⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Winner: ITALY!

[3meek]

Russia plays horribly! This is not football, but a circus! (While writing the post, they finally managed to score a goal!)
Too bad the Finns didn't get a goal scored! On the replay you could see that Finn's foot position was not offside...  I think VAR's are killing football!

[tomahawk9]

^  Thanks for this.  I think the regulars in the gambling section needs some sort of site or maybe even just a thread that compares the lines of some of the more important matches of a sporting event.  I think it’s possible to scrape the odds via a python script and copy them into a database?  Can anybody tell me how this can be done?

there's a website that does this, it's called 'bestodds.ai' (Ann thread). But i think the devs haven't updated it in a while cos they're not using too many bookies for the comparisons

and yeah, @Stalker22 with the tables before every watch, good stuff 👍

[Vishnu.Reang]

Russia plays horribly! This is not football, but a circus! (While writing the post, they finally managed to score a goal!)
Too bad the Finns didn't get a goal scored! On the replay you could see that Finn's foot position was not offside...  I think VAR's are killing football!

VAR is killing football? It was clear offside and this is why we have VAR. The referee had a hard time in differentiating the small margin and he called for VAR. And it clearly showed that the Finnish player was in offside position. But I agree with you on Russia. They wasted so many good opportunities. And the player who performing the best got injured (Mario Fernandes). Also some of the Russians got yellow card for very unfair tackles. At this point, even a draw would be enough for Finland. Because they already have 3 points from their previous game.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Russia plays horribly! This is not football, but a circus! (While writing the post, they finally managed to score a goal!)
Too bad the Finns didn't get a goal scored! On the replay you could see that Finn's foot position was not offside...  I think VAR's are killing football!

Russia are not the best surely. They had no much different performance than Finland. But Miranchuk's goal was really delightful. Now, Russia seem to be like they want to end the match with this score if possible. Finland have increased their attacks and they are even better in the second half. I feel like they can equalize the score soon.

[Koal-84]

A really good France performance yesterday. I felt that they should have been given a penalty as well for that Hummels - Mbappe clash but the french team defended really well at the end.
Benzema is a great addition to the team, he really helps them build and he's really good in defending from the front too.

Regarding today - I feel that Russia will beat Finland easily. Finland really played badly against Denmark and were really lucky, Russia is playing at home and need this win. They weren't really good against Belgium but I feel they are a much better team than Finland.

I'm actually more surprised that Germany played so well and stood very good, it was difficult for France to get through and the goal was also a bit of luck.

Russia plays horribly! This is not football, but a circus! (While writing the post, they finally managed to score a goal!)
Too bad the Finns didn't get a goal scored! On the replay you could see that Finn's foot position was not offside...  I think VAR's are killing football!

I hope it continues like this and Finland equalizes, I bet on a draw.  

[slaman29]

What you guys think about the Finland vs Russia clash today? Russia went down by a big margin to Belgium in the first match (it was expected though, and Belgium is currently no.1 as per the FIFA rankings). On the other hand, Finland had an upset win over Denmark in their first match. If they manage a win today, then they will advance to the playoffs and things will get very difficult for Denmark (they need to beat Belgium). As of now, it looks like Russia will end up at the bottom of Group B.

Finland are one of the worst teams in there in my opinion, yes they have Teemu Pukki but even he proved that he can't do well against top opponents. Russia on the other hand also don't really have stars in their team but they have such solid group work because they play together a lot also in Russia.

I think Russia will take this, and Finland goes to bottom even after that lucky win against Denmark. Denmark for sure will recover...

[hd49728]

Finland are one of the worst teams in there in my opinion, yes they have Teemu Pukki but even he proved that he can't do well against top opponents. Russia on the other hand also don't really have stars in their team but they have such solid group work because they play together a lot also in Russia.

I think Russia will take this, and Finland goes to bottom even after that lucky win against Denmark. Denmark for sure will recover...

Worst team in that group, maybe but Finland already have 3 points. If they get one point from the match with Russia, they will increase their chance in the group.

Denmark have better quality than Finland but they lost that match and will have only 2 matches to save themselves. Another loss or even a draw will put Denmark in a bad situation before the final day of this group.

Russia is stronger than Finland but they are not good and strong enough to destroy Finland too easily. Russia is leading now with only one goal.

[dwminer1]

In the rest of today's matches I bet on the victories of the Turkish and Italian teams. Italy is the clear favorite, they play at home, and in the first game of the championship they showed excellent form. Turkey's meeting with Switzerland should be more even. The team that loses this match will likely lose their chance of being promoted. I bet on the victory of the Turks, I think that they are a better team than they showed in the match against Italy. Against the background of weaker rival, they should perform much better.

[cygan]

austrian national player M. Arnautovic has been suspended for the match against the netherlands for his verbal goal celebration towards a north macedonian opponent Ezgjan Alioski
https://www.kicker.de/uefa-greift-durch-arnautovic-gesperrt-807510/artikel

[Cnut237]

Denmark have better quality than Finland but they lost that match

Extenuating circumstances, I think. Normally they'd have won it quite easily.
As for whether they will be back to normal for the next game, it's a difficult question. When a team-mate just collapses like that and has to be resuscitated, it's difficult to focus on winning a football match.

[DU18]

Ronaldo action to move coca cola products, and suggest drinking mineral water instead of carbonated drinks occurred during a press conference after the Portugal vs Hungary match, and it looks like it will cause problems for Ronaldo and Portugal too, because Coca Cola is one of the biggest sponsors of the euro In 2020/21, due to Ronaldo actions, Coca-Cola's shares have even decreased by 1.7% and it is estimated that Coca-Cola has suffered a loss of nearly $4 billion and many say that Ronaldo has violated the sponsorship agreement signed between Coca-Cola and UEFA.
But even so, I personally strongly support Ronaldo actions because we know coke (coca cola) is not a healthy drink.

[onecall123]

A really good France performance yesterday. I felt that they should have been given a penalty as well for that Hummels - Mbappe clash but the french team defended really well at the end.
Benzema is a great addition to the team, he really helps them build and he's really good in defending from the front too.

Regarding today - I feel that Russia will beat Finland easily. Finland really played badly against Denmark and were really lucky, Russia is playing at home and need this win. They weren't really good against Belgium but I feel they are a much better team than Finland.

I'm actually more surprised that Germany played so well and stood very good, it was difficult for France to get through and the goal was also a bit of luck.

That onside goal France won, but indeed big win from France to begin the Euros journey. France are playing great football also, their defense is very disciplined. France have a deadly attack. The both teams played good football. Germany has good ball positions, however they lose their opening match in the Euro unexpectedly.

[DIA7]

Finland are one of the worst teams in there in my opinion, yes they have Teemu Pukki but even he proved that he can't do well against top opponents. Russia on the other hand also don't really have stars in their team but they have such solid group work because they play together a lot also in Russia.

I think Russia will take this, and Finland goes to bottom even after that lucky win against Denmark. Denmark for sure will recover...

Worst team in that group, maybe but Finland already have 3 points. If they get one point from the match with Russia, they will increase their chance in the group.

Denmark have better quality than Finland but they lost that match and will have only 2 matches to save themselves. Another loss or even a draw will put Denmark in a bad situation before the final day of this group.

Russia is stronger than Finland but they are not good and strong enough to destroy Finland too easily. Russia is leading now with only one goal.

Russia have improved a lot lately I remember in the World Cup how they surprised everyone it even made some of their players get recognised and moved to better clubs like Golovin moving to Monaco.
Now this match ended 0-1 to Russia a well deserved win.
They are going to face Denmark in the 3rd round that game wil be very important to secure 2nd spot. Denmark loss really vs Finland made their position at risk as they have to get positive results against Belgium if they want to stay on the race.

[abhiseshakana]

In the rest of today's matches I bet on the victories of the Turkish and Italian teams. Italy is the clear favorite, they play at home, and in the first game of the championship they showed excellent form. Turkey's meeting with Switzerland should be more even. The team that loses this match will likely lose their chance of being promoted. I bet on the victory of the Turks, I think that they are a better team than they showed in the match against Italy. Against the background of weaker rival, they should perform much better.

Isn't Turkey meeting Wales and Italy played against Switzerland huh?

It's likely Italy won't have a hard time getting full points against Switzerland tomorrow. It's just that they shouldn't underestimate Switzerland. I think Roberto Mancini will keep the same formation and the same players as they won against Turkey.

If they can still show good performance (as when they played Turkey), then Italy will be able to win by more than one goal.

[Stalker22]

Next Match Odds Comparison: Turkey vs Wales (Group A)
16 Jun 2021 at 16:​00 UTC

	| Turkey	| Draw	| Wales	|
BetBTC	| 2.8	| 3.08	| 2.84	|
Betcoin.ag	| 2.8	| 3.05	| 2.85	|
BETOP.GG	| 2.84	| 3.09	| 2.91	|
Bitsler	| 2.83	| 3.0	| 2.76	|
Cloudbet	| 2.83	| 3.12	| 2.87	|
FortuneJack	| 2.7	| 3.0	| 3.05	|
Nitrogen	| 2.65	| 2.95	| 2.85	|
Playbetr	| 2.9	| 3.05	| 2.8	|
Sportsbet.io	| 2.72	| 3.05	| 2.92	|
Stake	| 2.8	| 3.05	| 2.85	|
TrustDice	| 2.8	| 3.05	| 2.85	|
Wolf.Bet	| 2.79	| 3.07	| 2.85	|

[Soonandwaite]

does anyone know how many fans are allowed at the Turkey vs Wales match in Baku today?
i couldn't find any information about this in the media. i hope there are a lot of fans there. because the atmosphere yesterday in front of over 60k fans was really great.

[LTU_btc]

Russia achieved deserved win. Maybequality of their game wasn't something amazing, but they were just better. Finland result against Denmark was above all expectations, but then they made just 1 shot on target. Today they were better, but it wasn't enough. Now situation in this group looks very interesting. Maybe we don't touch Belgium, but now all teams have good chance to go further before last round.
Turkey - Wales game is difficult to predict, both teams is on very similar level. After big lose to Italy, now Turkey don't have much room for mistake. Also, I expect that there will be many Turkish fans in Baku stadium.

does anyone know how many fans are allowed at the Turkey vs Wales match in Baku today?
i couldn't find any information about this in the media. i hope there are a lot of fans there. because the atmosphere yesterday in front of over 60k fans was really great.

I think 50% of stadium capacity, about 34 000 people.

[$crypto$]

does anyone know how many fans are allowed at the Turkey vs Wales match in Baku today?
i couldn't find any information about this in the media. i hope there are a lot of fans there. because the atmosphere yesterday in front of over 60k fans was really great.

A lot of news doesn't mention how many fans are allowed to watch live at the Baku stadium but it looks like fans will still be there but there is no certainty whether this will be a lot or not.

Turkey must try hard to win not to miss the opportunity, it's an important game with Wales because for me it could be quite easy for Turkey to bounce back if they are negligent again for this is hard to fight for.
Even Turkey has a good chance in tonight's match.
And Italy is sure to win again and they already have points with safety zone.

[Stalker22]

^  Thanks for this.  I think the regulars in the gambling section needs some sort of site or maybe even just a thread that compares the lines of some of the more important matches of a sporting event.  I think it’s possible to scrape the odds via a python script and copy them into a database?  Can anybody tell me how this can be done?

there's a website that does this, it's called 'bestodds.ai' (Ann thread). But i think the devs haven't updated it in a while cos they're not using too many bookies for the comparisons

and yeah, @Stalker22 with the tables before every watch, good stuff 👍

Thank you. I do my best to keep all information accurate and up-to-date. Is there any other bookmaker that I should add to this odds comparison?

@tokeweed, it is probably possible, but I collect the data manually.
As I couldn't find odds comparison tables for EURO 2020 matches online, I decided to create my own.

does anyone know how many fans are allowed at the Turkey vs Wales match in Baku today?
i couldn't find any information about this in the media. i hope there are a lot of fans there. because the atmosphere yesterday in front of over 60k fans was really great.

This is what I found on the official UEFA website:

According to current planning, Baku Olympic Stadium will host 31,000 spectators per match, corresponding to 50% of the stadium capacity.

https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro-2020/event-guide/baku/stadium/

[Vishnu.Reang]

Next Match Odds Comparison: Turkey vs Wales (Group A)
16 Jun 2021 at 16:​00 UTC

	| Turkey	| Draw	| Wales	|
BetBTC	| 2.8	| 3.08	| 2.84	|
Betcoin.ag	| 2.8	| 3.05	| 2.85	|
BETOP.GG	| 2.84	| 3.09	| 2.91	|
Bitsler	| 2.83	| 3.0	| 2.76	|
Cloudbet	| 2.83	| 3.12	| 2.87	|
FortuneJack	| 2.7	| 3.0	| 3.05	|
Nitrogen	| 2.65	| 2.95	| 2.85	|
Playbetr	| 2.9	| 3.05	| 2.8	|
Sportsbet.io	| 2.72	| 3.05	| 2.92	|
Stake	| 2.8	| 3.05	| 2.85	|
TrustDice	| 2.8	| 3.05	| 2.85	|
Wolf.Bet	| 2.79	| 3.07	| 2.85	|

Wow!!!! It's really close. I would go with Turkey, because they enjoy the home advantage (Azerbaijan is a Turkic nation, so it is almost like they are playing in Turkey). On top of that, recent performances by Turkey has been good (they have lost only one out of their last 6 matches). And another thing to remember here is that, historically Turkey has a good record against Wales. Also, one issue for Wales is their overdependence on Gareth Bale. Turkey is not that dependent on any one player.