won many games in the last 2 world football cups and won medals against all predictions and expectations.
Croatia showed another decision of a top team, which is to win even when they are not playing at the highest level, as in the beginning of the match against Turkey.
Kovacic has definitely shown that he can replace Modric and become the leader of this team and that is great news for all Croatian fans.
Croatia is the favorite for first place in this group.

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The victory by Scotland over Spain was nothing short of a miracle. Scott McTominay was simply exceptional yesterday and he scored twice against the Spaniards. Spain is in the process of rebuilding their team after some of the senior players retired recently, so actually there was room for these upsets. Still their qualification to the main tournament is not under threat AFAIK. The other teams in Group A are not that strong (perhaps with the exception of Håland's one-man army). But Spain can't afford too many upset defeats now, since they have 3 points from 2 matches.

Spain team is very strong but did not show good performance against Scotland. Meanwhile, Spain is far ahead in the FIFA ranking, but it is not possible for Spain supporters to accept that Spain lost with Scotland by two goals in the domestic game. Scott MC Tominay is a great striker who scored these two goals. Spain's defenders are a bit weak defensively which allows Scotland to attack easily and get the ball into Spain's goal post. This loss will be very bad news for Spain in the long run.

Spain is made of great players from Chelsea like Kepa, Rodri from Manchester City, and Pedro from Tottenham but I believe the defenders didn't do a good job, and Kepa, as usual, carried his regular Chelsea incompetents to the international league and let two goals through from McTominay that have been warmed in the bench by Manchester United, they should have expected a great performance from someone who is eager to add goals to his career. However, they still have more time to recover but hope they don't relax on that because whoever comes out between Norway and Georgia will come second as they both have 1 point already and Spain will be shifted to the bottom of the group.

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Good result for Romania but another poor performance from the players. I've watched the entire game yesterday and at some point I had in mind to go see the game as the stadium is just half an hour from my home but then I decided to grab a beer and enjoy it on TV. However, Romania took 3 important points but I'm so skeptical for next game because at some point Belarus dominated us for more than half an hour and scored once.

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Quote from: 3meek on March 29, 2023, 01:44:32 AM

The main sensation in these group matches is Scotland, who managed to beat Spain and are now in first place with two wins... I guess they've guaranteed themselves a place out of the group... I'm also pleased with Croatia, who managed to beat Turkey and are now also in first place...

Scotland's victory over Spain was not the result that many people expected, although many realized that the current Spanish era was not an era where they were full of players who managed to lead them to win the world cup or European cup but losing two goals without being able to reply to Scotland was a result which was very bad for them, imagine 75% possession but not scoring at all and Scotland playing effectively on the counter attack, but Spain still had a chance but they can't afford to let their guard down in another game because there are still Norwegians who also still have a chance

Croatia's victory was as predicted and Turkey even though winning in the first match was only over Armenia which might be a difficult team to win in the group and other teams will use the opportunity against them as a chance to get 3 points as well as against Latvia , so what Croatia got when they beat Turkey is what it should be, and in fact it was an even match only when it went down in the first half Turkey couldn't do much in the second half to catch up and in the end they lost.

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Quote from: Pierre 2 on March 28, 2023, 09:52:32 PM

In not very surprising result, Turkiye lost to Croatia at home. Honestly I expected draw or loss from Turkish side before match. Turkish team was lackluster in match against Armenia. But even if they lost, I think Turkish team was definitely better playing side tonight. Turkiye could get one penalty and result could change a lot so quickly. Croatia focused on resisting and they were able to. I still think Croatia will be leader in this group and Turkish team will follow at the end.

Croatia won the match against Türkiye as we predicted. but I don't think there will be two goals in that game. It looks like Croatia will indeed lead in Group D. because I think in Group D there is no team that is comparable to Croatia's current strength. Türkiye and Wales may be jockeying for the second place seat.

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Quote from: Sithara007 on March 28, 2023, 08:59:52 PM

The victory by Scotland over Spain was nothing short of a miracle. Scott McTominay was simply exceptional yesterday and he scored twice against the Spaniards. Spain is in the process of rebuilding their team after some of the senior players retired recently, so actually there was room for these upsets. Still their qualification to the main tournament is not under threat AFAIK. The other teams in Group A are not that strong (perhaps with the exception of Håland's one-man army). But Spain can't afford too many upset defeats now, since they have 3 points from 2 matches.

Scotland's victory is well-deserved, the first thing I would like to note is the crazy support of the fans, I'm sure this is what gave the players a lot of strength. And of course it was McTominay's day, two great shots from under the defenders flew into the net, strong good shots. Spain also created chances but they had few shots on target and Scotland used their chances to the maximum.

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Quote from: Pierre 2 on March 28, 2023, 09:52:32 PM

In not very surprising result, Turkiye lost to Croatia at home. Honestly I expected draw or loss from Turkish side before match. Turkish team was lackluster in match against Armenia. But even if they lost, I think Turkish team was definitely better playing side tonight. Turkiye could get one penalty and result could change a lot so quickly. Croatia focused on resisting and they were able to. I still think Croatia will be leader in this group and Turkish team will follow at the end.

Croatia managed to rise in the second match of the Euro 2024 qualification. Croatia was arrested 1-1 when entertaining Wales in the first match. But it can be redeemed while visiting Timsah Arena by crushed Turkiye 2-0.

Croatia was depressed at the beginning of the match. Türkiye as the host repeatedly attacked at the beginning of the first half. Even Turkey was able to trigger goals but was annulled because of offside. Kovacic became a different player in the match, he really proved himself as an experienced player so that he was able to maintain the rhythm of Croatia's game and was able to score a goal so that he brought his team to top the standings. With so many experienced and quality players, I am sure Dalic will bring Croatia to the finals in Germany.

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Quote from: rendravolt on March 29, 2023, 01:33:19 AM

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Anyway, McTominay is a central midfielder and he is not a striker, but his contribution to Scotland so far has been far from the striker they have now.

he is in great shape, and made this surprise for Scotland, which surely almost secured them promotion to Euro, with Norway draw against Georgia, all other outcomes would be a big surprise

generally, qualifications are not particularly interesting, because there are two clear favorites per group, and there is few groups where we can expect fight for that second spot - maybe between Austria and Sweden, or group J where Bosnia, Slovakia and Iceland will fight for that second spot

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The main sensation in these group matches is Scotland, who managed to beat Spain and are now in first place with two wins... I guess they've guaranteed themselves a place out of the group... I'm also pleased with Croatia, who managed to beat Turkey and are now also in first place...

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Quote from: Popkon6 on March 29, 2023, 12:15:16 AM

Spain team is very strong but did not show good performance against Scotland. Meanwhile, Spain is far ahead in the FIFA ranking, but it is not possible for Spain supporters to accept that Spain lost with Scotland by two goals in the domestic game. Scott MC Tominay is a great striker who scored these two goals. Spain's defenders are a bit weak defensively which allows Scotland to attack easily and get the ball into Spain's goal post. This loss will be very bad news for Spain in the long run.

It was clear how surprised Spain was with Scotland's game in last night's match and the De La Fuente squad had to be willing to accept this 2-0 defeat. Spain's performance was terrible, they didn't play their usual game and it was very difficult to score against them. I think with these average statistics we can already know who is superior in this match. The MOTM of this match clearly belongs to McTominay with the brace he scored bringing Scotland to first place in the Group A standings.

Source: https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1691096/Live/International-European-Championship-2023-Scotland-Spain

Anyway, McTominay is a central midfielder and he is not a striker, but his contribution to Scotland so far has been far from the striker they have now.

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Quote from: swogerino on March 29, 2023, 01:12:25 AM

Spain could have lost even against Norway but they were lucky to score early and Norway could not be a threat to them,in that game though they did not show anything scary as they have a great name as Spain.Scotland did not caught them of surprise,they just fully deserved the win because Spain could not respond at all to a great game play by the Scottish team.It is not that Spain took it easy,it is just that they are not in the good performance we all think they are and who knows what surprise results we see in June now in the next games.

I didn't get the chance to watch either of Spain's games. I couldn't have imagined that they will play that bad. I mean, they are the SPAIN. But I guess every team gets period with lousy performance.

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Croatia made me lose one of the many tickets yesterday night as I had it both teams to score because I was afraid to bet on money line on such game,now I know the reason why it didn't came,because of the goalkeeper Grin

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Yes, definitely. In the first 20-30 minutes Turkey was a much better team. They attacked Croatian players and didn't give them a chance to play their game. Turkey had few really good chances but couldn't score. There's a reason why Livaković was the second best player of the game. The only one who got a better rating is Kovačić who scored two goals. I must say that Günok also had one great save when Pašalić (I think it was him) shot the ball from 5 meters and Günok managed to save it.

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