Another Sterling Finish for England or Croatia Ic'ing for the Playoffs

 

32/51 through the tournament and Group D came to a close. England would host the Czech Republic where Raheem Sterling scored his second goal, as many as England has scored in total, 12 minutes into the match. It would be all the Three Lions need to win the game. Croatia in their match jumped out to a 1-0 lead through Nikola Vlasic’s 17^th minute strike. Scotland would even the match at 42 minutes through Callum McGregor. The draw would threaten Croatia’s tournament hopes, yet they pressed on. Goals by Luka Modric and Ivan Perisic in the 62^nd and 77^th minutes would clinch victory for the Croatians. England finish top of the group and await to see who will be the Runner-up in Group F. Croatia also advance finishing second in the group and await the Runner-up of Group E. The Czech Republic finish third in the group. They are guaranteed to be one of the best four third place teams and await to see who they will face in the Round of 16. England as Euro Buddy for Historicus gained him 14 points.

Czech Republic	0	1	England
	0	1	Sterling 12”

Player	Event	Points
Sterling	Goal	10
Grealish	Assist	3
Pickford	1 Save	1
	Total	14

Contestant	Prediction	Points	Czech Rep	Points	England	Points	Buddy	Total	Oracle
Artifex	England	5	1	0	2	0		5	0
Colubris	England	5	1	0	3	0		5	0
Fortuitous	England	5	2	0	5	0		5	0
Historicus	England	5	0	2	3	0	14	21	2
IoannesNix	England	5	0	2	3	0		7	2
Musicus	England	5	0	2	3	0		7	2
Praeceptor	England	5	1	0	3	0		5	0
Quaesitor	England	5	0	2	2	0		7	2
Scriptor	England	5	0	2	3	0		7	2

Croatia	3	1	Scotland
Vlasic 17’	1	0
	1	1	McGregor 42’
Modric 62’	2	1
Perisic 77’	3	1

Contestant	Prediction	Points	Croatia	Points	Scotland	Points	Buddy	Total	Oracle
Artifex	Croatia	5	1	0	0	0		5	0
Colubris	Croatia	5	2	0	1	2		7	2
Fortuitous	Scotland	0	0	0	2	0		0	0
Historicus	Croatia	5	2	0	1	2		7	2
IoannesNix	Scotland	0	0	0	2	0		0	0
Musicus	Draw	0	1	0	1	2		2	2
Praeceptor	Draw	0	2	0	2	0		0	0
Quaesitor	Croatia	5	2	0	0	0		5	0
Scriptor	Croatia	5	1	0	0	0		5	0

Day 12 Standings

Position	Contestant	Points	Oracle	Buddy
1	Scriptor	270	47	128
2	Musicus	247	38	99
3	Praeceptor	200	39	96
4	Artifex	186	32	64
5	IoannesNix	181	34	72
6	Fortuitous	166	18	78
7	Quaesitor	165	56	14
8	Colubris	151	51	10
9	Historicus	148	45	23

Today’s Player of the Day is the Defending European Champion. Historicus still finds himself at the bottom of the table, but his 14 points on the day are tops. The group stage ends tomorrow with four matches, and the tournament going forward will be clear. 

 

Sleep well my Crias,

The Grand Salmon Alpaca