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

[slackovic]

Unbelievable with Scotland success defeated Spanish on UEFA Euro Qualification matchday 2, Manchester United's player Scott McTominay success become man of the match after two goals contributed and success made Scotland managed top standing position awhile group A with 6 points.

on the paper, Scotland not really favorite winning from Spain but lead first goals on early minutes played make them confidence for winning this games. Actually still have many matches left for EURO Qualifier and Spanish have chance back to the top standing position because three points left is not difficult. Each national team finish on first and second standing qualifier automatically will set one place in EURO 2024 Germany final slot and seems interested with Group A Because still have Georgia and Norway have 1 points right now.

Scotland's victory really is a miracle, but Spain had their fair of chances too. I only watched the highlights and Spain had some serious shots on Scotland's goal but Angus Gunn saved all those shots to help Scotland win in the end. If Spain had scored some of those goals, who knows where the game would have went. The similar thing happened in Croatia - Turkey game. Turkey had some great shots but Livaković saved all of them to help Croatia win the game.

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[BRINIRHA]

Scotland's victory really is a miracle, but Spain had their fair of chances too. I only watched the highlights and Spain had some serious shots on Scotland's goal but Angus Gunn saved all those shots to help Scotland win in the end. If Spain had scored some of those goals, who knows where the game would have went. The similar thing happened in Croatia - Turkey game. Turkey had some great shots but Livaković saved all of them to help Croatia win the game.

Spain's defeat by Scotland surprised me a little. because I think in this match Spain will be superior. and the worst possibility that I think of in that match is a draw. but it turned out that Scotland was able to get a pretty impressive victory and now Scotland has topped the group rankings. 5 goals in 2 matches in the group stage is absolutely incredible for Scotland. and Spain now they have to be willing to be in second place in group A. actually the competition in group A I think is the most difficult. because Norway and Georgia also have a strong team.

[Polkeins]

I would also like to mention the match Kosovo - Andora, which ended in a draw.
Andora had only two shots on goal and one of them was a result. So the andora team squeezed the maximum out of what they could do.

Matches like this are encouraging in terms of progress in modern soccer.
You can see that even "soccer midgets" are already able to beat quite good teams. Top teams so far they can not take on the fight, but with teams 2-3 echelon, like cyprus, lithuania, latvia, they can draw or even win.

A team like Scotland, Wales, Georgia is already quite able to play on par with the giants and even beat them, as in the last match of Scotland against Spain and beat them confidently.

[Renampun]

Unbelievable with Scotland success defeated Spanish on UEFA Euro Qualification matchday 2, Manchester United's player Scott McTominay success become man of the match after two goals contributed and success made Scotland managed top standing position awhile group A with 6 points.

on the paper, Scotland not really favorite winning from Spain but lead first goals on early minutes played make them confidence for winning this games. Actually still have many matches left for EURO Qualifier and Spanish have chance back to the top standing position because three points left is not difficult. Each national team finish on first and second standing qualifier automatically will set one place in EURO 2024 Germany final slot and seems interested with Group A Because still have Georgia and Norway have 1 points right now.

ball possession of up to 75% does not guarantee that Spain will be successful in scoring goals, as the host, Scotland managed to make it look difficult for Spain to penetrate their defense. even though as a midfielder, mcTominay successfully became the man of the match in this match with the 2 beautiful goals he made. for a while, Scotland has been at the top of group A standings with 6 points and no defeats, while mctominay has succeeded in becoming one of the top scorers with 4 goals he has made so far (competing with cristiano).

[slackovic]

ball possession of up to 75% does not guarantee that Spain will be successful in scoring goals, as the host, Scotland managed to make it look difficult for Spain to penetrate their defense. even though as a midfielder, mcTominay successfully became the man of the match in this match with the 2 beautiful goals he made. for a while, Scotland has been at the top of group A standings with 6 points and no defeats, while mctominay has succeeded in becoming one of the top scorers with 4 goals he has made so far (competing with cristiano).

Ball possession means nothing if you don't have someone to score a goal. Defensive players can pass the ball between them and increase the possession but it means absolutely nothing. Span is famous for having the control of the ball, but I guess there wasn't anyone to score a goal. Croatia is similar as they like to have control of the ball, but often when the chance comes, there's no one to score.

[swogerino]

Unbelievable with Scotland success defeated Spanish on UEFA Euro Qualification matchday 2, Manchester United's player Scott McTominay success become man of the match after two goals contributed and success made Scotland managed top standing position awhile group A with 6 points.

on the paper, Scotland not really favorite winning from Spain but lead first goals on early minutes played make them confidence for winning this games. Actually still have many matches left for EURO Qualifier and Spanish have chance back to the top standing position because three points left is not difficult. Each national team finish on first and second standing qualifier automatically will set one place in EURO 2024 Germany final slot and seems interested with Group A Because still have Georgia and Norway have 1 points right now.

ball possession of up to 75% does not guarantee that Spain will be successful in scoring goals, as the host, Scotland managed to make it look difficult for Spain to penetrate their defense. even though as a midfielder, mcTominay successfully became the man of the match in this match with the 2 beautiful goals he made. for a while, Scotland has been at the top of group A standings with 6 points and no defeats, while mctominay has succeeded in becoming one of the top scorers with 4 goals he has made so far (competing with cristiano).

Scotland was better in that game and surely more pragmatic than Spain.Spain I think is just starting as we saw in the last World Cup to build a new team with really young players and it takes time for this young talented players to get Spain back on top where they were.Ball possession is beneficial only when it translates in creating a lot of dangerous opportunities and shots on goal while it does mean absolutely nothing if you just keep the ball possession and the number of dangerous attacks or shots on goal remain low,in this case there is nothing beneficial about ball possession and that is why is not unbelievable the loss of Spain against Scotland.

[KTChampions]

In my opinion, the victory of Croatia against Turkey was obvious, as Croatia "unplanned" lost points in the game with Wales and had to correct the situation. As for Turkey, this team has long suffered hard times and the situation is not improving, so their chances against a motivated Croatia, even in the home game, were minimal.

If the Turkish national team coach changes, things will change in the group. In the second match, Türkiye takes the field stronger. But if Kuntz stays, Türkiye's job will be difficult, even impossible. There are names that are spoken about change. For example, if Sergen Yalçın becomes the head of the national team, there will be a great change in the positive direction. It's clear that there will be no long-term success with Kuntz. Participating in Euro 2024 is a must for the country. This country can't afford to miss another big tournament.

I think Türkiye will get to the final part of this tournament with 99% probability. In fact, in the modern format it is quite difficult not to get there, given the fact that even taking third place, a team can get a ticket through an additional tournament. By the way, now bookmakers estimate Turkey's chances of winning Europe 24 as 1 to 51, and Wales' chances as 1 to 81 - at least this means that bookmakers consider Turkey to be the favorite in the fight for second place in Group D.

[Sithara007]

Ball possession means nothing if you don't have someone to score a goal. Defensive players can pass the ball between them and increase the possession but it means absolutely nothing. Span is famous for having the control of the ball, but I guess there wasn't anyone to score a goal. Croatia is similar as they like to have control of the ball, but often when the chance comes, there's no one to score.

Well.. that is the point. Spain is having a very young team, and we can expect this sort of performance from them until they get settled down. But still I would say that Spain is not a dying team (unlike the case with some of the UEFA nations such as Belgium, Germany, Danmark and Netherlands). There is still a lot of talent available in Spain and most of them are of local origin (unlike some of the other countries who are overdependent on foreign-born players). Their next match is scheduled for 8th September, when they will take on Georgia.

[bitgolden]

ball possession of up to 75% does not guarantee that Spain will be successful in scoring goals, as the host, Scotland managed to make it look difficult for Spain to penetrate their defense. even though as a midfielder, mcTominay successfully became the man of the match in this match with the 2 beautiful goals he made. for a while, Scotland has been at the top of group A standings with 6 points and no defeats, while mctominay has succeeded in becoming one of the top scorers with 4 goals he has made so far (competing with cristiano).

You can hold the ball on your own line for the whole game and if you are not attacking then you are not going to win anything. I personally believe that possession football has lost its magic, it's more the time for teams that play a direct football, like go straight to the opponent and try to have a chance, if you fail then you will defend and wait for your turn and attack again.

That type of aggressive offensive strategy has worked out well recently and I believe that is why Spanish way is getting less and less attention, plus they haven't been able to win anything for a long time, not even too high in any of the tournaments neither.

[Joca97]

In my opinion, the victory of Croatia against Turkey was obvious, as Croatia "unplanned" lost points in the game with Wales and had to correct the situation. As for Turkey, this team has long suffered hard times and the situation is not improving, so their chances against a motivated Croatia, even in the home game, were minimal.

If the Turkish national team coach changes, things will change in the group. In the second match, Türkiye takes the field stronger. But if Kuntz stays, Türkiye's job will be difficult, even impossible. There are names that are spoken about change. For example, if Sergen Yalçın becomes the head of the national team, there will be a great change in the positive direction. It's clear that there will be no long-term success with Kuntz. Participating in Euro 2024 is a must for the country. This country can't afford to miss another big tournament.

I think Türkiye will get to the final part of this tournament with 99% probability. In fact, in the modern format it is quite difficult not to get there, given the fact that even taking third place, a team can get a ticket through an additional tournament. By the way, now bookmakers estimate Turkey's chances of winning Europe 24 as 1 to 51, and Wales' chances as 1 to 81 - at least this means that bookmakers consider Turkey to be the favorite in the fight for second place in Group D.

Only first two teams in the group will go to the Euros but i think Turkiye will have a hard battle with Wales for this second spot. I think Croatia will easily pass the group even with their four points currently. I think the matchup between wales and turkiye will decide

[KTChampions]

I think Türkiye will get to the final part of this tournament with 99% probability. In fact, in the modern format it is quite difficult not to get there, given the fact that even taking third place, a team can get a ticket through an additional tournament. By the way, now bookmakers estimate Turkey's chances of winning Europe 24 as 1 to 51, and Wales' chances as 1 to 81 - at least this means that bookmakers consider Turkey to be the favorite in the fight for second place in Group D.

Only first two teams in the group will go to the Euros but i think Turkiye will have a hard battle with Wales for this second spot. I think Croatia will easily pass the group even with their four points currently. I think the matchup between wales and turkiye will decide

No such thing. In addition to the first two places, three more teams will receive a ticket to the final tournament, which will be the winners of an additional mini-tournament with three "branches". The composition of the participants in this mini-tournament will be determined based on the success of the teams in the League of Nations (as you understand, the most successful teams will receive a ticket without it, which means their places will go to the less successful ones).

[Velvet78]

Things aren't going on well for Turkey for now. They could have played much better against Croatia. In the first half they were good actually but this didn't reflect on the score. The second half wasn't much of an impressive one later on. Wales won their game in the meantime and now Turkey are at the third place. It looks like the games against Wales are going to be more important for Turkey to take the second place at least.

Maybe they can even think of a manager change while there is a long break until the next games in the qualifiers because Kuntz is criticized a lot now.

[1miau]

Very true. Scotland, Wales and Ireland are getting not very much attention, but especially when playing at home, they are all very difficult to play against.
Ireland gave France (which won against Netherlands 4-0) a hard time as well and France is a top team.
I believe it's justified to expect more tough games from UK teams (Scotland, Wales and Ireland)

Ireland (as long as we are referring to the Republic of Ireland, and not Northern Ireland) is not a part of the United Kingdom and it is an independent country.

Sure, Mr. geographics professor. 
It's still a soccer discussion here where I was referring to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland + Wales (except England which is a known favorite) but I should have outlined it better, that Ireland is indeed an independent country, similar as (for example) Portugal, Norway or Ukraine are also independent countries. 

But apart from England, the performance of all these teams went down when compared to the 1990s.

But still, Wales has qualified for important international tournaments quite frequently when it qualified for Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup.
It's very sad in my opinion, that Bale is not playing for Wales anymore. We'll see how Wales will keep performing without him.

[Sithara007]

But still, Wales has qualified for important international tournaments quite frequently when it qualified for Euro 2016, Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup.
It's very sad in my opinion, that Bale is not playing for Wales anymore. We'll see how Wales will keep performing without him.

This is the issue when teams are dependent on one or two players. We have Belgium being dependent on Lukaku and Norway being dependent on Håland. And until very recently, Portugal was a one-man army led by Cristiano Ronaldo. In case of Wales, also it was the same thing. Gareth Bale is a legend, and he retired when he was still at his peak. Played more than 100 international matches for Wales, scoring a total of 41 goals. But he decided that it was time to move on, and currently he is focusing on Major League Soccer (MLS), where he represents the Los Angeles FC.

[alastantiger]

The result of the Scotland game against Spain was what many football fans never predicted and watching the Scottish national team make history last night gave me goosebumps. The noise from the fans in the stands was deafening and that is the beauty of football. Spain came into that game thinking that it'll be a walk over for them but the Scottish players had another thought and that was why they played the match with precision, resilience and determination to win.

Scotland's wins over Spain was so surprising to me. With the pressures from Spain, the had every chance to win Scotland but in football the game can most times be unpredictable.
McTominay is a brilliant striker who happens to be at the right place at the right time and he never mises his target. Tierney did a very good job on the run with his opponents giving McTominay  a smoot pass for a wonderful finishing.
Indeed, Scotland deserves the applause even though all thought was on Spain to win.

[cygan]

Arnar Thor Vidarsson is no longer the coach of the icelandic national team. the 45-yo, who had been national coach since the end of 2020, must leave after the first two matchdays of the uefa euro 2024 qualifiers. following the 0-3 opening defeat vs. bosnia-herzegovina, the icelandic football association feels forced to take this step despite the subsequent 7-0 win over liechtenstein

[armanda90]

I think Türkiye will get to the final part of this tournament with 99% probability. In fact, in the modern format it is quite difficult not to get there, given the fact that even taking third place, a team can get a ticket through an additional tournament. By the way, now bookmakers estimate Turkey's chances of winning Europe 24 as 1 to 51, and Wales' chances as 1 to 81 - at least this means that bookmakers consider Turkey to be the favorite in the fight for second place in Group D.

I think have two team will qualify to UEFA Euro 2024 final stage between first and second standing team, with new format on EURO 2024 have 23 participants team will play in the final round. Still have chance for Türkiye will get final ticket for EURO 2024 because on current standing position have three points and left 1 points from Croatia and Wales have 4 points.

UEFA Euro qualifiers have 6 matches left with Türkiye on group D and have five national teams, I think Türkiye  will win with matches left against Armenia and Latvia are weakness national team in this group. But if Croatia and Wales consistent winning all matches left will be difficult for Türkiye get automatically ticket to EURO 2024 in Germany.

[CLS63]

Netherlands have been a surprising team so far I assume. I mean maybe many of us waited for them to have serious difficulties against France in that match. But that huge loss by 4-0 was a little unexpected to be honest.    Netherlands weren't a team like this in the latest World Cup. They fought really well but I saw them quite weak against France in this match.

They dominated the match against Gibraltar completely as well but they scored only three goals. That was a nice chance to score many more goals to improve their morale at a high level. But let's see what they will do against France in the rematch later on. Until then they can make a big progress maybe.

[bitgolden]

The result of the Scotland game against Spain was what many football fans never predicted and watching the Scottish national team make history last night gave me goosebumps. The noise from the fans in the stands was deafening and that is the beauty of football. Spain came into that game thinking that it'll be a walk over for them but the Scottish players had another thought and that was why they played the match with precision, resilience and determination to win.

Scotland's wins over Spain was so surprising to me. With the pressures from Spain, the had every chance to win Scotland but in football the game can most times be unpredictable.
McTominay is a brilliant striker who happens to be at the right place at the right time and he never mises his target. Tierney did a very good job on the run with his opponents giving McTominay  a smoot pass for a wonderful finishing.
Indeed, Scotland deserves the applause even though all thought was on Spain to win.

I would guess that it was even a bigger shock to Spanish people as well. Scotland is rarely this big in the football world, they have a decent nation, just near England, so it's good, but it's not Spain levels, they have the worlds biggest football league, so not being able to come up with good Spanish players is a big problem for them. I get that you can have foreign players but not having any decent Spanish ones to represent the nation is becoming a huge problem.

I guess they need to renovate the whole idea from the bottom to top, like from the youth academy levels to new levels which would become a lot better for them in the next 10 to 20 years.

[swogerino]

The result of the Scotland game against Spain was what many football fans never predicted and watching the Scottish national team make history last night gave me goosebumps. The noise from the fans in the stands was deafening and that is the beauty of football. Spain came into that game thinking that it'll be a walk over for them but the Scottish players had another thought and that was why they played the match with precision, resilience and determination to win.

Scotland's wins over Spain was so surprising to me. With the pressures from Spain, the had every chance to win Scotland but in football the game can most times be unpredictable.
McTominay is a brilliant striker who happens to be at the right place at the right time and he never mises his target. Tierney did a very good job on the run with his opponents giving McTominay  a smoot pass for a wonderful finishing.
Indeed, Scotland deserves the applause even though all thought was on Spain to win.

I would guess that it was even a bigger shock to Spanish people as well. Scotland is rarely this big in the football world, they have a decent nation, just near England, so it's good, but it's not Spain levels, they have the worlds biggest football league, so not being able to come up with good Spanish players is a big problem for them. I get that you can have foreign players but not having any decent Spanish ones to represent the nation is becoming a huge problem.

I guess they need to renovate the whole idea from the bottom to top, like from the youth academy levels to new levels which would become a lot better for them in the next 10 to 20 years.

Scotland fully deserved the win.Luis Enrique experiment needs time to bring to life a super Spain as he is betting on the really young players and they need time until they harmonize together,I think he has the blessing of Spain as he is going to be considered a new hero as I am pretty confident in the next World Cup we will see a super Spain.I don't believe we will see a really dangerous Spain in this Euro although I think they will have not the slightest problem in qualifying for the Euro,who knows maybe the experiment of Enrique come earlier than predicted and Spain maybe wins this Euro cup but against a super performing France I doubt anyone has better chances than France to win this upcoming Euro 2024.