Chris Donnelly on September 9, 2009, 4:21 pm | Readers 1
Prediction time. No need to rehearse what’s at stake tonight. Republic of Ireland fans will be hoping the Italians and Bulgarians play out a draw, but it’s Northern Ireland and the Scots who have it all to play for tonight. My prediction: 1-0 with Paterson the hero for Northern Ireland, setting up a tense encounter with the Czechs in Prague with first and second- and third- still up for grabs; 2-1 to the Dutch. No time for Scottish dreamers tonight, I’m afraid. Oh, and the English to batter the Croats 3-0.
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