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

[Gallar]

Friendly games do not really look like it would be something that could indicate how teams are going to play during the other times, I feel like we should just consider how things will turn out differently. I am not saying that we are going to see teams make a big difference or anything like that, I am just saying that we should not base how teams will do just from the friendly games at all.

I believe that France and England do have a proper chance to make it work, and I think they are going to end up with something that will change some things if given enough chance. These two teams just have way too much power and talent, it would be very unlikely for any other team to end up winning the cup, I do not see a third team even close to them.

This friendly match is just a trial and of course only used as research material for the coaches to be able to determine the right strategy when the actual competition starts (Euro). So it's true, we can't measure a team's ability just from friendly matches. The reason is, friendly matches can be used as an opportunity to trick your opponent into not being able to read his playing style. So it is not surprising that in friendly matches ahead of Euro 2024, there are leading countries that experience defeats or draws against countries that are not very strong. For example, England lost against Iceland and France drew against Canada.

In fact, as we know, England and France have many very great players at the moment. If you think about it logically, it doesn't make sense that England and France could lose or draw against a country that is not very strong. But as I said, all of this could be a strategy used to trick his opponents at the Euros. Because it is true, if we compare the countries currently entering the Euro, England and France have a very big chance compared to other countries to win this edition of the Euro.

But even so, the friendly match was still very interesting to watch. And today there are also several countries that will compete, and I think I will watch one of those matches.

[boltz]

I don't find at all funny to watch friendly games because teams are not giving everything they got and it's just a waste of time in my opinion. They also want to avoid injuries and friendly games purpose are just to make sure you can put in practice what you learned in training because there is no real prize for actually winning a friendly game.

There is also the other side , where people chose to bet on friendly games and they end up losing on odds 1.05 or 1.10 out of nowhere so it's safer to stay out of betting on friendly games. 

[beerlover]

Maybe that's true and I might agree on this too. Namely, friendly matches cannot be the main reference for seeing which team will ultimately be the favorite. More serious matches will start at the start of the competition and not in friendlies. Friendly matches are sometimes made to test each other's strengths and test several strategies between each team. And usually some information will be gathered from friendly matches. But sometimes a team will not show their true quality in friendly matches. So the opposing team will not be able to analyze anything easily. France and England both have great squad depth. And I have no doubts about their quality either. But I probably can't say either of them is the closest to winning the title. Because this time I even saw that Portugal, which also has many quality players, could be one of the candidates. Or maybe it all depends on which team we like more.

That is because teams are just not caring. This is basically one of the reasons why that new tournament thing started, what was it called, nations league or something? That silly tournament started so that national teams would basically have a friendly, like during the season or so, in order to give them a chance. All in all, I think teams care more about the games that matter the most.

However, I still think that a lot of teams are looking like they are going to be bigger shocks than we expect, some good teams playing badly and some bad teams playing well is not out of question yet. This means that as long as they keep trusting who they have, then things may change and we could have results that are unexpected, it is not unheard of.

[Majestic-milf]

I don't find at all funny to watch friendly games because teams are not giving everything they got and it's just a waste of time in my opinion. They also want to avoid injuries and friendly games purpose are just to make sure you can put in practice what you learned in training because there is no real prize for actually winning a friendly game.

There is also the other side , where people chose to bet on friendly games and they end up losing on odds 1.05 or 1.10 out of nowhere so it's safer to stay out of betting on friendly games. 

You may be right but how I regard some of these friendlies is that players are given an opportunity to prove themselves to be selected for the team that will feature in the tournament.
It's not always predictable in friendlies because like you mentioned, some  players or teams will play half-heartedly, trying to avoid injuries and as such, betting on them can be frustrating as you may not get the desired results.
When I pick selections like this, I don't always go for goals since I might get disappointed, but I favor other options like corners or 2nd half most scoring and these options have more chances of entering than when you put in goals.
I remember when Belgium played against Montenegro, I'm sure considering the odds, many felt it will be a goal feast but we saw how they struggled badly. I doubt such a performance would have been seen if it were in the tournament.

[Altryist]

I don't find at all funny to watch friendly games because teams are not giving everything they got and it's just a waste of time in my opinion. They also want to avoid injuries and friendly games purpose are just to make sure you can put in practice what you learned in training because there is no real prize for actually winning a friendly game.

There is also the other side , where people chose to bet on friendly games and they end up losing on odds 1.05 or 1.10 out of nowhere so it's safer to stay out of betting on friendly games. 

Friendly matches are not for betting, that's true. Often the coach in friendly matches wants to see what form the player is in and he may make too many substitutions, and the importance of winning is not so great. I rarely watch friendly matches, perhaps only if there are no other matches that I would like to watch. Today we can watch Portugal - Ireland, they may want to win after losing to Croatia, no one wants to start the tournament after several defeats.

[Pulsar77]

I don't find at all funny to watch friendly games because teams are not giving everything they got and it's just a waste of time in my opinion. They also want to avoid injuries and friendly games purpose are just to make sure you can put in practice what you learned in training because there is no real prize for actually winning a friendly game.

There is also the other side , where people chose to bet on friendly games and they end up losing on odds 1.05 or 1.10 out of nowhere so it's safer to stay out of betting on friendly games. 

Indeed, agreed. Friendlies don't show the real strength of teams most of the time. Even if teams play with their main starting eleven we still see clearly that there isn't the same kind of determination. This is why I also don't prefer betting on such matches. Or if I'm planning to do it anyway then I just go for bigger odds to have fun. 

Otherwise it is really frustrating to lose with such low odds you mentioned. I can't wait for Euro 2024 to start. We would surely have really nice betting options there.

[Volgastallion]

God, we have to explain this again and over and over again? Guys DONT bet on friendlies, is imposible to know anything, you never know how much effort are putting the teams in the match, of is a coach decided to put only subs or prove something weird, because is a non sesnse or pointless match, so avoid it at all cost.

[bastisisca]

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.

I have to agree with you, with sadness and deep bitterness. Unfortunately we have stopped developing young players and as a result we have a practically broken national team. We have no great players to replace the current ones and as they retire we simply lose pieces.
Italy will not go far in the EURO 2024.

[giammangiato]

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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?

this match is perfect to launch into a small bet, obviously in favor of Germany dry and then maybe there are some nice options with handicap match or with Asian score.
Since the cup and championship matches are over I only have these left to bet on, unfortunately

[bering]

Poland has successfully to beat Turkey 2-1 yesterday and this is their last friendly match before they fight at Euro 2024 but in this match Poland have to lost their captain and their main striker Lewandowski because he was got injured and yesterday Lewandowski was playing since the beginning of match but on 33 minutes of first half Lewandowski was replaced by Kacper Urbanski i think this is big lost because since qualification stages for forward lines Poland always be rely on Lewandowski so he is important player for Poland and Poland manager Michal Probierz still hopes Lewandowski only got light injured so when the tournament started Lewandowski can be played again

I think Poland condition is very unfavourable because for the current tournament they have to lost several striker because before the match against Turkey they have already to lost their other striker Arkadiusz Milik and Michal Probierz and according to the schedules Poland will facing Netherlands and with their condition i highly doubt Poland can able to overcomes Netherlands moreover Netherlands condition is more good than them because there was no key players from this team who got injured even recently Netherlands has successfully to beat Iceland with huge scores 4-0

[Oluwa-btc]

God, we have to explain this again and over and over again? Guys DONT bet on friendlies, is imposible to know anything, you never know how much effort are putting the teams in the match, of is a coach decided to put only subs or prove something weird, because is a non sesnse or pointless match, so avoid it at all cost.

I don't like sharing my bet tickets on here otherwise you'd have seen a game I bet which was 11odds and it turned out to be the same way I predicted.
Following my hunches is something I do and I will continue doing it. These friendlies can also be used to win millions, yeah it's kinda riskyans stuff but it is what it is.

My first prediction between goes for the game between Germany the host country and Scotland. I'm predicting both side to score and for Germany to get the late winner in that game. They have the qualities, I'm not just co convinced with who should play the defensive midfielder role.

France up against Austria should be another game to end as a fulltime draw, I'd say 1-1.

[KingsDen]

I don't find at all funny to watch friendly games because teams are not giving everything they got and it's just a waste of time in my opinion. They also want to avoid injuries and friendly games purpose are just to make sure you can put in practice what you learned in training because there is no real prize for actually winning a friendly game.

There is also the other side , where people chose to bet on friendly games and they end up losing on odds 1.05 or 1.10 out of nowhere so it's safer to stay out of betting on friendly games. 

I also do not consider friendly matches especially international standards which involves two countries. The result of the friendly matches do not represent the true capacity of the countries. You will be surprised that a country that lost two consecutive times during friendly matches will come to the tournament and not lose any single match and in the other hand, the one that has been successful in the friendly matches will find it difficult to qualify from the group matches.

Also as you have said, I also avoid these friendly matches while placing bets. You will be very much surprised that a 1.05 odd will not play and in the end you will waste money. Sometimes the most preferable option to go is betting by goals, but then over 2.5 goals odds will be so infinitesimal. The best to do is to avoid them totally.

[Palakka]

God, we have to explain this again and over and over again? Guys DONT bet on friendlies, is imposible to know anything, you never know how much effort are putting the teams in the match, of is a coach decided to put only subs or prove something weird, because is a non sesnse or pointless match, so avoid it at all cost.

Many people seem to bet without looking at what the team is competing in, a friendly match is not a match that reflects the true strength of the team so sometimes many get stuck and lose money when we risk a lot of money for the victory of the team that is considered the favorite in the match, many of us here have warned that betting on a friendly match obviously has a big risk but sometimes we can only give a warning because it is possible that they have other views or references in taking the bet.

For those of us who really like to bet, of course it's better to wait a few more days to do it, yes, the euro is about to start and the opening match is of course a good start for us to be able to continue our penchant for get a little profit in football betting, Germany who will face Scotland will of course be a fierce match, but I think Germany in the next match is indeed worthy of us to be the favorite to win. My prediction germany will win with score 2-0 from scotland in first match in euro.

[Adams0001]

I don't find at all funny to watch friendly games because teams are not giving everything they got and it's just a waste of time in my opinion. They also want to avoid injuries and friendly games purpose are just to make sure you can put in practice what you learned in training because there is no real prize for actually winning a friendly game.

There is also the other side , where people chose to bet on friendly games and they end up losing on odds 1.05 or 1.10 out of nowhere so it's safer to stay out of betting on friendly games.  

I also do not consider friendly matches especially international standards which involves two countries. The result of the friendly matches do not represent the true capacity of the countries. You will be surprised that a country that lost two consecutive times during friendly matches will come to the tournament and not lose any single match and in the other hand, the one that has been successful in the friendly matches will find it difficult to qualify from the group matches.

Also as you have said, I also avoid these friendly matches while placing bets. You will be very much surprised that a 1.05 odd will not play and in the end you will waste money. Sometimes the most preferable option to go is betting by goals, but then over 2.5 goals odds will be so infinitesimal. The best to do is to avoid them totally.

That is why they call it a friendly game; players are not forcing themselves to participate in order to avoid injury before the tournament begins. In my opinion, it is advisable to wager on tournaments rather than friendly games because they may disappoint you because they will not put forth the same effort as they do in new contests. I normally bet on tough matches because I know there will be different challenges and large clubs that you support can win since it is not a normal game; they will put in extra effort to win the game and make the fans happy, allowing the team to rank higher among others.

The goal of the friendly game is to get the players in shape so that they are not be weak when the real competition started. Another thing they should do is evaluate the performance of new players before signing them to see if they can compete well. Some friendly match game players are putting in extra effort so that they can prove to themselves that they are good and capable of performing well in the competition. Let us see who will win the Euro this time. I am not familiar with Portugal's season performance in friendly matches, but let us see if they can compete with others when the Euro begins.

[Gencecikmen]

Before EURO 2024, in a friendly match played at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland defeated Turkey 2-1. Karol Grzegorz Swiderski scored Poland’s opening goal in the 12th minute, while Nicola Zalewski scored the winner in the 90th minute. Turkey’s lone goal came from Barış Alper Yılmaz in the 77th minute. Unfortunately, both Swiderski and Robert Lewandowski sustained injuries during the match and may miss Poland’s opening game in the tournament.

[Adiljutt156]

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.

Yes ,you are right . Italy team performed very well  in the last match .They won the match easily againt Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team. Bosnia and Herzegovina team performance was not good,they don't work on their weaknesses and did the same mistakes in the last match . Fans were not happy from the performance of Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team and they wanted good match but Bosnia and Herzegovina team don't gave their hundred percent. No player were looking in good form and whole team shots were only  8 and from which 3 were on target. The possessions percentage of Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team was very low and that was only 36 percent. But Italy whole team performance was excellent and they were in looking in good body language because they did hard work day and night. They did one goal and in the comparison Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team could not do any goal and Italy shots were 17 and from which 6 were on target and the passes of Italy team were 647 and that was good performance.

[ILuckyGuyI]

England couldn't even beat Iceland in a friendly for example no matter how much they tried. They even lost. So this is also a good example to be careful while betting on friendly games. 

What are your betting options for the first 2 days? I feel like the favourites in 2 out of 4 games might not be able to win. The ones I mean are Switzerland and Spain.

So my choices for now are:

• Hungary @3.30
• Draw or Croatia @1.83

I know there are big risks but why not make it more exciting? 

[Abu-Naim]

England couldn't even beat Iceland in a friendly for example no matter how much they tried. They even lost. So this is also a good example to be careful while betting on friendly games. 

What are your betting options for the first 2 days? I feel like the favourites in 2 out of 4 games might not be able to win. The ones I mean are Switzerland and Spain.

So my choices for now are:

• Hungary @3.30
• Draw or Croatia @1.83

I know there are big risks but why not make it more exciting? 

Losing in friendly match is nothing related to the team’s performance, it is called friendly because it is not used in any where to judge the team performance, it is just to give the players more confidence to play against each other and get to know themselves again before the beginning of the tournament since they have been playing for different teams in their respective clubs.

Betting on will be good in my opinion because they are the team I will be supporting in the tournament, they have good players that are on form and can do better since they both wants to win or play for their nation.

Why did you have so much confidence of Croatia to win or draw against Spain?
I don’t think Spain will lose their opening match of the tournament, but just as Spain wouldn’t want losing, Croatia will also be willing to win or the point in the match but it will be difficult for them.

Hungary on the other hand might not even play a draw against Switzerland.

[Mr.suevie]

I don't find at all funny to watch friendly games because teams are not giving everything they got and it's just a waste of time in my opinion. They also want to avoid injuries and friendly games purpose are just to make sure you can put in practice what you learned in training because there is no real prize for actually winning a friendly game.

There is also the other side , where people chose to bet on friendly games and they end up losing on odds 1.05 or 1.10 out of nowhere so it's safer to stay out of betting on friendly games. 

Friendly matches are not for betting, that's true. Often the coach in friendly matches wants to see what form the player is in and he may make too many substitutions, and the importance of winning is not so great. I rarely watch friendly matches, perhaps only if there are no other matches that I would like to watch. Today we can watch Portugal - Ireland, they may want to win after losing to Croatia, no one wants to start the tournament after several defeats.

Now that's a point to hold about friendly games and I feel that's why many teams do feel the urge to continue winning because like you said no team or coach would prefer losing a match because even if there is no point attached to it , it's sure demoralizes the mentality of the players involved in it and also reduces the team spirit although it's certain that friendly games dont really carry the same flare as the tournament games but I still do enjoy watching it, for me  anything soccer is worth watching.

[Furious 7]

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.

You can't really count on the table these friendly matches. As there is no pressure to win, these athletes have no eagerness to put their best foot forward on their game. It is like a warm-up for these athletes and enjoy the game without so much pressure.

Apart from anything actually as I said earlier where this can also be a distraction for some other teams who see them compete because however sometimes friendly matches do not really count because in some conditions this does not make them compete really seriously but in the end it still becomes that for the opponent to be able to analyze the strength so that this friendly match sometimes becomes an option for the real match in the Euro later.

I've seen some pretty interesting friendlies like England, France or Portugal against Croatia a few days ago.
It seems that some teams only use this as a warm-up and do not fully unleash their strength where some core players are not even played at all which makes us definitely realize that this is apart from heating up the fuel, this is also used as a diversion option so that their scheme at the Euro will not be read which makes them not too focused on results but some approaches to schemes or formations that could indeed be suitable for them to apply later in the competition.