Chris Sutton, the football expert for Sport, did a reasonably good job of predicting the results in the round of 16. The only games he got wrong were Switzerland’s victory over Italy and Turkey’s victory over Austria.
Of the over 95,000 votes cast, only 12% supported Turkey’s advancement, which caught most of you off guard as well. However, you were correct regarding the results of the other seven ties.
That represents a significant increase over your performance in the group stage and indicates that, similar to Sutton, you have been right about 22 of the 44 games played in Germany.
In the quarterfinals, will there be any more surprises? Here are some predictions you can make: France versus Portugal, which is Sutton’s choice to win the European Championship, and England versus Switzerland.
Germany will be devastated that their match against Switzerland finished in this side of the draw, but they were ecstatic when Niclas Fullkrug scored their stoppage-time equalizer. I’m sure they would prefer to be playing England.
But Germany is more than just the host nation. They also have some information about them. Arguably, Antonio Rudiger has excelled in this tournament as the greatest center defender.
