⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL

[Tumanggor]

norwegian Age Hareide will be the new coach of the icelandic national team. he said his goal was to qualify for the 2024 european championship in germany. the 69-yo most recently coached swedish club malmö ff.
in his career, AH was already national coach in norway from 2003 to 2008 and in denmark from 2016 to 2020.

Iceland surprised everyone when they managed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Qualifying itself was a big achievement, and during the tournament they held Argentina to a 1-1 draw (thanks to a goal from Alfreð Finnbogason). And before that in 2016, they managed to reach the Quarter-finals of Euro 2016. But after 2018, their performance went down. They failed to qualify for the Euro 2020 and FIFA 2022. Hopefully they will be able to qualify for Euro this time. It's not that tough, given that they are being placed in a group alongside Portugal, Slovakia and Bosnia.

even though iceland won 7-0 over liechtenstein but they also lost 3-0 to bosnia, so far i see iceland's performance is quite stable in the euro preliminary round this time

in group J, portugal and slovakia are tough opponents, so iceland's chances of qualifying are also very small, let's see what the iceland squad can do next

[tazmantasik]

France is just something different, they are not playing at the same level as everyone else. I mean this team will be winning the cup unless something major happens and that's an important thing to remember. I personally hope that the best thing we could do at this moment is to make sure that it is going as smooth as it gets.

It is not going to be easy to do that but it should be something much better than last time they played it. They showed themselves in the world cup just recently as well, even though they lost, they beat everyone easily until the finals and finals was just a mere seconds away before they missed the last shot, and then penalties. I think Netherlands is nowhere near that level and was an expected upset.

France has consistent performance after success lead to final World Cup and has chance with Euro 2024, even squad composition in all positions is a positive side for Deschamp to make France more favored at Euro 2024. Beside Germany as host as the one national team favorite by winning Euro 2024 after longer time always miss become the winner.
France has quit well performance last World Cup and this national team looks consistent depend on achievement on last two games in qualifier, I think 80% chance for France as the winner in Euro 2024.

[Sithara007]

even though iceland won 7-0 over liechtenstein but they also lost 3-0 to bosnia, so far i see iceland's performance is quite stable in the euro preliminary round this time

in group J, portugal and slovakia are tough opponents, so iceland's chances of qualifying are also very small, let's see what the iceland squad can do next

I would love to see Iceland in Euro 2024. But it needs to be seen whether they are able to qualify. They have 3 points from 2 matches and they haven't yet played against the two strongest teams (Portugal and Slovakia). The qualifier has just started and there is plenty of time to make up for their initial loss against Bosnia and Herzegovina. But as things stand, in order to qualify they need an upset win (or at least a draw) against Portugal. Looks very difficult for me. Anyway, their next match is scheduled on 17th June, and it will be against Slovakia. 

[Daniel91]

France is just something different, they are not playing at the same level as everyone else. I mean this team will be winning the cup unless something major happens and that's an important thing to remember. I personally hope that the best thing we could do at this moment is to make sure that it is going as smooth as it gets.

It is not going to be easy to do that but it should be something much better than last time they played it. They showed themselves in the world cup just recently as well, even though they lost, they beat everyone easily until the finals and finals was just a mere seconds away before they missed the last shot, and then penalties. I think Netherlands is nowhere near that level and was an expected upset.

France has consistent performance after success lead to final World Cup and has chance with Euro 2024, even squad composition in all positions is a positive side for Deschamp to make France more favored at Euro 2024. Beside Germany as host as the one national team favorite by winning Euro 2024 after longer time always miss become the winner.
France has quit well performance last World Cup and this national team looks consistent depend on achievement on last two games in qualifier, I think 80% chance for France as the winner in Euro 2024.

I can agree with your thinking that France is the main favorite at EURO 2024.
In fact, the main rival of the French is not other teams but themselves.
If it wasn't for the conflict between France main players over Benzema return to the team, which damaged relations within the team, France would probably have been world champions again.
The same thing happened at the last EURO when France played shamefully and was eliminated in the early stages of the competition by Switzerland.
Honestly, I don't really trust Germany, they have been on a steep decline since the 2014 World Cup.

[Mame89]

France has consistent performance after success lead to final World Cup and has chance with Euro 2024, even squad composition in all positions is a positive side for Deschamp to make France more favored at Euro 2024. Beside Germany as host as the one national team favorite by winning Euro 2024 after longer time always miss become the winner.
France has quit well performance last World Cup and this national team looks consistent depend on achievement on last two games in qualifier, I think 80% chance for France as the winner in Euro 2024.

I also think that France is an extraordinary team even though the majority of the players are young, we can still see that they have learned from the World Cup. This promises a lot for the future if they continue this momentum, can't wait to see them play the Euros again.

This France team has become very united since the defeat against Argentina in the world cup final in Qatar, the players understand each other very well. You feel in them perfect sports harmony. This has proven that Francis continues to show consistency, of course France is the favorite to win at Euro 2024 later.

[Docnaster]

France has consistent performance after success lead to final World Cup and has chance with Euro 2024, even squad composition in all positions is a positive side for Deschamp to make France more favored at Euro 2024. Beside Germany as host as the one national team favorite by winning Euro 2024 after longer time always miss become the winner.
France has quit well performance last World Cup and this national team looks consistent depend on achievement on last two games in qualifier, I think 80% chance for France as the winner in Euro 2024.

I also think that France is an extraordinary team even though the majority of the players are young, we can still see that they have learned from the World Cup. This promises a lot for the future if they continue this momentum, can't wait to see them play the Euros again.

This France team has become very united since the defeat against Argentina in the world cup final in Qatar, the players understand each other very well. You feel in them perfect sports harmony. This has proven that Francis continues to show consistency, of course France is the favorite to win at Euro 2024 later.

France for me are the favorites to win the Euro 2024 and that's understandable because of the quality of players in their possession. Though some of the veteran players in the team resigned after last year's FIFA World Cup but they  still remain the most solid international football team at the moment. Didier Dechamps is a well experienced coach and knows how to manage his players both on the pitch and out of the pitch and he demonstrated that by uniting his new national team captain Kylian Mbappe with the their attacking maestro Antoine Griezmann after the later felt bad for not being recognized for the team's captaincy.

[KTChampions]

France for me are the favorites to win the Euro 2024 and that's understandable because of the quality of players in their possession. Though some of the veteran players in the team resigned after last year's FIFA World Cup but they  still remain the most solid international football team at the moment. Didier Dechamps is a well experienced coach and knows how to manage his players both on the pitch and out of the pitch and he demonstrated that by uniting his new national team captain Kylian Mbappe with the their attacking maestro Antoine Griezmann after the later felt bad for not being recognized for the team's captaincy.

Griezmann didn't have much choice because even though he probably did even better than Mbappe at the World Cup, but he is more of the past and Mbappe is obviously the future. Therefore, if he had aggravated the conflict, then it would have been decided not in his favor, therefore, the reconciliation of the players in this situation is simply logic and not someone's specific merit. But in general Deschamps is giving a result and France are top 1 favorites to win Euro24, let's see how they can realize their chances.

[Z-tight]

Griezmann didn't have much choice because even though he probably did even better than Mbappe at the World Cup, but he is more of the past and Mbappe is obviously the future. Therefore, if he had aggravated the conflict, then it would have been decided not in his favor, therefore, the reconciliation of the players in this situation is simply logic and not someone's specific merit. But in general Deschamps is giving a result and France are top 1 favorites to win Euro24, let's see how they can realize their chances.

Griezmann was either going to accept it or retire from the French national team, he does not want to retire yet so he had to accept the decision even though he didn't agree with it and neither did i, Mbappe shouldn't be the captain, even though he is the best player in the team, there are other senior players that deserve to be captain ahead of Mbappe, but the decision is already made and cannot be changed. France are surely the favorites for any tournament they are in right now, and they are favorites for the Euro next year and will probably win it, but anything can happen though.

[KTChampions]

Griezmann didn't have much choice because even though he probably did even better than Mbappe at the World Cup, but he is more of the past and Mbappe is obviously the future. Therefore, if he had aggravated the conflict, then it would have been decided not in his favor, therefore, the reconciliation of the players in this situation is simply logic and not someone's specific merit. But in general Deschamps is giving a result and France are top 1 favorites to win Euro24, let's see how they can realize their chances.

Griezmann was either going to accept it or retire from the French national team, he does not want to retire yet so he had to accept the decision even though he didn't agree with it and neither did i, Mbappe shouldn't be the captain, even though he is the best player in the team, there are other senior players that deserve to be captain ahead of Mbappe, but the decision is already made and cannot be changed. France are surely the favorites for any tournament they are in right now, and they are favorites for the Euro next year and will probably win it, but anything can happen though.

By the way, the gap between France and the other two competitors is not so great:

France 6.00

Germany 6.50

England 6.75

Spain 9.00

Portugal 11.00

Italy 12.00

Belgium 14.00

Netherlands 15.00

In general, this is probably a fair assessment, the only thing that is clearly out of place is Spain - it seems to me that they showed dull football at the World Cup and it is unlikely that anything will change in two years. I don’t understand why they are better than the Netherlands or Italy.

[Sithara007]

By the way, the gap between France and the other two competitors is not so great:

France 6.00

Germany 6.50

England 6.75

Spain 9.00

Portugal 11.00

Italy 12.00

Belgium 14.00

Netherlands 15.00

In general, this is probably a fair assessment, the only thing that is clearly out of place is Spain - it seems to me that they showed dull football at the World Cup and it is unlikely that anything will change in two years. I don’t understand why they are better than the Netherlands or Italy.

Don't want to say anything offensive, but the odds look batshit crazy to me. Hardly any difference between France and Germany? Germany ahead of England? Seriously? And then Portugal ahead of Italy. IMO, France should be well ahead of all the other teams and England should be in second position. I checked the odds in a few sportsbooks that I use, and Germany is being given very favorable odds in all of them. I don't understand this. Germany is a dying team and they performed very poorly during Qatar 2022. I agree that they will be having the home advantage. But how much that is going to help them? 

[Hirose UK]

Griezmann didn't have much choice because even though he probably did even better than Mbappe at the World Cup, but he is more of the past and Mbappe is obviously the future. Therefore, if he had aggravated the conflict, then it would have been decided not in his favor, therefore, the reconciliation of the players in this situation is simply logic and not someone's specific merit. But in general Deschamps is giving a result and France are top 1 favorites to win Euro24, let's see how they can realize their chances.

Griezmann was either going to accept it or retire from the French national team, he does not want to retire yet so he had to accept the decision even though he didn't agree with it and neither did i, Mbappe shouldn't be the captain, even though he is the best player in the team, there are other senior players that deserve to be captain ahead of Mbappe, but the decision is already made and cannot be changed. France are surely the favorites for any tournament they are in right now, and they are favorites for the Euro next year and will probably win it, but anything can happen though.

It looks like Griezmann will still accept that decision and play for the French national team because he is unlikely to retire from France because he is one of the best players in the French national team.
I'm sure Griezmann is a bit disappointed by the decision, but he can only accept it because he can't do more to consider a decision that's already valid.
Mbappe may not be the only best player in the French team but Mbappe has managed to give France a lot of wins and he has shown that his game form is so good that he deserves to be the captain of the French team.
Moreover, Mbappe also successfully led France to win the 2018 World Cup and won the title of best young player in the 2018 World Cup.
Even today, Mbappe is still one of the best players in the world, so it is only natural that he was chosen to captain France.

[shogun47]

By the way, the gap between France and the other two competitors is not so great:

France 6.00

Germany 6.50

England 6.75

Spain 9.00

Portugal 11.00

Italy 12.00

Belgium 14.00

Netherlands 15.00

In general, this is probably a fair assessment, the only thing that is clearly out of place is Spain - it seems to me that they showed dull football at the World Cup and it is unlikely that anything will change in two years. I don’t understand why they are better than the Netherlands or Italy.

Don't want to say anything offensive, but the odds look batshit crazy to me. Hardly any difference between France and Germany? Germany ahead of England? Seriously? And then Portugal ahead of Italy. IMO, France should be well ahead of all the other teams and England should be in second position. I checked the odds in a few sportsbooks that I use, and Germany is being given very favorable odds in all of them. I don't understand this. Germany is a dying team and they performed very poorly during Qatar 2022. I agree that they will be having the home advantage. But how much that is going to help them? 

There are a couple of odds that seem to be off. I think England should at least be equal to Germany, but rather ahead as you say. And Spain can never be that far behind either. I don't know if they overvalue the home advantage that much? The last time that a national team won the European Championship in their own country was in 1984 in France. It can't be the home advantage that the bookies value so high. Even Belgium is underrated in my opinion. These are some weird odds and France should be a clear favorite. 

[Sithara007]

There are a couple of odds that seem to be off. I think England should at least be equal to Germany, but rather ahead as you say. And Spain can never be that far behind either. I don't know if they overvalue the home advantage that much? The last time that a national team won the European Championship in their own country was in 1984 in France. It can't be the home advantage that the bookies value so high. Even Belgium is underrated in my opinion. These are some weird odds and France should be a clear favorite. 

I say this repeatedly here (that France is far ahead of the others), but other folks don't agree with me. And I agree with you on the home advantage factor. With or without the home advantage, Germany is a shit team. I don't have a very good opinion about England (especially after their poor performance in the Qatar 2022), but at least I could agree that they are far ahead of Germany. However, I can't agree with you on Belgium. Their peak years are behind them and with the downfall of Lukaku, they are out of contention for Euro 2024.

[slackovic]

There are a couple of odds that seem to be off. I think England should at least be equal to Germany, but rather ahead as you say. And Spain can never be that far behind either. I don't know if they overvalue the home advantage that much? The last time that a national team won the European Championship in their own country was in 1984 in France. It can't be the home advantage that the bookies value so high. Even Belgium is underrated in my opinion. These are some weird odds and France should be a clear favorite. 

Belgium is not underrated. Their national team is nothing compared to their old days. At least they looked really bad in the World Cup last year.

I say this repeatedly here (that France is far ahead of the others), but other folks don't agree with me. And I agree with you on the home advantage factor. With or without the home advantage, Germany is a shit team. I don't have a very good opinion about England (especially after their poor performance in the Qatar 2022), but at least I could agree that they are far ahead of Germany. However, I can't agree with you on Belgium. Their peak years are behind them and with the downfall of Lukaku, they are out of contention for Euro 2024.

Finally we agree on something. I'm talking about Belgium I also agree about Germany. I wouldn't say that they have that high chance to win the Euro 2024.

I just don't understand how can bookies give more chance to win the championship to Belgium or Netherlands than to Croatia. I don't know where these odds came from, but I would love to see the odds for Croatia. I'm not saying that they will win it, but I really don't think that Belgium or Netherlands are better teams than Croatia.

[Daniel91]

There are a couple of odds that seem to be off. I think England should at least be equal to Germany, but rather ahead as you say. And Spain can never be that far behind either. I don't know if they overvalue the home advantage that much? The last time that a national team won the European Championship in their own country was in 1984 in France. It can't be the home advantage that the bookies value so high. Even Belgium is underrated in my opinion. These are some weird odds and France should be a clear favorite. 

Belgium is not underrated. Their national team is nothing compared to their old days. At least they looked really bad in the World Cup last year.

I say this repeatedly here (that France is far ahead of the others), but other folks don't agree with me. And I agree with you on the home advantage factor. With or without the home advantage, Germany is a shit team. I don't have a very good opinion about England (especially after their poor performance in the Qatar 2022), but at least I could agree that they are far ahead of Germany. However, I can't agree with you on Belgium. Their peak years are behind them and with the downfall of Lukaku, they are out of contention for Euro 2024.

Finally we agree on something. I'm talking about Belgium I also agree about Germany. I wouldn't say that they have that high chance to win the Euro 2024.

I just don't understand how can bookies give more chance to win the championship to Belgium or Netherlands than to Croatia. I don't know where these odds came from, but I would love to see the odds for Croatia. I'm not saying that they will win it, but I really don't think that Belgium or Netherlands are better teams than Croatia.

At the World Cup, Belgium was very bad in the first game against Canada, but after that they raised their level of play and were much better, especially in the game against us when they were a much better team. Only luck and the miraculous Guardiol saved Croatia from a well-deserved defeat.
Some say that Belgium is an old team that is no longer good, but it is a very experienced and high-quality national team that should not be underestimated.
The German national team is definitely in a big decline since the 2014 World Cup and they are not favorites at the next EURO, even though they are the hosts.
The Croatian national team is always dangerous and unpredictable, and has a chance to make a big result again.

[slackovic]

At the World Cup, Belgium was very bad in the first game against Canada, but after that they raised their level of play and were much better, especially in the game against us when they were a much better team. Only luck and the miraculous Guardiol saved Croatia from a well-deserved defeat.
Some say that Belgium is an old team that is no longer good, but it is a very experienced and high-quality national team that should not be underestimated.
The German national team is definitely in a big decline since the 2014 World Cup and they are not favorites at the next EURO, even though they are the hosts.
The Croatian national team is always dangerous and unpredictable, and has a chance to make a big result again.

I don't think that they are old as a team. Their average age is 27 years. Even their best players are all under 30 years. I wouldn't say that they are old. I didn't watch all their games, but the games against Canada and Morocco were pretty bad. Maybe they just underestimated them. But if you look at their last game against Sweden, Lukaku scored all three goals. They depend on him a lot and if he is not at his best, or if he gets injured, it would be catastrophic for them.

I'm curious to see how Croatia will play once Modrić won't be playing for the national team. I don't think that Croatia depends on him as much as Belgium depends on Lukaku.

[Jody.Drummer]

There are a couple of odds that seem to be off. I think England should at least be equal to Germany, but rather ahead as you say. And Spain can never be that far behind either. I don't know if they overvalue the home advantage that much? The last time that a national team won the European Championship in their own country was in 1984 in France. It can't be the home advantage that the bookies value so high. Even Belgium is underrated in my opinion. These are some weird odds and France should be a clear favorite. 

I say this repeatedly here (that France is far ahead of the others), but other folks don't agree with me. And I agree with you on the home advantage factor. With or without the home advantage, Germany is a shit team. I don't have a very good opinion about England (especially after their poor performance in the Qatar 2022), but at least I could agree that they are far ahead of Germany. However, I can't agree with you on Belgium. Their peak years are behind them and with the downfall of Lukaku, they are out of contention for Euro 2024.

Many people disagree with you because they have their own opinion about this, and we can't force what we say even if they agree. Francis has indeed been a very good team lately, that was seen when they managed to compete in the World Cup final, even though in the end they had to lose to Argentina. I think it is possible that the performance of some countries will change, they may be better and they may be worse. What's more, now is the time to make those changes happen before UEFA Euro 2024.

[KTChampions]

By the way, the gap between France and the other two competitors is not so great:

France 6.00

Germany 6.50

England 6.75

Spain 9.00

Portugal 11.00

Italy 12.00

Belgium 14.00

Netherlands 15.00

In general, this is probably a fair assessment, the only thing that is clearly out of place is Spain - it seems to me that they showed dull football at the World Cup and it is unlikely that anything will change in two years. I don’t understand why they are better than the Netherlands or Italy.

Don't want to say anything offensive, but the odds look batshit crazy to me. Hardly any difference between France and Germany? Germany ahead of England? Seriously? And then Portugal ahead of Italy. IMO, France should be well ahead of all the other teams and England should be in second position. I checked the odds in a few sportsbooks that I use, and Germany is being given very favorable odds in all of them. I don't understand this. Germany is a dying team and they performed very poorly during Qatar 2022. I agree that they will be having the home advantage. But how much that is going to help them? 

Perhaps your comments would make more sense if it was a round robin tournament, but this is a tournament where everything is decided in the playoffs and there is a lot of randomness here - a lot depends on who gets into the easy way and who gets into the hard one. I think it's clear that if Germany has easy opponents and France plays England in the 1/8 and then Spain/Belgium in the 1/4, then Germany will have more chances and vice versa. I think bookmakers take this into account when setting quotes.

[yayayo]

The ideal opportunity for Germany to take revenge for the series of disappointing tournaments in recent years. And I mean both the European Championship and the World Cup. If Germany is allowed to play all matches in Germany, then that should give a huge boost in every match. They have a very talented but also young selection. Players like Kroos are on their way out and will have to make way for the youth. I don't know how good Germany is at the moment, but with the current squad they are certainly not favorites for the title. The coach will also have a considerable influence on the results and subsequently the way of playing.

ya.ya.yo!

[sana54210]

There are a couple of odds that seem to be off. I think England should at least be equal to Germany, but rather ahead as you say. And Spain can never be that far behind either. I don't know if they overvalue the home advantage that much? The last time that a national team won the European Championship in their own country was in 1984 in France. It can't be the home advantage that the bookies value so high. Even Belgium is underrated in my opinion. These are some weird odds and France should be a clear favorite. 

I say this repeatedly here (that France is far ahead of the others), but other folks don't agree with me. And I agree with you on the home advantage factor. With or without the home advantage, Germany is a shit team. I don't have a very good opinion about England (especially after their poor performance in the Qatar 2022), but at least I could agree that they are far ahead of Germany. However, I can't agree with you on Belgium. Their peak years are behind them and with the downfall of Lukaku, they are out of contention for Euro 2024.

I agree with you. France is nowhere near anyone else's level, they are far better and they "should" win it. Obviously as per anything could happen in football and they may end up losing on a bad game, sometimes the performance doesn't show the talent and some teams end up playing worse than how they could, and lose games they should win, if something like that happens then we could see France not have a good result, that is understandable and if the other people say that then I agree with them.

But in any other normal condition, it is obvious that France has a much better talent pool right now than any other team in the cup, they should be winning not only euro 2024, but I think they will probably win world cup 2026 as well with this team.