Alan Hansen has been mocked by fans after picking three teams from the same group among his tips for the Euro 2012 semi-finals.
The Match of the Day regular joined other BBC pundits in revealing their tips for the tournament in Poland and Ukraine.
The pundits and presenters were all asked for their tips to reach the semi-finals and then eventual winners.
Are you sure? Alan Hansen picked Germany, Holland and Portugal to make the semi final despite them all being in Group B
But Hansen found himself on the end of a string of jibes after selecting Germany, Holland and Portugal as semi-finalists along with champions Spain.
That is impossible as only the top two teams from each group can qualify for the knockout stages.
The article on the BBC Sport website was later amended to show just three tips for the semi-finals along with a line saying 'not all predictions may work out precisely because of the nature of the draw', while the others - such as Alan Shearer - all had four picks.
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