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July 08, 2016
Euro 2016 Pick 'Em: Final: The Euro 2016 final will be played Sunday at 3 p.m. EDT when Portugal faces the host nation France. SportsFilter's pick 'em contest is led by Rcade, Owlhouse and Grum@work. Pick the winning team, score and other categories.
France 2 - Portugal 1 (Griezmann)
Yellow cards: Pepe (honestly, we should eliminate Pepe from the selection just to make it more interesting), Pogba, Bruno Alves
Shots on goal: 4
posted by yerfatma at 03:04 PM on July 08, 2016
Bothered that Portugal have an extra day of rest. 3 draws to squeak into the knockout round. Hmph. Go Bleus.
Fond memories of host France prevailing in a Sunday final against an indifferent Portuguese speaking team in the 98 WC. Hoping for more of the same.
posted by beaverboard at 03:12 PM on July 08, 2016
The extra day of rest and home-field advantage should balance out.
I'm on a roll lately. A pity I have to make more picks. The contest should stop now and declare a victor.
posted by rcade at 03:14 PM on July 08, 2016
France 2-1 Portugal
Goal(s): Giroud
Cards: Evra, W. Carvalho, Pepe
posted by holden at 05:29 PM on July 08, 2016
France 2 Portugal 0
Pogba to score
Cards to Evra, W. Carvalho and Giroud
Shots on goal: 23, Shots on target: 11 (just in case I misunderstood the metric).
posted by owlhouse at 07:51 PM on July 08, 2016
Shots on goal is shown in parenthesis here in the Germany/France report. In that match there were 13 total from the two teams.
posted by rcade at 09:19 PM on July 08, 2016
That graphic looks like 32 total shots and 13 on goal/target. So we're agreed that the metric is on target shots?
That match is probably not a representative sample. :-)
posted by owlhouse at 12:14 AM on July 09, 2016
France 2, Portugal 0
Goal: Griezmann
Yellow cards: Pepe, Payet, Giroud, Alves
Shots on target: 9
Clarification: If a player draws two yellow cards in the match, will they get 35 points (5+5+25), or just 30 points (5+25).
posted by grum@work at 01:48 AM on July 09, 2016
That graphic looks like 32 total shots and 13 on goal/target. So we're agreed that the metric is on target shots?
Correct.
Clarification: If a player draws two yellow cards in the match, will they get 35 points (5+5+25), or just 30 points (5+25).
35.
posted by rcade at 10:49 AM on July 09, 2016
The contest should stop now and declare a victor. You can send smoke up the spindly stove pipe anytime you want, I suppose.
You can also decide if it will be white or black.
However, if you continue to prevail in these contests, you'll probably end up being summoned by the AG and Director Comey for briefings on the Hill.
posted by beaverboard at 12:09 PM on July 09, 2016
France 3 Portugal 2
Nani
Yellow: Pogba, Ronaldo, Evra, Pepe
Shots: 11
posted by rumple at 04:58 PM on July 09, 2016
France 1-2 Portugal
Ronaldo
Pepe, Nani, Gignac
10 shots on goal
posted by bender at 05:03 PM on July 09, 2016
France 2, Portugal 1
Scorer: Griezmann
Cards: Kante, Evra, Carvalho
Shots on goal: 12
posted by rcade at 07:45 PM on July 09, 2016
Some players have picked 4 yellow card players instead of 3. I will ignore the fourth pick, so if you want to change your list please do so forthwith post haste.
posted by rcade at 07:46 PM on July 09, 2016
France 3, Portugal 2 (Griezmann)
Cards: Pepe, Kante, Alves
Shots: 14
posted by tron7 at 02:45 PM on July 10, 2016
Rcade wins the week, climbing from fifth to first place. Rumple puts the Costanza in the rear-view mirror. Yerfatma and Ricardo vye for it after a round of utter devastation.
Results
Portugal 2, Wales 0 France 2, Germany 0
Players who nailed games: France/Germany (bender)
Scorers picked: 2: Griezmann (owlhouse, billsaysthis, rcade, tron7), 1: Ronaldo (grum@work, rcade), Nani (rumple)
Scoring
1. Pick the winner of the final: 120 points
2. Pick the score: 20 points for winner's total, 20 points for loser's total, 20 points for both being right
3. Pick one player in the game: 10 points per goalal
4. Pick three players who will get a yellow or red card: 5 points per yellow, 25 per red
5. Tiebreaker: Pick the total number of shots on goal in the game. Closest tiebreaker wins. If two players choose the same total, the one who picked it first wins.
Games
Portugal vs. France, 3 p.m. EDT Sunday