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

[Lafu]

For me Portugal is not in doubt because this team is sure to qualify in the group phase, while Turky and Czech I only predict it will belong to Turkey but we see how the two national teams play so far I only see Turkey's chances better than Czech.

Portugal is for sure a favorite in this group , but the Turkish and Czech team are also should be not underestimated.
Dont forget that every Cup has his one Rules and all can happen.

In yesterday's friendly match Ronaldo was still able to make a big contribution not forgetting to score two goals in the previous match, remember with the presence of Ronaldo it can be the motivation of the players even though he is old he inspires many people.

I have seen the review of that game about Portugal and yes i have to agree that Ronaldo had an big impact on that game.
Even he is an old man now as you have written just the presence of Ronaldo is a big motivation for all in there team.

[dzungmobile]

Actually Portugal has little to worry here except from Czech Republic who had a really decent stat in their qualifying and throughout last year, aside them Portugal has little to worry after all Portugal are among the title favourites.

They already have the team to capable to match every other team they plays against and this time I think they are having  a stronger winning mentality from the fact that Ronaldo came to this competition with a good record and not like what we experienced in the last nations tournament.

Portugal must be careful with both Czech Republic and Turkey which are two teams can create most difficulty for Portugal. Georgia can be considered as a weakest team in this group while two other teams actually have their own quality and can challenge Portugal. Both Czech and Turkey are no longer as strong as they were years ago but they still have some good players and can create surprise to Portugal in this group.

I am keen on scenario that Czech and Turkey will have to fight against each other for a second position in this group but Portugal must be careful with both competitors. Mistakes are hardly to fix at this level and many times we see big teams have to go home after group phase by one to two disappointed matches.

[Plaguedeath]

Actually Portugal has little to worry here except from Czech Republic who had a really decent stat in their qualifying and throughout last year, aside them Portugal has little to worry after all Portugal are among the title favourites.

They already have the team to capable to match every other team they plays against and this time I think they are having  a stronger winning mentality from the fact that Ronaldo came to this competition with a good record and not like what we experienced in the last nations tournament.

On paper, no doubt Portugal and Czech will qualify for the next round.

But, Turkey was making people surprised during EURO qualification, they can beat Croatia and Wales, it was really crazy. Although, the recent performance from Turkey were really terrible, but I still give a chance for them.

Georgia has no hope, they only have Kvaratskhelia.

[Hvdv]

Actually Portugal has little to worry here except from Czech Republic who had a really decent stat in their qualifying and throughout last year, aside them Portugal has little to worry after all Portugal are among the title favourites.

They already have the team to capable to match every other team they plays against and this time I think they are having  a stronger winning mentality from the fact that Ronaldo came to this competition with a good record and not like what we experienced in the last nations tournament.

Portugal must be careful with both Czech Republic and Turkey which are two teams can create most difficulty for Portugal. Georgia can be considered as a weakest team in this group while two other teams actually have their own quality and can challenge Portugal. Both Czech and Turkey are no longer as strong as they were years ago but they still have some good players and can create surprise to Portugal in this group.

I am keen on scenario that Czech and Turkey will have to fight against each other for a second position in this group but Portugal must be careful with both competitors. Mistakes are hardly to fix at this level and many times we see big teams have to go home after group phase by one to two disappointed matches.

As a Turk, I hope Türkiye will make us happy by getting out of the group, but I must say that the group teams are very difficult. In the defense area, Çağlar Söyüncü and Ozan Kabak were injured and left out of the squad. These two defenders were very important for us. As a striker, Enes Ünal was injured and was left out of the squad. We are not in a position to force Portugal right now. I hope we can get out of the group by beating Czechia and Georgia.

[Lannakosa]

Yeah Scotland can't be underestimated, although German is full of star players and they have better recent result than Scotland, but Scotland was having good result during EURO qualification, they're not lose against England, Spain and Norway.

On other hand, German sometime perform bad and not like what people were expect, it's definitely possible the match will ends up in a draw.

The last match with Greece also did not add much optimism before the start of the EURO. Germany was barely able to snatch victory in the last minutes, and the game was without a big advantage for the hosts. Scotland and Switzerland are teams that are capable of playing very well, but Germany do not have the most difficult group, and considering that they will be playing at home this should add strength to them. So far, I don’t see that Negelsman was able to improve the team’s performance.

[dzungmobile]

The last match with Greece also did not add much optimism before the start of the EURO. Germany was barely able to snatch victory in the last minutes, and the game was without a big advantage for the hosts. Scotland and Switzerland are teams that are capable of playing very well, but Germany do not have the most difficult group, and considering that they will be playing at home this should add strength to them. So far, I don’t see that Negelsman was able to improve the team’s performance.

Results from friendly matches are not good for Germany but if we think differently this way, friendly matches are opportunities to find your weakness to fix it rather than to show your strength against weak teams and fail to find your weakness.

Thinking like this, Germany actually got valuable lessons from their friendly matches and the rest part is whether they will be able to improve for the Euro. Time is not long from latest friendly matches to Euro and we will soon know how they improve (or don't improve) since their friendly matches. Germany is not a team to be underestimated in any big tournaments like Euro and World Cup. This Euro, they have big advantage as a host nation of the tournament.

Nagelsman is a young coach and in theory, he has trouble to work with star players but in big tournament, star players usually don't try to play bad just to kick Nagelsman out. News is the coach will leave after Euro and German national team will look for a new coach to replace him, so players have more reasons to serious fight for their chances of winning Euro title.

[Sunderland]

The 3rd best team (if any) will face the winner of group A (Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland), while the winner of group F will face the 3rd A/B/C.

The third placed team of group F (if qualified to the knockout stage) will face the winner of group B or the winner of group C.
The winner of group A will face the the second placed team of group C.

Source: uefa.com

Yes, you are correct. I read that info from a local newspaper here, they must be got it from the wrong source - thanks for the correction.

The last match with Greece also did not add much optimism before the start of the EURO. Germany was barely able to snatch victory in the last minutes, and the game was without a big advantage for the hosts. Scotland and Switzerland are teams that are capable of playing very well, but Germany do not have the most difficult group, and considering that they will be playing at home this should add strength to them. So far, I don’t see that Negelsman was able to improve the team’s performance.

Although Germany performance is a bit doubtful due to poor results in friendly matches, they are the hosts and Germany is known as a specialist team in the tournament.
They were once nicknamed as Der Panzer because they looked weak at the start of the tournament but became a strong team as the tournament progressed, I still believe Germany can qualify for the final of Euro 2024.

[bitgolden]

I would say that Portugal "should" be able to do quite well, not saying that they will, but they are a better team than both Turkey and Czechia, of course it's football and we could always see a worse team beat a better team, and yes the levels are quite close to each other so there isn't really a huge difference, but it is still Portugal that would be ranked the best team in that group, so they should finish top in that group, at worst case second.

I believe that Portugal will be first, and there is a good chance Turkey could be second if their individual talents show up, they have some great players individually but they look terrible as a team, if players show off then they could actually make it to second place as well.

[Jaycoinz]

Group F teams

• Turkey
• Georgia
• Portugal
• Czech Republic

Looking at the current condition of the club and taking into account the strengths and players, Portugal's potential is very large now when compared to other teams.
Portugal is currently quite complex from players on every line because looking at some of the names brought for the euro this time the Portuguese players are really above average.

Defensively they have some great players who have been in high European competition like Dallot, Cancelo, Pepe or Mendes, in midfield they have some creative players like Vitinha, Bruno and of course Bernardo. For the attack they have Felix, Jota and Cristiano not to mention their young players who are currently in prime condition Leao who indeed sees from the depth of the current squad Portugal is really very good and terrible to see it's just that teamwork is clearly important and Portugal always has problems that make the players sometimes underestimated.

For the group stage I think Portugal will be very comfortable to qualify for the next phase but for other clubs there are also several

Actually Portugal has little to worry here except from Czech Republic who had a really decent stat in their qualifying and throughout last year, aside them Portugal has little to worry after all Portugal are among the title favourites.

They already have the team to capable to match every other team they plays against and this time I think they are having  a stronger winning mentality from the fact that Ronaldo came to this competition with a good record and not like what we experienced in the last nations tournament.

Well without a doubt Portugal squad is pretty dope and that's even with exception of Ronaldo because with age already against him, I doubt he will be given that much of play time even by the coach although he is still the captain of the national team but with the competition going red hot, the tempto would be a lot a whole lot tense for him to actually meet up, the issue where we like it or not age is really getting and catching up Ronaldo and his game too is affected and this same too for his American counterpart.

[Jualanakun]

Predicted Germany: Neuer; Kimmich, Tah, Rudiger, Mittelstadt; Kroos, Andrich; Musiala, Gundogan, Wirtz; Havertz

Predicted Scotland: Gunn; Ralston, Hendry, McKenna, Tierney, Robertson; McTominay, Gilmour, McGregor, McGinn; Adams

[bastisisca]

Portugal is placed in an easy group, and qualifying to the next phase should be very easy for them. They were really good in the match against Republic of Ireland today. More importantly, Cristiano Ronaldo once again proved that age is just a number, with two superb goals. Portugal had an ideal mix of experienced players and younger ones for this match, and the attack was being led by João Félix and Rafael Leão in addition to Ronaldo.

Yes agree with you: Portugal is placed in an easy group, that lucky one.
clearly this also puts pressure on them, they have to prove something and if they make a false step the failure becomes double... there are always pros and cons

[W Jr.]

Just one day left until first match of Euro between Germany and Scotland and bookies are all over Germany in this game and so are the bettors are who shilling and betting on Germany big amounts of money so personally , I won't be surprised if this game ends up with a draw  .

I expect Germany to win in Germany. I don't expect them to draw with Scotland. There are 3 matches the next day. Another match that caught my attention will be Spain-Croatia. Both teams have very important players. This match will end with Spain's victory, I believe. I'm curious about Lamal's performance in Spain. Another one will be Arda Güler in our national team. I'm also curious about Arda Güler's performance. Real Madrid players will attract everyone's attention in this tournament.

[fullhdpixel]

Actually Portugal has little to worry here except from Czech Republic who had a really decent stat in their qualifying and throughout last year, aside them Portugal has little to worry after all Portugal are among the title favourites.

They already have the team to capable to match every other team they plays against and this time I think they are having  a stronger winning mentality from the fact that Ronaldo came to this competition with a good record and not like what we experienced in the last nations tournament.

On paper, no doubt Portugal and Czech will qualify for the next round.

But, Turkey was making people surprised during EURO qualification, they can beat Croatia and Wales, it was really crazy. Although, the recent performance from Turkey were really terrible, but I still give a chance for them.

Georgia has no hope, they only have Kvaratskhelia.

I have been feeling these sides are not only strong on paper they are also good sides with having good chance of qualification for the next round because Turkey is having not good performance and as they are having recent results most chances they will be ended on third spot because Portugal and Czech both can beat them.

Turkey is having few good players with they are also capable of giving surprises but in last few months we are having decline into their performance which is surely matter of concern for them with they need to fix their problems which are creating problems for them Georgia is the weakest side in this group with we can expect some interesting game between Turkey vs Czech but still I have personal feeling things are not good for them.

[Franctoshi]

Just one day left until first match of Euro between Germany and Scotland and bookies are all over Germany in this game and so are the bettors are who shilling and betting on Germany big amounts of money so personally , I won't be surprised if this game ends up with a draw  .

I expect Germany to win in Germany. I don't expect them to draw with Scotland. There are 3 matches the next day. Another match that caught my attention will be Spain-Croatia. Both teams have very important players. This match will end with Spain's victory, I believe. I'm curious about Lamal's performance in Spain. Another one will be Arda Güler in our national team. I'm also curious about Arda Güler's performance. Real Madrid players will attract everyone's attention in this tournament.

Germany is notably a better team here to bet on than Scotland, but Scotland on their side isn't a team to let down too, as it has been a long time since both teams met, but despite the majority of people taking side on Germany to win, I don't think it will change the fact that they're in a better position to win this game because Germany has a good record over their opponent team Scotland and which they've met 17 times, where we have Germany won 8 out the 17 game, whereas Scotland is Four, so it is obvious that the Germany side got a good record against Scotland.

[redsun114]

Yeah Scotland can't be underestimated, although German is full of star players and they have better recent result than Scotland, but Scotland was having good result during EURO qualification, they're not lose against England, Spain and Norway.

On other hand, German sometime perform bad and not like what people were expect, it's definitely possible the match will ends up in a draw.

The last match with Greece also did not add much optimism before the start of the EURO. Germany was barely able to snatch victory in the last minutes, and the game was without a big advantage for the hosts. Scotland and Switzerland are teams that are capable of playing very well, but Germany do not have the most difficult group, and considering that they will be playing at home this should add strength to them. So far, I don’t see that Negelsman was able to improve the team’s performance.

Germany is still capable of giving surprises because they are having few good players which can make difference with home conditions are also favourable for them even Julian Nagelsmann is having early days with things could be on track in coming months in their group stage they could be at the top and no team is going to stop them with Switzerland is going to have second spot because they are good enough for this Scotland is having no good chances even they are also having recently good improvement, but things are not favourable for them.

There are still rumours about the future of the Julian Nagelsmann with most chances he will leave, and we will have Jürgen Klopp even there is no certainty about this but still things can go for this.

[Palakka]

Predicted Germany: Neuer; Kimmich, Tah, Rudiger, Mittelstadt; Kroos, Andrich; Musiala, Gundogan, Wirtz; Havertz

Predicted Scotland: Gunn; Ralston, Hendry, McKenna, Tierney, Robertson; McTominay, Gilmour, McGregor, McGinn; Adams

Germany which is the host of this year Euro is of course very benefited to be able to play in front of millions of their supporters, so it is quite feasible for us to risk a little money for a German victory, besides that Scotland is certainly not the favorite team that can indeed beat Germany at the moment, because I think the squad they currently have is still far below the squad owned by Germany, Although the majority of players owned by Scotland play in the Premier League team, but if we compare it with the squad owned by Germany, of course it is difficult for them to be able to compete and beat Germany in the opening match later.

The two teams have of course met twice so far and the victory is still dominated by Germany every game they play, so I think the same thing will happen again at the euro this season, the squad that Germany has this season is so different from their old squad, and that it does give hope for Germany to go far in the euro this season, the combination of young players and senior players certainly makes Germany very worthy of being the favorite.

[Oluwa-btc]

Looking at the current Portugal squad, I also have full hopes for them at this Euro, because Portugal has top players and good talents from the back line to the attackers, such as Ruben Dias, Pepe, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Palhinha, Ruben Neves, Bernardo Silva, as well as Diogo Jota and C. Ronaldo, especially many of the new generation from Portugal who are very talented and have extraordinary hard work.

With this, I think Portugal is one of the favorites to win the Euro this time because with very good players they also have a very professional coach, namely Roberto Martínez, with this there is a big possibility that Portugal will win the Euro title this time year.

Hoping they do well and work as teammates should do. Portugal and Germany are the two sides I'm picking to win the European Competitions.
At least, they have enough experience in this Competition, I mean the players have seen so many finals from them various club level and has high ratings within them clubs.
It's time for Roberto Martinez the former Everton coach to draw up a good formation for the squad. They finished them friendly games in a stellar style ahead of the kick off tommorow.

As for Germany, having Emre Can, Toni Kroos and Gundogan can bring balance, I'm not shocked they'll go far in this Competition truthfully..

[karabiber]

The opening match of group B will start with Spain vs Croatia. One of the matches I am curious about in group B. Croatia finished in 2nd place in the qualifiers in the same group as Turkey. Croatia might be aiming to stand out in this tournament with their roster and playing practices. They didn't perform very well in the qualifiers but I can say that they have an experienced team. Spain, on the other hand, made a difference in the friendlies, especially on the offensive line, and I think they will adopt an up tempo game plan throughout the tournament. Spain will be the side that starts the game well and they are likely to start the first game in the group with a win.

[Iranus]

Portugal in Group F and the opponent teams seems not an easy group behind Georgia as the debut national teams success qualifying to Euro 2024 and has two difficult opponent teams Turkiy and Czech Republic national teams.
First match, Portugal will face Czech Republic and the winning on friendly match against Ireland as good opportunity to secure first three points and make easily for leading the Group F standings position, has difficult opponent teams for Portugal against Turkiy on second matches in Euro 2024 but getting two consecutives winning will make automatically qualified to 16 of round.
Cristiano Ronaldo on confidence performance for the first match after success scoring two goals against Ireland last match, will be the sweet memorize for him on the last appearance in Euro 2024?

Group F teams

• Turkey
• Georgia
• Portugal
• Czech Republic

Portugal, which is in group F, may have the potential to qualify from group qualification. But not because this is a group filled with easy teams. Because there are Türkiye and the Czech Republic which are also quite strong. but indeed Portugal has a FIFA Rank above these three teams. Georgia is at the bottom of the FIFA rankings. But the quality of the national team may be different from their ranking in FIFA. So the results will remain difficult to predict.

But maybe we are all optimistic that Portugal will be able to qualify from this group stage. And actually I want to see Cristiano Ronaldo get sweet memories at Euro 2024. Because maybe this could be his last Euro with the Portuguese national team.

Let's be honest, we all want Cristiano Ronaldo to have a good memory with his national team and that’s why we all want to see Portugal too well in the competition. Even those who are not big fans of Cristiano Ronaldo agree that the way his career is turning out right now is actually not something we expected and also not something that is Fair. Probably we all also agree that as one of the best players in the world, he deserves to have some good memories at the end of his career.

By the way, I also think that Portugal will be a bit qualified from this group. Does not seem to be so hard of a group for them to qualify from. But we have seen a lot of surprises happening in football. So I don’t think we can say anything for certain.

[kro55]

Can you share the data that form this analysis? I feel like this sidelined a lot of things such as group stage, overall team performance, match-ups, etc. I'm not sure how motivated Mbappe and other brilliant players to win individual awards, but I doubt it affects how other countries perform in other groups. I guess you can also redefine what is considered an underdog season. I believe any underdog exists in every competition, but they won't make it past the semis in most scenarios. Even qualifying past the group stage can be an incredible achievement depending on which teams you're looking at.

Btw, I believe you accidentally made a double post. You can delete the previous one since it respond to the same post.

Underdog teams from clubs to national teams don't appear too often. In Euro, we can recall some underdogs like Denmark, Czech, Greece and in Coppa America we can recall Chile but they don't usually appear and win Euro title or Coppa America title.

Strength of a team from club to national level, comes from many players and coach team, a single star player is hard to carry a whole weak team to success and title. Modern football is different than decades ago when one star player with a magnificent tournament was able to carry his team to title. In modern football, a star player is only a piece of a team that need to be strong as a block and not only eleven debut players but alternative players on bench too. With latest changes in total substitutions for each match since Covid-19 pandemic, importance of alternative players becomes bigger. If a team don't have good alternative players, it's more difficult to succeed against competitors.

Yes, it is absolutely true. Gone are the times when only one player could actually carry the whole team. Now it is more like a great player is the one around whom the team is built. If you have a great player in the squad, you do not think that he is going to score 5 goals alone. You think about how you can use them the best so that the team can benefit. Sometimes coaches also use that one player as bait so that other players can score.

We all know that football has become a lot more physical nowadays. So you need to have a good squad with a good depth as well. Otherwise, if one or two players get injured, which is very likely to happen by the way, the team is going to have a very bad time.