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June Update
The board is delighted of course. We lost $325k in May.
The European Championship is in June. I hadn't really mentioned the qualifiers that much, Portugal and the Czech Republic did not qualify both finishing 3rd in their groups (behind Switzerland/Ireland for Portugal and Montenegro and Israel for the Czech). Germany/Italy/England/Spain are in different groups for the upcoming group stage.
... A few weeks go by and we set up our friendlies for July and go back to the European Championship:
Group A
Italy 3-0-0
Greece 1-0-2
Norway 1-0-2
Switzerland 1-0-2
Italy and Greece advance, Greece a -1 Goal Differential, Norway and the Swiss -2.
Group B
France 3-0-0
Ukraine 0-2-1
Spain 0-2-1
Montenegro 0-2-1
Ukraine loses by 1 to France, Spain loses by 2 to France, ties everywhere else, so the Ukraine advance and Spain are out.
Group C
Croatia 2-0-1
England 2-0-1
Holland 2-0-1
Bulgaria 0-0-3
Holland beats England by 2, England beats Croatia by 2, everybody beats Bulgaria by 1... the difference is Croatia winning 3:0 over Holland. That makes Croatia +2, England +1, Holland even.
Group D
Russia 3-0-0
Scotland 1-1-1
Germany 1-1-1
Sweden 0-0-3
Scotland and Germany play to a 0:0 draw. Both teams lose to Russia 1:0. The difference is a 3:0 victory for Scotland over Sweden that Germany can't match, allowing scotland through.
Quarterfinals
Ukraine 1 : 0 Italy
Greece 0 : 1 France
Croatia 2 : 0 Scotland
England 1 : 0 Russia
Semifinals
Ukraine 1 : 0 England
France 1 : 2 e Croatia
Finals
Ukraine 1 : 2 Croatia
Croatia Wins the 2016 Euro Championship
Shirt Sponsorship
We get a new sponsorship deal, our last one paid us $61k/year, our new one is worth $110k/year.
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