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UEFA EURO 2024 Opening Game

(Published on 20. May 2024, 14:10 by Arlo Lipof)

In exactly 25 days the UEFA EURO 2024 tournament will kick off in Munich. This Sudoku is a prediction of the last-minute winning goal for hosts Germany against Scotland in the opening game. In this aerial view the big circles represent five German attacking players, the missing digits being their shirt numbers. The attached arrows show the home team's passing, dribbling and shooting of the ball, from the initial corner kick to the decisive goal. The killer cage represents (the visible part of) Scotland’s goal, the black dot is the Scottish goalkeeper, and the white dots are the Scottish field players defending in extra time.

Rules:

  • Normal Sudoku rules apply.
  • Killer cages. In cages, digits must sum to the small clue given in the top left corner.
  • Arrows. Digits along arrows must sum to the digit in the attached circle. In this puzzle all circled digits are different.
  • Palindromes. Grey lines are palindromes, i.e. they read the same in both directions.
  • Kropki. Digits separated by a white dot are consecutive. Digits separated by a black dot are in a 1:2 ratio. Not all dots are shown.

Links: F-Puzzles, CTC (in the CTC app the arrows are partly covered by the palindromic lines.)

Bonus: In the solved grid the final score is (barely) hidden in the first row. Please enjoy!

Solution code: Box 9, from top to bottom and from left to right

Last changed on on 20. May 2024, 15:25
Solved by OutOfMyMindBRB, AdamGaffney96, Debba, PinkNickels, flipping, AN_not_IO, Piff, Rollo, Christovaneeden, brimmy, jalebc, Rearden, SKORP17, pkratz22, Nagesh, cfunkmi, abadx, pepe74287, Nylimb, Crul, ... oyyq99999, madhupt, OGRussHood, MrQubo, roscommon, Uhu, Illuminated, ChsSlyr9k, konfetti, Jackson Philion, MrBeachHut, ttennyson115, QuiltyAsCharged, Leilalu222, asver, finger, michaal94, PippoForte
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Comments

on 11. July 2024, 09:55 by Jackson Philion
Super neat puzzle and theme! This one had me stumped for a long while until I realized I was overlooking some simple and neat logic that wrapped things up nicely. I really enjoyed this one, thanks!

Last changed on 26. May 2024, 20:34

on 25. May 2024, 12:39 by lordovol
I can't enter the solution code. The instructions are confusing.
Are there 9 digits (box 9 top to bottom, left to right ) or 18 digits (9 for box 9 top to bottom and 9 for box 9 left to right)?
I tried both and it didn't work

A: The 9 digits of box 9, entered row by row.

Last changed on 21. May 2024, 13:09

on 21. May 2024, 12:05 by Onkel_Dagobert
Schönes Puzzle, jetzt muss nur noch das Ergebnis so eintreten... ;-)

Das relativ niedrige Rating schiebe ich darauf, dass sich hier nicht jeder einen deutschen Sieg gegen Schottland wünscht... Jedenfalls ist es dem Puzzle gegenüber völlig unfair.

A: Danke für die nette Rückmeldung!

Last changed on 21. May 2024, 13:07

on 21. May 2024, 11:13 by zrbakhtiar
Why are there only 9 Scottish field players? Are you predicting a red card also? Hahha

A: There’s always this one striker that doesn’t defend.

Last changed on 20. May 2024, 20:22

on 20. May 2024, 19:08 by Nylimb
Very nice puzzle, which deserves a higher rating!

A: Thank you, I honestly don’t understand the ratings.

Last changed on 20. May 2024, 16:52

on 20. May 2024, 16:33 by Rollo
Wirklich toll gemacht!

A: Vielen Dank!

Difficulty:2
Rating:86 %
Solved:90 times
Observed:10 times
ID:000I5M
Variant combination Online solving tool
Sudoku, Kropki Pairs (Variant), Killer (Variant), Arrows (Variant), Palindrome (Variant)

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