⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers👉Group Stage

[LGD2Business]

I think it's time to make a quick prediction guys , right ? I will start this one.
1st. England ( going with England because in theory they have the best team and also they are a finalist from previous Euro and that should give them a pretty great boost )
2nd. Spain ( I can never count out tiki-taka Spain from actually reaching a final but if they do , I don't see them winning this time )
3rd. France ( this team in theory should win but after losing world cup final , can they regroup to give us another legendary run towards final ? I doubt it ).
4th. Italy ( because they are the actually winners from previous euro and the experience of this team is massive and you can never count them off )
Disappointments? I think Germany and Croatia will not even reach quarter-finals...but this are just my assumptions. Same can be said for Belgium who are kinda losing that golden team they had on previous years 

The friendlies are not a measure, but I don't like England and France's recent form. Unlike the World Cup, in this type of tournament there can be surprises. I think this tournament will be like that.
England are the favorites but it's obvious that they have never won a major tournament. They start every tournament thinking that this time it will happen and then they get disappointed again. I like Spain, we can say they are a tournament type team instead of a league type team. I think they have a serious chance. France can advance but I don't think they will win, they have hard times scoring against good teams. I'm not sure what will happen with Germany, I wouldn't be surprised if they are eliminated early like you said, or if they reach the final. I think at least one surprise team will be in the semi finals though.

[Gencecikmen]

The last title Italy played a friendly match against Bosnia-Herzegovina ahead of the tournament. With Davide Frattesi scoring in the 38th minute, Italy won 1-0. In EURO 2024, Italy will be in Group B alongside Spain, Croatia, and Albania, while Bosnia-Herzegovina won’t be competing in EURO24. A few days ago, Italy also played a friendly match against Turkey, resulting in a 0-0 draw.

[KTChampions]

I think it's time to make a quick prediction guys , right ? I will start this one.

1st. England ( going with England because in theory they have the best team and also they are a finalist from previous Euro and that should give them a pretty great boost )

2nd. Spain ( I can never count out tiki-taka Spain from actually reaching a final but if they do , I don't see them winning this time )

3rd. France ( this team in theory should win but after losing world cup final , can they regroup to give us another legendary run towards final ? I doubt it ).

4th. Italy ( because they are the actually winners from previous euro and the experience of this team is massive and you can never count them off )

Disappointments? I think Germany and Croatia will not even reach quarter-finals...but this are just my assumptions. Same can be said for Belgium who are kinda losing that golden team they had on previous years  

Bookmakers rate the odds of Germany reaching the quarter-finals as 1.33 and the odds of them failing to do so as 3.05. For Croatia, these quotes are no less optimistic and amount to 1.30 and 3.25, respectively.
The only real option for Germany not to reach the quarter-finals is if they fail to take first place in Group A and in the 1/8 they end up with Spain/Italy.

[Rruchi man]

In EURO 2024, Italy will be in Group B alongside Spain, Croatia, and Albania,

Italy are in a very tough group, and their results from the friendly games has not been the best. Bosnia and Herzegovina were not an appropriate match for them, but they still couldn't score enough goals to win the game in a convincing manner. If they take themis lackluster performance to the competition, they will find it difficult to pass the group stage.

Teams like Spain and Croatia had a very good result in their friendly preparations for the competition, they will be two very strong teams in that group for Italy to contend with.

[Zaguru12]

The last title Italy played a friendly match against Bosnia-Herzegovina ahead of the tournament. With Davide Frattesi scoring in the 38th minute, Italy won 1-0. In EURO 2024, Italy will be in Group B alongside Spain, Croatia, and Albania, while Bosnia-Herzegovina won’t be competing in EURO24. A few days ago, Italy also played a friendly match against Turkey, resulting in a 0-0 draw.

Italy have certainly have a poor outing In the friendly matches ahead of their tittle defense which most fans are worried about. Seriously I don’t think I am worried about this favorite Nations tipped to win this tournament having a poor performance in the friendlies. First of all the games are against nations that are not coming to the tournament and it will be risky to play in full force against them. This will risk the players into picking unnecessary injuries before the tournament. The club season just ended, a very heavy matches or training is not needed now just so as matches. Take a look at the like of Turkey who have just lost their player Unal to injury sustained in this pre tournament matches.

Secondly this matches usually been more of screening for some players, some managers invited way above the 26 required to take to euros and are using the pre tournament matches to get their selections. This has resulted in the players not having a good chance to showcase their talents or even the manager picking a better team to play since almost everyone will need to participate

[Catenaccio]

Italy are in a very tough group, and their results from the friendly games has not been the best. Bosnia and Herzegovina were not an appropriate match for them, but they still couldn't score enough goals to win the game in a convincing manner. If they take themis lackluster performance to the competition, they will find it difficult to pass the group stage.

Teams like Spain and Croatia had a very good result in their friendly preparations for the competition, they will be two very strong teams in that group for Italy to contend with.

This is an interesting group as Croatia made big surprise in latest World Cups and Euros but this Euro tournament can be different for Croatia. Their golden generation comes to their career endings while their next generation of players is not good enough. I really feel doubtful about young players of Croatian team can carry heavy tasks left by old players like Mandzukic, Moddric, Rakitic, Perisic, Brozovic and Kovacic.

It makes sense to wait for another surprising tournament from Croatia but I am keen on their failure in this Euro.

Italy have certainly have a poor outing In the friendly matches ahead of their tittle defense which most fans are worried about. Seriously I don’t think I am worried about this favorite Nations tipped to win this tournament having a poor performance in the friendlies. First of all the games are against nations that are not coming to the tournament and it will be risky to play in full force against them. This will risk the players into picking unnecessary injuries before the tournament.

National coaches will try to maximize their tactics if they have yet finalized best tactics to use. If they already finalized best tactics for Euro, they will try to use alternative players for last friendly matches to prepare for Euro. In a long tournament, alternative players are important for the national team performance, while shortly before Euro, coaches will not want to use main players for friendly matches because risk of injuries is big after a long season. Any injury on star players now will be terrible for their plans.

[Oluwa-btc]

I think it's time to make a quick prediction guys , right ? I will start this one.

1st. England ( going with England because in theory they have the best team and also they are a finalist from previous Euro and that should give them a pretty great boost )

2nd. Spain ( I can never count out tiki-taka Spain from actually reaching a final but if they do , I don't see them winning this time )

3rd. France ( this team in theory should win but after losing world cup final , can they regroup to give us another legendary run towards final ? I doubt it ).

4th. Italy ( because they are the actually winners from previous euro and the experience of this team is massive and you can never count them off )

Disappointments? I think Germany and Croatia will not even reach quarter-finals...but this are just my assumptions. Same can be said for Belgium who are kinda losing that golden team they had on previous years  

ENGLAND: They don't have the best team, they just a great collection of sound and great players. They're like lions lead by a goat, they'll not be able to win it with Southgate in charge.

SPAIN: Aye, Same goes with the Spanish National Side,  when you look at the squad that won the 2010 Fifa World Cup Competition compared to this one, this a big No ringing up in my head.

FRANCE: They have got a great collection of sound players with a sound coach, I do feel like they're missing out with some levels of creating and creativity players in midfied. Ohh Good Lord, they'll ne missing Paul Pogba.

ITALIANS: They're not to be fucking underestimated, I love Spalletti and this season, it seems like all of the Italian coaches are winning trophies. They'll proceed further but winning? They've got to keep me on my toes, ion see them.

Surprises: Take your time, make proper analysis of these players in the German National Team from defenders to attackers, they're complete, I expect them to impress them home fans.

Never underestimate a club with Cristiano Ronaldo, he's a proper definition of passion, winner Champion, mentality. I'll be backing my Goat, Dalot and Bruno Fernandez.

Vamos!!

[Adiljutt156]

It’s very close to the start of Euro 2024, and teams are playing their last friendly matches before the tournament. Tonight, there was a friendly match between Portugal and Croatia, two important contenders for the cup. Croatia beat a 2-1 victory. Luka Modric scored from the penalty spot in the 8th minute, and Ante Budimir added another goal in the 56th minute. Portugal’s lone goal came from Diogo Jota.

Croatia national football team played very well and they won the match easily. Their players were looking in good body language and they practiced very well and they passes decently and their shorts were mostly on target . Especially Budimir who changed the game and bent the game to their side and his goal was a tuning point of match. Croatia players are hard working players and their future is bright. In the next match ,we will see in the good phase and they have capacity to win the match against any team. Croatia shots were 16 from which 7 were on target. And the passes of Croatia team were 442 and they won the match due to great combination. Portugal team passes were more in number but they lose the match due to lack of good strategy. Their moral was not high . They should work on this.

[Sg4j1n3ll0]

yesterday's friendly match against italy left good hopes in view of the qualifying round, in my opinion they would have deserved a few more goals considering the fact that they made a lot of shots on goal and their goalkeeper made some monstrous interventions but it's still a excellent test against Albania we will have to suffer but we have a good chance of getting through let's remember that we are the reigning champions and that we have great players regarding frattesi's goal a big plate in the corner nice goal

[Inwestour]

Croatia national football team played very well and they won the match easily. Their players were looking in good body language and they practiced very well and they passes decently and their shorts were mostly on target . Especially Budimir who changed the game and bent the game to their side and his goal was a tuning point of match. Croatia players are hard working players and their future is bright. In the next match ,we will see in the good phase and they have capacity to win the match against any team. Croatia shots were 16 from which 7 were on target. And the passes of Croatia team were 442 and they won the match due to great combination. Portugal team passes were more in number but they lose the match due to lack of good strategy. Their moral was not high . They should work on this.

Croatia played the preparatory matches before EURO 2024 more than confidently. I know that Portugal has always been a strong team and will be among the favorites, but we must not forget that Croatia also always achieves quite good results. I see that Croatia has improved its game, because at the group stage they did not look so good, and there is no need to worry too much about the fact, that Portugal lost this match, they are strong enough to draw conclusions and perhaps not let this happen again.

[KTChampions]

yesterday's friendly match against italy left good hopes in view of the qualifying round, in my opinion they would have deserved a few more goals considering the fact that they made a lot of shots on goal and their goalkeeper made some monstrous interventions but it's still a excellent test against Albania we will have to suffer but we have a good chance of getting through let's remember that we are the reigning champions and that we have great players regarding frattesi's goal a big plate in the corner nice goal

Considering how other friendly games are going (England - Iceland, France - Canada, etc.) I would say that this is another confirmation that they don’t really mean anything and are just a form of training. Italy played well yesterday and deserved a bigger win, but virtually any result wouldn't tell us much about the team's prospects. We need to at least see how the teams perform in the group stage (which will also largely be friendly).

[Lidger]

I think it's time to make a quick prediction guys , right ? I will start this one.
1st. England ( going with England because in theory they have the best team and also they are a finalist from previous Euro and that should give them a pretty great boost )
2nd. Spain ( I can never count out tiki-taka Spain from actually reaching a final but if they do , I don't see them winning this time )
3rd. France ( this team in theory should win but after losing world cup final , can they regroup to give us another legendary run towards final ? I doubt it ).
4th. Italy ( because they are the actually winners from previous euro and the experience of this team is massive and you can never count them off )
Disappointments? I think Germany and Croatia will not even reach quarter-finals...but this are just my assumptions. Same can be said for Belgium who are kinda losing that golden team they had on previous years 

The friendlies are not a measure, but I don't like England and France's recent form. Unlike the World Cup, in this type of tournament there can be surprises. I think this tournament will be like that.
England are the favorites but it's obvious that they have never won a major tournament. They start every tournament thinking that this time it will happen and then they get disappointed again. I like Spain, we can say they are a tournament type team instead of a league type team. I think they have a serious chance. France can advance but I don't think they will win, they have hard times scoring against good teams. I'm not sure what will happen with Germany, I wouldn't be surprised if they are eliminated early like you said, or if they reach the final. I think at least one surprise team will be in the semi finals though.

Like Copa America it is easy to predict which team will win or which team will do well but in Euro usually no prediction can be done in advance because most of the teams are strong here. Copa America Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, these teams are tough opponents than other teams, but in Euro, every team including England, France, Spain, Germany is strong, so the competition is always more difficult in Euro tournaments. England's performance may not be very good recently but with the squad they have, they can definitely do well in the Euro tournament. France have several star players and their team is well balanced so we can expect good things from their team as well.

[SmartCharpa]

It’s very close to the start of Euro 2024, and teams are playing their last friendly matches before the tournament. Tonight, there was a friendly match between Portugal and Croatia, two important contenders for the cup. Croatia beat a 2-1 victory. Luka Modric scored from the penalty spot in the 8th minute, and Ante Budimir added another goal in the 56th minute. Portugal’s lone goal came from Diogo Jota.

Well, I didn't watch the live game, but I think Croatia performed better than Portugal in this game. Croatia won the game 2:1 over Portugal, they had 7 shots on goal, while Portugal had 4 shots on goal. According to H2H Croatia has not beaten Portugal in their five previous meetings, so I think most of us would be surprised that Croatia won in their last game.

The last title Italy played a friendly match against Bosnia-Herzegovina ahead of the tournament. With Davide Frattesi scoring in the 38th minute, Italy won 1-0. In EURO 2024, Italy will be in Group B alongside Spain, Croatia, and Albania, while Bosnia-Herzegovina won’t be competing in EURO24. A few days ago, Italy also played a friendly match against Turkey, resulting in a 0-0 draw.

Italy will not go far in the EURO 2024 with their current performance, they must improve in their games to advance in this tournament. Italy is in a tough group, they can compete with Albania, but not with Spain or Croatia, which can be seen by their performance in friendly games. Italy drew their first friendly game against Türkiye with only 2 shots on target, I wasn't expecting this poor performance from Italy, who have the strength to defeat Türkiye. In their last friendly game against Bosnia and Herzegovina, they managed to score 1 goal out of 17 shots. This is the same Bosnia and Herzegovina that England defeated 3:0 in their last two games, with 25 shots. Spalleti needs to improve his players ahead of their next tournament games.

[Distraction]

Truthfully I don't think friendly matches are called "official matches".

Of course they are official matches as Fifa counts them for ranking and players count caps and goals. They are of course not as importanat as WC/Continental championships but they are very much official so I just don't understand from where you get your reasoning other than ignorance.

My reasoning was club friendlies in fact. Just as it says below also, I only knew about club friendlies' not being counted as official matches. So I thought it would be the same with national friendlies too. But it looks like I was mistaken.    Thanks to our discussion I have learned the truth. 



The source: Law Insider


There are only 4 days left for the opening match: Germany - Scotland.    The odds I can see on TrustDice: Germany: 1.26  Draw: 5.60  Scotland: 11.00

1.26 is just too low to bet on but I might use it on a multi. I don't expect Germany to lose points here, what do you guys think?

[Gencecikmen]

In a pre-tournament friendly match, France, one of the strongest squads in the tournament and a favorite, faced Canada. The match ended in a 0-0 draw. Olivier Giroud has had an illustrious career and as Olivier Giroud prepares to retire from international football after Euro 2024, he shed tears as he left the pitch.

[Ondekinecakabilirim]

There are only 4 days left for the opening match: Germany - Scotland.    The odds I can see on TrustDice: Germany: 1.26  Draw: 5.60  Scotland: 11.00

1.26 is just too low to bet on but I might use it on a multi. I don't expect Germany to lose points here, what do you guys think?

Germany have not done well in recent tournaments. They are not the old Germany. But they will host this tournament. This will be a great motivation for them, no doubt. Also, they beat France and the Netherlands in friendly matches. I think these matches were important for them. I don't expect any surprises in this match. Germany will start the tournament with a win. Because if they don't win this match, they can continue to have bad results throughout the tournament. I think they have to win in the first match. On the other hand, I don't think Scotland are a team that can challenge Germany.

[Lucius]

This is an interesting group as Croatia made big surprise in latest World Cups and Euros but this Euro tournament can be different for Croatia. Their golden generation comes to their career endings while their next generation of players is not good enough. I really feel doubtful about young players of Croatian team can carry heavy tasks left by old players like Mandzukic, Moddric, Rakitic, Perisic, Brozovic and Kovacic.

Mandjukic and Rakitic did not play in Qatar, not even in the Nations League final, and as for the others you listed, Perisic was injured for a long time so he is not in the best shape, while Modric, despite his years, is still one of the best midfielders in the world and will play another season in Real Madrid.

When you say that the younger players are not up to the task, have you heard of Gvardiol or maybe of Budimir, who is in the top 5 scorers of the Spanish league? There are still good players, but obviously for some, a good player is only one who plays in the top 5 clubs from the top five leagues.

It makes sense to wait for another surprising tournament from Croatia but I am keen on their failure in this Euro.

Some been saying that since 2018, or even since 1998 - but somehow you're always wrong, aren't you? In the past 25 years, a small country has even won medals at the world championships three times, and I know that this bothers many people because they think that it should be reserved for teams like England or Italy, the same ones who cannot beat Iceland or Turkey or they struggle with teams that cannot find themselves on the FIFA ranking.

[Zaguru12]

Truthfully I don't think friendly matches are called "official matches".

Of course they are official matches as Fifa counts them for ranking and players count caps and goals. They are of course not as importanat as WC/Continental championships but they are very much official so I just don't understand from where you get your reasoning other than ignorance.

I also don’t think that the friendlies are among the official matches, because it doesn’t have fifa or confederations backing, it is usually fixed between the federations of the both countries involved, just like the club friendlies that’s why the bonuses generated from this matches are mostly given out to foundations or split base on the agreed proportion. It’s part of the reason why you see even nations taking on club sides for friendlies. I could remember in the past rules that if a player actually plays only friendlies for a nations he is allowed to switch to another nation that he his qualified to, meaning that the friendlies are not counted as an official match; although this law has been updated too.

But I don’t agree with Distraction that UEFA Nation League cup are not official games, it’s just as the Euros because it is a continental approved tournament and Carries almost similar weight has the Euros. Although I don’t actually understand the competition and see it as been unnecessary.

Some been saying that since 2018, or even since 1998 - but somehow you're always wrong, aren't you? In the past 25 years, a small country has even won medals at the world championships three times, and I know that this bothers many people because they think that it should be reserved for teams like England or Italy, the same ones who cannot beat Iceland or Turkey or they struggle with teams that cannot find themselves on the FIFA ranking.

I will say many football fans actually have been disrespecting Croatia for far too long, every tournament you see fans actually rating Croatia way too low and rating countries like England way ahead but I get it, it’s the media hype thing. If you ask me for over decade now Croatia has been in the top 3 best European countries in every competitions they have participated in. There golden generations might been ageing but they can still boss any football match now. As for the younger generations they are also coming to the ranks too. If you ask me Croatia will once again in this competition go far beyond some fan’s predictions

[Docnaster]

There are only 4 days left for the opening match: Germany - Scotland.    The odds I can see on TrustDice: Germany: 1.26  Draw: 5.60  Scotland: 11.00

1.26 is just too low to bet on but I might use it on a multi. I don't expect Germany to lose points here, what do you guys think?

Germany have not done well in recent tournaments. They are not the old Germany. But they will host this tournament. This will be a great motivation for them, no doubt. Also, they beat France and the Netherlands in friendly matches. I think these matches were important for them. I don't expect any surprises in this match. Germany will start the tournament with a win. Because if they don't win this match, they can continue to have bad results throughout the tournament. I think they have to win in the first match. On the other hand, I don't think Scotland are a team that can challenge Germany.

Germany without doubt haven't been impressive in the recent major tournaments they've participated in but this time around, they're going to be the host for the UEFA Euros Championship so many people especially the Germans are counting on the national team to deliver a great performance in the competition. Their first game of the tournament will also serve as the kickoff game of the tournament because of the fact that they're the host nation and the game will be against  Scotland.
On paper, Germany are expected to thrash Scotland because of their superior number of quality players but if for any reason they underrate Scotland, they might face humiliation in their first game of the tournament and that i don't think Julian Nagelsmann will want to see happen. Germany in my own opinion will at least reach the quarter finals but I don't think they're the favorites to win the competition despite being the host nation. France and England o think stands a better chance of reaching the final ahead of Germany. Another country that I think will have a good tournament is the Netherlands.

[Furious 7]

The friendlies are not a measure, but I don't like England and France's recent form. Unlike the World Cup, in this type of tournament there can be surprises. I think this tournament will be like that.

Friendly matches seem to be a final preparation condition for several ways that can indeed be used to trick opponents considering the Euro is only a matter of days away from starting.

Some friendly matches are only as their relaxant and as a final preparation before finally really exerting their strength in the Euro later so it is quite natural that they hold back a little so that the opponent will not know their plans in preparation for the euro this time.

Statistically, some big teams still dominate to have a strong probability of winning but on the other hand we also still have to continue to wait for how the continuation will happen later because for now we cannot make it seem as if one club can easily be in the final especially seeing some young players in the national team at this time there are some who are quite prominent but we cannot know for sure whether it will match expectations or not.