England Women's Champions

England's Lionesses have retained the UEFA Euros Championship! Congratulations!

At Soccer Mad Boffins we have of course followed the action closely and can now reveal our predictions, and those of random dice rolls, with what actually happened.

Quarter Finals

All three predictors tipped England to go through, with a similar accuracy for Spain. 

Only the dice saw Italy emerge victorious, but it was only Alex and Kevin who correctly picked Germany to beat France.

	AG	KT	DICE
Norway v Italy   1 v 2	2 v 1	2 v 0	3 v 3  (2 v 5)
Sweden v England   2 v 2 (2 v 3)	1 v 2	1 v 3	0 v 3
Spain v Switzerland   2 v 0	3 v 1	2 v 1	1 v 0
France v Germany   1 v 1 (5 v 6)	1 v 2	1 v1 (4 v 5)	2 v2 (3 v 1)

Semi-Finals

Alex was the only soccer mad boffin to back the Lionesses even the correct score, Kevin predicting Italy stealing a dramatic penalty shoot-out, whereas the dice gave it to Italy within 90 minutes. 

	AG	KT	Dice
England v Italy  2 v 1	2 v 1	1 v 1 (3-4 pens)	0 V 1
Germany v Spain  0 v 1	1 v 3	2 v 1	0 V 3

 Results: Alex got both outcomes correct and even the England v Italy scoreline. The dice got one outcome. Kevin was sadly way off

FINAL

The tables were turned in the Final, Alex thinking a straight-forward convincing win for Spain, as did the dice. Kevin righted his lack of faith in the previous round with a bold five goal thriller with England netting three in normal time. The reality was of course somewhere in between.  This one went to Kevin, and to England.

	AG	KT	Dice
England v  Spain  1 v 1 (3 v 1 penalties)	1 v 3	3 v 2	0 v 3