Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers - page 138. (Read 46401 times)

Looking at the draw after the end of the group stage, the teams I think to reach quarter finals are Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Austria, England and Switzerland.

Spain should be just fine with beating Georgia but I appreciate Georgia's determination to reach last 16 phase despite joining a Euro for the first time in history.    

I don't like Denmark now. They aren't playing like in Euro 2020. Germany should be able to beat them nicely while they are in good shape. I liked Switzerland so far unlike Italy. I think they have the strength to advance.  

Portugal, England and Netherlands have easy work on paper. Austria outweigh Turkey too. If Turkey don't defend better, which doesn't seem likely to me already, then Austria wouldn't be forgiving considering how strong they are.

Belgium are just done.    The golden generation is long gone. I don't expect them to hold off France even though I didn't like France's game very much so far.

The Euro has been boring since the beginning of the tournament and it is because the way we expect the players to perform is not the way they play, all the group's stage matches just look boring but since the group stage has ended and we have seen the teams that play in the round of 16 matches maybe the game will not be boring like before, the round of 16 have matches has been drawing and with the looks of it the competition will still be boring, the only match that will be very interesting in the stage is France vs Belgium, France vs Belgium match is going to be tough because if you look at France squad we have, Mbape, Dembele, kante, Camavinga, Tchoumeni and others good players and if you look at Belgium squad they have De Bruyne, Lukaku, Doku and some good players also, in the match, we should be expecting both teams to score because they are capable of scoring goals against each other, and for me, I can’t predict the match because it is going to be a tough match.

Portugal's defeat against Georgia was quite surprising to me. Because initially I predicted that Portugal would definitely be able to win this match easily. However, Ronaldo and his friends were unable to beat Georgia, even though in that match Portugal dominated the game very well. However, due to mistakes made by their own players, Portugal lost this match. Apart from that, I also don't know for sure whether the player from Portugal was serious or not when facing the Georgian players in this match. If not, it's natural because as we know, Portugal is guaranteed to qualify for the round of 16 as group winners.  If it's serious, it also makes sense because in that match the Portuguese players looked very stressed because they failed to score many chances. So basically I can't conclude whether this match was taken seriously by the Portuguese players or not.

However, I also agree with you, that in the round of 16 the teams that qualify will definitely be more serious in their respective matches. Because in the round of 16 there is no longer any tolerance, the loser will fall and the winner will advance to the next round. So it is certain that each team will show its maximum performance. And of course the match will definitely be much more interesting and the tension will definitely get hotter. Apart from that, the matches that I couldn't possibly miss in the round of 16 were the matches between Austria vs Turkey and Germany vs Denmark. How about you?

Perhaps Ukraine did not allow them to do this? I’m surprised why Ukraine played the first match so poorly, and even more surprised that the team with 4 points was left without the playoffs, and the fact that Slovakia were ahead them in the table, which lost to them. But France became Belgium's rivals, I'm not sure that anyone will be able to beat them, despite the fact that France had a very weak group stage, for me they are all one of the favorites of the tournament. And Georgia is the least fortunate, because Spain looks gorgeous.

The best 3rd placed teams that qualify in round of 16 are: Netherlands, Georgia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Only Netherlands is lucky since they meet Romania, while the rest of them meet strong countries.

Too bad that Belgium will meet France, top #2 vs top #3, even though I'm completely believe France will win.

I predict: Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Netherlands, Austria, England and Switzerland will win.

Well, lukaku and mbappe were the big disappointments in belgium and france. Lukaku was too often missed the ball because of his terrible positioning. And mbappe has not looked steadily performed. Lukaku and mbappe had no a great opening game in euro 2024, and they still struggled since. Mbappe scored his first goal through penalty and he had no impact at all in france attack. 
I can't really think. if france vs belgium will be an attractive game considering how struggled the performance of their attackers last game. A clear drop was shown by mbappe and lukaku.

That is quite the statement and now that we have seen so many surprises in all those Euro 2024 games, how can you draw the conclusion that there is only one interesting game? Do you mean because you only like these two teams or do you mean because the results are already set in stone for all other games? If the latter is true, how about you give your picks here and we come back later and check how many of them you got right?

Spain - Georgia: very interesting game and while I think that this is indeed quite clear, it is always nice to watch an underdog like Georgia fighting Goliath. Until against Portugal, I haven't seen any Georgia games, but I have to say that these guys can play football. They are no amateurs and they can defend.

Germany - Denmark: should be a game for Germany and they are the home team, but it will be a close game.

Portugal - Slovenia: again a team that knows how to defend and play a very fierce style. Will be much harder for Portgual than it looks.

France - Belgium: both teams suck quite hard at the moment. Belgium can't beat Ukraine and France can't beat Poland. Both played for the group stage win and yet couldn't succeed.

Romania - Netherlands: again an interesting game because Romania has these comeback qualities and everything they do comes straight from the heart whole the Netherlands are trying to play with more structure and strategy. Two very different approaches to the game.

Austria - Türkiye: Austria is one of the strongest teams of the group stage, which I didn't expect like that. Türkiye is quite weak and I think this should end in a win for Austria. But could be very close again.

England - Slovakia: England barely beat Serbia, tied the game against Denmark and tied the game against Slovenia. I have no clue what to think about them. Slovakia is not without chances. England was supposed to be the biggest favorite I think alongside France, but this is not what a favorite looks like.

Switzerland - Italy: probably the toughest game. Switzerland has delivered an awesome game against Germany and they have shown how dangerous they can be. Italy can never be written off with their last minute goal. That's going to be a tough and close one.


Sounds like a lot of fun to me!

Well, the excitement will start to get even more exciting in the round of 16. Because at that stage strong teams will face other strong teams. but for the Belgium vs France match, I think France will be the favorite for the majority of us. Because Mbappe and his friends are much more reliable than De Bruyne and his friends at this Euro. I think many have started to think that there is nothing special about Belgium this time. Even Lukaku seemed to have lost his sharpness at the Euro this time.

but in the round of 16 we haven't fully seen the favorite team face the favorite team. and the real excitement will definitely be in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and of course in the Final.

Of the 16 remaining teams, I think the age of the coach in handling his team is not new, on average they are the same as Rangnick in training Austria, there are even team coaches who take longer to train their teams but do not look like Rangnick's strategy in handling sabitzer.
If it is a consideration, Britain and France should be far more interesting to enjoy, but in my opinion they appear disappointing.
See how Southgate's strategy in handling Britain. Only once won from 3 matches and only able to make 2 goals.

The only interesting match from the 1/8 finals would probably be France-Belgium. I watched Belgium-Ukraine and I'm not impressed at all by the Belgian team. Why they didn't put some effort and win against Ukraine, so that they could get a better opponent in the elimination stage?
In all the other matches, the favorites would most likely win against the outsiders. Georgia won against Portugal 2-0 but this is probably because Portugal had already won their group. Anyway, the Euro 2024 is getting more and more boring to me. Maybe the teams will start playing for real in the next stage.

Is a good analysis you have their because even if the matches has not played yet I'm very hopeful that the teams you listed above will all qualified to another round because from the beginning of this Euro those are the teams that have been performing more than others, however the case of France it may likely turn out the way you had predicted because France has been one of the most dominant and consistent team on this season do to the way they perform on their group.

So their meeting with Belgium will be a serious match because no team will like to lose but however is going to be an unfortunate match for Belgium because the way they were struggling on their group stage there is no way they will outperform France because France has one of the best squad in the world and with the way I'm seeing it France may likely win the league because all their players are very active especially Mbappe and the rest.

The knockout matches have now been determined and of course we see the 16 teams selected and this certainly makes us think about how strong the teams that will compete in the last 16 are. and honestly I want to say to the happy 16 teams who have successfully advanced to this stage. and of course every team will fight to the maximum. and also I am very happy because my idol team advances to the top 16 and I hope my idol team can advance to the top 8 and end up becoming 1st place.

Talking about France and Belgium, of course both teams will definitely work hard to win in the next match and what is unique is that both teams both won runners up in their respective groups and if we look at the Head to Head notes of course there is great potential in the next match France will be the winner. has great potential to win and I agree with your opinion and I also predict that France will have great potential win in the next match against Belgium.

Yes, of course the teams that make it through to the top 16 cannot be taken lightly because they are all strong teams and we don't know who will win and win the title. but I'm sure everyone has their own idol and of course we will see an exciting and entertaining match.

England to crash out in the quarter-finals after beating Slovakia 1-0 - I will be there.

France vs Belgium to go to penalties, and Italy to be knocked out of the round of 16 by Switzerland.

Germany, Spain, Portugal all to progress.

Austria to make at least the semifinals (yes, including beating the Netherlands eventually if necessary).

It's kind of easy to predict how all these legs will go, since the group stage has been quite uneventful.

Oh, thanks. I didn't know the rule only applies to teams that finished 3rd in their group, I thought it was for the the remaining teams with the most points, or most goals.
I don't see anything wrong if all the teams in a group qualified though Don't you think it'll make it more interesting?
I don't like the best losers format. I think they should just include 2 more groups and make it 8 groups in total so 16 teams can qualify organically to the round of 16.


When Austria hired Rangnick, it did not work out immediately, but with time they have become a very solid team. From 2023 till now Austria has had only 2 losses and the losses came against Belgium and France and they're very close losses too. I knew they'd be good in this tournament, but it turns out they may be better than I expected.

Right now I already see Austria in the semi-finals because I believe they'll win against Turkey to get to the quarter-finals and will also win whoever qualifies between Romania and Netherlands.
Netherlands is a team with good players but the management of Koeman is not convincing, he doesn't know how to use his players to bring the beat out of them.

The competition in the Round of 16 Euros will be even more intense with each team looking to advance to the next round. Here we can see that every team is very strong but I support Portugal this season and I think they will definitely perform well to win the championship. But I am very disappointed after watching their last match, maybe they won't compete in round 16 Euro. Where Portugal lost with Georgia by two goals, the players of Portugal seem to be very disappointed with the result of this match. But since Portugal and Slovenia will meet here in the Round of 16, Portugal's chances of winning will depend on their performance. However, Round 16 is a much more important match for each team as they will all be putting their best efforts to enter Round 8.

The stage is set already, for the round of 16 fixtures of this year euros, though their are lots of games that I would be looking up to, but the few games I wouldn't miss for anything else is the match between Germany vs Denmark, this particular match is the game that I think is going to be the toughest game, because the two teams are almost the same strength.

While as for entertainment and free flowing football, i think that the game between Spain vs Georgia is the game, I have watched the both side play, they both love playing free flowing attacking type of football so am expecting a very entertaining encounter here, even though Spain are the favourite, I still believe that the Georgians have the capacity to give them a good fight.

And the last game I think is definitely going to be a fascinating encounter due to the equal strength of the both teams, is the game between Italy vs Switzerland, though the both teams haven't had a very good start in this competition, but am very much confident that this game is really going to be tough, because they are both good teams.

Germany has so far shown an impressive performance, especially since they as hosts have much greater motivation and self-confidence with full support from the fans, but it must also be admitted that competition at the Euro event is not easy.
In the round of 16, Germany will face Denmark. If there are no big surprises, it is possible for Germany to win the match because if we look at the overall strength and performance shown by the two teams in the group phase, it is clear that Germany is far superior strong.

All matches competing at Round 16 Euros are the hardest game because all teams want to win, not just French matches against Belgium. Euro this time many complaints that made the game like boring. Until entering round 16, the top score only collected 2 goals. Not to mention the VAR intervention that occurs almost every match.

In addition to Germany and Spain who get big points and good goal statistics, there is Austria that caught my attention because this Rangnick care team showed a different pattern of games.
Maybe in Round 16 boring games and feels disappointing the audience will change to be tighter and more interesting.

Well so far so good for the Germans although they are quite known these past years for always not making past the round of 16 in their competition but I think they have the flare this time around to actually get to the finals. This next round will be filled with suprises though as many of the big nations might be surprised and this particular sequence has been the era of this competition ever since.

Portugal's match against Georgia was really exciting and I bet on Portugal's victory but I was disappointed because Portugal failed to win and Georgia played well in that match and I didn't expect that Portugal's players could lose focus while playing which ended up making wrong and inaccurate passes which in the end causing the enemy team to easily receive the ball and continue to carry the ball which ultimately resulted in a goal for Georgia and in my opinion it is now clear that Roberto Martinez needs to improve Portugal's defense.

I support Portugal to become champions at Euro 2024 and I want to see Cristiano Ronaldo and his friends win every match at Euro 2024 and I hope that last night's match can make the Portugal squad more careful so that in the last 16 they can compete with each other. well and win the match.

Yes, fortunately up to now my idol team is still safe, but of course tension will start in the round of 16 match. and of course the teams that have qualified for the round of 16 will compete optimally and of course everyone wants to become champions of Euro 2024. I want to ask all of you, is the team you support still as safe as expected?