{"id":6515,"date":"2012-06-18T12:37:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T11:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=6515"},"modified":"2012-06-18T12:37:39","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T11:37:39","slug":"croatia-2-spain-2-thedraw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2012\/06\/18\/croatia-2-spain-2-thedraw\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia 2 Spain 2 ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of you with long memories may recognise this scenario from Euro 2004. Back then Denmark and Sweden need a 2-2 draw to ensure they progress to the knockout phase of the tournament at the expense of Italy. Remarkably the game ended 2-2 to howls of protests from the Italians.<\/p>\n

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Wind forward to 2012 and we have a similar situation. However, Croatia and Spain have tried to quash conspiracy theorists who suggest the two sides would settle for a 2-2 draw, a result that will take both teams into the quarter-finals again at Italy’s expense.<\/p>\n

It would be remarkable to see the match end in a 2-2 draw but that hasn’t stop people from pricing this up when the market opened. You could back the 2-2 draw at the remarkable low odds of 5.0. Since then it’s drifted out fairly consistantly. Should be an interesting match!<\/p>\n

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Some of you with long memories may recognise this scenario from Euro 2004. Back then Denmark and Sweden need a 2-2 draw to ensure they progress to the knockout phase of the tournament at the expense of Italy. Remarkably the game ended 2-2 to howls of protests from the Italians. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/UEFA_Euro_2004_Group_C#Denmark_vs_Sweden Wind forward to 2012 […]<\/p>\n

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