⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Winner: ITALY!

[3meek]

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?

I think Turkey is in very good condition now, and they will be able to score to Italy! After the qualifying matches they showed that they can play good football...

By the way, very interesting match will be on June 15 - France vs Germany...

[Trofo]

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?

I think Turkey is in very good condition now, and they will be able to score to Italy! After the qualifying matches they showed that they can play good football...

By the way, very interesting match will be on June 15 - France vs Germany...

Turkey was really good in attacking parts of the game in recent matches and if this were still qualifiers I would put my house on both to score. Now you have to factor in that it is the main event, that Italy plays at home and that Italy has always been a tournament squad. Meaning they play to win and to entertain people. I'll probably still take that both to score bet but it will be for small to medium stake since it is never prudent to bet on Italy conceding a goal in major competition

[joker_josue]

Today we have an interesting friend, between two teams that will be at Euro 2020:
Poland vs Russia

https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2032186--poland-vs-russia/

What do you think the result will be?

[kassex]

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.

Burak scored goals in a not very strong league and even there he became only fourth. I think the Italian defenders are much stronger and may not give Burak the opportunity to excel. But we must admit that the Turkish national team is quite strong at the moment and they have every chance of getting high places in this draw. And in the match with Italy, I think there will be a draw.

[cygan]

englands coach Gareth Southgate has now announced its final squad for the tournament today

Jesse Lingard, James Ward-Prowse, and Ollie Watkins were among the six names cut from Gareth Southgate’s European Championship squad as Trent Alexander-Arnold got the nod. The Three Lions boss last week made the decision to name a provisional 33-man squad rather than his final 26-strong selection due to players’ injury concerns and continental cup final commitments.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alexander-arnold-amp-bellingham-nominated-greenwood-withdraws-lingard-misses-out/view/news/386310


https://twitter.com/England/status/1399761179069845508

[Trofo]

englands coach Gareth Southgate has now announced its final squad for the tournament today

Truth be told, I am not afraid of facing this England squad. Granted first eleven looks good but I can't belive there was not better options for the bench. Did not expect to see names like Mings and Coady in the team.

Who is the first keeper? Pickford I guess according to jersey numbers. Henderson is by far the best for me but unfortunately he is not first choice in United and therefore probably not the first choice here.

[Igebotz]

Truth be told, I am not afraid of facing this England squad. Granted first eleven looks good but I can't belive there was not better options for the bench. Did not expect to see names like Mings and Coady in the team.

I'm not surprised I've seen great English team in the past , the 2013/ 2014 squad were twice the players we have now but lack of team work have ruined several English football era, secondly the English media is corrupting the mind of this young lads.

Who is the first keeper? Pickford I guess according to jersey numbers. Henderson is by far the best for me but unfortunately he is not first choice in United and therefore probably not the first choice here.

Picker is twice the player, Henderson is good but not yet on Pickford level, he has proven himself for the past 3 years for club and country.

[3meek]

Today we have an interesting friend, between two teams that will be at Euro 2020:
Poland vs Russia

https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2032186--poland-vs-russia/

What do you think the result will be?

The teams are about equal in terms of stats, but Poland has a superstar - Robert Lewandowski... By the way, the statistics of personal meetings between these teams is absolutely the same... But I think Poland will win today!

While writing a post Poland managed to score in the first minutes of the match!
Today it's all draws... Except for one match...

[snipie]

Today we have an interesting friend, between two teams that will be at Euro 2020:
Poland vs Russia

https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2032186--poland-vs-russia/

What do you think the result will be?

Friendlies have weird results and very risky, I just avoid it since generally it is an opportunity to give more time to new and less experienced players, testing new strategies and so on. I remember seeing high odds for Armenia and Bulgaria, yet they managed to get a draw vs Croatia and Slovakia respectively!
Poland 1 - 1 Russia half time, Lewandowski didn't play yet, few opportunities..

[joker_josue]

Truth be told, I am not afraid of facing this England squad. Granted first eleven looks good but I can't belive there was not better options for the bench. Did not expect to see names like Mings and Coady in the team.

I'm not surprised I've seen great English team in the past , the 2013/ 2014 squad were twice the players we have now but lack of team work have ruined several English football era, secondly the English media is corrupting the mind of this young lads.

I agree. Still, I think this England team is the best in recent times. At least I have the idea that it is more balanced and tactically well-defined. I think they will have a good campaign at Euro 2020.

The teams are about equal in terms of stats, but Poland has a superstar - Robert Lewandowski... By the way, the statistics of personal meetings between these teams is absolutely the same... But I think Poland will win today!

While writing a post Poland managed to score in the first minutes of the match!
Today it's all draws... Except for one match...

I also think that Poland is better. Russia is not in the best squad level.

It's funny that the games ended up almost all tied. The players are tired of this last season, it was very demanding.

[Joca97]

Today we have an interesting friend, between two teams that will be at Euro 2020:
Poland vs Russia

https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2032186--poland-vs-russia/

What do you think the result will be?

Well current result at ht is 1-1 was expecting something close to 1-0 0-0 or 0-1 by ht
But i guess teams are trying out something new and getting ready for the euros with a few days left.
I think poland will win this match

[Slow death]

Today we have an interesting friend, between two teams that will be at Euro 2020:
Poland vs Russia

https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2032186--poland-vs-russia/

What do you think the result will be?

the game ended in a draw, these friendly games are not at all easy to predict the results, see the results of the other games:

Lithuania 0 - 1 Estonia (I thought they could at least draw. I did well not to have placed any bets)

Slovakia 1 - 1 bulgaria

Croatia 1 - 1 Armenia

North Macedonia 1 - 1 Slovenia

Poland 1 - 1 russia

there were a lot of draws, I doubt anyone has managed to get all the games right

[coinlocket$]

Official squad for Italy.



Source: https://www.tuttosport.com/news/calcio/euro-2020/italia/2021/06/02-82250903/italia_i_26_convocati_per_euro_2020_fuori_mancini_pessina_e_politano

The only big surprise is Kean not called.

[snipie]

there were a lot of draws, I doubt anyone has managed to get all the games right

That's why I dislike friendlies and avoid them, because simply their results are weird and unexpected most of the time + the result doesn't mean anything in real competition since weaker teams have the wrong impression that they are playing good before releasing the sad reality.
Otherwise, I think everyone managed to predict Kosovo - San Marino result but odds were closed hours, at least, before the game

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

Nicolo Zaniolo is unlucky again. He got a serious injury 2 season ago then the pandemic gives him a second chance to join Euro 2021 rather than Euro 2020. Unfortunately, he got another injury in the last season and missed this Euro. It is a sad story for him and for Italy because he is very talented and grew very well in Roma after the transfer from Inter Milan.

This Euro will be one of the last big tournaments for Immobile, Insigne, and Belotti. I hope that they will show all the best and with all energy they have.

Forza Azzuri!

[blue Snow]

I have my favorite team, France to be champion in euro 21.
and they just announced the squad;,

Goal keeper; Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Mike Meignan (Lille)

Defender; Lucas Digne (Everton), Léo Dubois (Lyon), Lucas Hernandez (Bayern), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris), Jules Koundé (Séville), Clément Lenglet (Barcelone), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)

midfielder: N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), Thomas Lemar (Atlético), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern)

Forward: Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern), Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Barcelone), Kylian Mbappé (Paris), Marcus Thuram (Mönchengladbach)

https://www.fff.fr/article/2859-la-liste-des-vingt-six-pour-l-uefa-euro-2020.html

Interesting, Benzema comes in the squad, he has been a long time never seeing him. We can see three attackers, Mbappe, Benzema, and Griezmann, Kanté, pogba and Rabiot as a supplier.

[cryptofrka]

englands coach Gareth Southgate has now announced its final squad for the tournament today

So, Alexander-Arnold making the list after all. England taking 4 rightbacks (TAA, James, Walker, Trippier) - a bit bizarre.
Walker is an option for CB position if they go with 3 at the back - I assume James is as well. But then it makes no sense to take both Coady and Mings.

England is really weak in the middle - if Henderson won't recover in time they will be in serious trouble.

Truth be told, I am not afraid of facing this England squad. Granted first eleven looks good but I can't belive there was not better options for the bench. Did not expect to see names like Mings and Coady in the team.

Who is the first keeper? Pickford I guess according to jersey numbers. Henderson is by far the best for me but unfortunately he is not first choice in United and therefore probably not the first choice here.

Should be Pickford. But Henderson was first choice for United at the end of the season, De Gea was playing in Europe and in cups.

I'm even afraid of Scotland and Czech Republic, let alone England. We will be horrible in this Euro.

[acquafredda]

This Euro will be one of the last big tournaments for Immobile, Insigne, and Belotti. I hope that they will show all the best and with all energy they have.
Forza Azzuri!Forza Azzurri!

I had to correct you there since Azzurri comes with double r 
I do not understand why you think Immobile (1990), Insigne (1991) and Belotti are playing this as their last Euro Cup. These guys ares still kind of young for the new standards and Belotti (1993) especially can play at least one more time. Expect them to play again, do not worry.

Anyway, Mancini's selection is a great one, I believe these players can make it to the final (maybe against France).

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

This Euro will be one of the last big tournaments for Immobile, Insigne, and Belotti. I hope that they will show all the best and with all energy they have.
Forza Azzuri!Forza Azzurri!

I had to correct you there since Azzurri comes with double r 
I do not understand why you think Immobile (1990), Insigne (1991) and Belotti are playing this as their last Euro Cup. These guys ares still kind of young for the new standards and Belotti (1993) especially can play at least one more time. Expect them to play again, do not worry.

Anyway, Mancini's selection is a great one, I believe these players can make it to the final (maybe against France).

No. I did not say they will play their last Euro. What I said is they will play one of their last big tournaments. They will be able to play one or two more big tournaments, Euro or World Cup but it will be a challenge for them to play with their best next 2 or 4 years.

Same things you can see with Messi or Ronaldo. They missed their golden time to win World Cup but I don't conclude they will never win it. They will have opportunities but need more supports from their team mates as well as luckiness.

[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

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?

That 36-year-old striker scored 16 goals in the Ligue 1 in the last season and made a huge contribution to the team.    I see no reason not to see a good performance from him in this tournament.