I know it seems a bit contradictory, but it's simpler. The only things that should be allowed to be confusing in football are a) the offside rule, b) Emile Heskeys love affair with the England team and c) Aussie fans whining "give us a free world cup place for absolutely nothing, it's not fair otherwise".
**edit** When two teams are level on points and they tied in their game, it goes down to goal difference in all matches anyway. When three teams are level on points, if their mini-table (the one which decreed Sweden and Denmark would advance with a 2-2, irregardless of Italy's score) is tied on points, as it was tonight, if it then also went to goal difference in all matches (allowing Italy to thrash Bulgaria and advance) then that would remain consistent, thus it would be fair, and I'm a genius.
