⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Winner: ITALY!

[Vishnu.Reang]

Seriously, I never want  Italy, Germany, Portugal and France to be out of the Euro at the round of 16 stages. I consider all of these were upsets.
I won't be able to see many of my favorite players in Quarterfinals matches. I don't know about other people here but this made me really sad.  

Italy? Italy is still there, right? Their quarter final match is against Belgium on 3rd July. It is going to be a tough task for them, but I am hopeful given their recent form. On the other hand, despite the presence of star players such as Romelu Lukaku, Belgium has been facing a lot of issues related to team cohesion and coordination. And in your list, Germany and Portugal were just unlucky. They got very tough opponents for their PQF matches. Not the case with France though. They should blame themselves for the poor performance against Switzerland.

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[arallmuus]

Will the 3 big countries italy, spain and england? or 5 countries are not seeded?

Im not sure why you left Belgium out from the favourites list but Belgium has the potential to win The Euro. I personally think that either Italy or Belgium will make it but both of these teams are going to play against each another on top 8 rounds so only one would get to the next round.

Anyway, England would be the the only heavy favourites team that got the 'easy bracket' for the Final so England could make it though. England is going to play against Ukraine and then will go for either Czech Republic or Denmark on Semifinal. This is definitely better then having to play against Spain, Belgium or Italy

penalties IMO would have been "fairer".
Terrible match though, too many fouls.

Luck has always been part of the game and the fact is that Ukraine has been lucky ever since the group stage. Ukraine won only once in the group stage yet they got into top 16 and dramatically scored a last minute goal against Sweden.

[Coyster]

The beauty of the QF's is the Belgium - Italy game, I'm tipping on Belgians. Is Chiellini ready? Italy could really use him against Lukaku.

Belgium remain my personal favorites for the title, and if they eliminate Italy, another team that people believe can win this tournament as well, then Belgium will be sending a big statement to the rest of the teams they'll meet in the semis and prolly the final; I don't know if Chiellini is fit, I do hope he is, so Italy don't miss one of their key players, is Eden Hazard and KDB out of the tournament, they both picked up an injury in the last game, it'll be a big blow if they can't play, and will definitely give Italy an edge in this game.

Czech Republic - Denmark looks weak on paper but I have been impressed by the Danish team after the 1st game. I think they will go through easier than expected here.

Denmark have done pretty well already, and I'm rooting for them to make it to the semis, they have broken through the barrier of the event of weeks back and used it to their advantage to get this far, it looks impossible, but it'd actually be a worthy sight should they get to the final, with Eriksen prolly watching from the stands.

[Lafu]

Luck has always been part of the game and the fact is that Ukraine has been lucky ever since the group stage. Ukraine won only once in the group stage yet they got into top 16 and dramatically scored a last minute goal against Sweden.

The red card has broken the Swedens neck as they was playing very well to this time . after the red card it was just a matter of time that Ukraine score the Goal.
Unlucky they did that in the last 2 minutes before the Penalties shoot would be coming.
Emil Forsberg was the best player for me in this match and i was hoping to see them coming in to the next round , sad they did not.

[MusaMohamed]

The red card has broken the Swedens neck as they was playing very well to this time . after the red card it was just a matter of time that Ukraine score the Goal.
Unlucky they did that in the last 2 minutes before the Penalties shoot would be coming.

With the instinct of an outstanding scorer, Andry Shevchenko reacted too fast and very determinant with the red card. He made a substitution quickly and commanded his players to do more attack, create more pressure and try to win the match in 120 minutes. Finally, he and his players succeeded.

Emil Forsberg was the best player for me in this match and i was hoping to see them coming in to the next round , sad they did not.

Forsberg is not a biggest player of Sweden in history and even now but he owned some record for Sweden. A good player and has amazing goals for his team in big tournaments.

[hahay]

Seriously, I never want  Italy, Germany, Portugal and France to be out of the Euro at the round of 16 stages. I consider all of these were upsets.
I won't be able to see many of my favorite players in Quarterfinals matches. I don't know about other people here but this made me really sad.  

Italy? Italy is still there, right? Their quarter final match is against Belgium on 3rd July. It is going to be a tough task for them, but I am hopeful given their recent form. On the other hand, despite the presence of star players such as Romelu Lukaku, Belgium has been facing a lot of issues related to team cohesion and coordination. And in your list, Germany and Portugal were just unlucky. They got very tough opponents for their PQF matches. Not the case with France though. They should blame themselves for the poor performance against Switzerland.

No, I believe a 1-0 win for Belgium is a decent result, I personally am not so sure about Portugal even though there is CR7 there. So yeah, the unlucky result for me was only about Germany and France, previously I predicted France might get to the final but they were knocked out early by Switzerland and it's a team that I don't think really counts for getting through to the quarter-finals. But even so, I'm not sad because with Switzerland and Ukraine qualify of course it will make this competition more difficult to predict, because dark horse teams like this could cause another surprise in the quarter-finals later.

[acquafredda]

I know I will probably sound biased but Italy, from what I have seen, it is the most complete team of Euro2020. Italian players are very close together, the whole team is behaving like one and I think my national team is the best candidate to win the cup.
The only other team that can ruin Italy's dream is England.

[bitzizzix]

Here are the Quarterfinals to be played

There are teams in your picture that many would certainly not have thought would get this far. But it also shows that a lot has changed in the teams in Europe and even many former outsiders can get far.

Seriously, I never want  Italy, Germany, Portugal and France to be out of the Euro at the round of 16 stages. I consider all of these were upsets.
I won't be able to see many of my favorite players in Quarterfinals matches. I don't know about other people here but this made me really sad.  

Now there have been a lot of changes and that's true, the star players in the top big leagues can no longer defend their country to advance to the next round even in the sight of a dramatic defeat which is so unsightly, of course I also regret what happened, but this is as football every euro is held there must be a change where a small team will be much more powerful to become the final candidate later.

Will Italy and Spain later meet in the final?
I think the country that did not expect to win will be the champions in the euro now.

Yes, it seems that there are indeed some countries that are not expected but can turn things around and it must be admitted that their game at the beginning is mediocre and boring but over time there are improvements and many unexpected things.
and the Swiss national team gave a surprise at EURO 2020 this season where they managed to go further into the quarter-finals with difficulty and put on a very good game, and the match will be very tight and exciting against Spain later and Switzerland should be able to play better when they beat France.
It seems that in the final later, the country that did not expect to win will meet with a favorite country or a country with many famous and best players.

[Ratash]

What a good performance from ukraine team yesterday they held their own against a strong team like sweden and they were not the favorable one they did not show this performance in the group stage they surprised me and now they are against a though opponent like england and it will be difficult for them.

[DU18]

I know I will probably sound biased but Italy, from what I have seen, it is the most complete team of Euro2020. Italian players are very close together, the whole team is behaving like one and I think my national team is the best candidate to win the cup.
The only other team that can ruin Italy's dream is England.

after seeing my favorite team (Germany ) go home early, to to be honest i judge all teams have the same chance to win the euro this year, even though Italy looks very evenly distributed in their squad and game, but it looks like England also has a pretty big chance too, moreover Until now, England is the only club that has not conceded a goal, apart from England and Italy, of course Belgium is also a fairly complex team both when attacking and defending and in my opinion Belgium is the strongest candidate to win Euro 2020.

[masulum]

-snip- of course Belgium is also a fairly complex team both when attacking and defending and in my opinion Belgium is the strongest candidate to win Euro 2020.

I want to focus for Belgium, At the end of the group stage I thought Belgium had no chance to advance to the semifinals, but they proved my prediction wrong. However, for this next match, I'm still not so sure about Belgium's chances of winning the Euros and beat their oppents in final. Apart from this, Belgium is indeed a worthy candidate for the title, because so far, they have proven that they can be a team that their opponents should be wary of coz they are have a good defenders and attacker.

[cygan]

Holy f for France.It happens again 15 years after their 2006 Final where their last player who kicked the penalty missed it.It happened again yesterday night to one of the best players of France if not the best of them,Mbappe.Congrats to Switzerland but what a bad luck to France.

there is again a nice artwork about the elimination of france against switzerland
Seferovic, Gavranovic and Sommer can be seen at the bottom as small players and of course the huge Pogba


https://twitter.com/11vs11art/status/1410117143094562818

[mrjoy15]

Kylian Mbappé turn into villain after missing penalty shots against Switzerland. The same young star was regarded as Hero in 2018 World Cup. He can say sorry but not change the story. Imagine that Mbappe's market value just the same as Swiss entire team's value, still the French were kicked out. Mbappé failed to perform through out their EURO 2020 journey, he might erase this chapter and start the new beginning.

[joker_josue]

there is again a nice artwork about the elimination of france against switzerland
Seferovic, Gavranovic and Sommer can be seen at the bottom as small players and of course the huge Pogba

https://twitter.com/11vs11art/status/1410117143094562818

Great work! Very funny and that's clearly what happened.

In short, all the countries of the so-called group of death have already left the competition: Portugal, France and Germany.
I'm just sorry for Portugal... 

[Jackl87]

It's a shame Germany lost, I didn't like England's game... They didn't play football and they didn't let Germany play! It was a classic England bus... I hope Ukraine can win them, although it's almost unreal... 

But this is exactly how you win a tournament like this. Not with a beautiful game, but with an efficient one!
I just saw that England now is the favorite to win according to the sportsbetting websites! Well at least the have the seemingly easy way to the final at least 

I am very surprised that the bookmakers think that England is the main favorite now, have they not watched the games of the EURO so far? It's true that the possibility of England reaching the final are very high because they will play Ukraine in the quarterfinal now and then afterwards the winner of Denmark vs. Czech Republic in the semi finals. If they reach the final though they will probably face Italy/Spain or Belgium and all of those 3 teams are better than England in my opinion. Everything is possible in one game though and of course England has a chance to beat any of those 3 teams in one game even if the chances are not that high.

[panjul07]

Kylian Mbappé turn into villain after missing penalty shots against Switzerland. The same young star was regarded as Hero in 2018 World Cup. He can say sorry but not change the story. Imagine that Mbappe's market value just the same as Swiss entire team's value, still the French were kicked out. Mbappé failed to perform through out their EURO 2020 journey, he might erase this chapter and start the new beginning.

Not only for the missing penalty, but he did waste some chances to score goals in the normal time.
I have to say Mbappe was out of his best form against Switzerland.
Belgium vs. Italy must be the most waited match in QuarterFinals
Two teams with perfect points (9) in the group stage but not easy win in the 1/8 finals.
Hope it will be an interesting match to watch, a bit confuse to predict who will win but I'll go for Italy.

[oHnK]

I am very surprised that the bookmakers think that England is the main favorite now, have they not watched the games of the EURO so far? It's true that the possibility of England reaching the final are very high because they will play Ukraine in the quarterfinal now and then afterwards the winner of Denmark vs. Czech Republic in the semi finals. If they reach the final though they will probably face Italy/Spain or Belgium and all of those 3 teams are better than England in my opinion. Everything is possible in one game though and of course England has a chance to beat any of those 3 teams in one game even if the chances are not that high.

However, the story of yesterday's match England was able to come out victorious and move on to the next match.  I consider it a game of tactics that works.  Their chances of winning this league are still there even though in the future there will be several opponents who are also just as tough.  No matter how great the game, Germany and Portugal must accept the fact that they failed to make it to the final.  We have to appreciate Kane and his team.

[gabbie2010]

Kylian Mbappé turn into villain after missing penalty shots against Switzerland. The same young star was regarded as Hero in 2018 World Cup. He can say sorry but not change the story. Imagine that Mbappe's market value just the same as Swiss entire team's value, still the French were kicked out. Mbappé failed to perform through out their EURO 2020 journey, he might erase this chapter and start the new beginning.

Not only for the missing penalty, but he did waste some chances to score goals in the normal time.
I have to say Mbappe was out of his best form against Switzerland.

It's a pity that Mbappe had a miserable game that night it quite unfortunate that after the match non of his teammates console him he was left alone while  walking off of the pitch except his manager,  this really sexposex the arrogance of his teammates, football is a collective or squad efforts once a team lose all the players are responsible or  culpable the lost, this young man deserve some word of encouragement, he also deserve some respect based on his influence in their last world cup win

[Soonandwaite]

three title favourites in group F . and what is the result ? all 3 favourites are already at home. what a disaster. no one would have thought that possible 2 weeks ago.
the value of these players from these teams is well over 1 billion euros . and what have they shown ? they have played like a scam ICO in 2017 . a lot of fomo and then nothing comes more 

[Koal-84]

Good game yesterday from Germany, by the mistake of Müller has turned the game in favor of England. And in the end England deserved to win.

In the second game Ukraine had a lot of luck with the pole and crossbar shot. The red card has Sweden but to blame themselves.