Easy Peasey (12/4)

HOME - 1D-France and 1B-England cruised to victories with with FRA beating 2C-Poland 3-1 and ENG shutting out 2A-Senegal 3-0.  This sets up a European clash in the quarterfinal as the soccer giants regain control of this WC.

For the second time in this WC, Kylian Mbappe scored 2 goals with two precision strikes.  POL had a double-chance early but came out empty and five minutes later FRA scored.  A VAR review gave POL a PK and Robert Lewandowski's attempt was saved, but his stutter made the GK come off the line early and VAR confirmed a retake.  Lewy made no mistake this time in the 90'+9' putting POL on the board.

SEN came out strong like USA but couldn't put their chances away and ENG scored one and then the dagger in first-half stoppage (like what NED did to USA).  

Wore my authentic 2008 ENG home jersey, a Beckham #7.  Also, got a Douglas fir tree yesterday and my daughter and wife did a great job decorating it after my son and I struggled to get the thick trunk into the stand and then into the house!

I still have to work out some kinks in the possibilities (coming from Euro 2021 where there were just 36 matches instead of 48, it affected the point totals but won't really make a difference in who is alive).

Kankleiscious now has a 3-point lead with 84 points with DDubs and Swerveman tied for 2nd.  Markofthebeast is last with 52 pts.  91 had ENG and 83 had FRA.  72 got both FRA and ENG while 7 missed both.  Overall, 49 are 4-0 in the R16 while 16 are 2-2.

In the possibilities run, I had to adjust from Euro (36 group matches) to WC (48).  That meant 3 extra entries can win the pool and one more can win money.  So 77 can win money and 46 can still win the pool.  The Gambler (4th-T, 80) has the best chance for both (18.7% and 36.4%).