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

[snipie]

Yesterday, Spain defeated England to win the UEFA Euros Championship while Argentina defeated Colombia in the final of the Copa America to clinch the trophy which means that Spain and Argentina are going to meet each in the Finalissima. It's a dream come through for Spain's young winger Lamine Yamal who had a very impressive performance in the European championship.

That game will take place in 2025 so it isn't that close. Both Messi and Yamal will resume playing in their leagues along with the other players before facing each others. There will be international games in between.
It will be an interesting match between the two nations which are the best in the world right now with the failure of France and especially Brazil.

[ZAINmalik75]

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Spain's squad may be relatively strong. However, Argentina's match strategy and players' bonding is very strong. So I don't think Argentina will lose against Spain. The match between Spain and Argentina will surely be very competitive.

Surly the match between Spain and Argentina will be very competitive, with both teams looking so strong in terms of tactics stance, squad etc. Some people are just thinking about that Argentina has a good player so they will be the winners. It's true that they have good players in their squads, but you have to know that Spain also has good players in their squads. Besides that both teams have played the final and won it but you need to understand that Argentina beat a minor team like Colombia. While on the other side Spain defeated a big team, i.e., England. So using this point as evidence I can confidently say that the match will be very competitive because both sides have good players as well as experience in the final. Because both are champions of their own league, i.e Spain has become the champion of the Euro Cup and Argentina has become the champion of the Copa America.  
 
But anyway let's see what happens next in the final and who will be the winner 
Argentina or Espana
I would go for Spain because in every aspect, they are looking strong.

[CryptoBuds]

N.Williams was the man of the match. While there was no goal in the first half of the match, Spain took the lead with Williams' goal at the beginning of the second half, which put England under stress. In the 73rd minute, England managed to equalize the situation after Palmer's goal and could not prevent Oyarzabal's goal just before the end of the match. Oyarzabal managed to bring the cup to his country by scoring the goal that destroyed England in the 86th minute.

Spain's players performed well throughout the match. Basically the match was dominated by the players of Spain. Almost every player in Spain has performed well in his position. Especially Williams and Yamal Spain's two young players performed well in this match.

Apart from Yamal and Williams, Spain's two defenders Laporte and Cucurella also performed well in this match. These two defenders caused England to miss scoring opportunities despite several strong attacks. However, Spain's players performed well throughout the match. And they are a worthy team to be Euro champions.

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This was a predictable final as Spain were the favorites from the start as well as the 1X2 bet with normal time the excitement came when Oyarzabal scored in the 86th minute to seal the win for Spain.

Don't expect England to equalize Spain's game they are always inconsistent, it's just that the pressure from Spain is better while England is locked in their game, I feel Southgate did not drop some players if only 3 were replaced it would not be enough to change the game.

[Amphenomenon]

Hopefully this is Southgate last Euro, because it's time for England to try another coach and all the England staff have to be replaced. Southgate was so tactically poor that the luxury players had to bow in the final. Cole Palmer goal was in vain, Southgate should have included him as a starter. Palmer had too little playing time to maximize his time. Overall I and several other gamblers didn't seem surprised when betting on Spain winning early on. We watched together but felt dissatisfied because England did not provide fierce resistance.

Yeah maybe that's a fact, we all saw this match and Spain dominated from all sides even though we know England has a good squad but unable to compete with Spain. Southgate prefers Harry Kane as the main player in the lineup and this strategy has been successful in the last few matches, but Southgate forgot that this was the final match and their opponents already know how to anticipate Harry Kane in the defensive area so he couldn't move any further.

On the other hand, Spain played well and they have a great mentality. We know that before reaching the final, Spain had beaten several strong teams so that when they faced England in the final they had no problems, overall Spain should be appreciated for their consistent performance throughout the tournament.

Spain deserve this title for their performance even since the beginning of the tournament, winning against the bigger teams. I think Southgate should be dropped as the England coach it would have better if he had at least starts with Watkins especially after his late minutes goal Netherlands that took them to the final, I wonder what Southgate was thinking putting him in the later on, definitely Spain would not give him that same opportunity he got against Netherlands, this is the final the Spain already thought of a neutralizing effect on this before the game.
Kane continues with the curse of being trophyless, sigh.

[Richbased]

Yesterday, Spain defeated England to win the UEFA Euros Championship while Argentina defeated Colombia in the final of the Copa America to clinch the trophy which means that Spain and Argentina are going to meet each in the Finalissima. It's a dream come through for Spain's young winger Lamine Yamal who had a very impressive performance in the European championship. Lamine Yamal who was once bathed by Lionel Messi when he was few months old will have the opportunity to play against his football idol. Whoever wins that game and trophy I don't think will mean much to Lamine Yamal because his most important interest is to play against and that dream have finally come to pass for the talented footballer.

Lamine Yamal really showed an impressive performance throughout the UEFA EURO 2024 and that earned him the best young player award as he is just 17 years of age and it will be a pleasure for the young talented Spanish footballer to meet and play in same space with Lionel Messi in the Finalissima since Argentina won the Copa America and Spain won the UEFA EURO competition.

Lamine Yamal looks very promising and hardworking and if he continues in this awesome performance then he's gonna do exploits at Barcelona just like Lionel Messi did. But he should not allow any form of distraction to come his way now that he is getting in the limelight of international football. Lionel Messi also started doing great jobs at a very young age and he continued and experienced huge success in his football career so if Lamine Yamal should be more focused and determined to improve his career and take it to greater heights.

[Mame89]

Spain's players performed well throughout the match. Basically the match was dominated by the players of Spain. Almost every player in Spain has performed well in his position. Especially Williams and Yamal Spain's two young players performed well in this match.

Apart from Yamal and Williams, Spain's two defenders Laporte and Cucurella also performed well in this match. These two defenders caused England to miss scoring opportunities despite several strong attacks. However, Spain's players performed well throughout the match. And they are a worthy team to be Euro champions.

Yes that's right. Overall, from the group phase to the final, Spain deserved to be champions. Because they played very well, attractively and dominantly throughout the Euro Cup competition. Actually they don't have players who are too dominant, but they play very solidly and the coach is very good at using the existing players, especially young players like Yamal and Williams.

You could say that Spain today is very different from Spain when it won the Euros and World Cup several years ago. The Spanish squad is currently filled with players from various clubs, not just Real Madrid or Barcelona but this is truly Spain which has a very different feel with interesting and entertaining games. So they deserved to win the Euros.

For England, they were not able to take advantage of the momentum well. Even though Palmer's goal could have been momentum for England to get up and score the next goal. However, England often made mistakes in passing and lost duels in the midfield. Another mistake was that Foden was only replaced in the 88th minute, he should have been replaced earlier. England's failure seems to confirm that Harry Kane's curse continues.

[uchegod-21]

This was a predictable final as Spain were the favorites from the start as well as the 1X2 bet with normal time the excitement came when Oyarzabal scored in the 86th minute to seal the win for Spain.

Don't expect England to equalize Spain's game they are always inconsistent, it's just that the pressure from Spain is better while England is locked in their game, I feel Southgate did not drop some players if only 3 were replaced it would not be enough to change the game.

The final euro match between Spain and England was predictable as you rightly said. Apart from the pool from people, the bookmakers also made the odds to favor Spain knowing too well they are the better team right from the beginning of the tournament.

Although I was one of the few people who believed that England could pull a surprise and beat Spain. I heard that believe because England had missed so many finals and Southgate himself many trophies he lost in finals. I was thinking it was the right time for England to right the wrong, but things didn't work as I wished.

[MAAManda]

Don't expect England to equalize Spain's game they are always inconsistent, it's just that the pressure from Spain is better while England is locked in their game, I feel Southgate did not drop some players if only 3 were replaced it would not be enough to change the game.

Southgate doesn't understand what he's doing, that's the reason England can be beaten by Spain even just in regular time. Cole Palmer, who had a good performance was put on the bench, and then given the opportunity to play in the 70th minute, it didn't take long for him to immediately score a goal for England.

I think it's enough for the FA to give Southgate a chance, he has been disappointing in 2 EURO finals. It would be better if the FA hired a manager who had more experience managing a big team like England.

[Marykeller]

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There is such a thing as the Kane Curse, it is very sad, but it is one of the footballers who have the biggest problems in becoming champions. He took part in many final matches, came very close to many championships, but could not manage to win the cup. This is more than just bad luck, this is one of the worst experiences among football players. From now on, I will have faith that the opposing team will win the final matches he plays

The failure after failure experienced by Harry Kane in winning the Trophy has now given rise to the term "Harry Kane Curse". It's a shame that a great striker like Harry Kane has never tasted the sweetness of lifting a trophy. Obviously this doesn't make sense, in terms of ability he is a complete package striker, but every time the team he plays for always fails to win a trophy.

Previously, Bayern Munich failed to maintain its dominance after being strengthened by Harry Kane, and now, the England national team has had to reap the failure to win a trophy after being defeated by Spain, in the previous final match they were also defeated by Italy. In fact, England really wanted to win the Euros for the first time, but their dreams were always dashed. Is the failure in the last two final matches related to the "Harry Kane Curse" or is it really not the time for England to win the Euro?

It's really up to 58 years since England won a trophy for themselves. You can see that, it's not just Kane who is cursing about this. The England droughts have existed long enough before Kane's birth. Kane is just been unlucky for any trophy won with England yet. A change of England coach can help him achieve that since Southgate is shown the way out as England's coach. Who knows, he can win a trophy with Bayern Munich before the end of two seasons



For the record, England is among the national teams with longer droughts (without a trophy won).

To read about other nations that are in the same situation as England of no trophy won for a very long time, click here

[Zlantann]

Don't expect England to equalize Spain's game they are always inconsistent, it's just that the pressure from Spain is better while England is locked in their game, I feel Southgate did not drop some players if only 3 were replaced it would not be enough to change the game.

Southgate doesn't understand what he's doing, that's the reason England can be beaten by Spain even just in regular time. Cole Palmer, who had a good performance was put on the bench, and then given the opportunity to play in the 70th minute, it didn't take long for him to immediately score a goal for England.

I think it's enough for the FA to give Southgate a chance, he has been disappointing in 2 EURO finals. It would be better if the FA hired a manager who had more experience managing a big team like England.

The English coach has suffered from too much criticism and attacks by sports pundits and ex-footballers. Nobody expected the three loins to make it to the finals. But we saw how the team improved as the competition progressed. Gareth Southgate will remain the most successful English coach after taking them to two successive finals. He doesn't deserve to be sacked because many coaches have not even been able to make it to the quarter-finals of the competition. I think the English FA will not sack him, he would be allowed to keep improving the team.

Regarding the late introduction of Cole Palmer, I think it was a tactical strategy. Each time the Chelsea player is introduced with Ollie Watkins they end up getting a goal. You don't expect Southgate to keep Harry Kane on the bench, he is a player who has a lot of experience and should be respected. You will be surprised that Palmer would have been inactive if he had been played from the beginning. Kane will soon retire from international football and Cole Palmer's time will come. England has hired bigger coaches but none of them have achieved what Southgate has done with the team. 

[LUCKMCFLY]

We watched together but felt dissatisfied because England did not provide fierce resistance.

satisfied or not, that's what can be seen in the English team's game. Observers have indeed not favored the English team in several previous matches. but they made it to the final I think it was an extraordinary surprise. We all saw that match, where Spain played better. they get wins and trophies. They deserved this, without underestimating the England team who had fought until the final round. remember they achieved it also not because of luck. we can't blame anyone, just enjoy the game and bet.

Let's remember that in football it's not who deserves it, it's who scores the goals who wins, that's enough, for me England did well, it was one of the teams that also made things very difficult for Spain, of course Holland and England were very unlucky to be eliminated in the end, for me Spain has very good players and partly they had luck, and that's something that can't be denied, for me things always happen for a reason, and this time life, luck and everything favored Spain, of course that's not free, for me Spain showed from the beginning that it is a great team and that it was a potential finalist, and so it was.

[Publictalk792]

The English coach has suffered from too much criticism and attacks by sports pundits and ex-footballers. Nobody expected the three loins to make it to the finals. But we saw how the team improved as the competition progressed. Gareth Southgate will remain the most successful English coach after taking them to two successive finals. He doesn't deserve to be sacked because many coaches have not even been able to make it to the quarter-finals of the competition. I think the English FA will not sack him, he would be allowed to keep improving the team.

Regarding the late introduction of Cole Palmer, I think it was a tactical strategy. Each time the Chelsea player is introduced with Ollie Watkins they end up getting a goal. You don't expect Southgate to keep Harry Kane on the bench, he is a player who has a lot of experience and should be respected. You will be surprised that Palmer would have been inactive if he had been played from the beginning. Kane will soon retire from international football and Cole Palmer's time will come. England has hired bigger coaches but none of them have achieved what Southgate has done with the team. 

Yes I agree Gareth Southgate has been treated unfairly by football experts and former players. Even though England made it to finals which was surprise he has been criticized a lot. But we should remember that he has done something many coaches have not taken England to two finals in row. It would be unfair to sack him especially since team has improved under his leadership. Decision to bring Cole Palmer into game late was probably smart move since he and Ollie Watkins have worked well together before. Harry Kane is respected player with a lot of experience so it makes sense that Southgate would not bench him. When Kane retires from international football Cole Palmer will get his chance. Southgate has done more for England than many other coaches, and he deserves to keep leading the team. The English FA should keep him on.

[Oluwa-btc]

N.Williams was the man of the match. While there was no goal in the first half of the match, Spain took the lead with Williams' goal at the beginning of the second half, which put England under stress. In the 73rd minute, England managed to equalize the situation after Palmer's goal and could not prevent Oyarzabal's goal just before the end of the match. Oyarzabal managed to bring the cup to his country by scoring the goal that destroyed England in the 86th minute.

Spain's players performed well throughout the match. Basically the match was dominated by the players of Spain. Almost every player in Spain has performed well in his position. Especially Williams and Yamal Spain's two young players performed well in this match.

Apart from Yamal and Williams, Spain's two defenders Laporte and Cucurella also performed well in this match. These two defenders caused England to miss scoring opportunities despite several strong attacks. However, Spain's players performed well throughout the match. And they are a worthy team to be Euro champions.

They did well during the first half, I can agree they dominated the game, yes!! The second half was much different, especially with the absence of Rodri in the midfied who complemented Fabian Ruiz all throughout the road to the finals. Three Lions dominated in the second half of the game if we're to talk about domination, was vexed because Cole Palmer was introduced late.
No doubts about Yamal and Nico Williams, One scored and the other gave assist. Asides that, they had individual performance in the game to show their capabilities and presence.

Laporte is known for how great he is tactically, good with the head and also a great passer of the ball. Most of them all, I love how he reads with game with so much composure. I will never let my hate and dislike for Chelsea hate Marc Cucurella. He has been great both offensive and defensively. He's everything you want in a modern day left fullback.

I want to say the coach is a great man and lastly, I can go without talking about Rodri and Fabian Ruiz who are the core/ spine to this Spanish side. With the Euros won I do think Rodri stands a chance for the next Ballon d'or award. What do you all think?

[3meek]

This was a predictable final as Spain were the favorites from the start as well as the 1X2 bet with normal time the excitement came when Oyarzabal scored in the 86th minute to seal the win for Spain.

Don't expect England to equalize Spain's game they are always inconsistent, it's just that the pressure from Spain is better while England is locked in their game, I feel Southgate did not drop some players if only 3 were replaced it would not be enough to change the game.

England had good chances to score more goals, but they were unlucky... Of course Spain looked stronger and they probably really deserved this win, but I wouldn't say it was easy for them... England had just as many good chances, but they couldn't realise them... The second goal in the last minutes for Spain was decisive...

[HajiBagi]

This was a predictable final as Spain were the favorites from the start as well as the 1X2 bet with normal time the excitement came when Oyarzabal scored in the 86th minute to seal the win for Spain.

Don't expect England to equalize Spain's game they are always inconsistent, it's just that the pressure from Spain is better while England is locked in their game, I feel Southgate did not drop some players if only 3 were replaced it would not be enough to change the game.

I expected England to score a goal in the final game and that is what happened in the game, although we all know how strong Spain's team was and they are very strong against any opponent in this tournament what made England lose this title was the coach, England coach is one of the coaches that will never win a trophy in his career, currently, he is 58 and he has never won any trophy just like Harry Kane, I don’t even know why England is still keeping the coach as their 2026 World Cup coach, in the match between England and Spain, the match should be starting with Cole palmer and Watkins not with Harry Kane, saka and Foden. Harry Kane, saka and Foden are the fault of England but the arrogant coach did not want to remove them in the game.

When a player is having a good performance he should always be used to start a game, if Spain's coach is arrogant like England's coach he will not be using Lamin Yamal but he is a very good coach and he uses the player and he didn’t even mind of his age but England coach is seeing Cole palmer like he can’t play, from my understanding, England is a team that you have to connect to the coach before starting a game for them because if not that why the country will not sack Southgate and employ another coach, well that’s their business and this will be the last time I will support England in any competition.

[Barikui1]

This was a predictable final as Spain were the favorites from the start as well as the 1X2 bet with normal time the excitement came when Oyarzabal scored in the 86th minute to seal the win for Spain.

Don't expect England to equalize Spain's game they are always inconsistent, it's just that the pressure from Spain is better while England is locked in their game, I feel Southgate did not drop some players if only 3 were replaced it would not be enough to change the game.

England had good chances to score more goals, but they were unlucky... Of course Spain looked stronger and they probably really deserved this win, but I wouldn't say it was easy for them... England had just as many good chances, but they couldn't realise them... The second goal in the last minutes for Spain was decisive...

Do you really mean that England was just unlucky? No, I really don't think so, it was a well deserved winning from the Spanish team, because they were more tactically and technically sound than the English team, though the English side gave them a good fight no doubt, but the Spanish team was the better side overall.

And as for the English coach, Garry Southgate, I think he was the primary reason the English team lost this particular game, am saying so because the likes harry Kane and phill foden aren't doing anything in the field of play, before this game, folden has played six matches already without an assist and a goal, instead of the coach Garry Southgate replacing him with cole palmer, he left him on the bench for too long, and that applies to harry Kane also, he was practically ineffective all through, I believe that Watkins and cole palmer would have done more better than harry Kane and phill foden if they have started,  and that is what cost them dearly in this past finals.

[Sg4j1n3ll0]

This was a predictable final as Spain were the favorites from the start as well as the 1X2 bet with normal time the excitement came when Oyarzabal scored in the 86th minute to seal the win for Spain.

Don't expect England to equalize Spain's game they are always inconsistent, it's just that the pressure from Spain is better while England is locked in their game, I feel Southgate did not drop some players if only 3 were replaced it would not be enough to change the game.

England had good chances to score more goals, but they were unlucky... Of course Spain looked stronger and they probably really deserved this win, but I wouldn't say it was easy for them... England had just as many good chances, but they couldn't realise them... The second goal in the last minutes for Spain was decisive...

Do you really mean that England was just unlucky? No, I really don't think so, it was a well deserved winning from the Spanish team, because they were more tactically and technically sound than the English team, though the English side gave them a good fight no doubt, but the Spanish team was the better side overall.

And as for the English coach, Garry Southgate, I think he was the primary reason the English team lost this particular game, am saying so because the likes harry Kane and phill foden aren't doing anything in the field of play, before this game, folden has played six matches already without an assist and a goal, instead of the coach Garry Southgate replacing him with cole palmer, he left him on the bench for too long, and that applies to harry Kane also, he was practically ineffective all through, I believe that Watkins and cole palmer would have done more better than harry Kane and phill foden if they have started,  and that is what cost them dearly in this past finals.

I fully agree that Spain won by absolute merit and they also challenged other much stronger teams in their journey compared to England who only found small teams that didn't even worry the English, but let's also say that Spain had the its great luck to go through with Germany who in my opinion would have deserved to go through, regarding England there was no way to win that match they were too much superior, it was the same with Italy, they suffered psychological pressure and they fell, sorry for Kane who hasn't managed to pick up a trophy in his entire career!

[Inwestour]

Yes I agree Gareth Southgate has been treated unfairly by football experts and former players. Even though England made it to finals which was surprise he has been criticized a lot. But we should remember that he has done something many coaches have not taken England to two finals in row. It would be unfair to sack him especially since team has improved under his leadership. Decision to bring Cole Palmer into game late was probably smart move since he and Ollie Watkins have worked well together before. Harry Kane is respected player with a lot of experience so it makes sense that Southgate would not bench him. When Kane retires from international football Cole Palmer will get his chance. Southgate has done more for England than many other coaches, and he deserves to keep leading the team. The English FA should keep him on.

Perhaps you are right, but on the other hand, maybe another coach could achieve a better result with such an England team. The whole difficulty is that they won’t find out until they change the coach, but firing a coach because he led the team to the final twice and didn’t win is also stupid. I haven't seen any mention of England changing their coach, and before doing so you need to know who could be a worthy replacement.

[Justbillywitt]

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Spain's squad may be relatively strong. However, Argentina's match strategy and players' bonding is very strong. So I don't think Argentina will lose against Spain. The match between Spain and Argentina will surely be very competitive.

Surly the match between Spain and Argentina will be very competitive, with both teams looking so strong in terms of tactics stance, squad etc. Some people are just thinking about that Argentina has a good player so they will be the winners. It's true that they have good players in their squads, but you have to know that Spain also has good players in their squads. Besides that both teams have played the final and won it but you need to understand that Argentina beat a minor team like Colombia. While on the other side Spain defeated a big team, i.e., England. So using this point as evidence I can confidently say that the match will be very competitive because both sides have good players as well as experience in the final. Because both are champions of their own league, i.e Spain has become the champion of the Euro Cup and Argentina has become the champion of the Copa America.  
 
But anyway let's see what happens next in the final and who will be the winner 
Argentina or Espana
I would go for Spain because in every aspect, they are looking strong.

You don't have to call a team minor simply because they are from another continent that is not your most preferred continent which is europe. Colombia defeated like Brazil in the just concluded Copa America. The Euros and Copa America are two different competition that comes with different challenges, that doesn't make team from that side minor to that of Europeans teams. Fine both competitions has ended and their champoins are going to play very soon and we will see how good both sides are when they finally meet. Argentina are worthy Champions no matter the team they defeated, it doesn't make them less to the euros Champions which happens to be Spain. After all Argentina are world champions that also defeated one of the European power house (France). It will be an interesting final between both sides. I will go for Argentina who are holding two trophies currently, they are more experienced when it comes to intercontinental competitions.