⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers👉Group Stage👉1/8

[Sexylizzy2813]

England has been in this tournament with so many good and over hyped players but still nothing to show for in 3 games only 2 goals and some still see them as one of the favorite to win the tournament. Their forwards haven't lived up to the expectation with the likes of Foden, Harry Kane, Bellingham and the Arsenal man Saka, this made one of Arsenal's legend Ian Wright who loves to see Saka play, came out to say;

Wright explained: "With how naturally left-sided Saka is, can we put Saka at left-back and Palmer on the right-hand side?"

A suggestion I don't think he's suppose to come up with...

All Ian Wright said
I mean how can he say or suggestion such a thing to a man like Saka who has won the England best player 2 times (correct me if I'm wrong) and getting him to play as a left back, even if Palmer is to play I think is best Southgate drops Saka on the bench after he hasn't shown much impact than playing him as a left back, no matter how Saka has managed to grow to this level, we know he started as a left back and that's in the past, how can England come to a competition without a natural left back.
To me Ian Wright shouldn't have said it at all about Saka, fine he hasn't performed as the fans expected but not to that level, Southgate should start Palmer ahead of Saka instead or better still play both players since Foden is going to attend to some family issue (expecting a baby soon), that position should be replaced with either Saka or Palmer, even Bowen is available, for Saka to play as a left back is a no no for me.

[Farma]

I am more interested in the three matches in the Round of 16.

• Switzerland vs Italy
• France vs Belgium
• Austria vs Turkey

There is no doubt that these three matches will be very competitive. Besides, all the remaining matches are more likely to be one-sided. Unless the renowned teams make any major mistakes in the match. England, Germany, Spain and Portugal compete against Slovakia, Denmark, Georgia and Slovenia respectively. These teams are not that strong. So England, Germany, Spain and Portugal will not have a tough road to qualify for the quarter finals. However, it is impossible to predict with certainty which two of the four teams Switzerland, Italy, France and Belgium will qualify for the next round.

For the Switzerland vs Italy match, I agree that this is a match that will be quite fierce and difficult to predict, we have seen the performance of the two teams in the group phase and indeed when compared, the two do not have a significant difference in quality so Switzerland and Italy still have the same percentage. the same to be able to qualify for the round of 8.

However, for the France vs Belgium match, I think it is not that difficult for France, it is clear that the French team has much stronger strength than Belgium, in the group phase we can see that Belgium is not as strong as before, I think this will be an easy match for France.

The Austria vs Turkey match is also fierce, but Austria is a surprise team that is able to perform very well at this Euro so I think they have a slightly greater percentage of winning the match than Turkey.

And other teams are indeed favourites, but I'm sure there will be surprises, at this Euro the average team has even strength so it's hard to predict and lots of surprises will happen, like what happened in the group phase.

[bitLeap]

England has been in this tournament with so many good and over hyped players but still nothing to show for in 3 games only 2 goals and some still see them as one of the favorite to win the tournament. Their forwards haven't lived up to the expectation with the likes of Foden, Harry Kane, Bellingham and the Arsenal man Saka, this made one of Arsenal's legend Ian Wright who loves to see Saka play, came out to say;

Wright explained: "With how naturally left-sided Saka is, can we put Saka at left-back and Palmer on the right-hand side?"

What's wrong with England? The root of the problem and the obstacle to England truly maximizing its star players is Southgate. There is no other national team like England, in every line there are important players whose contributions have been proven. But in the hands of coach Southgate everything is lost, and nothing amazes our eyes when we watch it. England will face Slovakia in the round of 16, where on paper England is superior because it consists of star players, but on the field Slovakia can actually dominate and will make England worthy of being eliminated.

[Sg4j1n3ll0]

I am more interested in the three matches in the Round of 16.

• Switzerland vs Italy
• France vs Belgium
• Austria vs Turkey

There is no doubt that these three matches will be very competitive. Besides, all the remaining matches are more likely to be one-sided. Unless the renowned teams make any major mistakes in the match. England, Germany, Spain and Portugal compete against Slovakia, Denmark, Georgia and Slovenia respectively. These teams are not that strong. So England, Germany, Spain and Portugal will not have a tough road to qualify for the quarter finals. However, it is impossible to predict with certainty which two of the four teams Switzerland, Italy, France and Belgium will qualify for the next round.

For the Switzerland vs Italy match, I agree that this is a match that will be quite fierce and difficult to predict, we have seen the performance of the two teams in the group phase and indeed when compared, the two do not have a significant difference in quality so Switzerland and Italy still have the same percentage. the same to be able to qualify for the round of 8.

However, for the France vs Belgium match, I think it is not that difficult for France, it is clear that the French team has much stronger strength than Belgium, in the group phase we can see that Belgium is not as strong as before, I think this will be an easy match for France.

The Austria vs Turkey match is also fierce, but Austria is a surprise team that is able to perform very well at this Euro so I think they have a slightly greater percentage of winning the match than Turkey.

And other teams are indeed favourites, but I'm sure there will be surprises, at this Euro the average team has even strength so it's hard to predict and lots of surprises will happen, like what happened in the group phase.

it must be said that this European championship is quite balanced but obviously the big clubs will come out when they are cornered as they always have been and certainly Italy and Switzerland will be a beautiful match, a beautiful match with a lot of tension, considering the fact that for now the top scorer of the tournament is a player from georgia I would say that we can expect everything from this tournament, but in my opinion we still have to wait to see the big national teams come out

[emrecemsan]

After leaving the group stage behind and the draw we have, I'm expecting all the favourites to win except Italy. I just can't trust them with this poor level performance.

Italy weren't like they were on the pitch against Spain and they barely saved 1 point against Croatia as well. Life savers like this wouldn't happen all the time. Switzerland are doing pretty well. They even made difficulties for Germany you know and didn't lose to them. If they are able to stand strong there, they should be able to do it way better against this Italy. I'm afraid the last champion isn't playing good at all...  

[bastisisca]

I predict: Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Austria, England and Switzerland will win.

your prediction is not wrong, even I as an Italian am convinced that Italy will lose against Switzerland. There is no game and in the past it would have been a fairly easy match instead now it has practically become a challenging match that the Italian national team will surely lose.

[rendravolt]

It was such a crazy match that Turkey's meeting against the Czechs had to end in chaos between the players which made the referee have to issue so many cards. I know the Czechs' desire is to beat Turkey to secure the best third place after only collecting one point from the previous two matches. But I think Turkey won't let that happen and therefore they have to win convincingly if they want to qualify for the knockout rounds without any problems.

Towards the final minute, Turkey dashed Czech hopes through Cenk Tosun's goal and that was also a sign that the Czechs didn't have another chance. However, I thought it would all end well, but what happened was that all the players were involved in problems and the ones who suffered the most were of course several Turkish players who had to get yellow cards. The reason is that if they get another yellow card in the next match, of course some of their players will have to be absent and that will reduce their strength.

[Solokan]

The only interesting match from the 1/8 finals would probably be France-Belgium. I watched Belgium-Ukraine and I'm not impressed at all by the Belgian team. Why they didn't put some effort and win against Ukraine, so that they could get a better opponent in the elimination stage?
In all the other matches, the favorites would most likely win against the outsiders. Georgia won against Portugal 2-0 but this is probably because Portugal had already won their group. Anyway, the Euro 2024 is getting more and more boring to me. Maybe the teams will start playing for real in the next stage.

Well, the excitement will start to get even more exciting in the round of 16. Because at that stage strong teams will face other strong teams. but for the Belgium vs France match, I think France will be the favorite for the majority of us. Because Mbappe and his friends are much more reliable than De Bruyne and his friends at this Euro. I think many have started to think that there is nothing special about Belgium this time. Even Lukaku seemed to have lost his sharpness at the Euro this time.

but in the round of 16 we haven't fully seen the favorite team face the favorite team. and the real excitement will definitely be in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and of course in the Final.

France's match against Belgium will of course be one of the favorite matches, but in my opinion Spain's match against Georgia might not be less exciting because of course I saw that against Portugal, Georgia managed to win the match with a score of 2-0. . Meanwhile, Spain is also of course a strong team and of course until now no team has been able to beat it and I'm sure this match will be eagerly awaited. yes, but I also don't know whether Portugal's technique is to maintain fitness when playing against Georgia or what and the coach is more concerned with the match in the round of 16. but it is true that a serious match will definitely start and of course all teams will be serious about winning the match.

 The teams that entered the top 16 are of course all strong teams and it is certain that from now on the serious struggle for all teams will begin. De Bruyne is a strong player and his performance looks good at Manchester City, but of course we will not know his performance when playing against France, but I am sure De Bruyne will fight as hard as he can to defend his country and I am sure he will do well. Mbappe is also very great and will definitely try his best and play well for France. In my opinion, in the round of 16 De Bruyne and Mbappe will definitely show their best performance and this time it is difficult for us to predict.

Of course the excitement will start in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals, but now we are enjoying the excitement and competition in the round of 16 first.

[ajanwalker]

I watched the Türkiye Czechia match last night. If Barak was not kicked out and the Czech Republic was left with 10 players, the Turkish National Team's job would have been very difficult.
The Czech Republic was the better side in my opinion. Even though there were 10 men in the first half, the Czech Republic had the clearest scoring opportunity of the match, but Mert blocked the goal.
Hakan scored a good goal at minute 51 of the second half.
When the Czech Republic saw the goal in their goal, they attacked and I think the goal they scored was a foul, but neither the referee nor the Var Referees canceled the goal.
After this minute, the Czech Republic attacked for the victory, but Turkey scored the winning goal with Cenk Tosun from the counter attack.
Türkiye advanced to the next round, but it is difficult in this round. They will play against Austria, whom they previously lost 6-1 in a friendly match.
I am also looking forward to the result of the match.

[$crypto$]

I predict: Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Austria, England and Switzerland will win.

your prediction is not wrong, even I as an Italian am convinced that Italy will lose against Switzerland. There is no game and in the past it would have been a fairly easy match instead now it has practically become a challenging match that the Italian national team will surely lose.

Don't be pessimistic for Italy there is still hope to beat Switzerland while Italy still has a mentality in the big competition even though the game is declining I don't need to underestimate it.
Not yet seen the betting market for this knockout round, whether the odds of Switzerland and Italy are almost the same or there is a big difference, but in the match no team is looking for safety they must win if they want to qualify while Italy still has hope.

[Unsoldier]

The only interesting match from the 1/8 finals would probably be France-Belgium. I watched Belgium-Ukraine and I'm not impressed at all by the Belgian team. Why they didn't put some effort and win against Ukraine, so that they could get a better opponent in the elimination stage?
In all the other matches, the favorites would most likely win against the outsiders. Georgia won against Portugal 2-0 but this is probably because Portugal had already won their group. Anyway, the Euro 2024 is getting more and more boring to me. Maybe the teams will start playing for real in the next stage.

Teams are getting more and more familiar with the tournament with each match. For example, Georgia, which has never played at the European Championship, showed a great game yesterday against Portugal. I thought the Portuguese team would win with an advantage of 2 goals at least, but quite unexpectedly Georgia did it. So the teams will show great soccer in the playoff matches.

[marii awan]

Today Portugal match was really bad, of course not it was tiring, obviously without motivation, it's a pity that Ronaldo didn't score, but the level of refereeing was below criticism.

Portugal does not play with his bench strength as they already secured their place in the round of 16 but at least they have to show a good game which they didn't such a boring match it was.

[giammangiato]

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Switzerland - Italy: probably the toughest game. Switzerland has delivered an awesome game against Germany and they have shown how dangerous they can be. Italy can never be written off with their last minute goal. That's going to be a tough and close one.
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In fact this match worries me a lot, in recent years Switzerland has improved a lot and has a good game and a good dribbling. For us it is a very complicated match and we certainly must not make mistakes otherwise we are out. It would be nice to advance.

[Amphenomenon]

I predict: Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Austria, England and Switzerland will win.

your prediction is not wrong, even I as an Italian am convinced that Italy will lose against Switzerland. There is no game and in the past it would have been a fairly easy match instead now it has practically become a challenging match that the Italian national team will surely lose.

Don't be pessimistic for Italy there is still hope to beat Switzerland while Italy still has a mentality in the big competition even though the game is declining I don't need to underestimate it.
Not yet seen the betting market for this knockout round, whether the odds of Switzerland and Italy are almost the same or there is a big difference, but in the match no team is looking for safety they must win if they want to qualify while Italy still has hope.

Italy maybe given higher chances of winning before extra time probably base on past meetings but I doubt if this match might get to extra time or penalty shootout but if it does I think it becomes more difficult to predict who would win especially in the penalty shootout because both goalie are beast in that category.

Though I think Switzerland would win, except maybe Italy might be able to use opportunity to score because Switzerland being to hold Germany to a draw is huge feet to me especially from the fact that Germany scored the highest number of goals in Group stage.

[marii awan]

The matches in Group F are over and Turkey is second and advances to the next round.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Cenk Tosun scored great goals.
I think there was a foul in the Czech goal but the referee didn't give it.
The referee showed a yellow card for every foul.

Turkey is still playing without a striker, I still don't understand what Montella is trying to do.
Arda Güler and Kenan Yıldız were very bad today. Arda missed a clear goal, he just had to touch the ball.

Turkey and Czech game was very interesting as injury time goal send turkey into round of 16 a lot of fights cards rash challenges take place in this game and it was worth to watch that match .

[Polkeins]

I don't understand why people are surprised to see Georgia beat Portugal, like I said before, when a team already secured the position, they will lose the motivation to win.

See England and France, they can't beat their opponents even they have good quality. Portugal is same, they just want to play without pressure and don't mind if they lose.

Georgia played well in the previous matches, but Portugal was a clear favorite and the odds for Georgia's victory were 8.2 and this tells us that even bookmakers did not believe in Georgia's victory. Besides, I would not compare Portugal with France and Belgium, because Portugal won their previous matches quite freely, scoring a lot of goals and it was obvious that this is a team of a different level and unlike France and Belgium, the players of the Portuguese national team did not suffer on the field or did not play their matches to a zero draw, like Belgium with Ukraine, so many people thought that this time Portugal won.
Georgia were very lucky to score first, but more importantly, the referee started giving yellow cards to the Portuguese players for simulation and they stopped falling in the Georgian penalty box in the hope of getting a penalty.

[Altryist]

Austria surprised by beating the Netherlands but I'm not discouraged by Turkey because this team still deserves to win in this knockout round, maybe it can be said that the team is balanced because Turkey is also a team that cannot be underestimated.

At least with a 2-1 Czech win it's better than nothing, I know the Czechs were down to 10 men but Turkey seemed to struggle a bit but in the final game Turkey scored their winner, more disappointed that Portugal lost even though they had qualified early.

Turkey was able to win because Barak received two yellow cards too quickly, which turned into a red, this happened in the 20th minute of the match, and of course Turkey had enough time to take advantage of this, although my opinion is that the Czech Republic played very well despite that. Austria's victory was definitely unexpected, I think that many of us underestimated this team properly. Austria played a friendly match with Turkey not long ago, we all remember the result, taking this into account, I think that Austria will be able to defeat Turkey.

[marii awan]

The knockout matches has been determined and the toughest game would be between France and Belgium where I believe France would advance.
Spain, Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Turkiye, England and Italy would be the favorites in their respective competition but nothing can be said sure specially during knockouts.

Teams and their clash are final now and after 2 day break round of 16 matches are on their way. Every team is good and shows a good intention so not even a single match is easy for anyone. The team that play a good game will surely win the match and proceed further.

[Solokan]

After leaving the group stage behind and the draw we have, I'm expecting all the favourites to win except Italy. I just can't trust them with this poor level performance.

Italy weren't like they were on the pitch against Spain and they barely saved 1 point against Croatia as well. Life savers like this wouldn't happen all the time. Switzerland are doing pretty well. They even made difficulties for Germany you know and didn't lose to them. If they are able to stand strong there, they should be able to do it way better against this Italy. I'm afraid the last champion isn't playing good at all...  

Indeed, Italy did not play well and was only able to reach 2nd place in Group B and also only managed to get 4 points. Of course it is natural if you believe that Italy will fail to win in the next match in the round of 16 against Switzerland.

indeed, if you look at this, of course Switzerland is superior to Italy and indeed that is strong evidence that Switzerland is indeed a strong opponent for Italy and indeed the score when Switzerland played against Germany was 1-1 and that is a good achievement achieved by Switzerland and Italy to date. They were still lucky because against Croatia the result was a draw but fortunately in the final minutes of the match Italy managed to score a goal against Croatia finally a 1-1 draw

However, Italy has now successfully advanced to the round of 16 and of course I am sure that Luciano will definitely make his men perform even better in this last 16 match and of course I am sure that Luciano will learn from past experiences. However, according to my hunch, Italy will give us all a surprise in the next match and I am sure that as the last Euro champion he definitely does not want to be humiliated in this last 16 round. and when Italy plays Switzerland, I think I want to bet on Italy winning.

[Sexylizzy2813]

England has been in this tournament with so many good and over hyped players but still nothing to show for in 3 games only 2 goals and some still see them as one of the favorite to win the tournament. Their forwards haven't lived up to the expectation with the likes of Foden, Harry Kane, Bellingham and the Arsenal man Saka, this made one of Arsenal's legend Ian Wright who loves to see Saka play, came out to say;

Wright explained: "With how naturally left-sided Saka is, can we put Saka at left-back and Palmer on the right-hand side?"

What's wrong with England? The root of the problem and the obstacle to England truly maximizing its star players is Southgate. There is no other national team like England, in every line there are important players whose contributions have been proven. But in the hands of coach Southgate everything is lost, and nothing amazes our eyes when we watch it. England will face Slovakia in the round of 16, where on paper England is superior because it consists of star players, but on the field Slovakia can actually dominate and will make England worthy of being eliminated.

They don't have a playing pattern and Southgate isn't helping out in anyway even when he sees the fans reaction to his regular playing of same players who are not making any difference. Slovakia can't be seen as a small opponent against England and if care is not taken the English team will head to extra time in that encounter because their performance is nothing to write home about in this competition. Southgate is the main reason why ex EPL players and ex England players are free to say things about his selections of players especially the one Ian Wright said on Saka to play as a left back in their next game.