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

[JeffBrad12]

2-0 for Belgium.

3 points should be almost certain at the moment.
Lukaku keeps no scoring in important matches.

Keep in mind that tomorrow we will have only 2 games and both at 21.00 CEST

Lukaku once again scored a goal today, but it was once again disallowed. Moreover, the offside was minimal. But nevertheless, he played a great game and made an assist.
Tomorrow we will see the first two games of the third gaming day, and since they are supposed to be decisive, they will take place at the same time (like all subsequent games of the third gaming day). For tomorrow the choice is obvious: Switzerland - Germany. Germany defends first place, while Switzerland claims first place and seems in no danger of losing second place as they have a better goal difference than Scotland.

The biggest challenge for Lukaku isn't the opponent's defense, but rather VAR. Lukaku may become the top scorer if all of his goals are not ruled out by VAR, and it appears that his big physique contributed to his chances of being caught by var. It saddens me that people continue to blame him, despite the fact that Lukaku assisted once in the game against Rumania.



God!!This VAR regulation is becoming even more ridiculous since Lukaku has huge knees, which VAR interprets as an offside.

[HajiBagi]

Really easy work for Portugal, I thought Turkey would put up much more of a fight.

Portugal will have much harder tests than they got tonight later in the tournament but must feel good for them to effectively be able to rest players in their final group game now.

I also don’t think that Portugal will win the match so easily against Türkiye, my thoughts are that Portugal is going to play very hard before winning the game but it was very easy for Portugal yesterday Because even the Türkiye team scored an own goal yesterday, the match was not though as I was thinking it will, yesterday game show that Portugal is ready to win the Euro title, Portugal cooperate yesterday and play a good game yesterday, this is how I want Portugal should be playing against any team, they should play with one mind so that they can win together against any opponent they face.

All Portugal players played a very good game yesterday and it is a big congratulations to them for booking a ticket for qualifying for the next round of the tournament, I think Türkiye needs Arder Guler in any of their matches, Ardar is very important to them because if you take look at Türkiye players yesterday no any player can create chances for the remaining to score a goal in the match and after bringing Arder you can see that the game change, next time Türkiye should not mind of being small age they should look at what he can do in the field.

[Barikui1]

Turkey vs Portugal was like a training match for Portugal. They had a very comfortable victory. Turkey's players had a hard time to stand throughout the match. They made a lot of erroneous passes and had a hard time to attack. Turkey does not give importance to defense, but they had important players on the offensive line today. Coach Montella made some controversial decisions in this match. Portugal completely controlled the game after scoring the 2nd goal. Portugal achieved its most comfortable victory in recent years in this match.

I can't fully confirm your assumptions about Türkiye's game strategy. I agree that Turkey is not good defensively due to the lack of good communication between players, one of their own goals is proof. But Türkiye could endanger Portugal's defense where Türkiye could fire 11 shots and 3 of them were on target. The problem was that Türkiye did not manage to score a goal because Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa managed to save his goal well.

If you say Türkiye's match against Portugal is like training for Portugal, that's the same as underestimating Türkiye. They are not as bad as you say, this is a big tournament and every team will do their best. Losing after a match is normal, especially when Portugal has a lot of quality players in its squad.

The match between Portugal vs turkey plays out the exact way as predicted, because yesterday before the game I said that the greatest undoing of this Turkish team is if they  put in the same lackadaisical defensive performance they put in against Georgia, because I believe that if their defensive performance wasn't right against Portugal, they will definitely be put to the sword, due to the firepower of this Portugal side, and to be honest, their defensive performance wasn't worked on, and it was just as the same as the game against Georgia, which they were brutally punished.

Talking of the game as training to Portugal, I totally disagree on that, the Turkish team gave in a good fight, just that their greatest undoing was their defensive performance, and I believe that if their defensive performance was better, it wouldn't be that easy for Portugal at all, as the result make it look like.

[Catenaccio]

The biggest challenge for Lukaku isn't the opponent's defense, but rather VAR. Lukaku may become the top scorer if all of his goals are not ruled out by VAR, and it appears that his big physique contributed to his chances of being caught by var. It saddens me that people continue to blame him, despite the fact that Lukaku assisted once in the game against Rumania.



God!!This VAR regulation is becoming even more ridiculous since Lukaku has huge knees, which VAR interprets as an offside.

Lukaku is always an ambitious and energetic player but destiny is sometime like trolling against Romelu. In many situations, ball by whatever ways, found Romelu and hits him, it's ridiculously that Romelu appears many time to block shots of his team mates.

With his shots, he was unluckily rejected many goals and this offside goal is another ridiculous thing against him. Difference in such situation is very slim and it's fair to say Romelu deserves to have goals but it is also true to say there are reasons to refuse his goals.

I believe the Big Rom will continue to try hard and play as best as possible for Belgium. He will try to score goals won't hesitate to make key passes for his team mates. Winning of Belgium is an ultimate goal for Lukaku and he does not need to score goals for himself to help Belgium to win matches.

[Pandu Geddon]

Talking of the game as training to Portugal, I totally disagree on that, the Turkish team gave in a good fight, just that their greatest undoing was their defensive performance, and I believe that if their defensive performance was better, it wouldn't be that easy for Portugal at all, as the result make it look like.

yeah Türkiye didn't play too bad. they created several opportunities and that proves that Portugal actually also has gaps. unfortunately the Turkish attackers found it difficult to score. Portugal's performance is certainly considered above Turkey's, but looking at the match that took place, Portugal did not underestimate Türkiye.

In their group, Portugal is clearly the favorite. and they will easily become group winners. tough odds for the Czechs and Georgians.

[abhiseshakana]

Talking of the game as training to Portugal, I totally disagree on that, the Turkish team gave in a good fight, just that their greatest undoing was their defensive performance, and I believe that if their defensive performance was better, it wouldn't be that easy for Portugal at all, as the result make it look like.

yeah Türkiye didn't play too bad. they created several opportunities and that proves that Portugal actually also has gaps. unfortunately the Turkish attackers found it difficult to score. Portugal's performance is certainly considered above Turkey's, but looking at the match that took place, Portugal did not underestimate Türkiye.

In their group, Portugal is clearly the favorite. and they will easily become group winners. tough odds for the Czechs and Georgians.

With a result of 3-0, I can't think that Turkey had a good performance. They did have a rhythm and several times appeared to be making penetrations that could have resulted in goals but, the assessment is that they failed to score a goal, and worst of all, Turkey does not have good enough coordination in their defense line. In contrast to Portugal, even though there were moments when they missed to defend against the opposition's attack but their goalkeeper managed to make up for it, and most importantly, Portugal could take advantage of the opportunities they got to score goals.

[$weetne$$]

yeah Türkiye didn't play too bad. they created several opportunities and that proves that Portugal actually also has gaps. unfortunately the Turkish attackers found it difficult to score. Portugal's performance is certainly considered above Turkey's, but looking at the match that took place, Portugal did not underestimate Türkiye. In their group, Portugal is clearly the favorite. and they will easily become group winners. tough odds for the Czechs and Georgians.

Portugal is the favourite to top the group and were the favourite to win the game against Türkiye but I think nobody expected them to score 3 goals and it is very strange that Portugal will score 3 gaios and Ronaldo is not the scorer of any of the goals but he assisted a goal and was involved in the other goals buildup. Ronaldo was happy at yesterday game and we could see it when he was playing. Him giving up an opportunity to score to pass to Burno Fernandes was very sportsman of him and it could help build the bond between the team because it seems some players do not like Ronaldo on the team but if he keep helping to build the confidence of his team mate, they might collaborate with him more and give the tean a victory at the Euros.

[MinoRaiola]

God!!This VAR regulation is becoming even more ridiculous since Lukaku has huge knees, which VAR interprets as an offside.

If I remember correctly, this is his 3rd goal, which is disallowed by VAR. In the first game against Slovakia, Belgium lost and Lukaku scored two goals in the last minutes of the game, but they were disallowed for offside and a foul. So Lukaku has perhaps set a record in this European Championship for the most goals disallowed by VAR. But now they have won and are level on 3 points with everyone else in group E. So the last matchday will be a nice battle. Today Germany should win their third game and be the best team in the group stage.

[Solokan]

Turkey vs Portugal was like a training match for Portugal. They had a very comfortable victory. Turkey's players had a hard time to stand throughout the match. They made a lot of erroneous passes and had a hard time to attack. Turkey does not give importance to defense, but they had important players on the offensive line today. Coach Montella made some controversial decisions in this match. Portugal completely controlled the game after scoring the 2nd goal. Portugal achieved its most comfortable victory in recent years in this match.

Portugal's match against Turkey was really exciting where the Portugal squad played well and looked like they were enjoying the match. Yes, it seemed very difficult for the Turkish players to be able to beat the skills of the Portuguese players so the game was mostly controlled by the Portuguese players. Yes, in this match it was certainly a very lucky match for Portugal and honestly I was amazed by Cristiano who gave Fernandes a pass even though at that time Ronaldo could have scored easily but Ronaldo gave the ball to Fernandes which ultimately resulted in a goal for Portugal, yes, of course in terms of a The star, Cristiano Ronaldo, is really wise on the field and off the field, he is really cool. Yes, of course now Portugal must be ready to compete against Georgia and of course Roberto Martinez's troops will not let their team lose because of course he wants Portugal to really continue to win.

yes, but of course Turkey has fought to the maximum and of course Turkey must now really be able to make an even better performance because of course the competition is still ongoing and the only best way for Turkey at this time is to be able to maintain its current ranking in order to advance to the top 16 and of course the Czechs will now be Turkey's opponents in the upcoming match and of course there will definitely be an exciting competition.

[Luzin]

yeah Türkiye didn't play too bad. they created several opportunities and that proves that Portugal actually also has gaps. unfortunately the Turkish attackers found it difficult to score. Portugal's performance is certainly considered above Turkey's, but looking at the match that took place, Portugal did not underestimate Türkiye.

In their group, Portugal is clearly the favorite. and they will easily become group winners. tough odds for the Czechs and Georgians.

Turkey didn't have many chances to have possession, but the match was quite entertaining. Turkey was able to make 3 shots on goal. They made mistakes and of course the quality of Portugal is indeed above Turkey. Portugal's victory will certainly make them the first team to ensure qualification for the knockout phase. The other 3 teams in Group F will be the same to compete to accompany Portugal to qualify for the knockout phase. Another interesting thing is when he gives Bruno a pass when he has the same chance to score. He seemed to teach his teammates not to be selfish.

[Velvet78]

Portugal didn't even have to play well. Turkey just helped them score goals very easily. Normally none of those goals would be conceded this easy by a team which know how to defend. Turkey are still lacking in defense too much.  

Therefore I can't say Portugal were impressive for real. If Turkey improved their defending there would be a huge chance for them to get at least one point. Remember the Portugal - Czechia game. Czechia knew how to defend and Portugal had huge difficulties. They barely won by a goal in the stoppage time. Turkey have a much bigger player quality than Czechia. They wouldn't lose like Czechia did if they played decently.

Lastly this is on Montella... His player preferences were like a joke.

[arimamib]

God!!This VAR regulation is becoming even more ridiculous since Lukaku has huge knees, which VAR interprets as an offside.

If I remember correctly, this is his 3rd goal, which is disallowed by VAR. In the first game against Slovakia, Belgium lost and Lukaku scored two goals in the last minutes of the game, but they were disallowed for offside and a foul. So Lukaku has perhaps set a record in this European Championship for the most goals disallowed by VAR. But now they have won and are level on 3 points with everyone else in group E. So the last matchday will be a nice battle. Today Germany should win their third game and be the best team in the group stage.

Belgium who were previously doubtful to achieve positive results against Romania can finally breathe a sigh of relief now after they were able to win their first 3 points in the match, achieving 3 points in the match certainly keeps Belgium hopes of being able to qualify for the round of 16, all teams in group E have currently played two matches with all teams winning 1 and 1 loss so indeed all teams are currently collecting 3 points And of course the last match will be decisive for all teams to be able to ensure their passage to the round of 16, Belgium will face Ukraine in their last match and of course it will be a difficult match for Belgium considering Ukraine also has a good squad to face Belgium later.

I think offside is still offside and even when the toe of their shoe slightly crosses the line line of 4-dimensional technology, Lukaku can clearly see his hand in an offside position when receiving a pass from De Bruyne, I don't think we can blame the referee for that because of the fact that it is indeed an offside violation rule, when if the referee approves the goal, of course he will get criticism from other parties because it is obvious Lukaku position at that time was in an offside position, so indeed the referee's job today is quite difficult in making decisions to act fairly on both teams.

[Justbillywitt]

Really easy work for Portugal, I thought Turkey would put up much more of a fight.

Portugal will have much harder tests than they got tonight later in the tournament but must feel good for them to effectively be able to rest players in their final group game now.

I also don’t think that Portugal will win the match so easily against Türkiye, my thoughts are that Portugal is going to play very hard before winning the game but it was very easy for Portugal yesterday Because even the Türkiye team scored an own goal yesterday, the match was not though as I was thinking it will, yesterday game show that Portugal is ready to win the Euro title, Portugal cooperate yesterday and play a good game yesterday, this is how I want Portugal should be playing against any team, they should play with one mind so that they can win together against any opponent they face.

All Portugal players played a very good game yesterday and it is a big congratulations to them for booking a ticket for qualifying for the next round of the tournament, I think Türkiye needs Arder Guler in any of their matches, Ardar is very important to them because if you take look at Türkiye players yesterday no any player can create chances for the remaining to score a goal in the match and after bringing Arder you can see that the game change, next time Türkiye should not mind of being small age they should look at what he can do in the field.

For me, my expectation was really met, Portugal performance wasn't a really a surprise for me, no doubt they are the best team in that group and from the beginning I knew they were going to win all their group games. Turkey knew they can't compete with Portugal from the beginning so their aim has always been to come out second in their group, and they are still on course for that despite the outcome of that yesterday match against Portugal. Turkey are still in second place with 3 points, so if they can just manage a draw against Czechia in their next match. My biggest disappointment was that Czechia couldn't win Georgia. My initial prediction was that Czechia will win against Georgia and have same point with Turkey so that the game between Turkey and Czechia will be epic. Though the game will still be tough, but Turkey will still have the upper hand in this match. Czechia will be playing aggressively because if they can win Turkey they will take over the second spot. It will be an interesting match between Turkey and Czechia.

[Cryptmuster]

The biggest challenge for Lukaku isn't the opponent's defense, but rather VAR. Lukaku may become the top scorer if all of his goals are not ruled out by VAR, and it appears that his big physique contributed to his chances of being caught by var. It saddens me that people continue to blame him, despite the fact that Lukaku assisted once in the game against Rumania.



God!!This VAR regulation is becoming even more ridiculous since Lukaku has huge knees, which VAR interprets as an offside.

The most important thing is that this episode did not affect the final result of the match, Belgium achieved victory and now, as I previously assumed, all teams in the group have 3 points. But before the last round, Ukraine has a very difficult situation, because they have to play with strong Belgium and I doubt that they can count on a victory, at best a draw, I also think that Slovakia will beat Romania. Ukraine's mistake in the first match with Romania cost them too much, it is very difficult to count on the last match...

[aylabadia05]

yeah Türkiye didn't play too bad. they created several opportunities and that proves that Portugal actually also has gaps. unfortunately the Turkish attackers found it difficult to score. Portugal's performance is certainly considered above Turkey's, but looking at the match that took place, Portugal did not underestimate Türkiye.

Portugal played better in the match against Turkey compared to their game when they won against Czech. But I see Portugal's compactness as a team is not so strong, especially players like Bruno and Joao Cancelo in the match against Turkey. Bruno's third goal against Turkey was a valuable lesson shown by Ronaldo. A lesson about selfishness.

In their group, Portugal is clearly the favorite. and they will easily become group winners. tough odds for the Czechs and Georgians.

Portugal is safe. Competition will occur between Turkey and Czech although the third position is still relatively safe because they can qualify too.

[barisbilgili]

The most important thing is that this episode did not affect the final result of the match, Belgium achieved victory and now, as I previously assumed, all teams in the group have 3 points. But before the last round, Ukraine has a very difficult situation, because they have to play with strong Belgium and I doubt that they can count on a victory, at best a draw, I also think that Slovakia will beat Romania. Ukraine's mistake in the first match with Romania cost them too much, it is very difficult to count on the last match...

Belgium managed to recover in this second round match after playing very badly in the first match. This victory was not surprising because Belgium was the favorite.
For the Round 3 match, Belgium will face Ukraine, this will be a difficult match for both of them and I don't really favor Belgium in the match against Ukraine because I think Ukraine also has almost the same quality as Belgium.
The competition in Group F is indeed quite fierce with 3 points achieved from the 4 teams, so everyone still has the same chance of qualifying from the group phase.

[BABY SHOES]

It's now a toss-up for Group A as to who will qualify between Switzerland or Scotland as Germany have already qualified early.

Switzerland vs Germany we know this match is easy to guess unless Germany field their second squad but I'm not sure they will still win this match even though they have qualified, while Switzerland will try hard to win even a draw is good for Switzerland so they can qualify if they lose, it means waiting for the Scotland vs Hungary match.

Hungary has no more gaps, while Scotland will try to win because there is still hope where hoping Switzerland loses and Scotland wins later will determine the goal while for points will be the same.

[asriloni]

Portugal didn't even have to play well. Turkey just helped them score goals very easily. Normally none of those goals would be conceded this easy by a team which know how to defend. Turkey are still lacking in defense too much.  

I couldn't agree with you more. Portugal was terrible and still made careless passes, but Turkey was far worse. Because Turkey launched its attack on Portugal without adequate planning, and Portugal was able to simply launch a counterattack across the long pass.
As far as I can tell, Portugal's defenders were constantly putting Arda Guler in their pocket after he was substituted in. Finally, Turkey isn't good at attacking or defending, but I'm glad my bet was correct.

Therefore I can't say Portugal were impressive for real. If Turkey improved their defending there would be a huge chance for them to get at least one point. Remember the Portugal - Czechia game. Czechia knew how to defend and Portugal had huge difficulties. They barely won by a goal in the stoppage time. Turkey have a much bigger player quality than Czechia. They wouldn't lose like Czechia did if they played decently.

Lastly this is on Montella... His player preferences were like a joke.

By comparison, the data revealed the reverse things. The Czechs knew how to defend when playing Portugal, but they could not attack successfully. By contrast, the Turkish team was quite underprepared for either attack or defense, and Turkey was quickly diverted as soon as its attack got close to the penalty zone.
The result versus Portugal underlines the Czech team's better defensive performance than Turkey's. Between the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Gorgia will be the last group stage game.

[$anounimus$]

For me, my expectation was really met, Portugal performance wasn't a really a surprise for me, no doubt they are the best team in that group and from the beginning I knew they were going to win all their group games. Turkey knew they can't compete with Portugal from the beginning so their aim has always been to come out second in their group, and they are still on course for that despite the outcome of that yesterday match against Portugal. Turkey are still in second place with 3 points, so if they can just manage a draw against Czechia in their next match. My biggest disappointment was that Czechia couldn't win Georgia. My initial prediction was that Czechia will win against Georgia and have same point with Turkey so that the game between Turkey and Czechia will be epic. Though the game will still be tough, but Turkey will still have the upper hand in this match. Czechia will be playing aggressively because if they can win Turkey they will take over the second spot. It will be an interesting match between Turkey and Czechia.

Portugal has confirmed qualifying for the 16th after successfully crushing Turkey. Portugal has a very complete squad and like there is no gap for opponents to make it difficult for them. Indeed, Portugal has not received a serious challenge because in Group F there are no teams that have quality that almost equal their strength. While Turkey must be able to reach the numbers in the final match for tickets to qualify for round 16, but the Czech also has the opportunity but Turkey remains a favorite.

[panjul07]

God!!This VAR regulation is becoming even more ridiculous since Lukaku has huge knees, which VAR interprets as an offside.

This is what I hate about VAR, even 1mm-1cm offside may kill the whole game, FIFA really need to review their rules about offside and VAR.
VAR usage should be limited in a single game and I think it should be done by request only from the team that feel of being aggrieved by the decision of the referee or line judge.
Frankly speaking, I feel that the usage of VAR is too much now and it makes the game looks really bad unlike before when there was no VAR.
Technology should be used to make the game better and fairer but now it makes the game worse than before.