Nope, incorrect. The referee has to trust the linesman - he's too far away to make that call and to let the play go on. What if it was 1m offside? He'd look like an idiot.
Linesman is the one that has to keep the flag down if he's not sure, and in 99th minute of the game he surely should not have been sure in a situation like this.

It's really 100% blame of the linesman - not the main referee.

Playing is for the weak, I'm winning.

On a more serious note, yeah - we plan to. This is something I wanted to play for years already, same as BSFL. Would be a bummer to have to watch from the sidelines.
As you from BSFL already know, in case we come close to the prizes we'll create some new rules for us so that there's no doubt in legitimacy of our answers.

Mafia's got you covered

I give Dortmund ~20% chance of winning. Madrid is so experienced at this level, and is overall a much better team as well.

I'd really love Reus to win it, he's one of my favorite players and would be at KDB's level if he didn't have so many injuries.
As a LFC fan, BVB is a club I admire so I really hope they prove me wrong.

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I checked the pools, no way to lose 2nd place in any of them. A really nice haul overall

buwaytress - I hope you keep working on the format. Was fresh and fun.

13. Derrick Lewis
12. Joaquin Buckley
11. Carlos Ulberg
10. Mateusz Rebecki
9. Sean Woodson
8. Robelis Despaigne
7. Chase Hooper
6. Esteban Ribovics
5. Tabatha Ricci
4. Trey Waters
3. Jake Hadley
2. Kevin Jousset
1. JJ Aldrich

NOT go the Full Distance 4

Game 1:  47, 38'
Game 2:  47, 47'

They couldn't look at it after the whistle was blown. Real players basically stopped playing - if they continued, Bayern maybe (probably?) wouldn't even have scored.

As said already - I don't blame the ref. The linesman has to be 100% sure it's the right call - if he flags, you trust him.
Linesmen were bad throughout the whole game though - I don't know how he could have flagged Joselu's 2nd goal. It was right in front of him and was a clear goal.

That's the goalkeeper's curse, ain't it?

A bad mistake, not really sure how Real always gets these breaks when they need them.
They have done this over and over again, I wouldn't bet on them losing if they were 2-0 down with 2 minutes to go.

Modrić was really good yesterday again and his game awareness is on the next level. Will be a shame when he retires, I hope he returns to Croatia for a season or 2 before that.

Yup, this is crazy.
I understand the ref, you expect the linesman to be 300% sure it's off in that moment in time.
If he flags (and the rules clearly say to flag only if you are 100% sure), you call it.

The linesman was looking at de Ligt, and even he is so marginally off that you don't call it in a situation like this.

All in all, a much better SF than Tuesday's one. Real will walk over Borussia in the final.

Damn you Monaco! Their overtime loss means I'm 2-0 down against jeremypwr.
Still 5 different questions to go so a comeback is still possible. Not a great start though in a really important round for me.

Barcelona struggling against Oly as well, halftime is 27-25. I don't recall such a low-scoring HT in a basketball game in a long time.

I was cheering for Borussia and I'm glad they're in the final, but this was extremely lucky for them and they'll have to perform much better to actually win it.
PSG have only themselves to blame though - unlucky or not with all the goalframes hit they still failed to score in 180 minutes of football against the weakest SF team.

Borussia will hope it's Bayern in the final, against them they might have a fighting chance. Against Real I just don't see it.

Both OKC and Boston claimed really easy wins yesterday - not something I expected.

I feel a bit hard done by for losing the 1st question - PSG had 4 crossbars and a penalty claim in the last minutes I thought was valid.
Also - Borussia's win means the Germans are surely claiming the 5th CL spot - occupied by Borussia - which means their weekend game vs Mainz is irrelevant and I have them to win

Still, that's sports - let's see how today ends. I was surprised to see that the majority of the Euroleague picks were 'No', much better teams are playing at home and I feel that I'm at least equalizing through that one.

I liked my answers compared to jeremypwr's, not that much anymore.

Wow, this is commitment
Shame it didn't work out better for you.

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4 of you submitting in the last 2 minutes, this was cutting it close in a round where the risk was not really worth it. Imarios in the last 15 seconds

Ulven failing to submit gives Renato297 crucial points in relegation struggle. This might be an expensive one for Ulven. Same with MAAManda, who was close to the playoff spots but will now probably stay below.

Ideally, yes. It might happen that 2 or more players are tied with the same amount of points, then the prize will be equally split between them and we'll have Last Men Standing



Good question and the answer will vary based on how people approach it. I will pay all the way to knockouts for sure, because there's a lot of points still in play and I'll feel I can catch up even if it's 5 points difference.
If I'm 5 points behind in the final I'll be more careful ofc, but somebody will surely be closer than that.

The competition is purposely made in a way in which early rounds don't mean much. In 3 group rounds max you can get is 30 points, and in the other rounds it's an additional 75 points to play for.
Preliminary round is also something to take into consideration. If you're 5 points away from the leader but have better answers to some of the initially posted questions, that initial round might help you win it after all.

I don't like to submit early but nothing to wait for in this round I guess. Wherever I do this, I always feel like I'm not submitting with the best possible data


I lost the freebet already - suits me right when I think Man Utd has a chance of winning against anybody.
I upset Mini Mafia though - he was winning his duel until it was changed. Friction in mafia headquarters incoming?

That's good enough, we'll explain in more detail if needed when we start.
So far it seems that everybody understands, but it's people from BSFL so far so that's normal.

We'll see how the new ones answer


That's the plan! We watch all Euro games anyway (at least I do, I'm sure Trofo does as well) so why not have some fun with it?
BSFL will keep running normally, there won't be any double questions but BSFL will be heavy on EURO as well.

Regarding the logo - it's only a 1-month long competition. If you want to showcase your skills though, we'll gladly add it


You have to buy for the next round. Anything else is pointless for you anyway, because the person with most points in all rounds combined is the winner - getting to the final doesn't give you anything other than the freebet and there's no way you get the 1st place if you miss a full round.

Not really, in buwa's Pot B you could pick the games. Here you'll still have to answer all the questions, like in regular BSFL.
In some rounds (just 3 out of 8 - we want to test it for the future without risking too much) there will be just a few questions that will be inclined to one option, with a riskier option available for more points.

If we asked in BSFL who quailfies to the final, Real or Bayern, most would pick Real - and the bookies give it 1.50 odds. But if we awarded 1 point for Real and 2 for Bayern, some people would risk with Bayern.

These kind of questions we will have in the preliminary round (that is the one that will be settled only at the end and have questions like winner, best goalscorer etc), in R16 and in quarterfinal round.
With this we want to keep it exciting even if you're 5 points behind - this way it gives you more options to try and catch up.


We aim for 50+, which means that with re-buys the top reward might increase quite a bit. I will surely re-buy to eternity if needed but as Trofo said, 2 or 3 might be the soft spot.


Sure, but the check is paid by the..
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Last Man Standing!

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We're really excited about this format, guys.
If it goes well, it will probably run as a side-competition in each BSFL season where players from all divisions can participate together.

More about that if this goes well though

Ma moraš buy-inat nazad, bar u početku. Predobra je nagrada da ne probaš koji put.
Ako si lupao 1 mBTC sidebetove na BSFL, ovo je no-brainer.

Ja sam već stavio sa strane lovu, idem do kraja ako budem iole blizu nagrada. Baš me zanima koliko ljudi će razmišljati na isti način.

We are asking if Slovakia, Sweden, Czech Republic, Austria and Latvia will win against the teams in brackets.
In the question it says: overtime/penalties win will count as a win - meaning that there is no draw.

There are no home teams other than Czech Republic
All games are played in 2 cities - Group A in Prague and Group B in Ostrava.

It would be inaccurate to write 'home teams', because some bookies can put it as Slovakia - Germany while others can write Germany - Slovakia.

As promised, our new competition is live! Still over a month to go, but we want to give it enough time to explain all the rules if needed and to give you enough time to collect a budget for it, considering it involves expensive re-buys.

We're happy to present Sportsbet's EURO 2024 Last Man Standing, for which you all have a free entry!