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

[Nheer]

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

It’s true players don’t give their best in friendlies and coaches also don’t take it seriously and they use it just to gain match fitness for the players. They make sure to utilize every player in the team that way they make too many changes just so everyone can play. Doing so will make the performance of the team to depreciate.

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

You have a point, staying away from friendlies is the best thing to do else you end up losing your money. Players approach friendlies with an unserious mindset and too many changes done affects the performance of the team and outcome of the game. I always avoid betting on friendlies, i rather wait till a serious competition commences than to lose my money.

[EL MOHA]

It’s true players don’t give their best in friendlies and coaches also don’t take it seriously and they use it just to gain match fitness for the players. They make sure to utilize every player in the team that way they make too many changes just so everyone can play. Doing so will make the performance of the team to depreciate.

Yes apart from the Keeping fit of a thing that makes managers to rotate the players in during friendly matches, there are also tactical experiments before the competition by the coaches to see if some players will fit in a role perfectly as the presumed. The other important thing is that the number of injuries in the past friendly matches before a major tournament has reduced because some coaches do not just over use their key

You have a point, staying away from friendlies is the best thing to do else you end up losing your money. Players approach friendlies with an unserious mindset and too many changes done affects the performance of the team and outcome of the game. I always avoid betting on friendlies, i rather wait till a serious competition commences than to lose my money.

The thing is this is the period where high odds are flying around and you know how gambling is, the higher the risk the bigger the reward and many gamblers just have to place that bet. I don’t warn against betting friendly games but my advice is always that the risk involved is always higher than a competitive football.

[$weetne$$]

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

I only watch friendly games and do not try to bet on them because I know the teams are not going to be taking the game very serious. It is mostly doing friendly that you can see a highly rated nation get defeated by a lower nation. It is only players that have a goal record to chase that takes friendly serious. Ronaldo is one of those players that do not take friendly games as a joke because he is going to be playing with the same seriousness that he uses in regular games for friendly matches and I love to watch him play. I have been surprised by the friendly games between the nations that will be playing in the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament, they are not showing us that we will be getting a quality football tournament but I would not be too quick to make my conclusions since friendlies are always different from the main matches.

[BlackBoss_]

In a friendly match with Ireland, Portugal won 3 - 0 with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, a first goal is from Joao Felix. In his two goals, the first goal is magnificent and shows Ronaldo's great skills. I believe no goalkeeper can make a save against that shot and with two goals in a last friendly match before Euro 2024, Cristiano shown that he is good enough to appear in Portuguese main squad in this Euro.

He will have to play alternatively with young players and will not play all minutes in all matches for Portugal at this age. This match and his general performances in this season with Al Nassr in Saudi Professional League show that he is still useful for his team but the coach must use him cleverly.

[LUCKMCFLY]

The truth is it is a shame for Enes Ünal, a great player of the Turkish national team, however they have a very good team and can make the difference, personally I also think like you, I position Portugal as first in their group, but as long as the coach knows how to handle the kids who are anti cr7 because Bruno and a few others find it difficult not to pass the player too much, then you have to add these things, as a coach I would not even call BRUNO, I would call another player who would do a much better job and with that I would make way for new generation relief players who at least let themselves be guided and advised by the veterans and can do a better job and not have what happened in Qatar happen again.

As someone who watched super league because I like betting on it (I would suggest to everyone, it's quite easy to make some money from that league) so I know plenty of their players, and of course we have all seen what Arda guler did.

I have to say, they have preferred some players I am not familiar with during the last Italy friendly, don't know if it was just to see some of the players they want to cut, but in the end I know that if they do go out with their "ideal" eleven, and manager doesn't do some stupid decision making, they are actually quite good. I believe that they could probably do something very good, like semi finals or so, it looks like they are capable by sheer talent, we just need to see if manager does well.

For me Turkey is one of the best teams I have seen play, of course they played against a giant like Italy, that's why I have always thought that when we have to find the best positions for this team, the youngest can be a solution, Arda Guler could be one of the stars who has not been given many minutes in the friendlies just so that he does not get injured, and this is something that can be understood, in fact in Madrid he is a promise, and I think that Turkey lacked much more to show in that friendly against Italy, for me Turkey has much more, and that is something that we have not seen yet.

[Zackz5000]

In a friendly match with Ireland, Portugal won 3 - 0 with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, a first goal is from Joao Felix. In his two goals, the first goal is magnificent and shows Ronaldo's great skills. I believe no goalkeeper can make a save against that shot and with two goals in a last friendly match before Euro 2024, Cristiano shown that he is good enough to appear in Portuguese main squad in this Euro.

He will have to play alternatively with young players and will not play all minutes in all matches for Portugal at this age. This match and his general performances in this season with Al Nassr in Saudi Professional League show that he is still useful for his team but the coach must use him cleverly.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been outstanding for Portugal in the past years carry the country along and also doing it currently is something that amused me at times considering his age, his brace In the international friendly game against Ireland has shown that Cristiano Ronaldo is still fit enough to participate fully in the upcoming Euro 2024 at Germany.
Cristiano Ronaldo will perform well in this year Euro 2024 competition considering his good form last season for Al Nassr I believe this Euro 2024 will be his last football dance in this competition for Portugal I believe with his efforts and other of his team mate Portugal will go thus far in this year Euro 2024.

[Igebotz]

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

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

Not every nation takes friendly games as "friendly" as you think, most especially North American countries playing against their H2H rivals, but if you're talking about warm-up games before a big tournament, like the Euro friendlies we've been watching the past few weeks, I can't agree less - the experienced players aren't putting in as much effort as they should to avoid unnecessary injuries, while the younger players are putting in more effort to impress the coach and to have a chance.

Bet-wise it's recommended to go with low stake and focus more on the underdogs in pre-tounament friendly games or skip and just enjoy the game, it's called "friendly" for a reason 

[FinePoine0]

In a friendly match with Ireland, Portugal won 3 - 0 with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, a first goal is from Joao Felix. In his two goals, the first goal is magnificent and shows Ronaldo's great skills. I believe no goalkeeper can make a save against that shot and with two goals in a last friendly match before Euro 2024, Cristiano shown that he is good enough to appear in Portuguese main squad in this Euro.

He will have to play alternatively with young players and will not play all minutes in all matches for Portugal at this age. This match and his general performances in this season with Al Nassr in Saudi Professional League show that he is still useful for his team but the coach must use him cleverly.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been outstanding for Portugal in the past years carry the country along and also doing it currently is something that amused me at times considering his age, his brace In the international friendly game against Ireland has shown that Cristiano Ronaldo is still fit enough to participate fully in the upcoming Euro 2024 at Germany.
Cristiano Ronaldo will perform well in this year Euro 2024 competition considering his good form last season for Al Nassr I believe this Euro 2024 will be his last football dance in this competition for Portugal I believe with his efforts and other of his team mate Portugal will go thus far in this year Euro 2024.

Cristiano Ronaldo is fit enough to play this season, but he is slowly weakening in the future due to the only age barrier. However, no other player can perform as well as Cristiano Ronaldo has been performing so far. Especially Ronaldo performed much better than the youngsters, but even though he performed well enough for Portugal, the Portuguese team became much weaker when he competed with other exceptionally strong teams.  Because the attack department is strong because of Cristiano Ronaldo but the defense department is very weak.

[swogerino]

I think judging by the odds in theory there should be no surprise results as the difference of the teams in paper is big enough for everyone to go in favor of the heavy favorite.I mean like in the game of Albania vs Italy most likely everyone will bet on Italy to win,there are other analogies like that which in paper should all make us millionaires  .

I hope that we indeed start making money during this tournament and no bad surprise results happen like in World Cup we saw Arabia beat Argentina and also S Korea win against Germany some years ago.In such competitions like the Euro the nature of the tournament is for a gambler,you either make it or break it.

[Inwestour]

Not every nation takes friendly games as "friendly" as you think, most especially North American countries playing against their H2H rivals, but if you're talking about warm-up games before a big tournament, like the Euro friendlies we've been watching the past few weeks, I can't agree less - the experienced players aren't putting in as much effort as they should to avoid unnecessary injuries, while the younger players are putting in more effort to impress the coach and to have a chance.

Bet-wise it's recommended to go with low stake and focus more on the underdogs in pre-tounament friendly games or skip and just enjoy the game, it's called "friendly" for a reason 

Some friendlies can make a difference, like yesterday's game between Portugal and Ireland, since this game was the last friendly for Portugal before the start of the tournament, they wanted to win it to start the EURO with a good mood. I could be wrong, but this is how I understand it for myself, and sometimes friendlies are very important for some teams. But you are right about betting on friendly matches, this is not the best solution, it is better not to take such matches for betting.

[ibuddy122505]

Not every nation takes friendly games as "friendly" as you think, most especially North American countries playing against their H2H rivals, but if you're talking about warm-up games before a big tournament, like the Euro friendlies we've been watching the past few weeks, I can't agree less - the experienced players aren't putting in as much effort as they should to avoid unnecessary injuries, while the younger players are putting in more effort to impress the coach and to have a chance.

Bet-wise it's recommended to go with low stake and focus more on the underdogs in pre-tounament friendly games or skip and just enjoy the game, it's called "friendly" for a reason  

Some friendlies can make a difference, like yesterday's game between Portugal and Ireland, since this game was the last friendly for Portugal before the start of the tournament, they wanted to win it to start the EURO with a good mood. I could be wrong, but this is how I understand it for myself, and sometimes friendlies are very important for some teams. But you are right about betting on friendly matches, this is not the best solution, it is better not to take such matches for betting.

Portugal goes to the Euros with a win over the Republic of Ireland. Even though it was just a friendly, the victory has boosted their confidence. What I mean success always inspires the winning side, and this impact is the evident. Whiles friendlies are important, but betting on these matches is up to each person. But avoid betting on less serious matches; it might be a good idea.

[MAAManda]

I think judging by the odds in theory there should be no surprise results as the difference of the teams in paper is big enough for everyone to go in favor of the heavy favorite.I mean like in the game of Albania vs Italy most likely everyone will bet on Italy to win,there are other analogies like that which in paper should all make us millionaires  .

I hope that we indeed start making money during this tournament and no bad surprise results happen like in World Cup we saw Arabia beat Argentina and also S Korea win against Germany some years ago.In such competitions like the Euro the nature of the tournament is for a gambler,you either make it or break it.

If a gambler goes to a 1X2 bet, OFC the favorite team will be the choice, that will be a real differentiator even though then will only get odds that tend to be smaller. For gamblers who dare to take risks, it's very unwise to go for a 1X2 bet & choose a team that's not the favorite, because the possibility of that happening is impossible (IMO).

I'm waiting for this event, and can't wait to place a handicap bet on Georgia, I think they will be the underdogs in this EURO event. How about you guys? Do you have a favorite team to bet on?

[Unsoldier]

The much-anticipated Euro 2024 tournament begins in two days. I can't name clear favorites yet, because there are a lot of them. But Germany has an advantage over other teams because they will be playing at home. But that will also put a lot of responsibility on them. If Germany can cope with this psychological burden, there is a good chance that they will reach the semifinals at least.

[Oluwa-btc]

In a friendly match with Ireland, Portugal won 3 - 0 with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, a first goal is from Joao Felix. In his two goals, the first goal is magnificent and shows Ronaldo's great skills. I believe no goalkeeper can make a save against that shot and with two goals in a last friendly match before Euro 2024, Cristiano shown that he is good enough to appear in Portuguese main squad in this Euro.

He will have to play alternatively with young players and will not play all minutes in all matches for Portugal at this age. This match and his general performances in this season with Al Nassr in Saudi Professional League show that he is still useful for his team but the coach must use him cleverly.

They need Cristiano Ronaldo in the upcoming Euro's Competition, they should learn from how they treated him during the last Fifa World Cup Competition and work on that, he might be displaying signs of ageing but the experience and IQ he brings into the game is beyond control and not one of these performance you see from players these days.
So many disrespect he has seen since retuning to Manchester United and leaving. I hope he leaves and retires from football in a fine style. If he scores more five goals, then he'll be able to be having 900 country and club league goals in general.

I don't need people or nobody to tell me the kind of player Cristiano Ronaldo is right now.  Tjey should learn to pass the ball to him, give him the services necessary and he'll definitely give you goals.
I'm sure he can score 1000+ goals before retirement. He is indeed the biggest influencer when it comes to the modern day football.

Goodluck to him in the European Competition Ahead ( Kicking off on Friday )

[giammangiato]

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

betting on friendly matches is pretty much suicide, I would never do it, they are too unstable matches where the coaches do the tests
so I think exactly like you, I dont like losing money
I like to bet and have an honest percentage of winning
with friendly matches, this is impossible
I advise you against betting on these matches

[Sithara007]

Portugal goes to the Euros with a win over the Republic of Ireland. Even though it was just a friendly, the victory has boosted their confidence. What I mean success always inspires the winning side, and this impact is the evident. Whiles friendlies are important, but betting on these matches is up to each person. But avoid betting on less serious matches; it might be a good idea.

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.

[Adams0001]

In a friendly match with Ireland, Portugal won 3 - 0 with two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, a first goal is from Joao Felix. In his two goals, the first goal is magnificent and shows Ronaldo's great skills. I believe no goalkeeper can make a save against that shot and with two goals in a last friendly match before Euro 2024, Cristiano shown that he is good enough to appear in Portuguese main squad in this Euro.

He will have to play alternatively with young players and will not play all minutes in all matches for Portugal at this age. This match and his general performances in this season with Al Nassr in Saudi Professional League show that he is still useful for his team but the coach must use him cleverly.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been outstanding for Portugal in the past years carry the country along and also doing it currently is something that amused me at times considering his age, his brace In the international friendly game against Ireland has shown that Cristiano Ronaldo is still fit enough to participate fully in the upcoming Euro 2024 at Germany.
Cristiano Ronaldo will perform well in this year Euro 2024 competition considering his good form last season for Al Nassr I believe this Euro 2024 will be his last football dance in this competition for Portugal I believe with his efforts and other of his team mate Portugal will go thus far in this year Euro 2024.

I was astonished to learn yesterday that I did not believe he could still be healthy and help the country. Ronaldo, on the other hand, is confident that he can help the country win the Euro if he performs well. Ronaldo is tremendously talented, and I don't believe he is ready to retire from football. He is still doing well on the field, and fans continue to fall in love with him. Let's see how the Euro will be if he can win the trophy, but it won't be simple because they have many countries who are better than them and have key players in the country, but football is unpredictable, so let's see how Portugal will go in the group stage.

If Ronaldo tries his best in the tournament and wins the trophy for his country, it will be his greatest satisfaction this year, and I believe he will do his hardest since he is very hardworking and does not give up easily even if they are no longer in the competition. Let's see how the competition goes, because I believe the Euro will be interesting to watch because there will be no club games, and every player will return to his or her home nation to support the competition in which they will compete.

[RaltcoinsB]

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

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

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

I agree with you, friendly matches are not matches you should be betting, as most countries would want to future players that they might not use during a major competition, and sometimes some of the big players don't really take some of the games very serious because nothing is really involve. Ordinary because of the unseriousness that will be attached to the game, it is not ideal for anybody to place a bet on friendly matches. The importance of friendly matches is mostly to assimilate players together and try to form a team out of them, so it's not a waste of time, is it's one way to easily choice a team formation ahead of a serious competition.

I think friendly matches are the most dangerous in betting because the coach changes new players and constantly renews the players. In this case, there is no discipline in the game and the players do not play seriously. They are more comfortable because it is not an official match. If bets are to be placed, I think they should be placed in tournaments.

[Roseline492]

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

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

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

I agree with you, friendly matches are not matches you should be betting, as most countries would want to future players that they might not use during a major competition, and sometimes some of the big players don't really take some of the games very serious because nothing is really involve.

I agree with you because friendly matches are considered not be too serious because is just like a match were players decided to warm there legs and also most clubs normally use it as an avenue to try there younger players in other to know if they will be able to perform well if being introduced on the main matches, so just like you said betting on those matches is very risky because it may not actually play the way you will expect it and also most of the coaches will not even care if they win or lose because there major targets is just to try the performance of there Younger players, though there are some friendly matches that normally use all there major players so in a case like that betting on that match will be advisable.

[bitgolden]

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

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

Not every nation takes friendly games as "friendly" as you think, most especially North American countries playing against their H2H rivals, but if you're talking about warm-up games before a big tournament, like the Euro friendlies we've been watching the past few weeks, I can't agree less - the experienced players aren't putting in as much effort as they should to avoid unnecessary injuries, while the younger players are putting in more effort to impress the coach and to have a chance.

Bet-wise it's recommended to go with low stake and focus more on the underdogs in pre-tounament friendly games or skip and just enjoy the game, it's called "friendly" for a reason 

I feel like warm up games are more like "lets see who plays how" type of thing and I still think that it is not really that important. I feel like the best thing we could do about this would be just ignoring these games and not betting on them. This is my own opinion, of course anyone is entitled to play and bet on any game they want, but that doesn't mean that they will win, it just means that they will have fun, just like any other game you could win or you could lose, there isn't really anything different.

Just because there is a chance that a great team could lose to a smaller team due to game being friendly, doesn't mean in serious games that won't be the case. Look at Spain and Germany last world cup and you know what I mean.