Topic: ⚽ EURO 2020 TOURNAMENT ⚽ 1 Year Delayed Start: 11th June to 11th July 2021 (Read 337 times)

This thread has been locked because the Euro 2020 tournament is over.

Congratulation to Italy, they won the penalty shoot out and are Euro 2020 champions.

The game ended 1-1 at full time.

They are now playing the first half of extra time.

The winner will play Italy in the final !

Full time and extra time: Italy 1-1 Spain

Italy win 4-2 on penalties

Commiserations to Spain but congratulations to Italy, they are through to the Euro 2020 final 

I placed a bet on Spain after they conceded a goal and got 1.40 Odds, hopefully Spain can at least draw.

But judging by the match after Italy's goal, Spain continued to attack and I am very sure of the bet I placed, my prediction for this match is:

1. Italy 2 - 0 Spain
2. Italy 1 - 0 Spain
3. Italy 1 - 1 Spain

I hope you don't lose the bet. After 70 minutes of the match time, Italy is now leading 1-0. Even after the first score, they continue to play attacking tactics. They should adopt defensive tactics. Otherwise they can concede goals at any time. Because Spain's players are able to counterattack quickly.

I will bet for Italy's victory in the semifinal match, because to be honest when I saw Spain vs Switzerland at that time, Spain seemed quite difficult to win the match so the penalty was the determinant of Spain's victory, and in my opinion there was no differentiating player (potentially giving a surprise in the match) in the current Spanish squad, and this is the reason I prefer Italy to be able to reach the Euro final this year, besides Spain has not been tested against a team that has a solid defense like that of the Italian squad.
My prediction Italy 2 vs 1 Spain

It could be, or it might not. Remembering in 2012 Spain slaughtered Italy 4-0 and at Euro 2016 Italy won 2-0. Today seemed difficult but I chose Spain to win. I'm sure Spain will dominate possession. They will meet England in the final. That's my prediction, but things could have happened otherwise. Let's see the result later.

The game today should be absolutely fantastic to watch but will it live up to the hype?

Spain just have not been able to get playing they can but they are still in a European semi-final. Italy, they should win this match and they should make it to the final but anything can happen.

Italy vs spain is going to be a head to head battle this would certainly end in a penalty shoot-out after a 1:1 draw. It's a must watch match this is one of those games you wouldn't like to be told the outcome it's a game where the worth of time is gotten.

England 2 : Denmark 1 another challanging match but that's my prediction certainly England is qualifying for finals that I can stake for.

I am sure that the majority will vote for England, Italy, or Spain... So I decided to support Denmark, they are underdogs! England is a favorite, but I think that Denmark can make a surprise here! And if they make a surprise against England, I think they will have great motivation for the final game!

The stakes are high, and I think many options are open here! I still didn't place any bets... I am still looking at some statistics, and other people's predictions before making a decision! I guess I will make some bets right before the games took place!

Tuesday 6th July 2021: Semi-Final #1 Italy vs Spain

Wednesday 7th July 2021: Semi-Final #2 England vs Denmark


POLL ADDED: What are your views about which country will win final and become Euro 2020 champions?

Though Spain and Denmark have done very well to reach the semi-finals, I think Italy and England will meet in the final of Euro 2020 and I think England will finally win their first international tournament since winning the World Cup in 1966  

In the semi-finals, my choices are:

Italy - Spain
England - Denmark

Italy - Spain is a really tough draw to be honest. Italy had a quite solid performance against Belgium and they deserved to get here. They have been one of the best teams in this tournament so far, maybe even the best. They have been one of the favourites to win the title also. When it comes to Spain, they are one of the unstable teams. But they started playing much better in the last games. Switzerland made them have big difficulties. But still, Spain managed to eliminate them in the penalty shoot-outs. Their job will be quite hard against Italy. We know how much good defense Italy have. I think that Italy will manage to move them out of their way.

England - Denmark draw is also a hard one for both of these teams. England simply destroyed Ukraine 4-0 and boosted their morale a lot. And they really deserved to get here also. When it comes to Denmark, they have been doing perfect. Their marvelous performance has drawn the attention of many people. They are one of the surprise teams in this tournament. I wouldn't have thought that they would reach this level. Every win was deserved for them either. In this tough game, I see England closer to the final. As long as they benefit from their squad quality really good, a really difficult game is waiting for Denmark.

RESULTS:

Czech Republic 1-2 Denmark

Ukraine 0-4 England


Denmark and England are through to the semi-finals  

Denmark was leading by 2 goals in the first half but Czech Republic is playing aggressively in the second half and they scored a goal and i am expecting more goals from either team as both are looking to score goals and 20 more minutes to go.

I would like to see Czech Republic scoring one more goal and going for the extra time .

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Ukraine and England is going to be a great match but i am not expecting much goals, England winning by scoring a goal is my prediction.

Edit:
England scoring goals at will, already scored 4 goals .

You are predicting correct scores, that's nice!

Czech Republic 0-2 Denmark at 8.42

Ukraine 1-3 England at 12.87

The odds are from Wolf! Very nice odds, if it's multi odds are 108.36! I will follow this just for fun with 10 TRX! I am not sure I can win this, but anything is possible!


Except for this bet, I have Denmark and England to qualify, and Denmark to score first! Maybe first game under and second over 2.5 goals can be good bets...

Good luck!

I think Ukraine will push England all the way and it will be a tough game for both teams but eventually England will win. This is their chance to get to a semi-final and final at Wembley (London) so the England team will be going all out for a victory.

You are right, players from the England team will not be underestimating the Ukrainian team.

As much as I like the Ukrainian national team, England looks much stronger. If the victory over the Swedes was in many ways expected for me, then defeating the England national team would already be a very big sensation. Of course, this is football and everything is possible, but if we assess the chances realistically, then further I see England's passage.

@JollyGood this euros it’s all about the unexpected, hence I’m keeping my fingers crossed about England winning their game tonight. Furthermore I don’t think Ukraine can be beaten that easily, hence England player’s won’t be underestimating them.

Here are the Euro 2020 games taking place today: 3rd July 2021

Czech Republic vs Denmark
Ukraine vs England

In the first game I think Denmark will beat the Czech Republic. In the second game I think England will beat Ukraine. Neither game should in to extra-time or penalties 

Czech Republic 0-2 Denmark
Ukraine 1-3 England

Both games yesterday were fantastic to watch. First it was Croatia who pushed Spain but eventually they lost out in extra-time after playing so well. Croatia deserved to win that game but Spain go through to the quarter-final stages.

In the second game, what a brilliant defiant display by Switzerland. After being 0-1 up in the first half and then 3-1 down later in the second half they never surrendered to France. They deserved to win the game in 90 minutes but it ended 3-3. Even in extra-time both teams tried to win while at 3-3 it but the Swiss were brilliant in defence and attack, they refused to let France bully them and eventually they went through to the quarter-finals by beating France in the penalty shoot out.





Here are the Euro 2020 games taking place today: 29th June 2021

England vs Germany
Sweden vs Ukraine

I think England will win this game without too much drama and without extra-time or penalties. Ukraine will use their moment in the limelight to try to beat Sweden and I think they will succeed. Here are my opinions on how the games will end:


England 2-1 Germany
Sweden 0-1 Ukraine

@JollyGood, I lost again, I placed a bet on them 2-2 and 3-1, no luck.




What about England vs Germany, did we succeed this time.
I believe England is in control today. (2-1)

Here are the Euro 2020 games taking place today: 28th June 2021

Croatia vs Spain
France vs Switzerland

I will go for Croatia to cause an upset and beat Spain. I think on paper it is clear France will win the game but the Swiss will make life difficult for them. Here are my opinions on how the games will end:

Croatia 1-0 Spain
France 2-1 Switzerland

I assumed there might be penalties after the match, but Belgium managed to keep their goal intact. Overall a very good game from both teams. it is a pity that the reigning champions stopped their path so quickly, but this is football, here the strongest wins.

It was totally bad luck for the Portugal. They were far ahead than Belgium in all statistic. Portugal Shots 23 which near 4X from Belgium but they did not achieve any goal. Belgium's luck favor to them today. Otherwise they only did 1 target shot and it was the goal. So lucky.

On the other hand Portugal played bad 2nd half. The goal was made 1st half. if they play like as first half maybe there is atleast one goal come. But it did
not happen. Very shocking news for the Cr7 supporters.  Congrats to Belgium.

RESULT: Belgium 1-0 Portugal

Portugal threw everything at Belgium in the last 25 minutes of the game and they deserved to get the equaliser to take the game to extra-time. Eventually Belgium won it 1-0 and are through to the quarter-finals.

Congratulations to Belgium. The defending champions (Portugal) are out of the competition.

The Portugal vs Belgium match really showed a balanced game between the two teams, although in that match Portugal appeared dominant but was able to be defeated by Belgium who only tried to use direct passes throughout the match, in my opinion Portugal performed quite well in attack and even Portugal was able to fired 23 shots on goal belgium,
But indeed the unlucky factor made Portugal eliminated in that match, I think the reigning champion curse still applies in Euro 2020, where the team with the status of defending champion failed to advance to the quarter-finals and lost in the preliminary round 16, as happened at Euro 2016 and Spain became the champion defending champions and were eventually eliminated in the round of 16 by Italy,
While in 2020 Portugal who became the defending champion was also defeated by Belgium .

@JollyGood, I read your thread almost every day EURO betting, I bet on a few matches last week, ended badly, I see you have some inner knowledge in score guessing.

So, I'm trying to place a bet for Croatia VS Spain, any suggestions for that, PM might be better, if you don't mind.
This time maybe I should take your advice, thank you.

Recently I have been unable to post as much as I would liked to have so this thread has not been updated as much but here is the second game taking place today: 27th June 2021


Belgium vs Portugal


I will go for Portugal to win this game. They are defending European Champions and they have the talent up front to cause the Belgium team problems in defence. Belgium will manage to cause problems for the Portuguese too but overall I think Portugal win go through 

Here is my opinion on how the game will end: Belgium 1-2 Portugal

There is no doubt that a lot of good matches await us, but some things will still be clearer after the preparatory matches next week. It should also not be overlooked that there may still be problems with infected players and that the real strength of the teams will know just before the start of the championship.

Consequently, it is difficult for me to predict teams that will pass the group based only on their old reputation - so although Belgium is the favorite in Group B, Denmark has always been a tough nut to crack - and Russia does not seem like a better team to me.

As for Group D, England is definitely the favorite - especially as they play at home, just like Scotland, but it should not be overlooked that Croatia played in the final of the last World Cup - although it must be admitted that it is no longer the same team. So I think all three teams have an equal chance of winning second place and their games will be pretty tough with very few goals.

Yes, on second thought, I might be wrong about Spain; their golden generation of 2008-2014 is long gone, and the new batch of youngsters just aren't made from the same stuff. Spain's Euro 2020 squad has been heavily criticized, with Sergio Ramos not included. This marks the first major tournament in which Ramos won't be in the Spain squad since Euro 2004.

I think Italy for this upcoming tournament is not only the strongest team in group A but also a very strong contender for the title of Euro 2020.They have some really good players this time and I think the odds of the bookies giving them 16.00 to win the Euro 2020 is a bit high for me.Of course I am going to take the offer from Sportsbet to place a bet on Italy to win the Euro 2020 and receive a free bet every time they win.

@FatFork will the absence of Real Madrid player’s hurt Spain chances cause there’re some very good player’s there, and in particular Ramos should have been selected for this tournament. Also will England be hurt by Maguire absence, because it looks difficult for him to recover in time.

Italy is the undisputed favorite in Group A. In order to determine the runner-up, Turkey is marginally favored because they will have home advantage against Wales and Switzerland.

In Euro 2020 qualifying, Belgium comfortably defeated Russia in both home and away matches, therefore they are favorites. Denmark will also have home advantage in all of their group matches, so I think they are the presumptive runners-up.

No surprises in Group C, and I agree with your prediction. The Ukraine is a worthy adversary and should have no major issues against Austria.

Scots are in a tricky group. It is unlikely they'll beat England or Croatia, and they could face a close match against the Czech Republic. Even getting a point on the board would be a good result.
I think England and Croatia will qualify from Group D.

I believe Spain is the favorite in Group E, with Sweden and Poland vying for second place.

Among all the groups in this tournament, Group F might be the most uncertain. In my opinion, Le Bleus are one of, if not the best teams in the world therefore are favorites in the group. Both Germany and Portugal should defeat Hungary, despite the difficult task, and will battle for second place.

It might be starting in 2021 but the tournament is still called Euro 2020  

With the tournament kicking off within weeks this is the place to post all your comments and to have lengthy discussions. Even though Euro 2020 has been delayed by one year because of the COVID-19 pandemic there is still big interest in it.

Football fans are looking forward to the games starting. The enthusiasm of fans worldwide has not subsided....




These are teams I think will qualify past the Group stages:

Group A: Italy, Turkey
Group B: Belgium, Russia
Group C: Netherland, Ukraine
Group D: England, Scotland
Group E: Sweden, Poland
Group F: Germany, Portugal




   Euro 2020 Fixtures

   Group A

        Friday 11 June: Turkey vs Italy
        Saturday 12 June: Wales vs Switzerland
        Wednesday 16 June: Turkey vs Wales
        Wednesday 16 June: Italy vs Switzerland
        Sunday 20 June: Italy vs Wales
        Sunday 20 June: Switzerland vs Turkey


   Group B

        Saturday 12 June: Denmark vs Finland
        Saturday 12 June: Belgium vs Russia
        Wednesday 16 June: Finland vs Russia
        Thursday 17 June: Denmark vs Belgium
        Monday 21 June: Finland vs Belgium
        Monday 21 June: Russia vs Denmark


    Group C

        Sunday 13 June: Austria vs North Macedonia
        Sunday 13 June: Netherlands vs Ukraine
        Thursday 17 June: Ukraine vs North Macedonia
        Thursday 17 June: Netherlands vs Austria
        Monday 21 June: Ukraine vs Austria
        Monday 21 June: North Macedonia vs Netherlands


    Group D

        Sunday 13 June: England vs Croatia
        Monday 14 June: Scotland vs Czech Republic
        Friday 18 June: Croatia vs Czech Republic
        Friday 18 June: England vs Scotland
        Tuesday 22 June: Czech Republic vs England
        Tuesday 22 June: Croatia vs Scotland


   Group E

        Monday 14 June: Poland vs Slovakia
        Monday 14 June: Spain vs Sweden
        Friday 18 June: Sweden vs Slovakia
        Saturday 19 June: Spain vs Poland
        Wednesday 23 June: Sweden vs Poland
        Wednesday 23 June: Slovakia vs Spain


    Group F

        Tuesday 15 June: Hungary vs Portugal
        Tuesday 15 June: France vs Germany
        Saturday 19 June: Hungary vs France
        Saturday 19 June: Portugal vs Germany
        Wednesday 23 June: Germany vs Hungary
        Wednesday 23 June: Portugal vs France

   Round of 16

        Saturday 26 June: 2A vs 2B (Game 1)
        Saturday 26 June: 1A vs 2C (Game 2)
        Sunday 27 June: 1C vs 3D/E/F (Game 3)
        Sunday 27 June: 1B vs 3A/D/E/F (Game 4)
        Monday 28 June: 2D vs 2E (Game 5)
        Monday 28 June: 1F vs 3A/B/C (Game 6)
        Tuesday 29 June: 1D vs 2F (Game 7)
        Tuesday 29 June: 1E vs 3A/B/C/D (Game 8 )

    Quarter final

        Friday 2 July: Game 6 winner vs Game 5 winner
        Friday 2 July: Game 4 winner vs Game 2 winner
        Saturday 3 July: Game 3 winner vs Game 1 winner
        Saturday 3 July: Game 8 winner vs Game 7 winner


    Semi final

        Tuesday 6 July: QF2 winner vs QF1 winner
        Wednesday 7 July: QF4 winner vs QF3 winner


    Final

        Sunday 11 July




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