⚽ EURO 2024 TOURNAMENT - Discussion Thread

[Adiljutt156]

The match was excellent between Spain and Germany but Spain football team won the match by 2-0 goals and the the stat of Spain team was excellent in this match. Germany team could goal only one and they disappointed their fans because huge number of fans like that team and they have great affection with that team and Germany player are top class players but they lose the quarter final and now they are out of the tournament but Spain team qualify for semi final and players are Spain team are looking in good form and they have more possibility to win this World Cup. Wirtz did first goal for his country, otherwise ,we could see the match of 2-0 because Spain team deserves win.

[CLS63]

It is really like a dream that I never want to wake up from.    We are 1-0 ahead against Netherlands now and one step closer to the semi finals. We are shown as a big underdog here. Montella is a really different manager. Even though he is highly criticized with his preferences he still finds a way to win the match. I hope he continues like this longer. After our success in Euro 2008 this is going to be our second time reaching the semi finals if we make it. 

[KTChampions]

It is really like a dream that I never want to wake up from.    We are 1-0 ahead against Netherlands now and one step closer to the semi finals. We are shown as a big underdog here. Montella is a really different manager. Even though he is highly criticized with his preferences he still finds a way to win the match. I hope he continues like this longer. After our success in Euro 2008 this is going to be our second time reaching the semi finals if we make it. 

Turkey still has 5 minutes to try to level the score (now 2-1 in favor of the Netherlands) but in any case, after so many failures, this tournament has become a success for Turkey. Personally, as a Real Madrid fan, I am glad that Güller scores points in every game using the goal+pass system and it looks like next season he will seriously claim a place in the main squad.

[boltz]

It is really like a dream that I never want to wake up from.    We are 1-0 ahead against Netherlands now and one step closer to the semi finals. We are shown as a big underdog here. Montella is a really different manager. Even though he is highly criticized with his preferences he still finds a way to win the match. I hope he continues like this longer. After our success in Euro 2008 this is going to be our second time reaching the semi finals if we make it. 

Turkey still has 5 minutes to try to level the score (now 2-1 in favor of the Netherlands) but in any case, after so many failures, this tournament has become a success for Turkey. Personally, as a Real Madrid fan, I am glad that Güller scores points in every game using the goal+pass system and it looks like next season he will seriously claim a place in the main squad.

Ohh , I really believed that Turkey will avenge my national team Romania by defeating Netherlands but it seems that only 1 goal wasn't enough for them to win. However, I can't take any merits away from Netherlands because they displayed top football in 2nd half and they could've scored at least one more time.

Next stop are semi-finals where I do believe Spain and Netherlands will face each other in the finals. 

[JollyGood]

These are the results of top half of the draw quarter-final fixtures played today Saturday 6th July:

England 1-1 Switzerland England won 5-3 on penalties
Netherlands 2-1 Turkey

This Swiss played well enough to win the game and were leading 1-0 too but this England team finds a way to succeed. They equalised and then took the game to penalties after the extra-time deadlock. As for Turkey they played brilliant and also took the lead but Netherlands managed to win the game in 90 minutes. Turkey had several opportunities to get the equaliser but if not the goalkeeper the defenders were throwing themselves in the way.







These are the semi-final fixtures:

Tuesday 9th July
Spain vs France

Wednesday 10th July
Netherlands vs England

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Going to be a great game with France and Spain going at it.  What a crazy game the Spain flgermany one.  With pretty much a minute left in extras Spain puts Germany away.  I kind of like when someone "wins" and it doesn't go to pks.  I know that's the way soccer is settled but all that work only to have it come down to pks is crazy especially in a tourny like this ome.

What a game. Germany being the host nation tried their best until the last minute but by then Spain looked dangerous every time they counterattacked. I m glad this game did not go to penalties.

Both were astonishing games full of suspense. Germany might be out of the Euro championship, but they fought until the very last minute. Amazing performances from all teams nonetheless. Yesterday was a delight, as I managed to accurately predict the outcome of both matches and won a considerate amount of money in return. Looking forward to today's matches, England vs. Switzerland and Netherlands vs. Turkey. Good luck to everyone!

I expected Spain and Portugal to be in the semi-final but France put an end to that  

[nelson4lov]

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Ohh , I really believed that Turkey will avenge my national team Romania by defeating Netherlands but it seems that only 1 goal wasn't enough for them to win. However, I can't take any merits away from Netherlands because they displayed top football in 2nd half and they could've scored at least one more time.

Next stop are semi-finals where I do believe Spain and Netherlands will face each other in the finals.  

I don't want to jinx it but there's a high chance that England and France might make it through to the finals so we'll have a boring final. Some of the best teams in the tournament have already been eliminated by teams that have been mediocre since the start of the tournament like France and England. That's why I won't be surprised if Spain, (currently the best team still in the tourney) ends up losing their spot in the finals to France. This is football and sometimes, the best teams don't win.

My money is on Spain vs Netherlands though.

[kawetsriyanto]

These are the results of top half of the draw quarter-final fixtures played today Saturday 6th July:
England 1-1 Switzerland France won 5-3 on penalties
Netherlands 2-1 Turkey

This Swiss played well enough to win the game and were leading 1-0 too but this England team finds a way to succeed. They equalised and then took the game to penalties after the extra-time deadlock. As for Turkey they played brilliant and also took the lead but Netherlands managed to win the game in 90 minutes. Turkey had several opportunities to get the equaliser but if not the goalkeeper the defenders were throwing themselves in the way.

Check again your post, I think you made a little mistake, mate.  
You wrote France, it should be England.

Well, these results are expected results by most people. There is no surprise in quarter-final, all the winners are the teams predicted to have higher probability to win the match. Switzerland and Turkiye could lead the game, but they failed to keep their leading. I think it may be about they quality of players and their mentality. Since most England and Netherlands players are playing in top teams in the world, they already experienced the same situation many times. They never give up and they keep their good efforts until the end of the match. Finally, the results proved that those experienced players who won the match.

For semi-final, Spain and England have the higher probability to win the matches. If everything goes like the quarter-final, Spain vs England will be in the final match. I don't know what your prediction is, but I think Spain vs England seems very possible if we consider their current performance.

[JollyGood]

Check again your post, I think you made a little mistake, mate.  
You wrote France, it should be England.

Fixed  

Well, these results are expected results by most people. There is no surprise in quarter-final, all the winners are the teams predicted to have higher probability to win the match. Switzerland and Turkiye could lead the game, but they failed to keep their leading. I think it may be about they quality of players and their mentality. Since most England and Netherlands players are playing in top teams in the world, they already experienced the same situation many times. They never give up and they keep their good efforts until the end of the match. Finally, the results proved that those experienced players who won the match.

For semi-final, Spain and England have the higher probability to win the matches. If everything goes like the quarter-final, Spain vs England will be in the final match. I don't know what your prediction is, but I think Spain vs England seems very possible if we consider their current performance.

I thought we would see a semi-final between Switzerland and Turkiye but it will be between England and Netherlands. I was expecting Spain to beat Germany and end up playing Portugal in the other semi-final but it will be Spain playing France instead.

I think the final will be played between Spain and Netherlands.

[KTChampions]

Turkey still has 5 minutes to try to level the score (now 2-1 in favor of the Netherlands) but in any case, after so many failures, this tournament has become a success for Turkey. Personally, as a Real Madrid fan, I am glad that Güller scores points in every game using the goal+pass system and it looks like next season he will seriously claim a place in the main squad.

Ohh , I really believed that Turkey will avenge my national team Romania by defeating Netherlands but it seems that only 1 goal wasn't enough for them to win. However, I can't take any merits away from Netherlands because they displayed top football in 2nd half and they could've scored at least one more time.

Next stop are semi-finals where I do believe Spain and Netherlands will face each other in the finals. 

Why not. England and France are no stronger than the Netherlands, Spain is the strongest. It turns out that in order for us to see the final between Spain and the Netherlands, there must be a logical outcome in the form of a victory for Spain over France and a random (50 to 50) outcome in the form of a victory for the Netherlands. The defeat of England, in my opinion, will be both logical and fair - they are in the easiest part of the tournament bracket and were not eliminated twice thanks to luck.

[Adiljutt156]

The stadium of merkur spiel arena proved to be luck for England football team . England team won the match at penalty level and Switzerland football ball team lose at the end when penalties decided the side of match. The overall score of both teams was 1,1 goal at the end of match . That was quarter final ,so empires decided that the match will be end with penalties and every team strikes the ball for three times and England goalkeeper and kicker played well and England team beat Switzerland but Switzerland team was more stronger and has more experienced players which are serving the country for years, but they could not win the match at the end. Both team became aggressive after doing one goal and we saw good competition and next let see what happens and which team wins the semi final and qualifies for final .

[boltz]

Spain - France is where I do see Spain qualify further because they do play the better football while on the other side France can barely create scoring chances.

Netherlands - England is similar to first semi-final because England is display an anti-football strategy while Netherlands are playing offensive football and they are not afraid to actually crate scoring chances and play an open football game. 

[nelson4lov]

Spain - France is where I do see Spain qualify further because they do play the better football while on the other side France can barely create scoring chances.

Netherlands - England is similar to first semi-final because England is display an anti-football strategy while Netherlands are playing offensive football and they are not afraid to actually crate scoring chances and play an open football game. 

Don't rule out Spain yet. I've seen this pattern happen time and time again in football where the best team in a tournament gets eliminated while an underperforming team goes on to win it. It has been the case for both France and England in this tournament. Both teams have underperformed over the course of the euros but yet, they're going to be participants in the tournament.

I want to see Spain win because they play really good and attractive football but I've accepted the fact that in life, we can't always get what we want. Ready to accept any outcome from both semi final games.

[DaNNy001]

Spain - France is where I do see Spain qualify further because they do play the better football while on the other side France can barely create scoring chances.

Netherlands - England is similar to first semi-final because England is display an anti-football strategy while Netherlands are playing offensive football and they are not afraid to actually crate scoring chances and play an open football game.  

Don't rule out Spain yet. I've seen this pattern happen time and time again in football where the best team in a tournament gets eliminated while an underperforming team goes on to win it. It has been the case for both France and England in this tournament. Both teams have underperformed over the course of the euros but yet, they're going to be participants in the tournament.

I want to see Spain win because they play really good and attractive football but I've accepted the fact that in life, we can't always get what we want. Ready to accept any outcome from both semi final games.

Thank you very much bro, this is exactly what I have thinking in this exact game and if we look at the current sequence to almost how all the games are ending then you would find out that a lot of them are actually ending in full-time draw and if the case is to be furthered then penalty shoot out which ofcourse everybody knows it's a no man's game @luck base. France is a good team but as of now Spain is far better so also does football has different endings to games like this as a surprise package can always be at the end of the 90mins and extra time.

[JollyGood]

It looks as though the consensus is heading towards Spain beating France to reach the final and I am not surprised. Spain have played far better than Spain throughout the tournament and deserve their place in the semi-final. As for France, Netherlands and England (the other three semi-finalists), they are there but did not deserve to be there as far as based on their game play is concerned.

I re-iterate what I stated earlier, I think the final will be played between Spain and Netherlands 

[Adiljutt156]

The quarter final match between Turkey national football team and Netherland Football team was excellent and we saw excellent match between these teams. I saw both teams to play well and I  supported to Netherland Football team and in the end they won the match by 2- 0 score. Netherland Football team won due to great captaincy and strategy of captain and captain should focus on his game and he should also give right direction to the players. de Vrij applied pressure on the players of Turkey team when he did goal for the country and after the first goal Turkey team could not handle the pressure of knock match and in the end they lose and Netherland team will play the semi final. Congratulations to Netherland Football team to qualify for semi final.

[JollyGood]

That was an excellent game. Turkiye took the lead in that game and they held on to it at half-time. It was during the middle part of the second half that Netherlands scored two goals within six minutes that turned the game around. For me, Turkiye were the better team for most of the game. In the end Netherlands came back from a goal down to win 2-1 but the Turks deserved to win. Congratulations to Netherlands, their prize is a semi-final match against England 

The quarter final match between Turkey national football team and Netherland Football team was excellent and we saw excellent match between these teams. I saw both teams to play well and I  supported to Netherland Football team and in the end they won the match by 2- 0 score. Netherland Football team won due to great captaincy and strategy of captain and captain should focus on his game and he should also give right direction to the players. de Vrij applied pressure on the players of Turkey team when he did goal for the country and after the first goal Turkey team could not handle the pressure of knock match and in the end they lose and Netherland team will play the semi final. Congratulations to Netherland Football team to qualify for semi final.

[Spaceman1000$]

These are the results of top half of the draw quarter-final fixtures played today Saturday 6th July:

England 1-1 Switzerland England won 5-3 on penalties
Netherlands 2-1 Turkey

This Swiss played well enough to win the game and were leading 1-0 too but this England team finds a way to succeed. They equalised and then took the game to penalties after the extra-time deadlock. As for Turkey they played brilliant and also took the lead but Netherlands managed to win the game in 90 minutes. Turkey had several opportunities to get the equaliser but if not the goalkeeper the defenders were throwing themselves in the way.







These are the semi-final fixtures:

Tuesday 9th July
Spain vs France

Wednesday 10th July
Netherlands vs England

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Going to be a great game with France and Spain going at it.  What a crazy game the Spain flgermany one.  With pretty much a minute left in extras Spain puts Germany away.  I kind of like when someone "wins" and it doesn't go to pks.  I know that's the way soccer is settled but all that work only to have it come down to pks is crazy especially in a tourny like this ome.

What a game. Germany being the host nation tried their best until the last minute but by then Spain looked dangerous every time they counterattacked. I m glad this game did not go to penalties.

Both were astonishing games full of suspense. Germany might be out of the Euro championship, but they fought until the very last minute. Amazing performances from all teams nonetheless. Yesterday was a delight, as I managed to accurately predict the outcome of both matches and won a considerate amount of money in return. Looking forward to today's matches, England vs. Switzerland and Netherlands vs. Turkey. Good luck to everyone!

I expected Spain and Portugal to be in the semi-final but France put an end to that  

Sometimes I just look at the Netherland team and I'm happy for how far they've come in this tournament, they are one of the teams to have qualified as one of the best losers from group stage to knockout stage. Looking back, I just noticed how far they've come, I really wasn't happy about the fact that they might not have qualified for the knockout stage given the position they where on their group, however they where a team I knew had a lot of potentials, so seeing them go out on group stage was something I wouldn't have been happy about, but thank goodness they qualified.

Netherland Vs England is more like the clash of the titans for me, the intensity and how intrigue the match will be, is going to be more than that of France vs Spain game. I will place both England and Netherland on the same pedestrian, because both teams throughout the competition are not too aggressive but they are a bit technical and attacking minded with individual players  that can help change the game for their countries at any slightest opportunity given.

[CLS63]

That was an excellent game. Turkiye took the lead in that game and they held on to it at half-time. It was during the middle part of the second half that Netherlands scored two goals within six minutes that turned the game around. For me, Turkiye were the better team for most of the game. In the end Netherlands came back from a goal down to win 2-1 but the Turks deserved to win. Congratulations to Netherlands, their prize is a semi-final match against England 

We were definitely better against Netherlands. However after our manager became late about substitutions, things turned around in the match all of a sudden. The main factor changed the match was Weghorst's entering the match at halftime.

I made a bet on England to win the tournament at the beginning. However now I know that this has a very low probability. If England qualify for the finale I'm absolutely going to bet on the team against them to try to save my money. 

[tokeweed]

So excited for the semis!  Got the predictions on the England match and the Netherlands match down. Let's see if we get lucky again.  

Spain vs France...  Against what everybody is thinking, I think this one's ending in a draw with a goal a piece,  So 1 - 1 draw.

As for the Netherlands vs England, it's gonna be a tough match for both.  I think it's gonna end at 1 - 1 too.

As for which teams go to the final...  Dunno, tough one to call.

[KTChampions]

So excited for the semis!  Got the predictions on the England match and the Netherlands match down. Let's see if we get lucky again.  

Spain vs France...  Against what everybody is thinking, I think this one's ending in a draw with a goal a piece,  So 1 - 1 draw.

As for the Netherlands vs England, it's gonna be a tough match for both.  I think it's gonna end at 1 - 1 too.

As for which teams go to the final...  Dunno, tough one to call.

I wonder why everyone (especially bookmakers) rate the probability of a 1-1 draw significantly better than a 0-0 draw? Seeing how the games are going (for example, the French national team), it seems to me that if you bet, it’s better on a 0-0 draw. In the England-Netherlands pair, it seems to me that England will be the “brake” of the game, and in the France-Spain pair, both teams can choose a “reliable” game and repeat the Portugal-France game.