predictio: World Cup Predictio 2018: Final & 3rd Place Play-off

Sunday, August 12, 2018

World Cup Predictio 2018: Final & 3rd Place Play-off

Greetings amigos,

Going into the final two games of the tournament, Mr Luke had it all to do to win his first international Predictio honour, as Mr Moore took a 4 point advantage into the final lap of the race. Theo's immense call of correctly predicting the 4-2 scoreline in the final, combined with the prediction of neither game going to penalties meant that he amassed 7 points to give himself a fighting chance. The only blot on Lucozade's copy book was allowing national fervour and pride influence him in predicting that England would triumph over Belgium in the 3rd/4th place play-off. Had Mr Luke shown the pessimism of Mr Moore regarding England's fate, he would have triumphed in the most dramatic fashion. As it was, MD called the outcome of both matches correctly along with two points from the penalties wild card, and as such scored the 4 points required to lift the World Cup Predictio trophy for the first time - massive congratulations amigo! Phil secures his first major Predictio title since his league title in 2005-06 - proof that perseverance pays off in the end! Elsewhere our outgoing champion Mr Stewart-Jones and myself scored 6 points respectively, whilst Mr O'Callaghan, Mr Raistrick and Mr Crinnion all scored 3 points apiece.

May I take this opportunity to thank all managers for their participation in World Cup Predictio 2018 - roll on Qatar 2022!

Take it easy,

Danny

Adam

Belgium v England 1-2 2-0 (0pts)

France v Croatia 2-0 4-2 (1pt)

+2 pts (no games went to pens)

Total: 0 spot-ons; 3 points.

Theo L

Belgium v England 0-1 2-0 (0pts)

France v Croatia 4-2 4-2 (5pts)

+2 pts (no games went to pens)