⚽UEFA EURO 2020 Discussion Thread | Current Phase: Finals in June 2021! - page 55.

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Quote from: Joca97 on July 02, 2021, 05:34:05 PM

Quote from: KTChampions on July 02, 2021, 04:50:48 PM

I was hoping for Belgium to win, but Italy won, the match was good and I think that if Belgium opened the scoring they had every chance to win.
Now we are waiting for an excellent semi-final Italy - Spain, at the moment Italy looks like the favorite in this confrontation. Hopefully we'll see a lot of goals here.

What a match between Belgium and Italy some epic first half so many chances and so many goals. Didnt expect both teams to play that opened but expected both teams to score. If Italy plays like this Spain dosent stand a chance in that match

The match was entertaining enough but we can say that Italy defense was phenomenal, Man When you have a player like Chiellini in your squad you have the head of a defensive system, you just have to use it well. and Italy has gold in its back line represented by Giorgio, so why should it explore and search.
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Quote from: mitchr4 on July 02, 2021, 06:11:40 PM

Yes, Spain benefited from extra time and penalties. The only goal they got was from the touch of a Swiss player and there was no pure goal from Spain. Honestly, I can't predict Spain will win against Italy because if we look at the match, Spain doesn't have a chance to going further.

Whilst you might be correct, football isn't analysed that way, the fact that Spain prolly didn't have an excellent game today against Switzerland doesn't mean they can't win Italy, managers use different strategies depending on the opponents, I'm pretty sure Luiz Enrique will come into that game with a different gameplan from today. Having said that, the Swiss are also a strong side, and any team that gets to this QF stage, are definitely not pushovers and you wouldn't expect teams to be blowing away their opponents at this stage just like that, and that will remain the case till the tournament is over, games are going to be tight and filled with twists and turns.

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Quote from: kawetsriyanto on July 02, 2021, 04:42:09 PM

Quote from: Luzin on July 01, 2021, 06:58:41 PM

I expect Spain to win over Switzerland. But I understand Switzerland is a great team. They can win, anything can happen before the game ends.

Spain won the match today and they go to the next stage, it is as you expected. Wink

But remember that Switzerland played quite well today, even the match lasted till the penalty shootout. The two goals today made by Switzerland players, I think Switzerland was unlucky today. They made 1 own goal and got 1 red card. If there was no own goal, Switzerland can defeat Spain today. This means although Spain is a bigger team but no guarantee to win easily.

Yes switzerland performance was quite well especially in last two games they managed a comeback in both which is why it was impressive its a euro not to forget for them as for spain they should find a solution to their defensive issues because they will face a really strong team like italy and judging from today game they are the closest to win the title.

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Quote from: Dewi Aries on July 02, 2021, 05:47:54 PM

Yes, I agree, if you compare the games between Spain and Italy, I'm more sure that Italy has a bigger chance
As I said before most of Spain's wins were in extra time and penalties so if spain can draw then the chance is 50:50

Yes, Spain benefited from extra time and penalties. The only goal they got was from the touch of a Swiss player and there was no pure goal from Spain. Honestly, I can't predict Spain will win against Italy because if we look at the match, Spain doesn't have a chance to going further.

There are always chances, especially when the tournament fate is decided by a single match, the example of Switzerland, which first knocked out the world champions from France, and then made the not the weakest Spanish team sweat clearly shows this. Although I agree that according to the past matches and results, Italy looks clearly preferable, but I would not say that Belgium did not have any chances at all in the match against Italy. The chances were very good. It will be interesting to see the Italian national team when, according to the most likely scenario, Spain will take control of the ball and will not give up control of the entire game.

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Quote from: Dewi Aries on July 02, 2021, 05:47:54 PM

Yes, I agree, if you compare the games between Spain and Italy, I'm more sure that Italy has a bigger chance
As I said before most of Spain's wins were in extra time and penalties so if spain can draw then the chance is 50:50

Yes, Spain benefited from extra time and penalties. The only goal they got was from the touch of a Swiss player and there was no pure goal from Spain. Honestly, I can't predict Spain will win against Italy because if we look at the match, Spain doesn't have a chance to going further.

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Quote from: Joca97 on July 02, 2021, 05:34:05 PM

Quote from: KTChampions on July 02, 2021, 04:50:48 PM

I was hoping for Belgium to win, but Italy won, the match was good and I think that if Belgium opened the scoring they had every chance to win.
Now we are waiting for an excellent semi-final Italy - Spain, at the moment Italy looks like the favorite in this confrontation. Hopefully we'll see a lot of goals here.

What a match between Belgium and Italy some epic first half so many chances and so many goals. Didnt expect both teams to play that opened but expected both teams to score. If Italy plays like this Spain dosent stand a chance in that match

Yes, I agree, if you compare the games between Spain and Italy, I'm more sure that Italy has a bigger chance
As I said before most of Spain's wins were in extra time and penalties so if spain can draw then the chance is 50:50

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Quote from: KTChampions on July 02, 2021, 04:50:48 PM

I was hoping for Belgium to win, but Italy won, the match was good and I think that if Belgium opened the scoring they had every chance to win.

It wasn't just about them scoring to me, in fact, them conceiving a first goal should have been enough wake up call for the Belgium team to game out and play, especially in the first half of the game. It was as though the Belgium players were scared, probably with the absences of Eden Hazard from the game and as such, they forgot a the other quality players they've got and went for a more defensive strategy kind of football. They forgot being under constant pressure simply means, you might be injured. Too bad it took them 2 goals, 2 properly placed goals to wake them up. They were lucky to have earned that penalty and scored else, it could have been 2 goals to nothing with that sort of defense from the Italians.

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Quote from: KTChampions on July 02, 2021, 04:50:48 PM

I was hoping for Belgium to win, but Italy won, the match was good and I think that if Belgium opened the scoring they had every chance to win.
Now we are waiting for an excellent semi-final Italy - Spain, at the moment Italy looks like the favorite in this confrontation. Hopefully we'll see a lot of goals here.

What a match between Belgium and Italy some epic first half so many chances and so many goals. Didnt expect both teams to play that opened but expected both teams to score. If Italy plays like this Spain dosent stand a chance in that match

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Quote from: KTChampions on July 02, 2021, 04:50:48 PM

I was hoping for Belgium to win, but Italy won, the match was good and I think that if Belgium opened the scoring they had every chance to win.
Now we are waiting for an excellent semi-final Italy - Spain, at the moment Italy looks like the favorite in this confrontation. Hopefully we'll see a lot of goals here.

Yes that would have been a great result for a kind of dream team from Belgium
even though they are ranked #1 in the world they never won a major tournament
apart from an Olympic title, that is a record of sorts!

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Switzerland were unlucky today not to beat Spain, even down to 9 men they forced
Spain to penalties.
Italy for sure look like the will beat Spain. Looking at Spains stats against Switzerland
doesnt paint a great picture.

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I was hoping for Belgium to win, but Italy won, the match was good and I think that if Belgium opened the scoring they had every chance to win.
Now we are waiting for an excellent semi-final Italy - Spain, at the moment Italy looks like the favorite in this confrontation. Hopefully we'll see a lot of goals here.

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Quote from: cryptofrka on July 02, 2021, 02:02:17 PM

Shame for Switzerland, really bad penalties from Schar, Akanji and Vargas. Sommer saved 2 after saving 10 shots before that, I thought it would be enough - all Swiss players shot them really well against France.

Yeah totally true after busquets missed the very first penalty of the shootout i was already sure that Switzerland would go through because of the high confidence they should already had at that point after the shootout against france but then everything came completely different. I am always cautious with blaming players to have shot a poor penalty i mean in the end i would say most penalties can be saved if the goalkeeper is anticipating correctly and dives into the right corner. I would say only every 3rd penalty is really shot that well that a keeper has 0 chance to save it.
Anyway it was still a great tournament of switzerland and everyone who placed a bet that they would manage to achieve a draw against france and italy after 90 minuts made some crazy profits.

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Quote from: swogerino on July 02, 2021, 04:14:21 PM

Brilliant game from Italy tonight.I think that they will beat Spain easily in the semi-final.Why?Simple,because has not been consistent and has not been able to score goals like they used to even against teams much weaker in defense than Italy.This last game tonight against Switzerland shows just that.

Meh. It's more likely to get draw in Italy-Spain and as a result - few penalties. And in this case Spain will be in favor, because it's team is better in attack and precise blows (as we could see today against Switz)

Belgium is weaker than Spain. So for Italy it will be not an easy walk.

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Quote from: Luzin on July 01, 2021, 06:58:41 PM

I expect Spain to win over Switzerland. But I understand Switzerland is a great team. They can win, anything can happen before the game ends.

Spain won the match today and they go to the next stage, it is as you expected. Wink

But remember that Switzerland played quite well today, even the match lasted till the penalty shootout. The two goals today made by Switzerland players, I think Switzerland was unlucky today. They made 1 own goal and got 1 red card. If there was no own goal, Switzerland can defeat Spain today. This means although Spain is a bigger team but no guarantee to win easily.

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Quote from: swogerino on July 02, 2021, 04:14:21 PM

Brilliant game from Italy tonight.I think that they will beat Spain easily in the semi-final.Why?Simple,because has not been consistent and has not been able to score goals like they used to even against teams much weaker in defense than Italy.This last game tonight against Switzerland shows just that.

I don't think any game would be easy in Euro semi finals. Italy had a good defense but Spain is also playing good and controlling the game. Spain's problem is their attacking side, they don't have a top quality striker. But they find some chances in position play. I think both teams have same chance to be in finals, not 51-49, %50-50 chance.
Italy lost Spinazzola today, their one of the best players. I wish he gets well soon, it was a pretty bad injury and will make him unavailable for a fairly long time.

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Just like Belgium 1-0 Portugal in the round of 16, the Belgium 1-2 Italy game is another game that i wished not to have end in just 90 minutes. Mehn, this game was quite entertaining and the Belgium players were really out for a draw they could not get because of the Italy defense line, headed by two states of the act defenders in the likes of G. Chiellini and L. Bonucci.

The Belgium team would have had it easier should they have put most of there efforts in the first half. It wasn't an easy first half though, the Italians were all over the place and seriously dominating the whole half with Belgium having very little to play. It was an intensed game and a well deserved win for Italy.

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The final whistle has been blown and Italy are the winners! I can say very comfortably that I enjoyed the game mostly. Italy were literally awesome in the first half. They wanted to end Belgium in the first half already. Barella's and Insigne's goals were both great to see. In the last minute of the first half, Belgium won a penalty. But I don't think that it was fair. Even VAR check resulted in a penalty. It was interesting to me honestly. Lukaku scored the penalty nicely and gave hope for his team in the second half.

But things didn't go their way actually. Italy really knew what they were doing. And they acted smart in the last minutes. In my opinion, Italy really deserved this win.

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Quote from: swogerino on July 02, 2021, 04:14:21 PM

Brilliant game from Italy tonight.I think that they will beat Spain easily in the semi-final.Why?Simple,because has not been consistent and has not been able to score goals like they used to even against teams much weaker in defense than Italy.This last game tonight against Switzerland shows just that.

Italy definitely showed much more in this EURO than Spain. But this will be semi final match and everything can happen. Very tough to predict, but I am also expecting Italy to win. I would love to see them lift the trophy now when they are actually playing good football as a counter point to most of their titles which came trough granite defense and winning 1:0 in 90+ minute Grin

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Brilliant game from Italy tonight.I think that they will beat Spain easily in the semi-final.Why?Simple,because has not been consistent and has not been able to score goals like they used to even against teams much weaker in defense than Italy.This last game tonight against Switzerland shows just that.

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Quote from: snipie on July 02, 2021, 04:01:28 PM

Spain the favorite team won hardly, Italy too won after hard moments until the last whistle! I really enjoyed Belgium 1 - 2 Italy game, you know if Belgium got a draw they will definitely pass regarding the risky substitutions in the Italy side!

Yep, it's said that Belgium is out now. So i think tomorrow we will see loss of Czech to Denmark and hope that we will not see loss of Ukraine to England Grin

(at least not something like 3:0)

Quote from: snipie on July 02, 2021, 04:01:28 PM

Italy 🔥🔥 - Spain 🔥

Yep, that will be good to see. But without my money on it, i think Grin

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