Topic: ⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Current Phase: Finals in June 2021! - page 193. (Read 31349 times)
December 01, 2019, 04:46:18 AM
It's a crazy draw when you see the top three team in the same group, It's not fair for me, Definitely, Tournament will lose one of the favorites team in the group stage, can you say which one the country leave early of the tournament? I beat on France will get knocked out at the group stage because in recent time they are not playing well as a team, I am sure Germany will try to regain their glory by this Eoru20 and Portugal is my Favorite team again because of some potential players in that team along with Cristiano Ronaldo. Let's see what will happen.
November 30, 2019, 06:28:37 PM
France and Portugal are no easy opponents mate. At least according to Germany's qualification campaign form, my guess is they will find it very hard in the group but i they switch their up gear to the Vintage No Nonsense tournament Germany, then chances are high that they will come out of the group.
Looking at what Germany did in the last 4 year I'd like to say...
France
Portugal
Germany
Random team
in this order.
Italy has been lucky for one time, it could be on Germany's spot.
November 30, 2019, 06:19:57 PM
Everyone's eyes would be on Group F.
Portugal, Germany and France are going to give us great matches this summer. And all those stars in one group would be so exciting to see them playing. I think that Germany is going to be out of this group.
France and Portugal are no easy opponents mate. At least according to Germany's qualification campaign form, my guess is they will find it very hard in the group but i they switch their up gear to the Vintage No Nonsense tournament Germany, then chances are high that they will come out of the group. Portugal, Germany and France are going to give us great matches this summer. And all those stars in one group would be so exciting to see them playing. I think that Germany is going to be out of this group.
November 30, 2019, 03:07:44 PM
Groups of EURO 2020 has been drawn:
You already said it all, Group F is something special and I guess that team which ends in this group after qualifiers will have quite a few problems. Italy and Belgium are big favorites and I am expecting them to continue were they stopped in the qualifiers and stroll trough their respective groups. However, I don't see either of them as favorites to win the Euro I am thinking they will go out of the tournament as soon as the draw gets them Germany, Spain or maybe even France or Netherlands.
November 30, 2019, 02:58:26 PM
Croatia is playing against England at Wembley 14th June 2020 their first match on EURO2020
Good for Croatia to play the first against a tough opponent, cause otherwise our players know how to play an "uninterested" match
England, beware
Good for Croatia to play the first against a tough opponent, cause otherwise our players know how to play an "uninterested" match
England, beware
November 30, 2019, 02:24:23 PM
Everyone's eyes would be on Group F.
Portugal, Germany and France are going to give us great matches this summer. And all those stars in one group would be so exciting to see them playing. I think that Germany is going to be out of this group.
Portugal, Germany and France are going to give us great matches this summer. And all those stars in one group would be so exciting to see them playing. I think that Germany is going to be out of this group.
November 30, 2019, 02:15:26 PM
Groups of EURO 2020 has been drawn:
F group is something epic with last EURO winners Portugal, World Cup winners France and Germany. I feel sorry for last team who will qualify to this group.
A group have obvious favorite Italy and 3 similar level teams who will fight for 2nd place.
In B group Belgium are favorites, while Denmark and Russia will fight for second place.
In C group Ukraine and Austria will fight for 2nd place. It would be interesting to see Kosovo there.
In D group I think that England can have some problems, especially if Serbia will qualify, very interesting group.
And group E - Spain shoul win,, Poland and Sweden is similar level. Team from playoffs (Bosnia, Slovakia, Romania or Hungary) also will be able to fight for 2nd place.
This is my hot thought about group stage.
F group is something epic with last EURO winners Portugal, World Cup winners France and Germany. I feel sorry for last team who will qualify to this group.
A group have obvious favorite Italy and 3 similar level teams who will fight for 2nd place.
In B group Belgium are favorites, while Denmark and Russia will fight for second place.
In C group Ukraine and Austria will fight for 2nd place. It would be interesting to see Kosovo there.
In D group I think that England can have some problems, especially if Serbia will qualify, very interesting group.
And group E - Spain shoul win,, Poland and Sweden is similar level. Team from playoffs (Bosnia, Slovakia, Romania or Hungary) also will be able to fight for 2nd place.
This is my hot thought about group stage.
November 29, 2019, 08:32:07 AM
I really would like to see Kosovo in Euro 2020. Reaching it with first attempt would be amazing for this country. For example, Finland reached major tournament after more than 30 attempts! And opponents that they will face - North Macedonia and Georgia/Belarus is their level teams.
Can Scotland reach first major tournament since 1998? No chance I think. Serbia is big favorites there.
In group B it's impossible to predict something, because level of teams is ballanced here.
Can Scotland reach first major tournament since 1998? No chance I think. Serbia is big favorites there.
In group B it's impossible to predict something, because level of teams is ballanced here.
I see Iceland as clear favorites in Pot A as well. They are a very healthy nation. Physically a very strong nation. I have always preferred hard work ethics over pure talent. It is not a coincidence that some of the strongest men in the world are from Iceland. Even their women look strong and healthy. I respect them a lot because they told McDonalds to fcuk off you are not going to poison our children anymore.
I agree with you. Maybe Iceland don't play prettiest football, but you simply can't love this nation. And opponents in their group is mediacore teams without any significant achievements in last few decades.Kosovo is very good team and they have very good chance to play in EURO 2020.
Their main problem is that they lost some very good players because they are playing for other nations like Switzerland, Albania etc.
With all this players they could build very strong team but still they have chance.
Serbia have very difficult match in Oslo with Norway and I don't think they will pass.
I think Serbia will pass although it will be a very difficult game there.I think in these last years they have achieved a great level of self confidence and they have produced some really good players.I do not see this pattern from Norway side that is why I think Serbia will win this game.
November 29, 2019, 06:28:50 AM
For your information.
Tomorrow will be a big day, it will be a day for drawing.
Since this Euro will be played all over Europe for the 1st time some teams are already in groups cause we already know where they play
Group A Italia
Group B Russia, Danemark
Group C Holland, Romany
Group D England, Scotland
Group E Spain, Irland
Group F Germany, Hungary
Source https://sport.sky.it/calcio/europei/2019/11/28/sorteggio-europei-2020-guida
Tomorrow will be a big day, it will be a day for drawing.
Since this Euro will be played all over Europe for the 1st time some teams are already in groups cause we already know where they play
Group A Italia
Group B Russia, Danemark
Group C Holland, Romany
Group D England, Scotland
Group E Spain, Irland
Group F Germany, Hungary
Source https://sport.sky.it/calcio/europei/2019/11/28/sorteggio-europei-2020-guida
November 23, 2019, 04:00:37 AM
I really would like to see Kosovo in Euro 2020. Reaching it with first attempt would be amazing for this country. For example, Finland reached major tournament after more than 30 attempts! And opponents that they will face - North Macedonia and Georgia/Belarus is their level teams.
Can Scotland reach first major tournament since 1998? No chance I think. Serbia is big favorites there.
In group B it's impossible to predict something, because level of teams is ballanced here.
Can Scotland reach first major tournament since 1998? No chance I think. Serbia is big favorites there.
In group B it's impossible to predict something, because level of teams is ballanced here.
I see Iceland as clear favorites in Pot A as well. They are a very healthy nation. Physically a very strong nation. I have always preferred hard work ethics over pure talent. It is not a coincidence that some of the strongest men in the world are from Iceland. Even their women look strong and healthy. I respect them a lot because they told McDonalds to fcuk off you are not going to poison our children anymore.
I agree with you. Maybe Iceland don't play prettiest football, but you simply can't love this nation. And opponents in their group is mediacore teams without any significant achievements in last few decades.Kosovo is very good team and they have very good chance to play in EURO 2020.
Their main problem is that they lost some very good players because they are playing for other nations like Switzerland, Albania etc.
With all this players they could build very strong team but still they have chance.
Serbia have very difficult match in Oslo with Norway and I don't think they will pass.
November 23, 2019, 03:50:09 AM
I really cant find words to describe how pissed I am that Greece didnt qualify for the EURO this time... with such an easy group, the new modus and even Nation League spots - it all wasnt enough for the Greek team to secure a place - this is not only pathetic, it is ridiculous. Yes, we were never a force in football BUT and there is a big BUT... we still have to be better than many teams we didnt manage to beat in the last years. I mean, this time we werent able to beat who? Liechtenstein! 
The manager was replaced yet again, looks like we finally got a guy with a plan and an idea and the Greek team not only won the last three games when there was nothing to play for anymore - we dominated Bosnia, Armenia and Finland BIG TIME! Talking about more than 20 attempts/shots/chances vs Bosnia, around 27 against Finland - Finland who qualified for the coming EURO! Not only did we beat them, we outplayed them with the new young and fresh blood in the team.
Well... One more EURO without my team and I am soooooo jealous I can tell!
Anyway, the world cup will be ours!
The manager was replaced yet again, looks like we finally got a guy with a plan and an idea and the Greek team not only won the last three games when there was nothing to play for anymore - we dominated Bosnia, Armenia and Finland BIG TIME! Talking about more than 20 attempts/shots/chances vs Bosnia, around 27 against Finland - Finland who qualified for the coming EURO! Not only did we beat them, we outplayed them with the new young and fresh blood in the team.Well... One more EURO without my team and I am soooooo jealous I can tell!
Anyway, the world cup will be ours! It was really a shame for them, but i think that all teams have their ups and downs and Greece had a looong down in this qualification round.
What I heard is that Sokratis was causing a lot of issues along with Manolas. Maybe those players thought that they are the big stars of the team and they tried to force their will.
An incident that I read in the news is that the training wouldn't start until Sokratis was there, and many times he was very late.
November 23, 2019, 03:45:39 AM
By the way, what happened to Mitroglou, why he wasn't with the team lately? I know that he had bad last year or two, but he is a good player,
You are right, I totally forgot about him. According to transfermarkt he was only called up for one match during the qualification cycle. He was in the team VS Bosnia but didn't play.
https://www.transfermarkt.de/konstantinos-mitroglou/nationalmannschaft/spieler/34944
He played in 7 matches so far this season for PSV and managed to score 1 goal. Probably a change in league and/or some injuries are keeping him from showing better performances. He is going back to Ol. Marseille when the season finishes.
November 23, 2019, 02:24:51 AM
I really cant find words to describe how pissed I am that Greece didnt qualify for the EURO this time... with such an easy group, the new modus and even Nation League spots - it all wasnt enough for the Greek team to secure a place - this is not only pathetic, it is ridiculous. Yes, we were never a force in football BUT and there is a big BUT... we still have to be better than many teams we didnt manage to beat in the last years. I mean, this time we werent able to beat who? Liechtenstein! The manager was replaced yet again, looks like we finally got a guy with a plan and an idea and the Greek team not only won the last three games when there was nothing to play for anymore - we dominated Bosnia, Armenia and Finland BIG TIME! Talking about more than 20 attempts/shots/chances vs Bosnia, around 27 against Finland - Finland who qualified for the coming EURO! Not only did we beat them, we outplayed them with the new young and fresh blood in the team.
Well... One more EURO without my team and I am soooooo jealous I can tell! Anyway, the world cup will be ours!
The manager was replaced yet again, looks like we finally got a guy with a plan and an idea and the Greek team not only won the last three games when there was nothing to play for anymore - we dominated Bosnia, Armenia and Finland BIG TIME! Talking about more than 20 attempts/shots/chances vs Bosnia, around 27 against Finland - Finland who qualified for the coming EURO! Not only did we beat them, we outplayed them with the new young and fresh blood in the team.Well... One more EURO without my team and I am soooooo jealous I can tell!
Anyway, the world cup will be ours! When groups were drawn I thought that your main opponent for that 2nd place will be Bosnia, but well, Finland proved that winning that UEFA nations league group was not a fluke.
I think that everything started going wrong for you with that 2-3 home loss against Armenia (loss against Italy was not a surprise), your team simply fell apart of that, and you mentioned you couldn't even beat Liechtenstein at home.
By the way, what happened to Mitroglou, why he wasn't with the team lately? I know that he had bad last year or two, but he is a good player,
November 22, 2019, 08:23:51 PM
I think Scotland should win easy against Israel,
and I think we may see both Northern Ireland and republic of Ireland both winning their respective opponents.
and I think we may see both Northern Ireland and republic of Ireland both winning their respective opponents.
November 22, 2019, 07:15:05 PM
I really would like to see Kosovo in Euro 2020. Reaching it with first attempt would be amazing for this country. For example, Finland reached major tournament after more than 30 attempts! And opponents that they will face - North Macedonia and Georgia/Belarus is their level teams.
Can Scotland reach first major tournament since 1998? No chance I think. Serbia is big favorites there.
In group B it's impossible to predict something, because level of teams is ballanced here.
Can Scotland reach first major tournament since 1998? No chance I think. Serbia is big favorites there.
In group B it's impossible to predict something, because level of teams is ballanced here.
I see Iceland as clear favorites in Pot A as well. They are a very healthy nation. Physically a very strong nation. I have always preferred hard work ethics over pure talent. It is not a coincidence that some of the strongest men in the world are from Iceland. Even their women look strong and healthy. I respect them a lot because they told McDonalds to fcuk off you are not going to poison our children anymore.
I agree with you. Maybe Iceland don't play prettiest football, but you simply can't love this nation. And opponents in their group is mediacore teams without any significant achievements in last few decades. 
November 22, 2019, 12:10:00 PM
I really cant find words to describe how pissed I am that Greece didnt qualify for the EURO this time... with such an easy group, the new modus and even Nation League spots - it all wasnt enough for the Greek team to secure a place - this is not only pathetic, it is ridiculous. Yes, we were never a force in football BUT and there is a big BUT... we still have to be better than many teams we didnt manage to beat in the last years. I mean, this time we werent able to beat who? Liechtenstein! The manager was replaced yet again, looks like we finally got a guy with a plan and an idea and the Greek team not only won the last three games when there was nothing to play for anymore - we dominated Bosnia, Armenia and Finland BIG TIME! Talking about more than 20 attempts/shots/chances vs Bosnia, around 27 against Finland - Finland who qualified for the coming EURO! Not only did we beat them, we outplayed them with the new young and fresh blood in the team.
Well... One more EURO without my team and I am soooooo jealous I can tell! Anyway, the world cup will be ours!
The manager was replaced yet again, looks like we finally got a guy with a plan and an idea and the Greek team not only won the last three games when there was nothing to play for anymore - we dominated Bosnia, Armenia and Finland BIG TIME! Talking about more than 20 attempts/shots/chances vs Bosnia, around 27 against Finland - Finland who qualified for the coming EURO! Not only did we beat them, we outplayed them with the new young and fresh blood in the team.Well... One more EURO without my team and I am soooooo jealous I can tell!
Anyway, the world cup will be ours! 
November 22, 2019, 11:44:10 AM
Play-off draw:
(source)
The tournament draw (group stages) will be held next week (Saturday 30th), not sure why they didn't do this today but whatever
(source)
The tournament draw (group stages) will be held next week (Saturday 30th), not sure why they didn't do this today but whatever
November 22, 2019, 06:03:53 AM
I see Iceland as clear favorites in Pot A as well. They are a very healthy nation. Physically a very strong nation. I have always preferred hard work ethics over pure talent. It is not a coincidence that some of the strongest men in the world are from Iceland. Even their women look strong and healthy. I respect them a lot because they told McDonalds to fcuk off you are not going to poison our children anymore.
November 22, 2019, 04:03:41 AM
^The strong nation connection of Iceland as you’ve mentioned is THE thing why I’m supporting them to get to the Euro2020
They are as one and it’s simply beautiful
They are as one and it’s simply beautiful
It is hard not to like Iceland, they are descendants of Vikings after all
They have population of something around 330k people, and yet they managed to reach Euro 2016 and WC 2018, and on top of that they were smallest nation (population wise) to ever participate in WC. It is something that us Croats can relate too, as we are successful in various sports despite being "small nation".
Those that watched Iceland games probably noticed this awesome chant by their fans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_cwcTNGp3U
I think everybody like their fans and enjoy their chant 😁
They are small nation with great spirit and hearth like Croatia 😀
In fact, only reason why they didn't attend WC already in 2014 is because Croatia stoped them.
They did very well in Euro 2016 but one of the reason was that format of the competition changed so weaker teams had more chance to achieve good results.
November 22, 2019, 03:55:56 AM
Yup, another vote for Iceland. In a footballing Instagram world, they represent something I can actually connect with. Hard, fighting men not bothered by inflated egos and stupid haircuts.
I also understand Trofo, their football style is not really pretty. But I'll always cheer for them before a team like Argentina or Spain, full of great players but even greater drama queens.
I also understand Trofo, their football style is not really pretty. But I'll always cheer for them before a team like Argentina or Spain, full of great players but even greater drama queens.
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