June 29, 2016

Euro 2016 Pick 'Em: Quarterfinals: The Euro 2016 quarterfinals begin Thursday at 3 p.m. EDT when Poland faces Portugal. After the group phase and round of 16, SportsFilter's pick 'em contest is led by Owlhouse, followed by Bender and Yerfatma. For this round, pick the winner of each game, the score of each game and one goal scorer per game.

posted by rcade to soccer at 07:50 PM - 17 comments

Standings

GroupR16Score
owlhouse256259515
bender233257490
yerfatma285169454
rumple242201443
billsaysthis254184438
grum@work255177432
tron7245180425
holden261160421
Ricardo240165405
rcade242141383
flannelenigma273273
prof237237

Results

Poland 1, Switzerland 1 (5-4 PKs)
Wales 1, Northern Ireland 0
Portugal 1, Croatia 0
France 2, Ireland 1
Germany 3, Slovakia 0
Belgium 4, Hungary 0
Italy 2, Spain 0
Iceland 2, England 1

Players who nailed games: tron7 (France/Ireland), grum@work (Germany/Slovakia), owlhouse (Wales/Northern Ireland), billsaysthis (Germany/Slovakia), rumple (Germany/Slovakia), bender (France/Republic of Ireland, Germany/Slovakia)

Scorers picked: Eden Hazard (yerfatma, billsaysthis, rcade, bender), Graziano Pelle (yerfatma, rumple, owlhouse), Wayne Rooney (owlhouse, rumple, grum@work), Jakub Blaszczykowski (rcade), Mario Gomez (billsaysthis, rumple, rcade)

Scoring

Pick the winner of each game: 50 points

Pick the score: 8 points for winner's total, 8 points for loser's total, 9 points for both being right

Pick one player per game: 4 points per goal

Games

ThursdayJune 303 p.m. EDTPoland vs. Portugal
FridayJuly 13 p.m. EDTWales vs. Belgium
SaturdayJuly 23 p.m. EDTGermany vs. Italy
SundayJuly 33 p.m. EDTFrance vs. Iceland

posted by rcade at 07:50 PM on June 29, 2016

Owlhouse wins the week. I take the lead on the Costanza.

posted by rcade at 08:09 PM on June 29, 2016

I deserve some points for picking Rooney as a scorer in the England game.

Portugal 2
, Poland 1 (Ronaldo)
Belgium 3, Wales 1 (Bale)
Italy 2, Germany 2 (Eder) (Italy wins on PK)
France 4, Iceland 1 (Payet)

posted by grum@work at 10:13 PM on June 29, 2016

Poland 2-1 Portugal (Lewandowski - has to happen sometime)
Wales 1-2 Belgium (De Bruyne - kind of looks like Friday Night Lights-era Jesse Plemons, no?)
Germany 2-1 Italy (Muller time)
France 2-0 Iceland (Ollie G.)

posted by holden at 11:31 PM on June 29, 2016

I think I had Graziano Pelle to score as well.

Poland 0 Portugal 0. Penalties, and Poland win when Ronaldo skies one into Row Z.
The Welsh dream ends with a 1-0 loss. Lukaku has to come good at some stage, doesn't he?
Germany have never beaten Italy in a competitive international. Until now. 2-0 and Muller gets one.
France edge out Iceland in a nervy encounter. 1-0 with Griezmann to the rescue once again.

posted by owlhouse at 12:41 AM on June 30, 2016

Poland 3, Portugal 2 (Nani)

Wales 0, Belgium 3 (Lukaku)

Germany 1, Italy 2 (Pelle)

France 3, Iceland 1 (Griezmann)

posted by rumple at 12:46 AM on June 30, 2016

Poland 3-2 Portugal (a.e.t.), Blaszczykowski
Wales 0-2 Belgium, Hazard
Germany 1-1 Italy (Italy wins in shootout), Muller
France 2-1 Iceland, Payet

Man, I really want to pick Iceland, but I think France has the muster to finally knock them out, even if it's only on a last minute goal.

posted by bender at 08:38 AM on June 30, 2016

I think I had Graziano Pelle to score as well.

Act like you've been there before, classless.

Poland 1, Portugal 0 (Lewandoski)
Wales 1, Belgium 3 (Bale)
Germany 0, Italy 0, Italy wins in shootout (No one?)
France 2, Iceland 0 (Giroud)

posted by yerfatma at 09:16 AM on June 30, 2016

Poland 2, Portugal 1 (Lewandowski)

Wales 2, Belgium 1 (Bale)

Germany 2, Italy 1 (Muller)

France 1, Iceland 1 (Griezmann)

posted by tron7 at 10:16 AM on June 30, 2016

Poland 2, Portugal 1 (Lewandowski) I wouldn't root for Ronaldo if he somehow convinced FIFA to let him play for the USMNT.

Wales 2, Belgium 1 (Bale) Man drives the defenders to join a monastery and become ale makers. ;)

Germany 3, Italy 1 (Muller) Italy missing de Rossi is too much

France 2, Iceland 1 (Griezmann) Iceland we hardly knew ya.

posted by billsaysthis at 10:26 AM on June 30, 2016

Classless is my middle name.

Even more so when I posted it twice.

posted by owlhouse at 11:14 AM on June 30, 2016

Grum and Owlhouse's scores included their Rooney and Pelle goals -- I just overlooked giving them credit in the post.

Portugal 1, Poland 0 (Ronaldo)

Belgium 2, Wales 1 (Bale)

Germany 1, Italy 0 (Gomez)

France 3, Iceland 0 (Griezmann)

Yerfatma: You can pick a scorer even if predicting a 0-0 game.

posted by rcade at 11:51 AM on June 30, 2016

rcade, you may want to rethink your German goal scorer.

posted by bender at 12:38 PM on June 30, 2016

Oh, in previous round I picked Gomez to score for Germany, who did.

posted by rumple at 01:02 PM on June 30, 2016

The Gomez scores have been added.

rcade, you may want to rethink your German goal scorer.

I was feeling bullish about Griezmann scoring for Germany, but whatever. Maybe France is more his thing.

posted by rcade at 02:04 PM on June 30, 2016

I missed yesterday's game, DAMMIT!

Belgium 3, Wales 1 (Lukaku)
Germany 3, Italy 1 (Muller)
France 3, Iceland 1 (Griezmann)

posted by Ricardo at 12:29 PM on July 01, 2016

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