⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Winner: ITALY!

[laohe628]

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... 

I laughed after i saw your last sentence，buddy，you have a good sense of humor. But I think Germany and England are pretty evenly matched, so the one that plays best wins，congratulations to England for reaching the last eight. The game between France and Switzerland was the one that made me sad，i felt sorry for Benzema.

[coco23]

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 

[Strongkored]

Germany won possession but didn't win the game. England became an effective team, without winning possession of the ball they won. Looks like play at home is a positive factor for England. An interesting note for Kane as it was his first goal since the group stage, he proved he is not barren from playing at home. For the next phase ukraine vs england, I believe there are many bets for england.

Won ball possession is not a guarantee that the team will win, the team must score a goal because what counts is a goal, this is not a pleasant farewell for Loew, but from group phases German it was quite doubtful, only against Portugal they played good.
In the quarter-finals, England is the favorite, the odds are around 1.45 for England and 8.4 for Ukraine.

[NeuroticFish]

I was disappointed by Sweden, big time. They played pretty good until that red card (they were somewhat unlucky too). But afterwards they were busier to demolish the opponents than to actually play football, and that's a shame. 

England did very good against Germany and it could have been even more interesting if Mueller wouldn't have missed. The game could have ended with any of the teams wining. England was better and luckier.


And about the previous day's (wonderful!) games, did you see this? (I don't know if it's for real, but allegedly it was also published by Bild)

[Cnut237]

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 

You're right, this is how you win tournaments.
England have failed so often in the past by playing reckless attacking football, trying to cram in as many creative players as possible... and then getting ruthlessly eliminated by more efficient teams.

Southgate has specifically been studying how teams win tournaments, and the strategies and formations they use. And he's been trying to shape England into a tournament winning side. It seems to be working well. England aren't as fun as usual, but are far more efficient. Zero goals conceded so far in four games, and they've now a) won a Euros knockout match for the first time ever without going to penalties, and b) beaten Germany in a knockout match for the first time since 1966.

[UmerIdrees]

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[bct_ail]

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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.

[cryptofrka]

Although it seems like we have 2 strong favorites (Spain and England), I feel Spain might struggle against Switzerland.

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.

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.

[DU18]

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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.

true, this year round of 16 euros brought a lot of surprises for top teams, Ukraine dramatic victory over Sweden, Switzerland success in overthrowing world champions France, and the Czech Republic who managed to repatriate the Netherlands were all part of the surprise, I personally didn't expect so many big teams to lose and had to be eliminated in the round of 16,  and not even a single group F team was able to qualify for the quarter-finals, even though we know that group F is filled with teams that were previously expected to win the euro this year.

[tyz]

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... 

Why not? That Switzerland would advance against France was unreal, too

It is right. England was not good. But Germany was worse. That's why they deserve to go further. England was also not good in the group stage, so I think Ukraine has a chance if they play as concentrated and compact defense as they did yesterday against Sweden.

After the round of 16, there are three favorites for me for the title: Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic. I wouldn't have seen any of the three as title favorites before the tournament.

[Karartma1]

After the game with Germany, even though I don't like England and the way they play, I think now it's one of the favorite teams for winning the cup. Their path towards the final in Wembley is now anything but difficult while on the other side of the table Italy and Spain will have to fight hard to reach the final.
The home advantage could play a crucial role at this point.

[Smartprofit]

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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.

I am confident that the Ukrainian football team will win over the England football team.  It seems like an incredible event ...

But it will be so!  This will be the main sensation of UEFA EURO 2020.

Belgium football team will be defeated by Italy football team (score 0: 1 or 0: 2).  

The Czech Republic football team will beat the Denmark football team (3: 2 or 3: 1 score).  

The Spanish football team will beat the Swiss football team with a crushing score (4: 0).  

IMHO.

[DIA7]

There have been a lot of unpredictable and incomprehensible results.
Turkey, which many expected to be the dark horse, came out of the first round with three consecutive defeats.
France, which was nominated by most of the followers to crown the championship, came out very early and was not convincing in many matches in the tournament.
Ukraine, which qualified because of Sweden's goal over Poland with one victory and a goal difference of -1 eliminates Sweden from the championship at the last minute.
England, which was not convinced in the group stage, and everyone criticized Southgate for his choices, which made it difficult against Germany and defeated them without a mistake.
Spain, which suffered both offensively in the first two matches scored after 10 Goals in two matches!! What's Next? How many more surprises to come?

[bryant.coleman]

After the game with Germany, even though I don't like England and the way they play, I think now it's one of the favorite teams for winning the cup. Their path towards the final in Wembley is now anything but difficult while on the other side of the table Italy and Spain will have to fight hard to reach the final.
The home advantage could play a crucial role at this point.

I am a big fan of Italy, so it is natural for me to support them. They have performed well till now,with a relatively young squad. But as you mentioned, the path forward is not very easy. Their next match is going to be against the no.1 ranked side as per the FIFA rankings. On the other hand, the Brits are really lucky to have the weakest team in QF as their opponents. Spain will be playing against Switzerland, but let's remember that the latter managed to defeat the tournament favorites France. So for Spain also, it is going to be quite tough.

[leea-1334]

What a defeat for Germany: it looks me that Low cycle and that of his players can be called over. The young generation of English players have destroyed the old German panzer. It was about time, Germany needs to rethink its strategy for the future if they are to become again the old war machine.
England is now a serious candidate for the title, considering also that the final is going to happen in London, Wembley.

I saw Twitter and 9gag all awash with Low memes of him doing you know what:) I will miss him and I saw a lot of German tweets also saying it was his time, good riddance etc. I guess people forget a lot and so quickly about his past achievements and that they actually just needed fresh blood. England? I was happy Kane scored this is all:)

[aoluain]

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... 

This is not disrespectful to Germany. England is not a weak team. Germany and England are teams of the same standard. However, Germany did not play well in the second half. They didn't have much chance to counter-attack after conceding a goal. We have seen lots of attacks and counter-attacks in Switzerland va France's match. But we didn’t see it in the match between Germany and England.

England are actually or were favourites to win the tournament and from looking
at the Sweden v Ukraine game last night England should come through that match.

Sweden were unlucky to get beaten so close to full tume in extra time. The winning goal
by Ukraine is a terrible way to get knocked out, penalties IMO would have been "fairer".
Terrible match though, too many fouls.

[Yogee]

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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'm not surprised since they are more popular than Ukraine, Czech republic, and Denmark because of the Premier League.

Maybe they will face Spain if they make it to the Finals. The Spanish team seems to be growing as they go deeper in the tournament.

...England, which was not convinced in the group stage, and everyone criticized Southgate for his choices, which made it difficult against Germany and defeated them without a mistake.

They didn't concede a goal but don't interpret that as a perfect game. The match was so open that either of the team could have won it. It just happened that the Germans could not convert their chances.

[FIFA worldcup]

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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.  

[Luzin]

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Surely the defending champions will change from Portugal, because they have to leave England. Maybe from here we can start to guess who the champion will be. Will the 3 big countries italy, spain and england? or 5 countries are not seeded? Everything is still a mystery. But I'm looking for Spain here. Although it looks difficult but I am happy with the Spanish game.

[$crypto$]

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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.