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

[Swordsoffreedom]

Spain defeated France 2-1, becoming the first team to reach the Euro 2024 final. In the semifinal match, France took an early lead with Kolo Muani in the 9th minute, but Spain equalized when 16-year-old Lamine Yamal scored in the 21st minute. Just four minutes later, Dani Olmo secured Spain’s place in the final of Euro 2024 with another goal. While I can’t say I was disappointed that France was eliminated due to their defensive style of play, I was pleased to see Spain advance with their offensive gameplay and exciting matches. As for Lamine Yamal, who is only 16 years old, words fall short in describing his talent. Also Lamine Yamal has become the youngest goal scorer in the tournament’s history.

Since the start of the group stage I have noticed Spain's impressive game they beat 2 strong teams such as Italy and Germany to reach the semi-finals then beat France and now Spain is the main candidate to win the trophy. We are still waiting for Spain opponent in the final whether England or Netherlands, what's clear is that whoever goes to the final, in my opinion, Spain is still better on all sides. The possibility of bad luck that could defeat Spain. By the way Cody Gakpo and Dani Olmo are competing for the golden boot, these two players still have the opportunity to score more goals because they still have 1-2 matches left but I favor Dani Olmo to win it.

The most organized and strongest team of this year's Euro is Spain. From the group stage, we can see the excellent performance of Spain's players. Spain have a stable squad. Coach FUente's support has created strong bonds between the players. Spain's squad lacks experienced players. The performance of the attack depends entirely on the youngsters Yamal and Williams. These two youngsters have been impressing us with excellent performances in every match.

France had a strong squad. Every player in the squad is associated with all the renowned clubs in Europe. Moreover, these players are one of the best players of their club. But their performance in the national team is not good. This is why France can't win against Spain's brilliant match strategy. Although personally I considered Spain as the favorite in this match. The Spain team did not disappoint me. Spain has the biggest chance of becoming Euro Champions. And they deserve to be Euro champions.

[Altryist]

There is actually a different vibe when a good team is playing against another good team. The experience will be quite different from when a good team is playing an average team. It could be that England must have in one way or the other on directed Slovakia and Switzerland, now that they know that Netherland is a better team they would also step up their play. Anything that has a advantage also has an advantage, England playing extra time in two of their last matches will definitely do it up to fatigue but it also has given them enough experience on how to play extra time matches.

Spain are the favorite to lift this year euro competition, but they will find it difficult if the eventually meet England at the finals.

And if they meet the Netherlands in the final, will it be easier for them? I think that just as Spain was the best, the same can be said about the Netherlands, of course, except for the defeat with Austria, I don’t know how they managed to lose this match. I don’t think that England will change its strategy because today it will have a more difficult opponent, especially since the Netherlands have always been an inconvenient opponent for England, and they with Netherlands will definitely act just as carefully.

[Polkeins]

Even bookmakers can not yet determine the favorite of this pair. The odds for Spain are a little less than 2.8 against 3.2 for France, but the gap is too small to say that Spain is the favorite in this match.

Today Spain will have Jesus Navas, who became world champion in 2010 and he should replace Carvajal, but France will not have Griezmann, although before this match Griezmann was not very stable at this tournament, as well as Mbappe, who apparently has not yet gained the necessary form.

I would like more goals in this game, but I am afraid that France will park the bus and try to exhaust the strength of the players of the national team, and the French will wait for their chance in counterattacks.

Griezmann is not as important for France as Carvajal is for Spain. Jesus is certainly a good player but he cannot replace Carvajal and Mbappe will certainly have an easier game. Nevertheless, I believe that Spain will play better and reach the final and France will finish the tournament here.

For me, France has simply been too weak in all of its games so far and Spain has played well in general.

In the main you were right the Spanish national team deservedly defeated France and reached the final.
Spain coped without Carvajal and by the way Jesus Navas replaced Carvajal on the right flank very well and in fact was able to contain Mbappe for those 60 minutes that he was on the field. When he got a yellow card in the 12th minute it was a bit worrying, but then Navas played great, as well as the whole Spanish team.
Apparently today we are waiting for England to reach the final, because although Southgate's team shows boring soccer, but they should beat the Netherlands.

[ginsan]

I was not expecting 3 goals in the first half between Spain and France at all, they were very good defense team indeed France was the best team until this game in defense only allowing one goal. The second time was more like the normal France game and ended up with no goals for both teams, France offensive was really a mess in this tournament and i dont know why because they have super players in that positions.

Thinking that this match would not be more than two goals, meaning that I thought 1-1 was the initial prediction, the fact is that Spain is superior in the game in terms of ball possession, the level of accuracy of passing is also higher than Spain than France.

Spain won deservedly because they played more neatly including in possession of the ball with the right pass accuracy, so after seeing this match until the second half France still had difficulties that in the end they had to submit to Spain.

[Chilwell]

Netherlands vs England

Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Reijnders; Malen, Simons, Gakpo; Depay.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier; Rice, Mainoo; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane.

Spain has done their part just waiting for the opponent to face in the final, I don't see any obstacles for Spain in lefting the trophy because non of this two teams have consistent performance as Spain, Netherlands have even try to reach this level because they the only and the first place in 3rd best place that are still alive and England that finished first in the table only won a match. Let wait and see who Spain opponents will be few minutes to go.

[DanWalker]

In the main you were right the Spanish national team deservedly defeated France and reached the final.
Spain coped without Carvajal and by the way Jesus Navas replaced Carvajal on the right flank very well and in fact was able to contain Mbappe for those 60 minutes that he was on the field. When he got a yellow card in the 12th minute it was a bit worrying, but then Navas played great, as well as the whole Spanish team.
Apparently today we are waiting for England to reach the final, because although Southgate's team shows boring soccer, but they should beat the Netherlands.

I doubt whether England will win today. England should win against Netherlands though. But we don't see a very good performance from England in the past matches. Despite having a strong squad, England have several problems within their squad. Harry kane is also not in good form now. We did not see good performance of England players in the last match against Switzerland. England were lucky to qualify for the semi-finals.

Netherlands' past record against England is very good. Netherlands have won 4 of their last 5 matches against England. Despite England's strong squad, they lost against the Netherlands in the past. So there is no chance to say for sure that England will win today's match. Netherlands has a big chance to win. I think Netherlands will win the match.

[KingsDen]

Netherlands vs England

Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Reijnders; Malen, Simons, Gakpo; Depay.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier; Rice, Mainoo; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane.

Spain has done their part just waiting for the opponent to face in the final, I don't see any obstacles for Spain in lefting the trophy because non of this two teams have consistent performance as Spain, Netherlands have even try to reach this level because they the only and the first place in 3rd best place that are still alive and England that finished first in the table only won a match. Let wait and see who Spain opponents will be few minutes to go.

Before I came to the forum, I checked out there LiveScore and saw the formation that Southgate came with this time around. This summation would be nice if Jude Bellingham would sit at the center of the midfield. I have seen that Saka has been retired to the defense in order to help the three man defense together with Tripier. This formation in no doubt is going to help England because the attacking force of Netherlands is much with Memphis depay and gakpo having a lot of energy.

I believe both England and Netherlands will be very careful in today's football because any country that will be able to score first might be the winner of today's match. I am not anticipating any much goals because there have never been a lot of goals in this season euro .competition

[MinoRaiola]

And if they meet the Netherlands in the final, will it be easier for them? I think that just as Spain was the best, the same can be said about the Netherlands, of course, except for the defeat with Austria, I don’t know how they managed to lose this match. I don’t think that England will change its strategy because today it will have a more difficult opponent, especially since the Netherlands have always been an inconvenient opponent for England, and they with Netherlands will definitely act just as carefully.

So if it goes to a shoot-out today, I think England will win it. Holland are the better team i think, so they should win the game within 90 or 120 minutes to reach the final. England havent lost a game and drawn two in this europe champinship, so thats not a bad performance. And Holland lost 1 game against Austria, which was a great game with 5 goals. So in 20 minutes it starts and I think we will see a really good game like yesterday. I think Holland winning the game by 90 minutes or England winning on penalties.

[ILuckyGuyI]

Today there is going to be one last dance before the final. I have noticed Southgate has started to use a different formation after leaving the group stage behind. Rather than 4-2-3-1, he is using 3-4-2-1 now.

Is there any big change? I can't say there is so much.    But it is still better for them to use a more offensive formation. England has the best squad among all teams in the competition. They should play as offensive as possible.

But even though I say this, we will most probably watch another boring Southgate football. I think this game will end up by penalty shootouts and England will get another victory. And after a final push I expect them to lose in another Euro final. 

[hahay]

Netherlands vs England

Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Reijnders; Malen, Simons, Gakpo; Depay.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier; Rice, Mainoo; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane.

Spain has done their part just waiting for the opponent to face in the final, I don't see any obstacles for Spain in lefting the trophy because non of this two teams have consistent performance as Spain, Netherlands have even try to reach this level because they the only and the first place in 3rd best place that are still alive and England that finished first in the table only won a match. Let wait and see who Spain opponents will be few minutes to go.

To be honest, it's very difficult for me to decide which team to bet on in the Netherlands v England match because I think both teams are not very good even though they made it through to the semi-finals. Although, if I consider the players in their squad, then I would say the England squad has players who seem promising enough to be able to play and get good results. But the fact is, in the previous matches too, none of them were really easy to get a win.

Thus, although England looks quite favored when considering the odds available, then I think it is also not wrong because I also still rate England better. But even so, to be honest, it doesn't make me confident to bet for England to win in this match, because I think Netherlands and England have an equally good chance of winning in this match.

[Palakka]

Netherlands vs England

Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Reijnders; Malen, Simons, Gakpo; Depay.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier; Rice, Mainoo; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane.

Spain has done their part just waiting for the opponent to face in the final, I don't see any obstacles for Spain in lefting the trophy because non of this two teams have consistent performance as Spain, Netherlands have even try to reach this level because they the only and the first place in 3rd best place that are still alive and England that finished first in the table only won a match. Let wait and see who Spain opponents will be few minutes to go.

The semi-final match between the Netherlands and England will start in a few minutes, so I don't think we need to buckle up because it is very unlikely that we will see a match that is fast, aggressive and also has high intensity in the match later, if we look at the match what they have been through before reaching the semifinals, looking at the game of the two teams so far we will most likely see a boring match because maybe both teams will try to play carefully in that the match, I personally don't expect to see a tight match in the match because it is actually possible will be disappointing for us.

Looking at the line ups fielded by the two coaches in the match, it can be seen that the two coaches have not really made many changes, except for only one change that has occurred in the current squad of the two teams, the Dutch have again relied on Donyell Malen to replace Steve Bergwijn in their current front line , as well as what the English national team is currently doing, which has also fielded Marc Guehi again to replace Ezri Konsa in the English defense line, I think the small changes that occurred may not really affect the current performance of the two teams later.

[Lida93]

Second semi final kicks off in just over 3 hours. Spain await the winner of Englands vs Netherlands in the final.

I actually think England might run out of luck here. They haven’t been able to beat Slovakia or Switzerland in normal time, I think they get punished by a better team tonight.

I agree with you. England have narrowly escaped several stages with penalties and Netherlands have won many matches without a penalty shootout which shows that they are use to scoring goals.

England is similar to France this year's Euro, they only managed to qualify with penalties without the ability of scoring goals easily. Their fate will be the same as France. We don't need a dull finals.

This match not going into extra time  all scores will be settled at full time. It's a very important game for the bother nations and they will be very careful not to make nasty mistakes as it's going to be a tough clash because the two teams have a good defense which means we shouldn't expect not more than two goals from this game.

If England could perform much better than they played against Switzerland they could be at a higher chances of getting the first goal in this game as they are with the best attacking numbers than Netherlands.  But if the Netherland should take the lead they will  win this game before England will realize it.

[khiholangkang]

Great game for Spain. They took control over the game since they scored their second goal and they kept their control until the end.
France did absolutely nothing after the first goal by Muani. Spain has a squad, while France has a bunch of overvalued "superstars".
Mbappe played against 38-year old Navas and he didn't do anything impressive, except assisting Muani for the first goal.
There was something wrong with the French national team during the entire Euro 2024 and maybe it's time for Deschamps to leave.
Spain deserved to reach the final and they will most likely win the trophy. I don't think that England or Netherlands are strong enough to win against Spain.

Spain played quite well so far even from the beginning of the qualifiers, they played quite well and impressive so some people also predicted before reaching the big round and the final, Spain is one of the strongest candidates who will get the victory in Euro 2024, and yes they have reached the final this time.

France is not so optimal despite having many stars, they play like any other team, and are not strong enough to deal with Spain, I think if France was on a different chart it might not meet Spain in the semi-final match.

And we are waiting for the result of the Netherlands match with England, this is quite interesting, but I think England can beat the Netherlands although I have doubts about Southgate.

The strategies used by Southgate are really fascinating, much as observing paint dry. Its predictable, dull, and it wont bring you any medals. England has ability, certainly, but with Southgate driving, they resemble a Ferrari with a damaged engine.

This match? We are doing a coin toss. Although the Netherlands may have a small edge from home advantage, England's chances of shooting itself in the foot are good under Southgate's direction. Forget about ability; this game will turn into who makes the fewest mistakes. Hopefully the Three Lions wont vanish on their approach to the target.

As it sounds you also doubt Southgate a little, we know that so far England has not seen a very brilliant performance, even though their players are enough to make a very extraordinary breakthrough in a match, Southgate cannot utilize it very well in making a powerful strategy for England.

Until this Semi-final match I think they have enough luck because indeed if you pay attention step by step it is enough to make a long match drama, and several times almost lost, but fortunately still given a victory and can be at this point, I think the Netherlands also knows that their players are not as great as the English players, but I think the Netherlands also cannot be underestimated with its solid squad.

[aoluain]

Netherlands vs England

Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Reijnders; Malen, Simons, Gakpo; Depay.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier; Rice, Mainoo; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane.

Spain has done their part just waiting for the opponent to face in the final, I don't see any obstacles for Spain in lefting the trophy because non of this two teams have consistent performance as Spain, Netherlands have even try to reach this level because they the only and the first place in 3rd best place that are still alive and England that finished first in the table only won a match. Let wait and see who Spain opponents will be few minutes to go.

The semi-final match between the Netherlands and England will start in a few minutes, so I don't think we need to buckle up because it is very unlikely that we will see a match that is fast, aggressive and also has high intensity in the match later, if we look at the match what they have been through before reaching the semifinals, looking at the game of the two teams so far we will most likely see a boring match because maybe both teams will try to play carefully in that the match, I personally don't expect to see a tight match in the match because it is actually possible will be disappointing for us.

Looking at the line ups fielded by the two coaches in the match, it can be seen that the two coaches have not really made many changes, except for only one change that has occurred in the current squad of the two teams, the Dutch have again relied on Donyell Malen to replace Steve Bergwijn in their current front line , as well as what the English national team is currently doing, which has also fielded Marc Guehi again to replace Ezri Konsa in the English defense line, I think the small changes that occurred may not really affect the current performance of the two teams later.

Nust started! Im going with the Netherlands @ 3.35.

I like their attacking style of play and I recon they will score first which will
drive England on but the Dutch to win in the end.

Big match now for Malen, Gakpo, Simons and De Puy tonight.

Massive Dutch support also in the stadium and 160,000 Dutch fans in
Dortmund. Serious expectations on the Netherlands to at least get to the final.

[BABY SHOES]

Today there is going to be one last dance before the final. I have noticed Southgate has started to use a different formation after leaving the group stage behind. Rather than 4-2-3-1, he is using 3-4-2-1 now.

Is there any big change? I can't say there is so much.    But it is still better for them to use a more offensive formation. England has the best squad among all teams in the competition. They should play as offensive as possible.

But even though I say this, we will most probably watch another boring Southgate football. I think this game will end up by penalty shootouts and England will get another victory. And after a final push I expect them to lose in another Euro final. 

England's 3-4-2-1 formation is the same as Switzerland we know how this strategy for me is not so effective as in previous matches.

As we see is it possible that this formation will be boring? I hope the players are more aggressive and indeed Southgate relies more on midfielders because it is thought to push the attack forward yes still we know this is a formation that is not ideal.

The match is on, watch now.

[SOKO-DEKE]

Netherlands vs England

Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Reijnders; Malen, Simons, Gakpo; Depay.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier; Rice, Mainoo; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane.

Spain has done their part just waiting for the opponent to face in the final, I don't see any obstacles for Spain in lefting the trophy because non of this two teams have consistent performance as Spain, Netherlands have even try to reach this level because they the only and the first place in 3rd best place that are still alive and England that finished first in the table only won a match. Let wait and see who Spain opponents will be few minutes to go.

The match between the Netherlands and England is not going to be an easy one. I see both teams having the same probability of winning this match. England may have a slightly better squad than the Netherlands, but I can't really say that England will win the game without a lot of effort. However, if England does not put in a lot of effort, they may end up losing the game. So right now, I can't say which particular team will win, but the truth is that England has a better squad than the Netherlands.

As for Spain, Spain is really in good form, and everyone has been aware of that since the beginning of the tournament. However, if they meet in the final with either England or the Netherlands, I can't say that Spain will find it easy to win the trophy. It is going to be a very tough match because each team will come with their own tactics to win. A final is not something we can easily predict, especially when it comes to international competitions.

[Minor Miner]

Today there is going to be one last dance before the final. I have noticed Southgate has started to use a different formation after leaving the group stage behind. Rather than 4-2-3-1, he is using 3-4-2-1 now.

Is there any big change? I can't say there is so much.    But it is still better for them to use a more offensive formation. England has the best squad among all teams in the competition. They should play as offensive as possible.

But even though I say this, we will most probably watch another boring Southgate football. I think this game will end up by penalty shootouts and England will get another victory. And after a final push I expect them to lose in another Euro final. 

England's 3-4-2-1 formation is the same as Switzerland we know how this strategy for me is not so effective as in previous matches.

As we see is it possible that this formation will be boring? I hope the players are more aggressive and indeed Southgate relies more on midfielders because it is thought to push the attack forward yes still we know this is a formation that is not ideal.

The match is on, watch now.

England qualified for the semi-finals, but England's performance against Switzerland was not good. However, England's coach probably did not make any changes in his match strategy and formation. I consider the Netherlands team as the favorite in this match as well. Netherlands players have better team bonding than England.

The England team conceded the goal only 7 minutes after the start of the match. Netherlands now lead 1-0. Xavi Simons scored the goal for the Netherlands. With the Netherlands scoring so quickly, the match will now be even more competitive. England will probably play completely attacking now. On the other hand, the players of the Netherlands are also able to make counter-attack quickly.

[Cryptoprincess101]

Today there is going to be one last dance before the final. I have noticed Southgate has started to use a different formation after leaving the group stage behind. Rather than 4-2-3-1, he is using 3-4-2-1 now.

Is there any big change? I can't say there is so much.    But it is still better for them to use a more offensive formation. England has the best squad among all teams in the competition. They should play as offensive as possible.

But even though I say this, we will most probably watch another boring Southgate football. I think this game will end up by penalty shootouts and England will get another victory. And after a final push I expect them to lose in another Euro final.  

England's 3-4-2-1 formation is the same as Switzerland we know how this strategy for me is not so effective as in previous matches.

As we see is it possible that this formation will be boring? I hope the players are more aggressive and indeed Southgate relies more on midfielders because it is thought to push the attack forward yes still we know this is a formation that is not ideal.

The match is on, watch now.

The Netherlands are already leading by a lone goal after Ximons scored and the England defender made a very costly mistake which led to the advantage Ximons took and fire the ball direct to England goal keeper and he scored. Already I have analyzed the Netherlands to be very energetic when compared to England and if England are not careful the Netherlands may score again because the Netherlands are playing with so much enthusiasm though the England team have been possessing the ball after the Netherlands scored and Harry Kane also made two threatening strike where the Netherlands goal keeper waved one of Kane's strikes and the other was off target. We should be expecting a very entertaining game in this match because the first half is becoming more tensed already. VAR have reviewed a potential penalty after Harry Kane's shot and it's a penalty. Harry Kane takes the penalty and he scores, it's now leveled 1:1 in just 18 minutes of play, looks like we are going to expect a lot of goals in this game tonight.

[bitgolden]

All season long Yamal played great, he actually provided so much for the club and I think it's obvious that we are going to see many great things from this kid. Barcelona had a lot of players in the past that media talked about as "next Messi" and none of them became that good, but Yamal is providing proof that he could actually be a modern Messi.

Nobody could score as much as Messi, he was otherworldly and dude had a year with 90 goals total, that is still insane to think about when you realize you have to average more than one goal per game every game for a whole year, and that season he was magical. But that doesn't mean that Yamal can't be a player who can carry a team, it looks like as long as he stays, he could carry Barcelona to the top.

[topbitcoin]

Netherlands vs England

Netherlands XI: Verbruggen; Dumfries, De Vrij, Van Dijk, Aké; Schouten, Reijnders; Malen, Simons, Gakpo; Depay.

England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier; Rice, Mainoo; Saka, Bellingham, Foden; Kane.

Spain has done their part just waiting for the opponent to face in the final, I don't see any obstacles for Spain in lefting the trophy because non of this two teams have consistent performance as Spain, Netherlands have even try to reach this level because they the only and the first place in 3rd best place that are still alive and England that finished first in the table only won a match. Let wait and see who Spain opponents will be few minutes to go.

The match between the Netherlands and England is not going to be an easy one. I see both teams having the same probability of winning this match. England may have a slightly better squad than the Netherlands, but I can't really say that England will win the game without a lot of effort. However, if England does not put in a lot of effort, they may end up losing the game. So right now, I can't say which particular team will win, but the truth is that England has a better squad than the Netherlands.

As for Spain, Spain is really in good form, and everyone has been aware of that since the beginning of the tournament. However, if they meet in the final with either England or the Netherlands, I can't say that Spain will find it easy to win the trophy. It is going to be a very tough match because each team will come with their own tactics to win. A final is not something we can easily predict, especially when it comes to international competitions.

The match has just begun and England are already 1 goal down in this first half, Netherland are overwhelming the English players by attacking so fast, I think England need to fight harder to equalize this unbalance, Xavi Simons really surprised and can get a goal in this match very carefully and quickly.
Maybe it's still early and England can turn things around if they find their chance, but the Netherlands can't be stupid enough to tighten up their defense after getting this lead.

Spain are playing quite well, and are the strongest candidates to win the Euro championship this season, I know Spain very well now they can dominate well, but the ball is round, and luck can come to any team to get an advantage in the match, we can let go of the luck factor on the field that sometimes makes us lose the expectations we have made before.