⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Winner: ITALY!

[snipie]

I feel the likes of England, Belgium and France are just star's infested squad but the chemistry is far from being available.

True. Yesterday match between Ukraine and France was an accurate example of this. Having many big names doesn't guarantee winning the game..
For today, Spain was the disappointment

[boltz]

I'm glad I took Romania to win even if it was a thriller game because Macedonia managed to score twice in 2 minutes but even so Romania had so many chances to score and 2 minutes after Romania scored again. Another nice game was Italy/England/Spain to take at 1st half but I'm massive surprised of Spain game in 2nd half and how did Hungary lost the game after they lead twice in the game ?... I think they are upset because they had that win in their bag.

[cryptofrka]

Did you watch from beginning of the game? We started really well and had 2 solid chances inside first 10 minutes. Then we conceded the goal and did not make a single good opportunity afterwards. This could have been a whole different game if we scored one of those 2 early chances.

Don't get me wrong, I am not defending them, we played awful and top teams should be able to turn the game after falling one goal behind. Belgium also conceded in the early minutes and went on to win 3:1.

Not to mention they were the only game I missed on ticket for big win. Thankfully there is Sportsbet insurance to the rescue so I at least have another chance today.

I did. I'm still equally disappointed - imagine what will happen when we lose Modrić as well. Our form is shocking, we look even worse than our shitty results say and I wouldn't put a single penny on us progressing from the group that's one of the easiest possible.

I'm not even sure what our gameplan is meant to be. We look like a bunch of drunk people staggering home.

[Trofo]

I'm not even sure what our gameplan is meant to be. We look like a bunch of drunk people staggering home.

Our game plan was to field as many as possible qoulity players and let them individually try to get us win and it showed. I don't remember when was the last time all our players played important if not key roles in top clubs. We should be destroying opposition and not playing like shit.

I always like when we get a slap in first game, that way we get grounded and usually respond with better plays down the road. Hopefully it will be the same this time as well.

[Sithara007]

There is still no confirmation regarding who will be hosting the Euro 2021 tournament. There was a statement from Tancredi Palmeri (sports correspondent for BeIN) that England could be the sole hosts, given the spread of COVID 19 in Europe. Then there was a statement from UEFA earlier this month, where they reiterated that their intention is to hold the tournament in 12 countries as planned originally. The COVID 19 cases are rising across Europe (with the exception of England) and as of now, it looks impossible to stage the tournament across multiple countries).

[joker_josue]

There is still no confirmation regarding who will be hosting the Euro 2021 tournament. There was a statement from Tancredi Palmeri (sports correspondent for BeIN) that England could be the sole hosts, given the spread of COVID 19 in Europe. Then there was a statement from UEFA earlier this month, where they reiterated that their intention is to hold the tournament in 12 countries as planned originally. The COVID 19 cases are rising across Europe (with the exception of England) and as of now, it looks impossible to stage the tournament across multiple countries).

I personally, because of the pandemic, only one organizing country should be chosen. This would avoid major problems if the cases rise too much in a country and there are too many restrictions.

In various countries, only if it were, each group in one country and then the phase to be eliminated in another country.

[DeathAngel]

For me the European area, Group E brings a really interesting game today. Both Czech Republic & Belgium won their opening games & sit at the top of the group with 3 points. They play each other today, this is going to be a fun match to watch.

[acquafredda]

Serbia-Portugal is scheduled for tonight at 20:45 at the "Mitic" stadium in Belgrade, Serbia.
Serbia and Portugal could give life to an entertaining and not at all predictable match, with at least three goals in total and in which both will score at least one goal. The desire for revenge of Cristiano Ronaldo, however, could make the difference considering his opaque performances with Juventus.

[safari88]

Serbia-Portugal is scheduled for tonight at 20:45 at the "Mitic" stadium in Belgrade, Serbia.
Serbia and Portugal could give life to an entertaining and not at all predictable match, with at least three goals in total and in which both will score at least one goal. The desire for revenge of Cristiano Ronaldo, however, could make the difference considering his opaque performances with Juventus.

portugal is the better team but serbia als has some good players. ronaldo is getting worse every year now, since his age is starting to be a serious factor. i love the midfielder from man united that plays for portugal.

[acquafredda]

Serbia-Portugal is scheduled for tonight at 20:45 at the "Mitic" stadium in Belgrade, Serbia.
Serbia and Portugal could give life to an entertaining and not at all predictable match, with at least three goals in total and in which both will score at least one goal. The desire for revenge of Cristiano Ronaldo, however, could make the difference considering his opaque performances with Juventus.

portugal is the better team but serbia als has some good players. ronaldo is getting worse every year now, since his age is starting to be a serious factor. i love the midfielder from man united that plays for portugal.

It is not a simple matter of age, the guy probably lost confidence over what his team is capable of: I mean he still is a top Serie A scorer but that does not help. I am very curious to see him play tonight and see if playing for Portugal can make a difference.

[jostorres]

I personally, because of the pandemic, only one organizing country should be chosen. This would avoid major problems if the cases rise too much in a country and there are too many restrictions.

In various countries, only if it were, each group in one country and then the phase to be eliminated in another country.

I think about the same, and I am not even against cancelling the euro and world cups for these ones, and postponing until the next one, have like 2024 euro cup and 2026 world cup, at which point we are going to be basically as covid free as possible (not like we will be ever free, but better at least) and we can "probably" have cups with fans on the stands as well by that time, we are talking about nearly 3 to 5 years away so I assume fans on the stands could be a real thing by that point if these vaccinations actually work.

I understand that people want to watch these, and I understand some people make profit from these, but if we give up from our entertainment and not like players make money neither so they will be happy about it, that means only one losing here is Uefa for not making a profit, that would be not a big deal for 99.99999999% of the population since there are only few people who make money in this situation.

[cryptofrka]

Our game plan was to field as many as possible qoulity players and let them individually try to get us win and it showed. I don't remember when was the last time all our players played important if not key roles in top clubs. We should be destroying opposition and not playing like shit.

I always like when we get a slap in first game, that way we get grounded and usually respond with better plays down the road. Hopefully it will be the same this time as well.

Now our plan was to field substitutions and we almost got slapped again
I'm running out of explanations for our performance. Malta is next, I'm thrilled to watch another 90 minutes of our dominance.

I swear I'm gonna bet that we won't score. If the bookies are watching us, the odds on that will be like 2.50 though.

[snipie]

After last weeks upset win against Netherlands can Turkey do it again against Norway? Last time Turkey played Norway was back in 2007 and Turkey won that match.
I'm expecting Turkey to get at least a draw from this game. Lets see.

Turkey is leading group G after winning with 3 goals to 0 vs Norway. The most surprising part is the number of goals / big difference, I guess..
Portugal is playing now vs Serbia and is leading by 2 goals scored by Jota. There will be more goals from both sides imo

[DIA7]

Serbia-Portugal is scheduled for tonight at 20:45 at the "Mitic" stadium in Belgrade, Serbia.
Serbia and Portugal could give life to an entertaining and not at all predictable match, with at least three goals in total and in which both will score at least one goal. The desire for revenge of Cristiano Ronaldo, however, could make the difference considering his opaque performances with Juventus.

portugal is the better team but serbia als has some good players. ronaldo is getting worse every year now, since his age is starting to be a serious factor. i love the midfielder from man united that plays for portugal.

Portugal has in every line a heavy-duty star and the big team has to have a solid and decisive backbone so is this the best time to go far ??
 Ruen Diaz in defense, Bruno Fernandes in the middle and Cristiano Ronaldo in attack, in addition to star Diego Gotha and Maestro Bernardo Silva .. brilliant stars in their clubs and living a perfect season individually. Qatar_2022 What do you think?

[BitcoinHunt3r]

After last weeks upset win against Netherlands can Turkey do it again against Norway? Last time Turkey played Norway was back in 2007 and Turkey won that match.
I'm expecting Turkey to get at least a draw from this game. Lets see.

Turkey is leading group G after winning with 3 goals to 0 vs Norway. The most surprising part is the number of goals / big difference, I guess..
Portugal is playing now vs Serbia and is leading by 2 goals scored by Jota. There will be more goals from both sides imo

Turkey is really surprising they managed to hit strong opponents, in the next game it will be even easier

Portugal is playing now vs Serbia and is leading by 2 goals scored by Jota. There will be more goals from both sides imo

Lol final result draw 2-2 Portugal missed this point and their performance has actually decreased

[boltz]

After last weeks upset win against Netherlands can Turkey do it again against Norway? Last time Turkey played Norway was back in 2007 and Turkey won that match.
I'm expecting Turkey to get at least a draw from this game. Lets see.

Turkey is leading group G after winning with 3 goals to 0 vs Norway. The most surprising part is the number of goals / big difference, I guess..
Portugal is playing now vs Serbia and is leading by 2 goals scored by Jota. There will be more goals from both sides imo

Turkey is really surprising they managed to hit strong opponents, in the next game it will be even easier

Portugal is playing now vs Serbia and is leading by 2 goals scored by Jota. There will be more goals from both sides imo

Lol final result draw 2-2 Portugal missed this point and their performance has actually decreased

Portugal performance reached the peek in 2018 in Russia when they had a decent run but since then they are in a slow decreasing performance but they still have a lot of youths in their team that play alongside great talents like Bruno, Ronaldo and a few others.

I'm surprised for how great Czech team has become lately and they deserve to draw today but I think they deserved more to win as last 10 minutes was a burst for them where they had 3 corners and 2 decent changes to score. I wonder what results will tomorrow bring.

[coinlocket$]

You guys are doing a lot of confusion .
Due to covid, we have 2 overlapping championships, Euro 2020 called now Euro 2021 postponed to this year and 2022 World cup qualification.

Portugal Serbia was a game for the WORLD cup in Qatar.

For Euro 2021 we will have no more games till the final phase this summer, June.

[Trofo]

You guys are doing a lot of confusion .
Due to covid, we have 2 overlapping championships, Euro 2020 called now Euro 2021 postponed to this year and 2022 World cup qualification.

I knew that but I did not know that we have another topic for WC 2022. I use watchlist to get around my favorite topics so that happens somethimes. Anyway you could have linked it here, but since you did not, here it is

2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar - UEFA Qualifiers

[DIA7]

After last weeks upset win against Netherlands can Turkey do it again against Norway? Last time Turkey played Norway was back in 2007 and Turkey won that match.
I'm expecting Turkey to get at least a draw from this game. Lets see.

Turkey is leading group G after winning with 3 goals to 0 vs Norway. The most surprising part is the number of goals / big difference, I guess..
Portugal is playing now vs Serbia and is leading by 2 goals scored by Jota. There will be more goals from both sides imo

Turkey is really surprising they managed to hit strong opponents, in the next game it will be even easier

Portugal is playing now vs Serbia and is leading by 2 goals scored by Jota. There will be more goals from both sides imo

Lol final result draw 2-2 Portugal missed this point and their performance has actually decreased

Bad behavior of a captain of the size and experience of Cristiano Ronaldo, to receive the captaincy of your country's national team and leave the match field before the whistle in that way just because there is a dubious goal or suppose it is correct and the referee’s estimate was wrong, this is not the behavior of a real captain for a team that has a lot Among the young talents, this is the Portugal national team in its greatness and its badge is not your household items.
 He must immediately apologize for this disgraceful behavior against the national team and the great people of Portugal. He did it previously and we sought an excuse for the age difference and maturity, betray her, but now you are a 36-year-old player. On the eve of the end of your football career, an act that provokes honesty .

[cryptofrka]

It was not dubious, it was a clear goal - the ball was like half a meter inside. I understand the frustrations, this was simply unacceptable. I thought that goal-line technology is present in the qualifiers.

Not to mention that the 1st goal was offside as well - not Mitrović who scored but Radonjic who assisted.

I don't approve Ronaldo's walk off though.