⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Winner: ITALY!

[swogerino]

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.

[cryptofrka]

Really an exciting day yesterday, two of the better games of the tournament so far. Both favorites losing 2 goal advantages, not something that we see really often.

Switzerland's victory is a major upset, I somehow felt Mbappe will miss the deciding penalty. He's not been himself throughout the whole tournament, he didn't score a single goal.

Today England - Germany on Wembley, another classic. The Euro is heating up!

[joker_josue]

Round of 16 - Last games

England vs Germany
Two quality teams, but both very unstable. But I believe England have a slight advantage to win the game.


Sweden vs Ukraine
A game that can even have goals from both teams, but the victory should be Ukraine.

[Mauser]

The pressure is huge! Mbappe missed the penalty, but that happens, he is not a bad player because of that... but the news just pumps their headlines!
We had a crazy day yesterday, with a lot of goals in both games! In one moment I thought that Croatians can take the lead and surprise all of us! But what they didn't do, Swiss boys did it! Total surprise and win! Congrats to them, I really didn't expect this to happen!
I guess we can expect a crazy day today as well! Bookies are giving a slight advantage to England and Sweeden judging by the odds, but I don't think they will have a clear passage! It will be tricky, and for the teams and for us bettors!

Penalty shoot outs are always the risky, everything can happen. There is so much pressure in the moment, and the goal keeper decides beforehand where to jump, its just unlucky. Unfortunately France was my bet to win Euro 2020. I lost now 3 bets in a row, it seems very unlikely that I am going out of the tournament with a profit. England - Germany seems like a pretty close match tonight, I will better not bet on it. What are your favourites now to win the tournament, Italy? Spain?

[hahay]

The Czechs and Swiss have managed to make a surprise so far, I never thought they could go through because the opponents they faced like the Netherlands and France looked on fire. By the way, I just smiled when Mbappe missed the last penalty but it shouldn't be a surprise anymore because in fact, Mbappe has only made one assist in this tournament without scoring at all. It's so funny when great players and squads lose on penalties.

[bryant.coleman]

Round of 16 - Last games

England vs Germany
Two quality teams, but both very unstable. But I believe England have a slight advantage to win the game.


Sweden vs Ukraine
A game that can even have goals from both teams, but the victory should be Ukraine.

The division of teams to various groups didn't made sense this time. For example, three of the strongest teams were placed in Group F (France, Germany and Portugal). Although all three of them managed to get to the next stage, it resulted in PQF matches between Belgium and Portugal, and between England and Germany. On the other hand, they had only one strong team each in Group D, Group C and Group A. Group C was perhaps the easiest of all the groups (Netherlands, Austria, Ukraine, North Macedonia).

[slaman29]

Switzerland - France match was great ! Switzerland, which was behind 3-1 in the last 15 minutes of the match, managed to take the match to overtime by scoring two goals in 9 minutes. When the score did not change in overtime, they went to the penalty shootout and Switzerland did not miss a penalty shootout. A penalty missed by world star Mbappe in France caused them to be eliminated. It was a very good match. Spain's opponent was Switzerland in the quarter finals.

Two teams coming back from behind 3-1 against some of the world's best teams. I think Switzerland would never have seen themselves coming so far in this tournament but here they are beating FRANCE.

I think the giant killing spree is not going to be over, what do you guys think? Mbappe loses market value after not being able to score the entire 4 games?

[3meek]

For Switzerland, this victory was a sensation! They hadn't been able to get to the quarter since the 1950s... And here they were able to defeat the current world champions!
Yesterday was an incredible match! Hopefully today will be interesting too!

[coco23]

Round of 16 - Last games

England vs Germany
Two quality teams, but both very unstable. But I believe England have a slight advantage to win the game.

Unstable is the fitting term here 
England is playing at home in London, which might give them a slight advantage, but the game seems more or less open, anything is possible here

Sweden vs Ukraine
A game that can even have goals from both teams, but the victory should be Ukraine.

Sweden will probably make it. But regardless the outcome, the winner probably won't survive the next round, but will be happy that they came so far in the tournament

[Koal-84]

Those were outstanding games yesterday and also very exciting. Nobody would have expected Switzerland to advance against France. As far as I'm concerned, it can continue this excitingly today.

England against Germany is very difficult to assess, but in the end Germany will probably win.

[kassex]

France itself is to blame for the defeat. Everything was in their hands. Win 3 - 1 during the match and then lose on penalties. Such a team is hardly worthy of a championship. You should always remember that the match lasts 90 minutes. France has a good team, but I think it's time to change the coach.

[Juggy777]

France itself is to blame for the defeat. Everything was in their hands. Win 3 - 1 during the match and then lose on penalties. Such a team is hardly worthy of a championship. You should always remember that the match lasts 90 minutes. France has a good team, but I think it's time to change the coach.

@kassex the coach definitely needs to explain why did he play with a back three, why ditch the winning formula and revert to a formation which wasn’t deployed earlier. Also the player’s need to take the fall for the defeat, because it felt like they were not motivated at all and hopefully the new coach will be able to motivate them to work harder.

[Koal-84]

France itself is to blame for the defeat. Everything was in their hands. Win 3 - 1 during the match and then lose on penalties. Such a team is hardly worthy of a championship. You should always remember that the match lasts 90 minutes. France has a good team, but I think it's time to change the coach.

Why should France (reigning world champions) swap coaches? They play well and are a strong team, the coach can't help it if the team lets itself play like that in the last few minutes. He can just wash their heads afterwards ... I'm already thinking that they should carry on like this, it will happen at the World Cup next year too, then you could talk about it.

[Jackl87]

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.

A really surprising outcome of that match. I watched the first half and until swiss got the penalty kick, there i told my friends that if he misses i am pretty sure that france gains momentum now and will win the match and that is almost what happened. Rodriguez missed the penalty and then basically directly after that france scored two goals. At that point i felt so bad for switzerland, even as a neutral viewer, that i switched off the TV. When i thought the match was over i wanted to look up the final score and i was very surprised as i saw that the score is 3-3 and the game is in overtime. Then i switched the TV back on.  
Of course it is unlucky for france to go out after a penalty shootout but i also have to say they played kinda cocky after their 3-1 lead.

[Pmalek]

Trofo, Daniel91 and Pmalek we cant hear ya...!

That's because we are stuck to the television screens watching the best two games this EURO 2020 had on offer until now. Wow, what a show. No one deserved to get knocked out yesterday, and yet someone has to go through. I really thought Croatia would have a mental advantage over the Spaniards following their two quick goals in the last 5 minutes of the game, but it wasn't to be. 

France missed a bunch of chances last night, especially Mbappe. What a screamer from Pogba though. He reminded me of the days when he used to play for Juventus and he was a proper football player. Hopefully he will get back to doing what he does best, and I don't mean dyeing his hair. 

[cryptofrka]

That's because we are stuck to the television screens watching the best two games this EURO 2020 had on offer until now. Wow, what a show. No one deserved to get knocked out yesterday, and yet someone has to go through. I really thought Croatia would have a mental advantage over the Spaniards following their two quick goals in the last 5 minutes of the game, but it wasn't to be. 

France missed a bunch of chances last night, especially Mbappe. What a screamer from Pogba though. He reminded me of the days when he used to play for Juventus and he was a proper football player. Hopefully he will get back to doing what he does best, and I don't mean dyeing his hair. 

Kramarić's chance was where we should have broken the game. It was a sitter, that goes in and we're through.

We tried to change immediately after, Vrsaljko was already ready to go in (I assume instead of Brekalo), Brekalo missed the header and allowed Morata a clear chance and it was Spain who was leading a minute later.

A shame really, if we managed to change to 4 at the back and calmed the game a bit, I think we'd have reached the penalty shootout.

[NotATether]

@kassex the coach definitely needs to explain why did he play with a back three, why ditch the winning formula and revert to a formation which wasn’t deployed earlier. Also the player’s need to take the fall for the defeat, because it felt like they were not motivated at all and hopefully the new coach will be able to motivate them to work harder.

Digne was injured and there were concerns Hernandez was not fit for the match so Deschmps could deploy a usual back four. I definitely don't believe he would continue with this formation in future games after Hernandez becomes fit.

Worse, they substituted CB Clement Lenglet with Coman early on, so this forced defensive midfielders deeper in their pitch than they usually play (because you can't play Switzerland wth only 2 defenders, they do too many crosses that obliterate the midfield). When they scored three goals they should've substituted attackers for defenders to hold on to their lead, the 90' swiss goal could've been avoided.

[KTChampions]

After yesterday's incredible matches, I expect that in the England - Germany match the score will be at least 5 - 5, and the outcome of the match will be decided in a penalty shootout and the goalkeepers' turn will come (at least 11 shots) 
I hope that in the match Sweden - Ukraine there will also be many goals scored.
I have not checked the statistics but there is a feeling that the average number of goals in this championship is higher than the performance at the previous European championships, which is quite unusual since the European championship is usually a more balanced championship than the world championship for example.

[DU18]

After yesterday's incredible matches, I expect that in the England - Germany match the score will be at least 5 - 5, and the outcome of the match will be decided in a penalty shootout and the goalkeepers' turn will come (at least 11 shots) 
I hope that in the match Sweden - Ukraine there will also be many goals scored.
I have not checked the statistics but there is a feeling that the average number of goals in this championship is higher than the performance at the previous European championships, which is quite unusual since the European championship is usually a more balanced championship than the world championship for example.

This year's 16 euro match really surprised big teams with the appearance of non-seeded teams, after the Netherlands and Portugal were victims, now France really feels the hard struggle of a team that is not at all superior, I think this can be a lesson for other big teams so as not to underestimate the team that is below their level. I hope the Germany vs England match will only play until normal time, because if Germany experiences extra time and penalties, of course it is possible that their fate will not be much different from the fate of France.

[Ratash]

What a match! Saw a great match. Although France was the favorite and I kept the bet for France, I have no regrets even after losing the bet. Switzerland played very well. After they missed a penalty in the first half, the players became somewhat mentally weak. After Benzema scored two goals in a row in the second half, Switzerland did not have any chance to attack. Even then, overcoming all obstacles, they scored in the 81st and 90th minutes to draw the match. Neither team scored in the extra 30 minutes.

I was surprised too and i lost a bet i thought that france would win i placed it after the equaliser and after the good performance they showed until the 81 minutes i was shocked when they equalized because considering the switzerland performance in the group stage especially against italy they did not seem capable to beat france.