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

[Arenga pinnata]

but if Spain loses to Georgia then it will be the biggest surprise at this Euro. But I'm pretty sure at least Spain won't suffer the same fate as Italy. Because so far Spain has many advantages over Georgia. In fact, Spain was the only team that managed to collect 9 points in the group stage. And Spain is the only team that did not concede a single goal in the group stage. In fact, I now think that Spain is the strongest candidate to win the Euros this time.

It was already the biggest surprise, almost an impossible thing to see Georgia beating Portugal. I think that Georgia shouldn't be underestimated, despite the fact that our team is not the strongest, our performance against Portugal was super amazing and at the moment Mamardashvili is one of the best goalkeeper of Euro 2024. Our player George Mikautadze is also the top scorer of Euro 2024.

Well that would be the biggest surprise. And yes, Georgia cannot be underestimated. Or I might say that all the teams that made it through to the round of 16 definitely cannot be underestimated. Even though some teams are not favorites, surprises can come from each team that is not the favorite. Switzerland is also not the favorite but they won against Italy. and yes, Georgia could also do the same thing. But I would still prefer to bet on Spain. Even though I know that Georgia beat Portugal in the group stage, we know that in the match against Portugal we saw that at that time Portugal only played mostly second-tier players. But yeah, Georgia has enough sharpness to be wary of. Every attack they successfully launch always has quite good accuracy. It's just that we are now talking about the Spanish fortress that has not been penetrated in the group stage. So yeah, Spain still has the upper hand as the favorite team. But if Georgia can surprise us all then we deserve to stand up and applaud them. Because it shows that they have advantages over other teams.

[Sg4j1n3ll0]

Italy's defeat was totally meaningless, you can't play a match without having clear ideas, yesterday the team was only the backs and no one else's you can't play with a formation and change it then change it the next day, formation without ideas

[Synchronice]

England vs Slovakia
Broadly speaking, of course on paper England has a greater chance of winning, but on the field Slovakia looks optimistic by taking advantage of the imbalance in England game, which always struggles to create more opportunities. So even though England are the favorites, there is still a percentage that gives Slovakia a breath of fresh air if the English players have difficulty implementing Southgate's strategy again.



Spain vs Georgia
It's also not an easy match for Sylvinho troops because in terms of defense Georgia has solid strength. Spain could indeed come out as winners but the score may be close, depending on how far the Georgia players show their best performance on the field. Finally, in the group stage, Portugal was able to give big difficulties and was unable to break into Georgia's goal. For this reason, I hope Georgia will do the same thing again in the match against Spain.

In what direction do you prediction?

I don't know what to say, it's becoming very impossible to predict the result of Euro 2024. I think that the match between England and Slovakia will be draw but England will in penalties. If England makes a mistake like Belgium did, then Slovakia might manage to keep the result and win the match.

Spain vs Georgia is another interesting match. From the previous match, it seems that Georgia is not a capable team, their biggest advantage is the goalkeeper Mamardashvili who almost saves every strike but he alone can't protect the team but as I see, Georgia often manages to create a very dangerous moment but their players luck skills and experience to finish the moment with the goal. By the way, in previous match against Portugal, their performance was great, defence was superb and offence was quite good as well. From their players, I only knew Mamardashvili and Kvaratskhelia but to be honest, this new (unknown before) guy Mikautadze outshines Kvaratskhelia. I think that Spain will win but there is still a 1% chance for Georgia. 99% Spain wins!

[abhiseshakana]

What a performance by Germany right?    They really owned the game last night and didn't surprise any of us. I was even surprised about not seeing any goal in the first half.

But Denmark's resistance was broken in the early minutes of the second half. Havertz and Musiala were awesome. Especially Musiala is playing like a machine.    Nagelsmann wants to see him going on like this until the end of the tournament. Germany are absolutely going for the trophy!

yes it was on the cards that Germany would win. They had a very strong first 15 minutes
but Denmark came into the match and did quite well. It a bit bitter though to have
a goal disallowed and awarded a penalty against in the space of a minute
by the same player. That was a horror match for Andersen.

The better team won on the night. Did anyone else feel the ref was slightly more
on Germany's side?

Germany really played impressively against Denmark, even if they can maximize every opportunity they have, I think they might win with a score of 4-0. At first, Denmark looked like it could match Germany's game. But, after the match was resumed (it had previously been stopped due to thunderstorms), Denmark was starting to struggle in facing his opponent's attack. The impact of the disallowed goal and the moment of handball which gave Germany a penalty, seemed to make Denmark's mentality start to waver.

[dzungmobile]

England vs Slovakia
Broadly speaking, of course on paper England has a greater chance of winning, but on the field Slovakia looks optimistic by taking advantage of the imbalance in England game, which always struggles to create more opportunities. So even though England are the favorites, there is still a percentage that gives Slovakia a breath of fresh air if the English players have difficulty implementing Southgate's strategy again.

England are stronger and a win is the only task for Southgate and his players. Even a poor winning performance will put Southgate into bigger pressure. If England fails, Southgate will instantly see an exit gate as a coach of England team.

England fans have to hope that Southgate and his players will wake up on time after witnessing a big shock from Italy last night.

Spain vs Georgia
It's also not an easy match for Sylvinho troops because in terms of defense Georgia has solid strength. Spain could indeed come out as winners but the score may be close, depending on how far the Georgia players show their best performance on the field. Finally, in the group stage, Portugal was able to give big difficulties and was unable to break into Georgia's goal. For this reason, I hope Georgia will do the same thing again in the match against Spain.

Georgia already outperform with their own expectation and this match against Spain will be a final match for Georgia. They will not hesitate to play with all things they have to enjoy this match. Win or lose is not most important with Georgian players and they will aim at enjoy the match because even appear in an Euro competition is massive success for their national team. But now they have more than that, a first knock out match in Euro for their national team.

Georgia have a good goalkeeper who made many saves but this reflects a fact that they mostly had to play defensively with big attacking pressure from opponents in previous matches. A good defense system is a foundation for success but will Georgia maintain it in this match? It will decide the match result because with counter attacking as their main favorite tactics, Georgia will not have abundant opportunities to find goals.

[Sithara007]

Yesterday I warned everyone not to take Switzerland lightly. And look at what happened. Italy is out of the tournament thanks to goals from Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas. A decade or so ago, such an outcome would have been unimaginable. But then, demographics is not on Italy's side. Their legendary players are all gone, and they have a rapidly ageing population (even when you compare the same with Switzerland). Anyway, it is not going to be easy for Switzerland either. In all probability, they will be facing England next.

[reagansimms]

Italy's defeat was totally meaningless, you can't play a match without having clear ideas, yesterday the team was only the backs and no one else's you can't play with a formation and change it then change it the next day, formation without ideas

Italy journey at Euro 2024 ended after only winning once and losing 2 times in 4 matches, the negative results achieved by Italy included being humiliated by Switzerland due to the lack of quality possessed by the Italian national team coached by Luciano Spalletti. Italy who was the defending champion, was unable to match the strength of Switzerland. The very poor game displayed by Italy made Luciano Spalletti name the target of anger and criticism.
Italy really didn't have any quality at all in this Euro, their game was very different from when they won the trophy at the previous Euro. Italy's failure in the round of 16 will leave a bad impression on its coach, Spalletti is considered incompetent in selecting the players who will be brought to Germany.

[rendravolt]

In the end, it was still Germany who won the match against Denmark and even though it was colored by natural phenomena where there was very loud lightning, it did not ignite their enthusiasm to achieve victory as hosts. Kai Havertz repeatedly had opportunities in this match but unfortunately it still didn't result in a goal, but this Arsenal player finally also scored from the spot to open the scoring for Germany.

After that, Germany was not satisfied with their narrow lead and they continued to attack the Danish defense until finally they managed to score a goal through Jamal Musiala. These talented young players are extraordinary in their finishing at such a young age and it seems like Germany's future will depend on one of these players. In my opinion, Germany is still the favorite to win so far among the other teams.

[makishart]

It has been visible since the start of the Euro that Italy is playing like the country of Mediakor, I would not be surprised by this 2-0 result from the way they faced Spain and they played like that, it is very clear that the Italian game and players have declined since Buffon's retirement. Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, and several important Juventus players who were not called by Luciano Spalletti, have lost the title of defending champion in the hands of Italy.

The poor way of playing of the Italian players has been clearly visible since the group stage and what really became visible again was during yesterday's match against Switzerland. This means that the Italian players today are very different from the Italian players in the past, as in the example you mentioned, so it is clearly not surprising that Italy lost by that score. And I think if Italy's opponent had not been Switzerland, there would have been more goals against Italy in that match.

Spalleti was one of the key reasons Italy lost to Switzerland, and Italy was crushed as a result of Spalletti's bad coaching style. Spalletit used too many young players in his starting lineup. He was even adding fagioli and cristante, which I believe were the worst choices made by Spalletit.
Italy must have fired him; things aren't going well for Italy, despite winning the Euro in the previous competition. Spalletti's poor decisions completely devastated Italy.

I recall Jose Mourinho predicting this for Italy, and it is because Spalletti brings so many inexperienced players into the national team.

[barisbilgili]

It has been visible since the start of the Euro that Italy is playing like the country of Mediakor, I would not be surprised by this 2-0 result from the way they faced Spain and they played like that, it is very clear that the Italian game and players have declined since Buffon's retirement. Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, and several important Juventus players who were not called by Luciano Spalletti, have lost the title of defending champion in the hands of Italy.

The poor way of playing of the Italian players has been clearly visible since the group stage and what really became visible again was during yesterday's match against Switzerland. This means that the Italian players today are very different from the Italian players in the past, as in the example you mentioned, so it is clearly not surprising that Italy lost by that score. And I think if Italy's opponent had not been Switzerland, there would have been more goals against Italy in that match.

Spalleti was one of the key reasons Italy lost to Switzerland, and Italy was crushed as a result of Spalletti's bad coaching style. Spalletit used too many young players in his starting lineup. He was even adding fagioli and cristante, which I believe were the worst choices made by Spalletit.
Italy must have fired him; things aren't going well for Italy, despite winning the Euro in the previous competition. Spalletti's poor decisions completely devastated Italy.

I recall Jose Mourinho predicting this for Italy, and it is because Spalletti brings so many inexperienced players into the national team.

Spalletti is not entirely to blame because he didn't have many choices, now the players in the Italian squad have not been regenerated since before so there are not many quality players left to help Spalleti to build this squad so that it can perform better.
The defeat against Switzerland was also because Switzerland played much better, while Italy often played inconsistently and if we look at Switzerland's game, it seemed like they were able to control the game so Italy didn't have the opportunity to develop their game.

[adultcrypto]

Yesterday I warned everyone not to take Switzerland lightly. And look at what happened. Italy is out of the tournament thanks to goals from Remo Freuler and Ruben Vargas. A decade or so ago, such an outcome would have been unimaginable. But then, demographics is not on Italy's side. Their legendary players are all gone, and they have a rapidly ageing population (even when you compare the same with Switzerland).

This is obviously the problem with the Italian side, they have lost their prime team and are unable to get their replacement. I think most countries and club go through this stage at some point and it require serious commitment to be able to build a new team from scratch. This is what I have not seen in the management of the Italian team. I think the same thing is affecting their major teams in their domestic league because the domestic league is a direct reflection of the national team. Let's hope they are able to navigate through this period and come out to be the strong football nation we were once proud of in terms of their physical strength and play pattern.

Anyway, it is not going to be easy for Switzerland either. In all probability, they will be facing England next.

I have learnt the hard way never to write off any team in this Euro competition. If noticed, a lot of this have changed this year and what used to be sure bets are no longer sure. The truth is that England stand a better chance against Slovakia but they have to work hard to get the result.

[Unknown01]

My feeling tells me that Slovakia will knock England out of the tournament today, but my mind says: This is England, they can't be beaten by such a small nation. The odds for Slovakia to win are 9, so anyone who bets on that could make a lot of money.

In Spain against Georgia, I think the winner is clearly Spain, the only question I have is whether and how much resistance Georgia will be able to offer?

[Marykeller]

Spalletti's tactics turned out to be ineffective at this Euro, the defensive tactics are outdated, if only because they managed to make only one shot on target in the entire game, this is too weak an indicator, and after such weak games with Spain and Switzerland, and the loss of the championship title, Spalletti would rather in total will be fired. Germany looked very good, I liked the way they controlled the ball and overall the influence of Negelsmann was felt, I thought that Denmark could provide more resistance.

It seems like Spalletti was only good when he was coach of the Napoli club. Meanwhile, when he coached the Italian national team, I felt that the Italian team was experiencing a setback compared to before. Spalletti has made many changes to the Italian national team. And this is what makes the Italian national team now have to go home early and fail in the round of 16. And surprisingly enough the one who beat them was Switzerland. After Italy won the previous Euro, now they failed even earlier. This is something that is indeed unexpected. It's just that Italy's performance since the group stage has not looked that good. And yes, the strategy used by Spalletti doesn't feel right.

I don't know how Spalletti was able to pick these sets of players that didn't represent Italy well, the way other of her players did in the last Euro, four years ago that won Italy the Euro title in 2020.
You can imagine how disgraceful it can be, for a former Euro Champion to be kicked out in the round of 16, what a surprise. Now, Italy will wait for another four years to participate in another Euro League match.

I believe by then or before then, the Italy Football Association might sack Spalletti to employ the services of a new coach that will help in building a new national team that will well represent the Italy in Euro League title race.

[Strongkored]

Italy's defeat was totally meaningless, you can't play a match without having clear ideas, yesterday the team was only the backs and no one else's you can't play with a formation and change it then change it the next day, formation without ideas

Italy played very badly, I don't know why they can be that bad, none of the players can bring the team out of pressure. I thought in the second half there would be a significant change in Italy's game, but it turned out not to be even more erratic.
The Swiss players played very aggressively by not letting the Italians have the ball for long, they would immediately try to win the ball and the most impressive thing about them was their patience in building attacks, which was the key to the first goal and also how disciplined their defenders were at the back.

Luciano Spalletti's job is not in jeopardy due to their failure to progress further, as the FIGC has decided Spalletti will be Italy's coach and the next target is the 2026 World Cup, a reshuffle of the Italy squad is definitely in order as there is plenty of time for him to start assessing players for other tournaments.
https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1807364841595654393

[Roseline492]

England vs Slovakia
Broadly speaking, of course on paper England has a greater chance of winning, but on the field Slovakia looks optimistic by taking advantage of the imbalance in England game,



Spain vs Georgia
It's also not an easy match for Sylvinho troops because in terms of defense Georgia has solid strength. Spain could indeed come out as winners

In what direction do you prediction?

With the way this round of 16 is being grouped it will be very easy for most gamblers to win there bet because we can easily no the team that has the highest performance, and also for today's match is also obvious that England and Spain will be victorious just like Switzerland and Italy match yesterday, it was actually unfortunate to see the way Italy was struggling, however there performance yesterday proves that they came unprepared, and tomorrow being first of July France will be playing against Belgium and Portugal against Slovenia, perhaps from there previous performances France and Portugal may possibly qualified for another.

[ajanwalker]

I think that in the matches of the day, England - Slovakia will be a match between two teams that are evenly matched.
Even though England is the favorite on paper, the football they play is not satisfactory at all. There are very quality players in the team, but Southgate makes the team play defensive-oriented football.
They do not have eye-pleasing football.
There is a possibility that the match will go to overtime. I think the first surprise of the tournament may occur in this match.
The other match is between Spain and Georgia and Spain is the big favourite. In fact, I think Spain will easily eliminate Georgia even if they are down to 10 players at the beginning of the match.
If Spain passes this round, they will be paired with Germany. Maybe it will be an early final, but I see Spain as the favorite in that match too.

[mammusu]

Spalleti was one of the key reasons Italy lost to Switzerland, and Italy was crushed as a result of Spalletti's bad coaching style. Spalletit used too many young players in his starting lineup. He was even adding fagioli and cristante, which I believe were the worst choices made by Spalletit.
Italy must have fired him; things aren't going well for Italy, despite winning the Euro in the previous competition. Spalletti's poor decisions completely devastated Italy.

I recall Jose Mourinho predicting this for Italy, and it is because Spalletti brings so many inexperienced players into the national team.

Spalletti is not entirely to blame because he didn't have many choices, now the players in the Italian squad have not been regenerated since before so there are not many quality players left to help Spalleti to build this squad so that it can perform better.
The defeat against Switzerland was also because Switzerland played much better, while Italy often played inconsistently and if we look at Switzerland's game, it seemed like they were able to control the game so Italy didn't have the opportunity to develop their game.

Agree with you that Spalletti cannot be completely blamed for Italy's failure at EURO 2024, because he also didn't have many choices and he also made his luck by regenerating and placing a lot of young players in the squad. But obviously we have different opinions on this matter and that's not a problem.

The case is different if we compare it with England, for example. Even though they managed to qualify for the round of 16 and in the next few hours they will face Slovakia, their game was disappointing. And I won't be surprised if they lose to Slovakia in this match. And in my opinion this is because their coach cannot take advantage of the existing player composition.

Certainly disappointed because Italy had to return home from Germany early, but they also have to consider if they want to fire Spalletti, whether this is due to the coach's incompetence, or is there something else that is making them fail to appear impressive at EURO 2024 in Germany.

[bitLeap]

Italy's defeat was totally meaningless, you can't play a match without having clear ideas, yesterday the team was only the backs and no one else's you can't play with a formation and change it then change it the next day, formation without ideas

Italy really deserved to go home, the game on the field was unclear, they often lost possession of the ball, in that match Italy did not display its characteristics at all. Anyway, I was disappointed with what Italy showed, while Switzerland played clearly, organized, attacked effectively and implemented a solid defensive system. Italy defeat is also a warning for today match between England and Slovakia where Southgate must be careful if he is still unable to provide a different game then Slovakia will become England nightmare. The same thing also happens to Spain who will face Georgia, it is possible that either England or Spain will be eliminated.

[Xcode7]

In the end, it was still Germany who won the match against Denmark and even though it was colored by natural phenomena where there was very loud lightning, it did not ignite their enthusiasm to achieve victory as hosts. Kai Havertz repeatedly had opportunities in this match but unfortunately it still didn't result in a goal, but this Arsenal player finally also scored from the spot to open the scoring for Germany.

After that, Germany was not satisfied with their narrow lead and they continued to attack the Danish defense until finally they managed to score a goal through Jamal Musiala. These talented young players are extraordinary in their finishing at such a young age and it seems like Germany's future will depend on one of these players. In my opinion, Germany is still the favorite to win so far among the other teams.

Victory was predicted from the start, there were no surprises, basically Germany was the favorite because its quality was better than Denmark. It can be seen that Germany continued to control this game from the start even though they only managed to score a goal in the second half.

The German squad at the Euros this time is quite an even mix of young players and senior players and it seems that they have been quite consistent since the group stage, especially since Germany as hosts have a slight advantage so they are favourites, that's natural I think.

And in the round of 16 what was a surprise was Italy's defeat, they lost to Switzerland with a score of 2 goals without reply and even Italy's performance in the round of 16 was quite bad, I thought it was a surprise, even though initially Italy was the favourite.

[abhiseshakana]

Italy's defeat was totally meaningless, you can't play a match without having clear ideas, yesterday the team was only the backs and no one else's you can't play with a formation and change it then change it the next day, formation without ideas

Italy really deserved to go home, the game on the field was unclear, they often lost possession of the ball, in that match Italy did not display its characteristics at all. Anyway, I was disappointed with what Italy showed, while Switzerland played clearly, organized, attacked effectively and implemented a solid defensive system. Italy defeat is also a warning for today match between England and Slovakia where Southgate must be careful if he is still unable to provide a different game then Slovakia will become England nightmare. The same thing also happens to Spain who will face Georgia, it is possible that either England or Spain will be eliminated.

Either Italy is not playing well or Switzerland is having an impressive performance but, if you look at how Italy played in the match against Switzerland, I think they didn't deserve to win. Even if they had won the match, I don't think they would have gone any further in the next round. Italy played as if they were still in the group phase, where they seemed to be playing too relaxed and there was no determination to catch up, so they had to pay bitterly when the match ended.