How we can get knocked out of the Wafer Cup
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by We don’t play again until Monday night at Upton Park so I got out my slide rule to see how our Wafer Cup Group D could turn out.
On the night of December 18, the following two matches will be played at the same time…
The way things stand in our group, it is still possible for us to finish first and get a good seeding in the Last 32.
The ONLY way that can happen is if we win and Udinese lose. Doesn’t matter about goal difference in this case.If we win AND they lose, we finish first.
If we draw with Spartak, we at least clinch second spot, though that has its downside in that we must then face one of the “parachute” teams from the Champions League.
Now…to the interesting part. Well, some may find it interesting, others may get a splitting headache!!!
There are circumstances by which we can finish fourth in the group and thus be eliminated from the competition.
They involve both us losing AND NEC beating the Italians, but only in certain ways.
- First of all, if Spartak beat us by just the one goal, then they can’t overtake us and we’re through no matter what happens in the other match.
- If we lose by 2 goals, NEC must win by at least 2 to eliminate us.
- If we lose by 3 goals, a one-goal win for NEC is enough to eliminate us but ONLY if they score at least one more goal on the night than we do (for example if we lose 1-4, their one-goal win must be 2-1 or better). Obviously, in this case, an NEC win by 2 goals or more will also eliminate us.
- If we lose by 4 goals or more, any win for NEC is enough to eliminate us.
So as you can see, although itispossible for us to get knocked out, it is highly unlikely, so here’s hoping Spurs fans WON'T have to revert back to this post close to full time on the night!!!
taken from my blog "...and STILL Ricky Villa!!!"
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2 Comments
The way I see it, if Dinamo Zagreb can beat Spartak, then surely we must be favourites. I'm touching wood as we speak though...
I´ve got a headache .....lol