Round 16 MD3. Hope and Belief.

 

My word! Costa Heroics See Portugal Advance Despite Brave Slovenian Display; 

Portugal 0-0 Slovenia (3-0 on pens) 

What an evening of matches. Along with all the emotions of having to predict an outcome that includes taking into account Extra Time and the option of playing for a Penalty Shoot-out bonus, we have to ask ourselves the question; 

Why do we love football? 

It is because football makes us feel emotions. And one of those strongest emotion is that of 'hope'. The ancient Greeks knew a thing or two about the importance of this fundamental human emotion, for hope was the sole remaining emotion which Pandora contained in her box. 

We made our tips this morning with hope. Hope that we could get something out of these games this morning, for hope evolves into that other human thing, belief. A belief that we can pull back this incredible lead that Michael A has created.  

And how have these emotions all come to life. Angelique has been on fire during this Round of 16 matches. She has predicted 6 out of 7 Outcomes, including one scoreline. This morning, she nailed a Max in her predictions with Portugal. This result rockets her through into third. The heroics of Portugal's goalkeeper, plus France's deflected goal swung some much needed results for Nestor, who, for at least one day, closes the gap on Michael to 5 points. 

Two more games before we step into the Quarter Finals. 

	Mates	G	B	Total
1	Michael A	69	12	81
2	Nestor	66	8	76
3	Angelique	63	8	73
4	Andrew J	63	6	69
5	Alexander	54	10	64
6	Aramis	54	8	64
7	Si Webb	54	10	64
8	Nico	51	8	59
9	Harry M	48	6	54
10	John A	51	2	53
11	Michael P	45	6	51
12	Yianni	42	2	44