Sportsbet.io UEFA Nations League Prediction Pool Discussion Thread

[leea-1334]

user PL Guru (also known as jim carrey lol) was the only who predicted 1-0 Croatia... congrats 🤝

I just cannot believe it that I got both scores wrong yesterday.

Still can't believe Portugal did not manage to at least score one goal and get away with a draw.

I'm livid that France are losing

the magic of the Nations League. Pure disbelief  

Deschamps is very lucky the WC is right around the corner and that everyone downplays the nations league, otherwise, they would've sacked him last month... Croatia though are looking great lately (except for the 0-3 to Austria, a glitch in the matrix, tbh), really hope they make it to the Nations League Finals

Haha totally totally pure disbelief. France was 1.55 to win this game and come on, that was supposed to be amazing value because the French desperately needed to win and Croatia was supposed to be lucky in the previous win not playing at their full strength.

Unfortunately for me,,, I did not continue to bet on Croatia but I should have. Really disappointed I went the other way AGAIN for a favorite and lost.

[swogerino]

user PL Guru (also known as jim carrey lol) was the only who predicted 1-0 Croatia... congrats 🤝

I just cannot believe it that I got both scores wrong yesterday.

Still can't believe Portugal did not manage to at least score one goal and get away with a draw.

I'm livid that France are losing

the magic of the Nations League. Pure disbelief  

Deschamps is very lucky the WC is right around the corner and that everyone downplays the nations league, otherwise, they would've sacked him last month... Croatia though are looking great lately (except for the 0-3 to Austria, a glitch in the matrix, tbh), really hope they make it to the Nations League Finals

Haha totally totally pure disbelief. France was 1.55 to win this game and come on, that was supposed to be amazing value because the French desperately needed to win and Croatia was supposed to be lucky in the previous win not playing at their full strength.

Unfortunately for me,,, I did not continue to bet on Croatia but I should have. Really disappointed I went the other way AGAIN for a favorite and lost.

I also had France to get a narrow win but I think that Croatia deserved the win,in the last two games they are turning back to their normal being,a great team and they can beat anyone now.Denmark I think is the head of the group and without a doubt will continue to be so until the end of the competition.

No one can say that Croatia is or was lucky,yesterday night they completely dominated the game and the score maybe could have been even better.Most probably they will make it to the Nations League finals which as far as I know are planned for 2023.

[buwaytress]

Well done Croatia, a really solid performance overall and our first win against France in our history.

At first I felt the penalty was a bit soft but after seeing it from multiple angles, there was a stomp and definitely enough contact for it to be given.
After we took the lead we basically controlled the game well and although France did put us under some pressure throughout the game - we really defended well.

Shame we lost against Austria in the 1st game, we would have been on top with a win there.

I'm only a bit upset I haven't been taking bets like these, really. Forgivable offence at the start of the group games even if I always say that's the time to bet on upsets, but it's criminal not to be taking advantage of the shitty English/German/French/Italian football. So much about the "Big Five" leagues.

I've been getting a LOT of joy from the lower groups though, yesterday picked Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan (who won both as the underdogs) but just too bad I insist to put Group A on my tickets. Like leea said, France 1.5x was just too good to ignore on an acca. BAD choice. All my fault.

[casperBGD]

-snip

That being said, France is playing with both Benzema and Mbappe so they want a win and there is a reason we never won against them. They play just the version of controlled football we hate and they have enough quality to always score against us. That early goal could be very important.

congrats on a win, early penalty made things difficult for France, and Croatia knew how to keep the score

nevertheless, my bet was on Denmark, that secured another win, and Croatia has a chance to put them down from top spot at home, will be interesting
France will probably push Austria into B groups, but that will be interesting as well, it is basically top France team four matches without a win, will it be different in September?

[slaman29]

Another loss for the French national team. What a shame. I think about the performance you will give there in Qatar if they do not change the way the plays. I think they will leave the World Cup in the group stage.
I am happy that I got a close result against Denmark, but despite this I lost two places again

They're not the only ones to be ashamed in this tournament so far but I totally agree their team is just way too full of talent and famous superstars to be not winning at least one damn game.

I think we can say Denmark/Croatia deserve to be the top 2 in this group. I got some points anyway after getting wooden spoon last round, so I live and breathe in 7th position.

[Trofo]

So, who will screw our tickets tonight? I am thinking it is time for Belgium to drop some points, probably Poland looking for revenge. England should probably win tonight if they want any chances of final tournament.

Germany - Italy should be the beauty of the day and I am expecting Germans to take all the points here. This new Italy squad looks really limited to me and I don't see them scoring in most matches against top teams. Maybe 1:0 for Germans could be a correct score for me finally.

[buwaytress]

So, who will screw our tickets tonight? I am thinking it is time for Belgium to drop some points, probably Poland looking for revenge. England should probably win tonight if they want any chances of final tournament.

Germany - Italy should be the beauty of the day and I am expecting Germans to take all the points here. This new Italy squad looks really limited to me and I don't see them scoring in most matches against top teams. Maybe 1:0 for Germans could be a correct score for me finally.

Agree. I'm going to go out on a limb here and place a bet against NL today... Wales 65/10. Small bet, just to scratch my itch, everything else is just way too unreliable.

BTW the Caucasus and Central Asia teams have been really playing well... now Armenia took lead against Scotland (but just conceded and then JUST scored now heh). Could it be they see this as their best chance for international glory? Georgia, Armenia, Kazakh, Azerbaijan, damn. They're trouncing the traditional "lesser powers".

[casperBGD]

So, who will screw our tickets tonight? I am thinking it is time for Belgium to drop some points, probably Poland looking for revenge. England should probably win tonight if they want any chances of final tournament.
~snip

Belgium is hardly a winner tonight, even the odds are not favorable, and it is not the difference to Poland, six pieces in first match were hardly realistic
Netherlands should be a winner

regarding Germany, I agree, 1:0 is a pick for me too, although both teams are not playing great
nevertheless, my pick for tonight is Ukraine, they are playing this competition as it is World Cup, and I am certain they will join League A in the end, and Ireland lost from Armenia

[Harkorede]

Seems England is going to be dark horse for today, again! Currently trailing by a goal to Hungary, should they lose the game, that be the 2nd consecutive loss to Hungary in a less than 10 days, so much for expecting a revenge.

I wasn't expecting much from Italy though, I've got them to lose 2-1 in the pool, and got a btts in a betslip together with the Netherlands.

[CLS63]

I understood why I shouldn't trust England in this tournament while they were playing against Italy. I think that Italy are the weakest team of the group considering their lineup in these matches. I don't think it is a big surprise that they are not even making their presence felt today against Germany.

[LTU_btc]

LOL, I don't know what is worse? Getting crushed at home by Hungary 0:4 or destroyed by Germany 5:2. Probably first one . But both Italy and England were so awful today and such results resembles game. Who could have thought that Hungary after 4 games will lead group with Germany, Italy and England. It's likely that Italy and England next game will be fight for place in League A.
When I already thought that I lost my ticket, Nethlerlands managed to score and win game in next attack after Wales equalised score.
And from lower league, Montenegro winning big away against Romania 0:3 is another big upset.

[Harkorede]

LOL, I don't know what is worse? Getting crushed at home by Hungary 0:4 or destroyed by Germany 5:1. Probably first one . But both Italy and England were so awful today and such results resembles game. Who could have thought that Hungary after 4 games will lead group with Germany, Italy and England.
When I already thought that I lost my ticket, Nethlerlands managed to score and win game in next attack after Wales equalised score.
And from lower league, Montenegro winning big away against Romania 0:3 is another big upset.

Losing to Germany still seems fair in my book, but England getting trashed by Hungary is unacceptable to me, They even failed score at least a goal over the two fixtures against Hungary, how worse could it have been ?

I went all 2-1 into pool, that means a couple of close result and 1 result, except 0 points from England, did anyone from the pool actually backed Hungary ?

[Gianluca95]

Awful to see what has happened to England and Italy this evening. It is ridicolous to see that this two historical team has taken one 5 goal and another one 4 goals.

This Nations League Seems so strange. I can understand England maybe, they aren't interested at Nations League because of World Cup, but italy no.

[tomahawk9]

losing 4-0 to Hungary. Worst defeat at home since forever. Absolute humiliation. People will defend Southgate because he rotated the squad, but tbh that B side should smash Hungary easily, ffs!  3-0 down and Southgate brings Maguire on to try to stop the clown show, but a few minutes later it's 4-0 lol

Can England make it out of the group stage in the WC? 🧐

anyway, this is it, no more football for a few months. It's gonna be rough, folks 

[Trofo]

losing 4-0 to Hungary. Worst defeat at home since forever. Absolute humiliation. People will defend Southgate because he rotated the squad, but tbh that B side should smash Hungary easily, ffs!  3-0 down and Southgate brings Maguire on to try to stop the clown show, but a few minutes later it's 4-0 lol

Can England make it out of the group stage in the WC? 🧐

anyway, this is it, no more football for a few months. It's gonna be rough, folks 

Better no football than this type of football, at least for my betting balance. Now I can focus on tennis and Esports

Losing away to Germany can happen, even to the best teams. We all remember how Brazil fared against them in WC after all. But a team like England loosing to Hungary at home is embarrassing, even more so when it is 4:0 defeat and Southgate brings on Maguire to stop conceding more Proper clown show as you say.

[darxiaomi]

Well, we are champions from "la Finalissima" first edition.

In relation with this thread i can say, i cant belive how bad Italy plays a tremendous disaster, if they play like thaht against german surely can lose for 4 goals.
I the second half Argentina swept the floor with them, they not lose for more goals because Argentina had mercy of them.

I star bad the pool i put a draw 1-1 and was so close only 5 minute left to got it.

Well i have to auotquote me. I say this in 1 of june after Italy lost against Argentina. And yes the first game against germany they can go with a draw (i dont know how) , but today what i say before comes to reality. Italy its a disaster right now.

losing 4-0 to Hungary. Worst defeat at home since forever. Absolute humiliation. People will defend Southgate because he rotated the squad, but tbh that B side should smash Hungary easily, ffs!  3-0 down and Southgate brings Maguire on to try to stop the clown show, but a few minutes later it's 4-0 lol

Can England make it out of the group stage in the WC? 🧐

anyway, this is it, no more football for a few months. It's gonna be rough, folks 

This its incredible, i write a few comments up that Hungary seems like the old Hungary of Puskas without goals (for playing against the bigs), and now they put a 4-0 against England.

A tottaly shame for England and i dont blame Southgate because a B or C team of England its also better than a Hungary team in names.

The players has to have a little bit of shame after this performance. And was a B team with A team players so not fully rotation.

And like Toma says its the worst defeat ever in England soil, the worst? 5-1 in and read...... 1928 against Scotland 5-1 but was a friendly game.
So this its the worst in a tournament game.

And for the pool..... no words.

[leea-1334]

England do not deserve their reputation. Italy do not deserve either.
Finalists of Europe.
Both the leagues I spend the most time on.

Shameful!!

Haha totally totally pure disbelief. France was 1.55 to win this game and come on, that was supposed to be amazing value because the French desperately needed to win and Croatia was supposed to be lucky in the previous win not playing at their full strength.

Unfortunately for me,,, I did not continue to bet on Croatia but I should have. Really disappointed I went the other way AGAIN for a favorite and lost.

I also had France to get a narrow win but I think that Croatia deserved the win,in the last two games they are turning back to their normal being,a great team and they can beat anyone now.Denmark I think is the head of the group and without a doubt will continue to be so until the end of the competition.

No one can say that Croatia is or was lucky,yesterday night they completely dominated the game and the score maybe could have been even better.Most probably they will make it to the Nations League finals which as far as I know are planned for 2023.

Oh no I did not say Croatia was lucky that last game against France, but perhaps the one before that, a few fine moments and they were in. On the other hand I would not see any group stage result as an indicator of finals performance.

So you say Denmark will be winning the group, but Croatia will make it to finals? Which one? Only group winners in League A go to the finals

[swogerino]

The biggest surprise of yesterday was without a doubt England which I believe everyone in the pool missed it,it was a humiliating defeat for England which is the finalist of the last Euro Cup.The other games for me ended as expected because I expected Germany to win against Italy but surely not with that score while Netherlands and Belgium just made their homework by winning.

It was the last game of the pool until September now and I closed on sixth place,I didn't expect to be this high but I am sad now that no more games will be available in the pool for a couple of months,hopefully these holiday months will pass really fast and we fast forward to September.

[cryptofrka]

What the hell, England?

This is really an insane result - no matter the fact they played with a mixed lineup.
Funnily enough - this is the first time England has conceded 4 goals at home since 1953 - when Hungary beat them 6-3.

Italy can send them a thank-you note, otherwise their 5-2 loss to Germany would be the topic of the day.

[casperBGD]

what came in a bit unnoticed with an England meltdown from Hungary is Netherlands and Wales

both matches finished in a same way, Netherlands had a lead until overtime, Wales scored for a draw in 90+2, but Netherlands scored a minute later to secure a win
probably one in years to have two matches between two teams, with that similar finish

Netherlands have great team, as seems now, maybe they can surprise in Qatar