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The UEFA Euro 2024 tournament will take place in Germany between 14th June 2024 and 14th July 2024. Germany has already qualified for the tournament by virtue of being the host nation. Italy are the current Euro Champions after they beat England at Wembley Stadium in the delayed Euro 2020 tournament (which took place in 2021) because of the issues related to the COVID pandemic.

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RESULTS:

Saturday 15th June:
Hungary 1-3 Switzerland  
Spain 3-0 Croatia

Friday 14th June:
Germany 5-1 Scotland


Germany kicked-off the tournament in style yesterday with a stunning win over Scotland. If Rudiger did not head in an own-goal Scotland would have lost 5-0 because they were not going to score themselves.

Switzerland are said to be playing in their final tournament with their golden generation and they will want to make an impact. Spain had a good start to the tournament too.

We are only three games in to the tournament and apart from Germany, no other team looks like they will win it (maybe being the host nation will give them a boost)  ;D

There is one more game to be played today: Italy vs Albania

edit: Italy 2-1 Albania

Italy came back from behind to win the game after Albania scored after just 23 seconds (which is the fastest goal ever scored at a Euro tournament).

Here are the results of the games played today Sunday 16th June:

Poland 1-2 Netherlands
Slovenia 1-1 Denmark
Serbia 0-1 England

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Bellingham scored the only of the game as England beat Serbia and now are at the top of their group table because Slovenia and Denmark drew their game.

These are the games taking place tomorrow Monday 17th June:

Romania vs Ukraine
Belgium vs Slovakia
Austria vs France

My favorite moment was Albanian fans breaking spaghetti in front of Italian fans before their match. This was very playful and such an interesting interaction. I wish more fans of teams were acting like this against each other instead of the usual animosity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UWxJtVOfOw

Since my country Greece didn't qualify I think I'm gonna be Team Albania for this Euro. But sadly for our neighbors they're in one of the hardest groups. They managed to score against Italy but their next matches are also very hard. It might take a small miracle but hopefully they'll make it past the group's phase.

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What a goal scored by Bajrami after just 23 seconds against the defending champions Italy. Wow what a strike to give Albania the lead. Full credit to Italy for mounting a comeback and winning the game with two excellent goals of their own but that cannot take away the brilliant start that Albania had.

I have no idea why at the throw-in the Italian defender felt appropriate to throw the ball in his own box but Bajrami still had a defender and the goalkeeper to beat from a tight angle yet still managed to hit the ball with ferocity to squeeze in to the net.

Greece will have to wait for the next tournament  ;D

What I liked about this video is how the Italian guy was playfully begging the Albania fan not to break the spaghetti  ;D
It was nice to see rival fans not letting the rivalry of football make them enemies instead it brings them together because that's what football should do, it should bring people together.

The big shocker in the Euros today was Belgium vs Slovakia. Nobody, including me, expected Belgium to lose that match. Belgium were horrible today. The midfield was so poor, they couldn't break the defence and Lukaku was something else. They were horrible.
Slovakia defended really well, everything went according to plan for them.
If I were to make a hundred predictions, in none of them would I not give Belgium at least a goal. This is what makes gambling so damn difficult.

These are the results from the games played yesterday Monday 17th June:

Romania 3-0 Ukraine
Belgium 0-1 Slovakia
Austria 0-1 France

Well done to Romania for a big win over Ukraine but the stand out result was Slovakia beating Belgium. It looks like the Belgium team golden generation will not be successful and will fade away unless they win their next game.

The story of the day had to about the injury suffered by Mbappe when France played their game against Austria. He tried to head the ball but collided with the head of an Austrian player. When reporters asked France manager Deschamps about whether Mbappe broke his nose, he said he probably did. Since then it has been reported that Mbappe will still play in their next group game but will wear a protective face mask.

In the same game it was good to see a very talented yet humble human being showing glimpses of brilliance when he playing for Leicester City in their Premier League title winning season. Kante had an excellent game.


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I lost two out of three matches yesterday; it didn't go too well! It was a great match from Romania; I didn't expect them to score three goals against Ukraine, so that's a loss on my part, but you're right, it was quite unexpected to see Slovakia beating Belgium. I thought it was a safe-ish option to bet over Belgium, but I guess I was wrong. The bet on Austria vs. France was completely random but ended up being my only victory out of the three matches. It's crazy how sometimes we're so confident about something but the exact opposite happens.

The games taking place today. 18/06 are the following:

Turkey vs. Georgia

Portugal vs. Czechia

These are the results from the games played yesterday Tuesday 18th June:

Turkey 3-1 Georgia  
Portugal 2-1 Czech Republic

If I were to pick any outsiders for any chance to win the tournament, it would probably be narrowed down to three teams and Turkey would be in that list. In the other game, Cristiano Ronaldo made history by being the only player in history to play at six Euro tournaments. He had chance to cap that record with a goal but it did not work out for him but Portugal still won their game after they scored the winner in time added on.

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These are first games from the group stages therefore it is to be expected that some results will not go the way most people anticipated. There will be upsets along the way including Belgium losing to Slovenia. You will get more results right as the tournament progresses  ;D

Yes! I got both of them correct this time! Didn't expect anything less from Portugal to be honest. I didn't have the time to actually watch the entire matches, though, as I had some business to attend to and had to skip them.

The games taking place today, June 19, are the following:
Croatia vs. Albania

Germany vs. Hungary

Scotland vs. Switzerland

I'm going to bet on Croatia, Germany, and Switzerland. Good luck to everyone, and I'm hoping I manage to watch the games this time.  ;D

  The Portugal team played well yesterday, the control the ball, the possession rate will surprise you, the Czech Republic did a wonderful defending work yesterday, but as we all know it's very hard to stop Portugal, they're the title favourite to me, they have all the talent to bring the trophy home, just that I wasn't please with the 3-5-3 formation,  I prefer the usual 4-4-2 formation if they actually want to be scoring goals in this tournament. Never count Portugal team off.

For today's game: Germany vs Hungary over 2.5,
 Scotland vs Switzerland, both team score
Croatia vs Albania over 2.5.

Here are the games being played today Wednesday 19th June:

Croatia vs Albania
Germany vs Hungary
Scotland vs Switzerland

Well, the way Albania are playing against Croatia they have shown they want to progress in the tournament. Albania are currently leading by a goal in their game against Croatia at half-time and they are playing excellent football. They could easily have been ahead by three goals if they had not squandered the goal scoring chances.

One win, two losses. Germany had a great game against Hungary, which was the only bet I won; the other two ended in a draw, something I wasn't expecting. Croatia had possession of the ball for most of the game, and with great teamwork between the players and more shots against Albania, I was honestly expecting them to win, but things didn't turn out as I hoped. Still, it was a great match.

Today's matches, Thursday, 20th of June:

Slovenia vs. Serbia
Denmark vs. England
Spain vs. Italy

Here is how the games from yesterday ended:

Croatia  2-2 Albania
Germany 2-0 Hungary
Scotland 1-1 Switzerland

Host nation Germany put on another very good display yesterday and showed the rest why they are one the main favourites to win the tournament as they had a comfortable win over Hungary.

Albania really should have won their game comfortably but they missed too many chances in the first half and were leading 0-1 before Croatia scored to quick goals to take the lad 2-1. Albania are playing fearless football and have been impressive in their two games and deserved to equalise in the final seconds of time added-on.


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These are the game being played today. One result is in, two games to be played later. Spain vs Italy will be the game of the day   ;D

Slovenia 1-1 Serbia
Denmark vs England
Spain vs Italy

Türkiye Football team won the match against Georgia football team . Türkiye team performance was top of the rank and everyone knew the result of this match because the performance of Türkiye team is best and they are working hard to win this Cup. The match between Türkiye and Portugal will be very interesting and no one will forget to watch this match .Türkiye team did 3 goals and won the match by 3-1 score . Müldür did first goal in the 25 minutes and after that Mikautadze did second goal of the match from Georgia. At that time ,score was level but then the result is different and Güler did goal in the 65 minutes and Aktürkoğlu did 4th goal in the 97 minutes of the match. I think, Türkiye team was favorite in this match , now we will see which team will gain the top , Türkiye or Portugal.

seems more like the teams in group C are busy with draws games today as both England and Slovenia games ended in a draw, both matches were drawn by accident. England had all opportunities to seal the win , Phil Phoden lost a very good opportunity to the woodwork, Serbia equalized in their game at almost the last minute when Slovenia had almost celebrated victory. Slovenia match reminds me that it is not over yet until the final whistle.

The big game coming up tonight between Spain and Italy. It would be a very tight game, let's hope we get a win for today in that match, or better still, call today a day for draw games in this competition ;D.

I just finished watching Spain vs. Italy; what a game! I was on the edge of my seat during the last few minutes of extra time, afraid of the possibility of the game ending in a draw. I didn't watch the previous two games, but I wasn't expecting Denmark vs. England to end in a draw. The aftermath of today is two out of three games won, which is not too bad. Looking forward to tomorrow's matches,

Tomorrow's matches for the 21st of June are the following:

Slovakia vs. Ukraine

Poland vs. Austria

Netherlands vs. France.

I absolutely don't have the same opinion with you on the Turkey topic. We played the first 30 minutes amazingly. However Georgia became the side to control the game later. After we got ahead again with Arda Güler's great goal, Georgia found so many chances to score the equalizer. Their 2 shots hit the post and we cleared the ball just over the goal line once. We need to change some things before the Portugal match.

By the way what do you think about England? My favourite was them before the tournament started. However they played terrible in both matches they played so far.

England did not impress - this was the least enjoyable. I also put England as one of the favorites - but the performance of the players is not completely reliable. But anyway - England should have progressed to the next round and they have collected 4 points from 2 matches. The performance of star players between club and national team levels is very different - even this is very unexpected.

Just finished - Spain vs Italy. Italy played under pressure until they had to accept defeat due to an own goal. Italy and Spain are also favorites - but Spain is particularly passionate as far as I can see. 1-0 in favor of Spain - that alone was enough to lead the group standings with 6 point. About the next match - Netherlands vs France will be a match I will be looking forward to.

It was not exactly an exciting set of games that were played today but here are the results:

Slovenia 1-1 Serbia
Denmark 1-1 England
Spain 1-0 Italy

Congratulations to Spain as they have qualified for the next stage by winning two games. The Denmark vs England game was a strange one because England seemed to be playing for long periods in an average manner and looked confused when they should have capitalised the moment they took the lead. Instead they allowed Denmark back in the game.


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This is the fixture list for the games taking place tomorrow Friday 21st June:

Slovakia vs Ukraine
Poland vs Austria
Netherlands vs France

Well that's the English team for you, always full of potential but yet so much complications when they actually play in the field, England is one of the few teams that have a lot of talents in their squad but for some reason they do keep struggling to play beautiful football and even score goals well atleast for this tournament that's exactly what they are showing because even the first game they won they weren't that much convincing in terms of attacking strength. But let's hope they get a better of Slovenia in their last game of the group stages.

I am not surprised about how England play, they have always had talent in their squads but they never reach their full potential in any Euro or World Cup tournaments.

England play their final group game against Slovenia whereas Denmark play theirs against Serbia. The problem for England is that even as they sit at the top of their group table, they could miss out on automatically progressing to the next stage if Slovenia beat them and Denmark vs Serbia is not a draw.

Basically as long as England lose and there is a winner between Denmark and Serbia it will mean England can only go through to the next stage if they end up being of the 4th best 3rd placed teams. After their average display against Denmark it seems England will need to out on a strong solid display otherwise they could be knocked out at the next stage (if they qualify).

England Vs Denmark match was thrilling match and I think everyone enjoy this match because both team gave their hundred percent to win this match. The match was between equal sides and both team score was 1  goal and both team got 1 , 1 point.  Kane did first goal for his country and no body could second goal for his country. Hjulmand did goal for his country in the  34 minutes of the match. The shots of Denmark team were more and they striked many shots and 7 shots were on target . The passes of Denmark team were 548 and passes of England team were 528 . The fouls of Denmark team were also more in number and that were 13 but the fouls of England team were 5 .Pass accuracy of both teams was equal and Possessions of Denmark team was more and that was 51 percent.

I would not go the point of saying they had a thrilling game. The main question on my mind was what on earth was wrong with the England midfield. I have to give full credit to Denmark for not letting England walk all over them and they scored a fantastic equaliser after England took the lead through Kane.

RESULT: Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine

Ukraine come from a goal down to win their first game and collect their first points of the tournament. The Poland vs Austria game is at half-time with the scores 1-1.

I completely missed the game between Slovakia and Ukraine. I only watched Netherlands vs. France, which sparked controversy after ending in a draw due to Xavi Simons' (Netherlands) goal being disallowed by the referee with the claim that full-back Denzel Dumfries was in an offside position. I'm not the right person to judge whether this claim is accurate or not, but it was a bummer as I had bet on the Netherlands winning. Fortunately, Austria vs. Poland did not disappoint and was met with a great win.

Today's matches for 22nd of June are the following:

Georgia vs. Czechia

Turkey vs. Portugal

Belgium vs. Romania

These are the full results from the game played yesterday:

Slovakia 1-2 Ukraine
Poland 1-3 Austria
Netherlands 0-0 France

I expected The Netherlands vs France to produce at least a goal for each time therefore that game was a bit of a let down. It was the first game of Euro 24 that ended 0-0 at full time. Maybe if Mbappe was playing the result would have been different.

The goal Simons scored for Netherlands and was disallowed but it was a difficult decision to make. On one hand the goal should have stood because the player that was in an off-side position was not even interfering with play and was not in the line of sight between the goalkeeper and the ball. On the other hand, he was less than one metre away from the goalkeeper to his left side. The strike from Simons was excellent and deserved the goal but firs the referee ruled it out after his assistant told him the player was off-side and then VAR had a decision to make to overrule or confirm the original decision.

Poland losing 1-3 to Austria was a surprise but Poland have been eliminated from the competition as a result. As mentioned in an earlier post, well done to Ukraine for getting their first points of the tournament.


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These are the games taking place today Saturday 22nd June. Belgium are in a must-win game against Romania but the game of the day is probably Turkey vs Portugal  ;D

Georgia vs Czech Republic
Turkey vs Portugal
Belgium vs Romania

There was a time for the both teams to do the goal but both teams played lazy and they didn't play like they are players because players always remain active in the whole match and when they get a chance to do the goal,they achieve this chance and then they do the goal. I think if Ronaldo plays in this match from any side ,match result could be different and we could see a huge competition and opponent of Ronaldo team will be more active because they know Ronaldo can do the goal at any time. I think Messi is also excellent player but in this match ,no player has a caliper like Messi and Ronaldo and they should practice to improve their game , otherwise,they will be outside from their team and their future will be dark.

These are the games taking place today 23rd June 2024:

Scotland vs Hungary
Switzerland vs Germany

Regardless of what happens when Switzerland play Germany, if Scotland beat Hungary they will end the group stage with four points and that should be enough to get them through to the knockout stages (the first time ever in a major tournament) by virtue of being one of the best 3rd placed teams.


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These are the results from the games played yesterday:

Georgia 1-1 Czech Republic
Turkey 0-3 Portugal
Belgium 2-0 Romania

It was a really sad ending for Croatia. They were so close to winning the match but Italy's goal in the last moment shattered their dreams. After this result it looks quite difficult for Croatia to be one of top 4 3rd-placed teams to reach next round. They need Slovenia and Czechia to get really bad results to carry themselves to the 4th place. If we beat Czechia and Slovenia lose to England by at least 3 goals then Croatia would have a 2nd chance.  :)

These were results of the games played to 24th June:

Albania 0-1 Spain
Croatia 1-1 Italy

These are the results of the games played yesterday 23rd June:

Scotland 0-1 Hungary
Switzerland 1-1 Germany


It must be painful for Croatia to be that close to finishing the table in second place and getting automatic qualification to the next stage and to lose that after conceding a goal nearly eight minutes in to time added-on. As a result Italy finished in second place but they are now relying on England to win by at least three goals (and that is possible) to get them through as one of the best 3rd placed teams.

Germany also scored a goal a couple of minutes in to time added-on for their equaliser but they finished the group as leaders but Hungary scored around ten minutes in to time added-on and they have been knocked out.

These are the games taking place tomorrow 25th June:

France vs Poland
Netherlands vs Austria
Denmark vs Serbia
England vs Slovenia

I must say, is it the late drama in that encounter between Croatia and Italy for me. Just when the Madrid midfielder (Luka Modric) thought it was going to be his night the Italians decided to spoil his party but that's not the end for them I think, I believe they might come out as best losers in that group, that's not the kind of hope a country like Croatia are suppose to wait for, they're suppose to be in that number 1 or 2 position. Can their second chance make them (Croatia) ruthless and more aggressive when they start up a new chapter in this tournament? Only time will tell because they have one leg in the tournament and the other on the exit door.

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Modric was given a huge standing ovation as he was substituted with 10 minutes of the game remaining, it looked as though Croatia were going to finish the group in second place and would automatically qualify for the next stage. It was his 178th cap for his country and now it seems highly likely he will not appear in another Euro or World Cup because in a few months he will be 39 years old.

What a player he was for Tottenham, Real Madrid and Croatia.

In order for Croatia to have any chance to qualify for the next stage, England have to beat Slovenia by three goals and Turkey to beat the Czech team.

Both  teams Switzerland and  team performed very well in last match and we saw a very interesting match due to completition between two teams. Both teams could goal only 1 but I expected more goals from Germany team . I think Germany team played bad as comparison to Switzerland because they got many chances to do the goal but they didn't play well and did not goal quickly. I will appreciate to Switzerland team because after doing first goal ,they played very defensive . Ndoye did excellent goals and remained active in the whole match and I liked his style to play in the ground. Switzerland team could perform well in next matches and we can expect good from that team.

Italy were really lucky yesterday with the long injury time and the goal in the very last minute, but the goal was beautiful and well played.

I wouldn't have begrudged the Albanians the draw, but they were close to a draw but the finish was too weak.

For England I must say is going to happen despite the fact that the 3 Lions are not as clinical in front of goal as we expected right from the beginning of this tournament, 3 goals against a team (Slovenia) that's ranked 57th in the FIFA world ranking can be achieved but we can't trust England to do the needful and they haven't scored more than a goal since the kick off of this tournament, could today be the day the 3 Lions have to score goals? We can't tell. Turkey too is another big problem to the qualification of Croatia, the Turkey side are too poor to get a win against Czech Republic because the Czech team are better and stubborn to even lose to the Turkish team, so I'd say Croatia should forget about these two teams England and Turkey because the second chance isn't going to come to them this time around.

Well, the knockout stages Round of 16 already confirmed Switzerland vs Italy as the first game and it will take place on Saturday 29th June. Switzerland will be heavily tested in that game and for that reason no matter how good you (or I) expect them to play, I expect them to lose because Italy would be favourites to win.

Italy are reigning Euro champions but have not been the best team in the tournament. Yes we know Switzerland are capable of causing an upset because Italy do not look like a strong cohesive unit and if they get tested by the Swiss (like Spain did to them) we will be able to see how they adapt. Having said that, this is a knockout game and for that reason I think the vastly experienced Italian side will go through to the next round.

These were the results from the games played yesterday:

France 1-1 Poland
Netherlands 2-3 Austria
Denmark 0-0 Serbia
England 0-0 Slovenia

There were four games played yesterday, they played two at a time therefore I was changing the channel between the games to see how they were playing out. Poland were very close to winning that game even though balance shifted between them. The penalty re-take was probably necessary because the rule is the goalkeeper has to keep at least one foot on the line but credit to Lewandowski for kicking the ball in the same corner but with more accuracy to score. Poland are now out of the tournament as they finished bottom of the group whereas France finished second.

The game of the day had to be Netherlands vs Austria. I could not believe the way the Austrians were playing, it was as though they were full of confidence wanting to win the group (which they did). The Netherlands finished 3rd in the group but are the strongest team at the moment in the group table of 3rd placed teams therefore will qualify for the next stage and possibly face England in the knockout stage.

About England, what a boring display they put on. They finished top of the group with one win and two draws but is was dismal from the in their three games.



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These are the final group games of the tournament taking place today Wednesday 26th June:

Slovakia vs Romania
Ukraine vs Belgium
Czech Republic vs Turkey
Georgia vs Portugal

Unfortunately, I haven't watched the last few days matches and the first two of the day due to a busy schedule; however, today's matches (Turkey vs. Czechia and Portugal vs. Georgia) are going to be interesting. I was just watching Georgia vs. Portugal; I've bet on supporting Portugal, and Georgia scored in the first 2 minutes of the game. It was an astounding goal that I wasn't expecting at all. Hopefully, this won't discourage Portugal, and they'll be able to reverse the score soon enough. Great performance from Georgia so far; I'm curious to see how the game will progress.

I was really nervous in our match against Czechia today. Even though Czechia got an early red card things weren't still in our complete control. Our scoring the first goal relieved me a little but that equalizer was sad. I think that was a foul to the goalkeeper but VAR didn't disallow it. We needed to get 1 point for finishing the group in the 2nd place and we even won by a last minute goal.  :)  This saved us from having a draw against Spain. Now we are going to face Austria on July 2.

These are the results of the games played today:

Slovakia 1-1 Romania
Ukraine 0-0 Belgium
Czech Republic 1-2 Turkey
Georgia 2-0 Portugal


Netherlands, Georgia, Slovakia and Slovenia managed to get through by being the best four 3rd placed teams. I will post the final group tables when I get a chance but here is the draw for the round of 16 games:

Saturday 29th June
Switzerland vs Italy
Germany vs Denmark

Sunday 30th June
England vs Slovakia
Spain vs Georgia

Monday 1st July
France vs Belgium
Portugal vs Slovenia

Tuesday 2nd July
Romania vs Netherlands
Austria vs Turkey

Ukraine became the only team that needed to step out of the tournament even getting 4 points because they were 4th with those 4 points. Every other third position with 3 and 4 points were sent to the knockouts except for hungary who were left behind due to goal difference.

Most of those knockouts feels like easy to predict. But nothing can be said certain specially on knockouts. France vs Belgium is the most high level competition and one of them is sure to exit early.

Match between Slovakia and Romania ended with equal points. Both team played with full strength and they tried to win this match but no team was lucky and no team did one more from the other. O. Duda did excellent goal and he was top performer from  Slovakia team. But the defender of Slovakia team didn't defend well in this match. When they did one goal, they should be defensive but they played openly and then we saw Romania did easily goal and they did the goals equal. I think, there was also mistake of goalkeeper, he could stop the football but he was not super active and he could not judge the mind of R. Marin  and he did gaol at the 37 minutes after starting the match in penalty.

How do you see the results for the first games in the knockout stages at the full-time whistle?

How many of you think I am on the right track?  ;D


Saturday 29th June
Switzerland 2-3 Italy
Germany 2-1 Denmark

Sunday 30th June
England 2-1 Slovakia
Spain 3-1 Georgia

Monday 1st July
France 2-2 Belgium (France to win 3-2 in extra-time)
Portugal 2-0 Slovenia

Tuesday 2nd July
Romania 1-0 Netherlands
Austria 1-2 Turkey

I'm really indecisive about Switzerland - Italy match. Because I see it very close and anything can happen. I even like the way Switzerland play more than Italy recently. I agree about Germany, England, Spain and Portugal to win in regular time. I expect France to win as well but I'm not sure about an extra time.  :(  Netherlands showed some vulnerabilities against Austria in defense but I still think they will win against Romania.

When it comes to Austria - Turkey, I would really like us to defeat Austria too. But currently they are one of the best performing teams. I hope we can find a way to win.  ::)

I was thinking on the lines of Austria giving 100% in their group games and playing extremely well (and much more beyond their capacity) therefore they will run out of steam against a determined Turkiye side. About the Swiss, I also expect them to push Italy hard and maybe even win the game but Italy have not played well during this tournament and still made it to the knockout stages therefore I did not want to write them off.

This is a fantastic tournament therefore if we see some upsets happening it will only add to the excitement.