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

[HajiBagi]

Finally there was a match that had to be decided by a penalty shootout, unfortunately for Slovenia, all three of their shooters failed to execute well, it may seem that Diogo Costa did brilliantly by saving all three kicks from the Slovenian players but I think otherwise that the Slovenian players did not execute well, it was very easy to guess by Diogo Costa where the direction of the ball from the Slovenian players.

And France making it to the quarterfinals was pure luck, the match should have gone to extra time and most likely a penalty shootout but Vertogen's mistake ended Belgium's hopes, and Mbappe still looks out of form he seems to be trying to keep his nose well 

To be honest, yesterday's matches were very tough, is not that the teams played well but they tried their best to win and secure a spot in another round of the tournament if I was told you that Portugal would suffer yesterday before winning Slovenia I would not believe because Portugal has good players and players that have big names in the squad, Portugal has players but those players are not that good to create a chance to score goals, look at the way Portugal players are moving with the ball, the wing’s players are not good to dribble and create a chance, and that is one of the main reasons why Portugal find it difficult to win the match.

After Ronaldo missed a penalty many people shouted that Ronaldo is not a good player, although we all know that Ronaldo is getting old when it comes to penalty play Ronaldo is the best, no player can not miss a penalty, even the young players this day miss a penalty so I don’t see any wrong with Ronaldo missing a penalty, all thanks to the goalkeeper Diogo costa that save the penalty shootout against Slovenia and allow Portugal to qualify to the quarter-final of the tournament.

[Barikui1]

France were really lucky with that winner in the last minutes. Such a domination by 20 goal attempts but only 2 on target? This isn't good statistics at all honestly.    There is a serious finishing issue with this team. If France had a more capable opponent I think they would probably got eliminated.

Yes, France was very lucky this time, very lucky, because thanks to OG by Vertonghen, they were finally able to win the match and advance to QF. It was the only goal scored in the match, and it's OG. In fact, France had a lot of opportunities to invade, so they even continuously attacked Belgium. However, Belgium was still able to break their attack very well. This time, their defenders really played very effectively, so that France was only able to take 2 shots on target and all of them were saved.

Belgium in this case must be very sorry, especially Vertonghen, of course, because of his OG, they had to lose badly and go home with that defeat. Look at how sad the expressions of Vertonghen, de Bruyne and Lukaku were, after the OG.

France is the team that played very effectively in the match. They initiated almost every attack. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Belgium could not show any presence in the match. The goal for Belgium was to take the match to penalties, but they failed to do so. If France plays like this against Portugal, they will beat them too. Portugal could only beat Slovenia yesterday on penalties.

To be frank, I wasn't really impressed by the performance of France yesterday because I expected a better performance from them, though they won one nil, but I think that they were just lucky, because Belgium on the other hand is not doing well on their own, they have been practically poor throughout this tournament, so I was expecting France to win convincingly which was never the case here, so if they don't improve massively, I don't think they can cross the semi final stage of this competition, because they have been really poor, comparing to their standard.

And as for the game between Portugal vs Slovenia, it was actually a fascinating encounter and a very difficult match for the Portugal side, because the Slovenians were very compact defensively, and they proved a very hard nut to crack, though cristiano Ronaldo miss a penalty kick in extra time,  but I just feels like it just one of those days for Portugal that no matter what they do, the ball will just refused to go in, but a big congratulations to them for winning it on penalties.

[Raflesia]

Even before I thought England would be sent home by Slovakia because England could not return the goal for a long time, but fortunately Jude Bellingham had a very important role in saving England so that it had the opportunity and hope to add goals and ended with Kane making the score 2-1 in the second half added time, I think a lot of gamblers were surprised if Slovakia could really beat England in the match.

And now Spain vs Gorgia, which previously in the first half was initially pressed quite impressively so that it could get a goal for Gorgia, but gradually the time went by Spain took its position and until this moment in the second half Spain seemed to excel much more dominant with a score of 3-1, really if you pay attention to this match now Gorgia is embarrassed by only being given a little time to play the ball, but Spain really tries a lot of efforts to add more and more scores, judging from the statistics of control of the ball and the number of shots it is very different and it is quite possible to conclude that Spain will win this match.

For now I think it's fair to call Spain probably the most prepared and active team so far in this tournament, these boys have shown their class in every way possible and not to think that they actually went a goal down before they equalized the goal and ran rampant and wild on this Georgia side and they will definitely get to the finals if this particular form is maintained.

It doesn't matter because Castillo seems to be ready to be unpredictable which is better than expected at least for me who didn't expect too much from Spain.

But it looks like Spain's test will only start in the quarterfinals. Now with Germany and Spain winning, they will indirectly meet and beat each other in the quarter-finals which of course makes it a situation where we will be difficult to make predictions.
Another match is Portugal who are ready to challenge France after their difficulty in getting a ticket to the quarter-finals especially a lot of drama that did occur in yesterday's match.

Portugal were almost criticized for their performance after some blunders and a missed penalty from Cristiano. But Costa impressed with crucial saves in the penalty shootout.
With Portugal's win yesterday, we will indirectly see a repeat of the 2016 final which of course the two big matches in the quarter-finals will be worth watching.

[Sg4j1n3ll0]

I have to compliment Slovenia for the technically perfect match, then where they don't succeed with technique they put their heart into it, that's how you play, tell Italy!, but I also have to compliment Portugal who stood out for their class and a certain player like Cristiano Ronaldo the Eternal who even started crying after he missed the penalty, what determination, we won't see someone like that again, I hope he wins the tournament

[Hvdv]

I have to compliment Slovenia for the technically perfect match, then where they don't succeed with technique they put their heart into it, that's how you play, tell Italy!, but I also have to compliment Portugal who stood out for their class and a certain player like Cristiano Ronaldo the Eternal who even started crying after he missed the penalty, what determination, we won't see someone like that again, I hope he wins the tournament

I was also very touched when I saw Ronaldo's tears. He is a very ambitious player. Even though he is 40 years old, he has amazing determination. He may be the most ambitious player in the world. If I remember correctly, he hasn't scored a goal yet in Euro 2024. He may be crying because he missed that opportunity. I hope he can manage to score a goal in the match against Mbappe. He is an idol and we all want him to become European champion.

[MK-74]

France-Belgium match was good, France advanced to the next round with the goal they scored in the last minutes.

Portugal-Slovenia match went to extra time, Portugal won a penalty in extra time, but Ronaldo could not score the penalty and the match went to penalties.
Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved 3 penalties and became the star of the night.

[aoluain]

You have to feel sorry for Slovenia. They defended themselves really well, and it looked like that penalty saved by Oblak would give them a massive psychological advantage, but nope, they got outclassed in the shootout.
I'm glad Christiano Ronaldo managed to redeem himself. It's probably his last international tournament, so if they were to drop off because of that missed penalty, that would be devastating for him.

Current odds after tonight's round:



England is the favourite, but that's largely due to them having Switzerland as the opponent in the quarter-final, which is considered one of the weakest team in the bunch.
My first pick is Spain, followed by Portugal.

I cannot believe England are considered favourites ahead of both Spain and France. This I suppose could
be based on their 95th last gasp goal to go to extra time against Slovakia I suspect.
Are people thinking that they have finally clicked as a team rather than really talented individuals? and that
all happened in extra time against Slovakia  . . .

Of the top 4 or 5 favourite teams they have performed the weakest - consistently over the 4 matches.

Switzerland next which is seen as an easy draw.

[topbitcoin]

I'm accepting that England played terrible. However I think other favourites also played very badly in the tournament except Spain and Germany. Therefore I started to think that England still have a serious chance to win the tournament. Portugal would say goodbye to the tournament in last 16 today if it weren't for their goalkeeper Diogo Costa's amazing performance.

Opportunities are still there but things like that will not be too much of a concern if Southgate's game management in the England national team attack remains the same.

It should be realized that it is the scheme that has been England's problem until now so that even though they are faced with a game that is actually a little easier in terms of opponents but with a poor attack scheme that makes their condition not experience a significant difference.
The quarter-finals they will face Switzerland, which in terms of players have seen that England is still better but in terms of teamwork, Switzerland is actually still strong, especially with their achievements in qualifying from the group phase and round of 16 that cannot be underestimated because their opponents are strong.
Switzerland can hold a draw with Germany and beat Italy in the round of 16 that indicates that they are a dark horse that needs to be aware of and England's performance must be more than the matches they did before if they want to beat Switzerland in the quarter-finals later.

[joniboini]

After Ronaldo missed a penalty many people shouted that Ronaldo is not a good player, although we all know that Ronaldo is getting old when it comes to penalty play Ronaldo is the best, no player can not miss a penalty, even the young players this day miss a penalty so I don’t see any wrong with Ronaldo missing a penalty, all thanks to the goalkeeper Diogo costa that save the penalty shootout against Slovenia and allow Portugal to qualify to the quarter-final of the tournament.

I believe some people's standard is just insane nowadays, other than the obvious hater and troll who will make fun of him or any player for any reason they can find. On the other hand, some comments suggest that Portugal plays a poor game because Ronaldo needs to be the center of their team, so he should be taken off and so on. I think that's just how it is for a popular player. I do agree that expecting a goal for every penalty taken is unrealistic. It sucks if it happens, but they shouldn't rely on that to score goals to begin with.

a certain player like Cristiano Ronaldo the Eternal who even started crying after he missed the penalty, what determination, we won't see someone like that again, I hope he wins the tournament

I believe there are tons of players who cry whenever their team fails to win, or if they fail to score a crucial goal/make a mistake. I believe it shows just how emotional they are in a match, not directly related to determination. Not really surprising if you compete at this level of tournament to feel emotional.

[knowngunman]

I have to compliment Slovenia for the technically perfect match, then where they don't succeed with technique they put their heart into it, that's how you play, tell Italy!, but I also have to compliment Portugal who stood out for their class and a certain player like Cristiano Ronaldo the Eternal who even started crying after he missed the penalty, what determination, we won't see someone like that again, I hope he wins the tournament

Sincerely speaking, Slovenia played to my unexpectation against Portugal team yesterday. Portugal team consists of highly experienced and famous players and they have shown seriousness from the beginning of this tournament. Despite I know that the game will be a tough match for both teams, I really don’t  expect Portugal to end up in penalty kick with Slovenia. I gave Portugal a direct win.

Yeah, that’s one thing I like about Ronaldo, his sportsmanship is extraordinary. Unfortunately, his age is threatening the love he has for the game. Regardless of whether he wins the tournament or not, he has already earned a name to be remembered for.

[Cryptmuster]

To be frank, I wasn't really impressed by the performance of France yesterday because I expected a better performance from them, though they won one nil, but I think that they were just lucky, because Belgium on the other hand is not doing well on their own, they have been practically poor throughout this tournament, so I was expecting France to win convincingly which was never the case here, so if they don't improve massively, I don't think they can cross the semi final stage of this competition, because they have been really poor, comparing to their standard.

And as for the game between Portugal vs Slovenia, it was actually a fascinating encounter and a very difficult match for the Portugal side, because the Slovenians were very compact defensively, and they proved a very hard nut to crack, though cristiano Ronaldo miss a penalty kick in extra time,  but I just feels like it just one of those days for Portugal that no matter what they do, the ball will just refused to go in, but a big congratulations to them for winning it on penalties.

Portugal played the group matches well and what happened yesterday was just bad luck, but Slovenia played this match very well, it is very difficult to resist such an opponent. As for France, they haven’t changed anything, they have played very poorly in attack from the very beginning of the tournament and they are lucky that Belgium, for some reason, also cannot show their best game. Of all the teams, I like Spain the most, they demonstrate their superiority in every game.

[Farma]

Portugal played the group matches well and what happened yesterday was just bad luck, but Slovenia played this match very well, it is very difficult to resist such an opponent. As for France, they haven’t changed anything, they have played very poorly in attack from the very beginning of the tournament and they are lucky that Belgium, for some reason, also cannot show their best game. Of all the teams, I like Spain the most, they demonstrate their superiority in every game.

Portugal didn't play well, they almost lost but they were a little lucky because Slovenia didn't play well either.
Winning via penalty shootout had a slight element of luck, and overall it must be admitted that Portugal's performance was very disappointing and the player most highlighted was C.Ronaldo, he failed to execute a penalty at a crucial time, fortunately Portugal escaped, otherwise Ronaldo would have been the player. who is most to blame.

While France managed to win by a narrow score over Belgium, I think this is a reasonable result, France played very well even though their front line did not perform optimally and on the other hand Belgium is a very bad team in my opinion, this has been seen since the group stage.

[Despairo]

I can't believe Portugal was struggle to beat Slovenia, moreover Ronaldo failed to score the penalty kick. Diogo Costa is really a man of the match, he saved 3 penalty shots, that's crazy. This is why FC Porto is very known as one of the best defensive teams.

Today two match would be unpredictable, any team will have a chance to win, not to mention they might ends in draw.

Personally I think Netherlands will win, and Austria vs Turkey will ends in draw, but Austria will qualify to the quarter final.

[shield132]

Spain dominated the match and won big but Georgia actually had sweet memory for Euro 2024. Participate in Euro 2024 can be a most memorable experience for many Georgian players.

Of course, this is history for Georgia for reaching the 16th round of Euro 2024. This is new history for them. They probably never imagined that they could advance to this round, especially by beating Portugal at that time. However, this is the fact, even though in the end they lost to Spain, the history that they are in Euro 2024 round 16 is inevitable and cannot be taken lightly, especially for their team and also the country.

We scored the first goal against Spain, yes I know it was an auto goal but it was a 0:1. We shocked the world and Spanish fans, we made them nervous for the first time against such an unknown country as Georgia is. We shocked the world and we said our words. Our performance in first half was good but later, especially in the last 30 minutes, we got too tired and couldn't keep the performance while Spain was still rocking, so they managed and won against us.
We didn't have enough time to recover too, also one of their goal was off-side. By the way, it doesn't matter, we were really no match for Spain. Congrats to every Spanish people and their fans.

[Hvdv]

I can't believe Portugal was struggle to beat Slovenia, moreover Ronaldo failed to score the penalty kick. Diogo Costa is really a man of the match, he saved 3 penalty shots, that's crazy. This is why FC Porto is very known as one of the best defensive teams.

Today two match would be unpredictable, any team will have a chance to win, not to mention they might ends in draw.

Personally I think Netherlands will win, and Austria vs Turkey will ends in draw, but Austria will qualify to the quarter final.

Austria has a great squad. If I had been asked in previous years, I would have thought the same way, but this year their players are really at a high level. Türkiye, on the other hand, made too many defensive mistakes. I am a Turk and I want Turkey to win, but to tell the truth, if such mistakes are made in the defensive zone again, Austria can make a historical difference to us. We played a terrible match against Portugal, and many of our players were carded in the last match we played against Czech Republic. Hakan Çalhanoğlu will not be able to play because he has a card suspension. This will reduce our midfield resistance. I hope we will be the winner, but my favorite is Austria.

[dravenbtc]

I can't believe Portugal was struggle to beat Slovenia, moreover Ronaldo failed to score the penalty kick. Diogo Costa is really a man of the match, he saved 3 penalty shots, that's crazy. This is why FC Porto is very known as one of the best defensive teams.

Today two match would be unpredictable, any team will have a chance to win, not to mention they might ends in draw.

Personally I think Netherlands will win, and Austria vs Turkey will ends in draw, but Austria will qualify to the quarter final.

Today we will see whether Austria will show the same form as in the group stage and whether it's a real candidate for the final, on the weaker side of the ladder. After the group stage, for me they are the 3rd team to win: Germany, Spain and Asutria.

[arimamib]

I can't believe Portugal was struggle to beat Slovenia, moreover Ronaldo failed to score the penalty kick. Diogo Costa is really a man of the match, he saved 3 penalty shots, that's crazy. This is why FC Porto is very known as one of the best defensive teams.

Today two match would be unpredictable, any team will have a chance to win, not to mention they might ends in draw.

Personally I think Netherlands will win, and Austria vs Turkey will ends in draw, but Austria will qualify to the quarter final.

The two matches of the round of 16 yesterday gave us an exciting match and even the two matches had to make it difficult for France and Portugal to win, France managed to qualify for the round of 8 after winning over Belgium after Vertonghen's own goal occurred, while Portugal was unexpectedly able to be made difficult by Slovenia who was not the favorite team in the match,  I didn't watch the match, but I was quite surprised to see the final result which did force Portugal to decide their fate with a penalty kick, I saw in the highlights of the match, Portugal was able to dominate the game and actually both teams had many chances to score, but we have to admit that Oblak and Costa played quite well.

In my opinion, not only Costa deserves praise for thwarting 3 penalties, but we should also give greater praise to Oblak for being able to force Portugal to continue the match with a penalty kick after Oblak thwarted Ronaldo penalty, if I look at the existing statistics, I think Oblak is more appropriate for us to say as the best goalkeeper in the match than Costa.

Both matches today will be difficult to predict, but to be honest compared to the match between the Netherlands and Romania, I personally believe that the match between Turkey and Austria will be more exciting because of the balanced strength of the two teams.

[AprilioMP]

I can't believe Portugal was struggle to beat Slovenia, moreover Ronaldo failed to score the penalty kick. Diogo Costa is really a man of the match, he saved 3 penalty shots, that's crazy. This is why FC Porto is very known as one of the best defensive teams.

Portugal, England, France is almost the same. Their game is boring during this tournament. Only draw for 90 minutes plus 30 minutes with so many opportunities but must be determined through a penalty.
The failure of Ronaldo to execute the penalty in the extra round did not surprise me even though at that time millions of hopes were on him.

Personally I think Netherlands will win, and Austria vs Turkey will ends in draw, but Austria will qualify to the quarter final.

The Netherlands has a good chance of winning against Romania, but I am not sure of the Dutch performance under the care of Koeman.
Austria vs Türkiye, I think Turkey will qualify even though Austria's game is good enough during the group stage.

[Uruhara]

Finally there was a match that had to be decided by a penalty shootout, unfortunately for Slovenia, all three of their shooters failed to execute well, it may seem that Diogo Costa did brilliantly by saving all three kicks from the Slovenian players but I think otherwise that the Slovenian players did not execute well, it was very easy to guess by Diogo Costa where the direction of the ball from the Slovenian players.

And France making it to the quarterfinals was pure luck, the match should have gone to extra time and most likely a penalty shootout but Vertogen's mistake ended Belgium's hopes, and Mbappe still looks out of form he seems to be trying to keep his nose well 

Switzerland, Germany and Spain are the three teams that have made the match in the last 16 really theirs quite well and it doesn't look that difficult. But for England, France and Portugal it looks like they got through from the round of 16 to the quarter-finals the really hard way. And the Portugal match looks to be a match that actually looks very tense. I really appreciated Slovenia's defense which was really tight and flawless until the end. Portugal they kept trying to penetrate but yeah it was quite difficult with the quite disciplined defense shown by Slovenia. I think Portugal lacked the courage to make long breakthrough passes. They play too many short passes. And short passes will definitely be difficult to implement if the opponent also closes their defense line. So Portugal can only keep trying and failing.

A very rare moment from Ronaldo also occurred in this match. Where the penalty kick could be read well by the Slovenian goalkeeper. And another moment was that Pepe also made a mistake at the back which made the Slovenian player come face to face with Diego Costa. Luckily Diego Costa managed to stop it. Pepe made a mistake because he must have been tired because after all he is not young anymore and he played the full game there. In fact, I still want to praise Cristiano Ronaldo's stamina for being able to survive until the match ended. That's very difficult for a player who is almost 40 years old and ran the field in 120 minutes. So it is quite natural that he failed to take advantage of the penalty in that match. Because I'm sure his energy has almost been exhausted. So the shot wasn't as strong as usual.

[Silence Scream]

France-Belgium match was good, France advanced to the next round with the goal they scored in the last minutes.

Portugal-Slovenia match went to extra time, Portugal won a penalty in extra time, but Ronaldo could not score the penalty and the match went to penalties.
Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa saved 3 penalties and became the star of the night.

Diogo Costa had a night he will definitely not forget. He took Portugal and carried them to the next round. Ronaldo would have felt more guilty if Portugal had been eliminated after failing to score the penalty. Diogo somehow saved Ronaldo, and I think Ronaldo was the happiest that they made it to the tour. Although their chances of passing the round against France are very difficult, it is not impossible. If they play well and have a few players on their day, Portugal can also eliminate France.