⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Winner: ITALY!

[joker_josue]

Playing the Euro 2021 championship with the fans in the stadium makes the tournament more enjoyable. Turkey will appreciate it most. Because they plays 2 matches will be played in Baku. Baku, both close to Turkey, as well as the people of Azerbaijan supports Turkey. Of course, Turkey, will play their first match against Italy in Rome for they will also be at a serious disadvantage. This tournament will be very exciting.

Even in a normal situation, I think it turns out to be unfair for some countries, some having the opportunity to play in their country and others not.
At least in the group stage, no country should play in its own country.

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[LTU_btc]

UEFA announced about changes of venues for some EURO 2020 games:
https://www.uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaservices/mediareleases/news/0268-121bc78c82d5-1ba16401b4f0-1000--change-of-venues-for-some-uefa-euro-2020-matches-announced/
Games which had to be played in Dublin were moved to Saint Petersburg and London, while Sevilla replaced Bilbao. Dublin and Bilbao weren't able to guarantee that fans will be allowed to watch games in stadium.
I think it's good decision. It's just doesn't makes sense to held games in empty stadiums when there is cities which who let fans to attend stadiums.

[cygan]

National team coaches are likely allowed to nominated 26 rather than 23 players for the 2020 European Championships, which because of COVID-19, will take place in the summer of 2021. The Deutsche Presse Agentur reported on Tuesday that the UEFA Executive Committee had recommended a rule change for the tournament to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/bigger-squads-for-euro-2020-national-teams-with-26-players-/view/news/384182

for me personally a good and sensible idea/decision - the whole thing is to be decided this week

[joker_josue]

National team coaches are likely allowed to nominated 26 rather than 23 players for the 2020 European Championships, which because of COVID-19, will take place in the summer of 2021. The Deutsche Presse Agentur reported on Tuesday that the UEFA Executive Committee had recommended a rule change for the tournament to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/bigger-squads-for-euro-2020-national-teams-with-26-players-/view/news/384182

for me personally a good and sensible idea/decision - the whole thing is to be decided this week

It makes perfect sense! And it should even be allowed, in case of injury during the tournament, that other players can be called in to change (after assessment by UEFA doctors).

The players have to be having a very demanding season. They had almost no holidays in 2020 and are having a very high gaming load. Many will have very little recovery time between the end of the season in the clubs and the Euro 2021. That is why the risk of injury is great.

[Juggy777]

National team coaches are likely allowed to nominated 26 rather than 23 players for the 2020 European Championships, which because of COVID-19, will take place in the summer of 2021. The Deutsche Presse Agentur reported on Tuesday that the UEFA Executive Committee had recommended a rule change for the tournament to minimize the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/bigger-squads-for-euro-2020-national-teams-with-26-players-/view/news/384182

for me personally a good and sensible idea/decision - the whole thing is to be decided this week

It makes perfect sense! And it should even be allowed, in case of injury during the tournament, that other players can be called in to change (after assessment by UEFA doctors).

The players have to be having a very demanding season. They had almost no holidays in 2020 and are having a very high gaming load. Many will have very little recovery time between the end of the season in the clubs and the Euro 2021. That is why the risk of injury is great.

@cygan one of the better decisions taken by the UEFA because the threat of a player catching covid will always remain, and it’s best to have more players in bio bubble for safety purposes. @joker_josue you’re absolutely correct about the injuries part, but I hope that the player’s will somehow remain injury free and return safely to their clubs.

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1st surprise Today for Italy.

The coach Roberto Mancini excluded Moise Kean from the list of participants for Italy.
He preferred so far Bernardeschi or Politano over him.

This is quite inexplicable, the list is not final and 2 more players should be cut off from the list.

[justdimin]

one of the better decisions taken by the UEFA because the threat of a player catching covid will always remain, and it’s best to have more players in bio bubble for safety purposes. @joker_josue you’re absolutely correct about the injuries part, but I hope that the player’s will somehow remain injury free and return safely to their clubs.

I believe since covid is something that can spread so fast that a whole team could be wiped out and have like 10 players all infected, we should have whatever amount registered and goes to cup but we should also have the chance to call up anyone instead of a player who gets covid.

So lets' say it is 25 players or whatever, 1 player gets covid and sent back to wherever he wants to go and then a new player comes in from the nation instead so the roster is always 25 people. If 10 players are gone what should the team do play with 15 players? Of course not, call up on 10 new players instead. This is going to be a tough cup if something goes wrong but if they are all fine then it will be just like any other cup as well without change, all depends on if there are any infected or not.

[joker_josue]

In the meantime, does anyone follow the European Under-21 Championship?

[swogerino]

1st surprise Today for Italy.

The coach Roberto Mancini excluded Moise Kean from the list of participants for Italy.
He preferred so far Bernardeschi or Politano over him.

This is quite inexplicable, the list is not final and 2 more players should be cut off from the list.

I think it is just a manager decision and his personal preference.He thinks he can play better with Bernardeschi and Politano rather than with Kean although Kean may be a better player compared to the other two.I respect the decision of Mancini as I think he wants to do the best for Italy so let's see how it unfolds.I will bet on Italy to win the Euro 2021 at 16 odd I am very happy to do so.

[W Jr.]

Turkey is preparing for Euro 2021. In their friendly match against Guinea today, they played badly and stayed 0-0 together. They have strong teams like Italy, Wales and Switzerland in their group. It is very difficult to get out of the group with this game.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

1st surprise Today for Italy.

The coach Roberto Mancini excluded Moise Kean from the list of participants for Italy.
He preferred so far Bernardeschi or Politano over him.

This is quite inexplicable, the list is not final and 2 more players should be cut off from the list.

I would prefer to have Moise Kean because he can be a good substitution for Belotti in the striker position. Maybe R Mancini believe with Belotti and Immobile, they are enough for the striker position in this tournament.

Bernadeschi and Politano are almost the same and they don't have good performance in their clubs.
With the injury of De Bruyne and very bad performance from Eden Hazard, Belgie will begin the Euro with significant lower strength than used to show in latest big tournaments, World Cup and Euro in the last 6 years.

[LittleBitFunny]

Turkey is preparing for Euro 2021. In their friendly match against Guinea today, they played badly and stayed 0-0 together. They have strong teams like Italy, Wales and Switzerland in their group. It is very difficult to get out of the group with this game.

If you want to win against teams like Switzerland and Italy, you must play well. I watched some parts of the match between Guinea and Turkey live. It was a match without complete excitement. I didn't like Turkey's playstyle. Italy and Switzerland are strong teams. To win against them, the Turkish team needs to improve their game strategy

[bitzizzix]

1st surprise Today for Italy.

The coach Roberto Mancini excluded Moise Kean from the list of participants for Italy.
He preferred so far Bernardeschi or Politano over him.

This is quite inexplicable, the list is not final and 2 more players should be cut off from the list.

I think it is just a manager decision and his personal preference.He thinks he can play better with Bernardeschi and Politano rather than with Kean although Kean may be a better player compared to the other two.I respect the decision of Mancini as I think he wants to do the best for Italy so let's see how it unfolds.I will bet on Italy to win the Euro 2021 at 16 odd I am very happy to do so.

Yes, everyone deserves to be there and Mancini's decision deserves respect because he knows better which one to choose and there are other reasons, other reasons he has to write off his players which makes it difficult to choose because everyone deserves and deserves to be there.
And it's not just Moise Kean being substituted and there are some good players to cross over
even though they deserve to be there.
and mancini needs a very talented player and one of the best players on the pitch is Federico Bernardeschi, who can now see that EURO 2021 is imminent.

[blue Snow]

In the meantime, does anyone follow the European Under-21 Championship?

I don't, however just interesting to searching it and found that games going to semifinals,

Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and Germany. is there reflecting Uero 2021? who's knows?, maybe.



The talent squad can see and filtering who has the rising star in the future. At this time in the last 5 games, only Portugal got on clean sheet 5 winners. Spain has 4 wins and 1 draw, Netherland 2 win, 2 draws and 1 lost, Germany 3 win and 2 draws. Seems Portugal has a good performance, but my favorite to be champion is spain.

[joker_josue]

The talent squad can see and filtering who has the rising star in the future. At this time in the last 5 games, only Portugal got on clean sheet 5 winners. Spain has 4 wins and 1 draw, Netherland 2 win, 2 draws and 1 lost, Germany 3 win and 2 draws. Seems Portugal has a good performance, but my favorite to be champion is spain.

It is true. The games have been very balanced.
Only in a quarter-final game was it not extra time. And it was because the Netherlands managed to score a goal in the last minute of the match.

It would be interesting, if these are the teams to reach the semifinals in Euro2020.

[cryptofrka]

It seems that Southgate will not take Alexander-Arnold to Euros after all. I have to say I truly can't understand that, he's one of the best rightbacks in world football.

If England plans to play with 3 CB's and 2 wingbacks - even more so. They are probably taking 3 RB's (Walker, James and Trippier), all of them are worse than TAA.

Well, good for Liverpool I guess - he'll have more time to recover from this season. Will be a blow to him mentally though.

[W Jr.]

Turkey is preparing for Euro 2021. In their friendly match against Guinea today, they played badly and stayed 0-0 together. They have strong teams like Italy, Wales and Switzerland in their group. It is very difficult to get out of the group with this game.

If you want to win against teams like Switzerland and Italy, you must play well. I watched some parts of the match between Guinea and Turkey live. It was a match without complete excitement. I didn't like Turkey's playstyle. Italy and Switzerland are strong teams. To win against them, the Turkish team needs to improve their game strategy

Absolutely right. If Turkey wants to be successful in Euro 2021, it should put forward a slightly more dominant game. With their game against Guinea, it is impossible for them to beat Italy in Rome. In the World Cup group qualifiers, they were a team that was appreciated for their games against the Netherlands and Denmark. If they go like this, they may even be the last in the group. Of course, we should also consider that they played with the substitute squad for the Guinea game.

[ILuckyGuyI]

UEFA Euro 2021 is going to be underway on June 11. And there is only one game on the inauguration day which is between Turkey and Italy. The tournament is starting with a very delightful game I think. In my opinion, these two teams are the favorites of their group to advance. And the game is in Italy which is really lucky for them. But still I don't think this will be an easy game for them. Turkey have a really strong squad right now. I've no doubt that they will put up a great fight against Italy.

My choice to bet on is: Both Teams to Score

[W Jr.]

UEFA Euro 2021 is going to be underway on June 11. And there is only one game on the inauguration day which is between Turkey and Italy. The tournament is starting with a very delightful game I think. In my opinion, these two teams are the favorites of their group to advance. And the game is in Italy which is really lucky for them. But still I don't think this will be an easy game for them. Turkey have a really strong squad right now. I've no doubt that they will put up a great fight against Italy.

My choice to bet on is: Both Teams to Score

Italy will not give up the advantage as they play in Rome. They will be victorious against Turkey. I do not think that Turkey will score a goal against the strong defense of Italy. Although Cengiz Ünder is an important winger, he played very poorly in Azerbaijan and Guinea matches. Burak Yılmaz, who had a good season in Lille, will most likely be in the forward line. But let's see if a 36-year-old striker can score against Italy?

[jaberwock]

Italy will not give up the advantage as they play in Rome. They will be victorious against Turkey. I do not think that Turkey will score a goal against the strong defense of Italy. Although Cengiz Ünder is an important winger, he played very poorly in Azerbaijan and Guinea matches. Burak Yılmaz, who had a good season in Lille, will most likely be in the forward line. But let's see if a 36-year-old striker can score against Italy?

Well, all the people who said "will the 36 striker can score?" in the season got the answer of "yes he can" all through the season, dude finished with 4th on the top goal scorer list on ligue 1, that is not really something to scoff at.

Plus, Turkey has probably the best defensive line in the whole cup, Melih from Juventus, Caglar from Leicester, Okan from schalke/liverpool, Kaan from sassuolo, and zeki from lille as well. That is a great defensive line as well and this is the team that beat france as far as I can remember. So long story short "both teams to score" is a much better bet than wagering on Italy, I am not saying they will not win, they may, but I am not going to risk it, I am not saying Turkey will win neither, they may but I am not risking that neither. However no matter how good the defenses are, both teams will probably score and that is why I will wager that too.