Topic: ⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Current Phase: Finals in June 2021! - page 165. (Read 31349 times)

My favorite team in this tournament is Portugal, but I think that the chance to take one of the first two places in this group is very small. It seems to me that France and Germany will play a draw in the match with each other, and in the matches with Hungary and Portugal they will play to win, and the mood for Portugal will be as serious as possible. Given the staffing capabilities of these teams, the chances are slim. Portugal is in a transitional period and in my opinion the next generation of players who will be able to claim the first places will be ready in 4 years not earlier.

And yet we are talking about "honor system" in the fans at the stadium and that is the biggest risk I have seen. We are talking about 10-20 even 30 thousand people all together in a compact space and we think this is okay?

I do not understand how vaccinations would make that okay right now, because we do not know they are all vaccinated but even assuming they are all vaccinated if we have just 10-20 infected people in there, there is a possibility we could leave with 50-100 infected people after the game, considering they all go to work and have families that is at least another thousand person infected in the end. Just one game, another thousand, with 2% death rate we have 20 dead people, even at better rates we have 1-2 dead people, why? Because people wanted to go to games, THAT'S PER GAME.

Yeah it is still a gamble but France looked so strong, I think they will easily be first in the group, and Hungary likely will be last. It all comes down to Portugal and Germany. But for one of them to actually be eliminated in the first group would also mean that the #3 place in the other groups must perform exceptionally well. But you are right, it is better to wait for the first to games and then bet. I would just try to hedge my overall bet of France winning the tournament with some smaller side with very low risk.

I can remember how Germany went wild at the 2018 World Cup. Then they didn't even make it through the group stage, that was an embarrassment. It's been a few months, but I can remember when they lost 6-0 to a brand new Spain. Strange, because many players of this team still play for Dortmund, Munich or other European powers. They can become European champions, but they can also just die in the group stage. France is too good, they will come a round further.

I agree with this and I expect Portugal to take 2nd spot in this group just behind France. Germany was the team that really disappointed me with recent performances and I believe they will have to get lucky to progress as the 3rd placed team with enough points. Best 4/6 teams that ended third in the group will also qualify for the knockout stage.

The slogan " Glory to our Heros " was used during Russia and Ukraine political tussle and mostly at the anti-russia protest in Ukraine, football was meant to unite every country as one and what Ukraine did was unprofessional and necessary, their aim was to take a dip at the Russian National team. IMO UEFA made the right call.

France and Germany are together in the group. Not only that, Portugal is also a particularly tricky stop. Also the reigning European champion. I think that Portugal is much better than many people think. Just look at the value of the players on the field, and I'm not just talking about Ronaldo. That young midfielder from man United is also a star. it could be easily go wrong for Germany or France to advance to the next round.

It's nearly close to reveal UEFA EURO Champion. I do not think people would disagree with your pick. I only see France gonna win UEFA EURO against Germany, Kante never give up. Though Germany have full of talented young players. There are strong and better teams in the tournament, that would be changed the reality.

Uefa managed to make two more missteps just a few hours apart, on very different issues: the Super League and the political contrast between Russia and Ukraine. The governing body of European soccer forced the Ukrainian federation to modify the jersey already presented for the European Championships, three days before the debut match of the national team coached by Andriy Shevchenko.
Blame a slogan. On the yellow and blue uniforms there are two words: "Glory to Ukraine" and "Glory to our heroes". The latter would be too political, according to Uefa. The reason given refers to the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the conflict, which began in 2014, between the two neighboring countries: the slogan was one of the choruses repeated by Ukrainians participating in anti-Russia protests.
In particular, after carrying out a deeper analysis, Uefa makes known "the slogan used on the occasion of the popular rebellion in Maidan Square in 2014 clearly appears to be of a political nature" and must therefore be withdrawn in view of official matches.
The decision was taken after protests from Moscow, which considered that jersey a deliberate affront. But the jersey had actually already been approved by Uefa and also sported by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had posted two photos on Instagram, writing that the jersey carries "many important symbols that unite the Ukrainian people."

UEFA's the worst public oraganization on Earth!

I think Czech could qualify to the next round but winning EURO 2020.5 is beyond my best expectations. It is even difficult to see them playing vs Denmark in the final game!
We tend to hype a team based on its stars rather than the gameplay of the whole team, nevertheless France is my 1st pick to win this tournament or at least playing the final game.

I just saw this, I have them to finish last in the group in our Euro predictor

I see no way for them to win the Euros, Greece happens once in a lifetime and both them and Leicester have beaten the odds already for this century.
Their Euro squad is worth approximately like a bottom of the table PL team. Simply no chance. It's really surprising that a computer algorithm picked such an outsider.

the uefa is now asking ukraine to remove the two slogans after russia complained about the ukrainian euro 2020 jersey...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9672045/UEFA-orders-Ukraine-remove-political-Glory-Heroes-slogan-Euro-2020-shirts.html

This is the strongest candidate I can't say for sure if this list from you will be right or not, what I think is France and Jermin will probably have a bigger chance in the quarter-finals so we can only see in the early predictions.
In this EURO 2020 game session there will definitely be changes in terms of players maybe this is the effect of Covid-19 but I'm sure the players will be more excited and take care of themselves and strengthen the squad from their respective countries.
Never thought Spain would be such a strong team.

We shouldn't underrate Turkish team in this group, I can vouch for Italy to top their table however the trio of Turkey, Switzerland and Wales can be the runner up of course I don't see any better players rating among those countries squad they equally has good players and each of those teams can beat each other with the exception of Italy thus it going to be a tight group for the runner up of course the odd might favor both Wales and Swiss team there might be an upset.

I have Turkey to score at least one goal, but yeah. It's definitely going to be Italy winning this first round. You got Burak Yilmaz for Turkey against Immobile, Belloti, and Chiesa on the other side, and even Jorginho can score goals.

If I hadn't lost my whole Sportsbet balance on the Campions League final (picked Man City, Chelsea won) I'd be tipping Italy on this game  

interesting view, I do think that Turkey could end-up being third in the group, and pass onto next round
Wales is by far the worse team in that group, and will probably end-up fourth without points, which will be important for third team, since best four third placed teams are going into kick-out competition

Italy should win this group easily, and Swiss is my pick to be second (although Turkey has their chances as well)

The current Turkish team is quite stable. In the group stage, Turkey will face Italy, Switzerland, and Walse. Italy is in great form. I don't think Turkey has yet achieved the ability to win against a strong and experienced team like Italy. However, Turkey has the ability to beat Switzerland and Walse. I am optimistic about the Turkish team going to the next round.

Sure, you can bet who will reach quarterfinals and who will not. But the odds of who will win the tournament with the odds of who will fail in the group stage is always strange. I have seen this in the last tournaments as well. But this can hardly be exploited in my opinion because you can bet that France will make it to the quarterfinals, but it's not certain that they will win the tournament.

I doubt Czech Republic will beat Spain, Germany & Portugal. Like England I think they will make it out of their group but it will end there. England will probably face one of Portugal, France or Germany if they finish first and I doubt they'll beat any of them.


They can all make it out of their group as four of the third best placed teams can make it through. In fact, this is what happened with Portugal in the last tournament. They finished third place after drawing all of their games but even went on to win it. Portugal and France are my favourites.

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Turkey has a good generation and Turkish national team playin well lately.
I think they will show good performance and I am waiting their matches.