Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers - page 142. (Read 46364 times)

The Georgia vs Portugal match has just started and Georgia has already scored a goal against Portugal in the 2nd minute and the quick goal was created by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
And the match is still very long and I'm sure Ronaldo and his friends will respond to Georgia's quick goal. And I know Georgia must win this match because they still have a chance to qualify for the next round, but Portugal is also not an easy opponent for them. The early goal that Georgia scored was just luck, and the game is still very long and Portugal will definitely turn things around.

Portugal is one goal down and this is the first time that they have started their match with one goal deficit.
Kvaratskhelia was able to score an early goal on the second minutes with an assist from G. Mikautadze. It look like Georgia players are more serious and committed to win this match while the Portuguese are playing with ease, because if they win or not they have already qualified to the round of 16. Georgia are full of motivation and it is possible for them to achieve victory over Portugal if they can stop Portugal from equalizing the goal.

GEO 1-0 POR

Scotland, Albania, Serbia, Poland, and Ukraine have added to the long list of teams that have been confirmed to be eliminated at this time, group E is the most fierce group in my opinion compared to other groups in the euro, because indeed the determination of the teams that qualify and are eliminated is greatly influenced by the results of the matches in their last match, so far Ukraine is playing quite well but they have not been lucky enough to be able to qualify for the next round and even occupy for a position third, what you said is indeed quite true, because indeed with the composition of the current players, their squad has actually developed quite a bit and may even be said to be quite great after only making short preparations after the conflict that occurred in their country.

In a competition that is indeed running very tight like the current euro, of course every team must be able to take advantage of every existing path to be able to qualify for the next round, what Slovakia has done is certainly an example that should be able to be done by Ukraine since the beginning of the competition, namely when the team is not able to win and score, of course it is very important to keep conceding as little as possible even though it is indeed have hope just to qualify from the best 3rd place Later.

The final group stage match has now started between Portugal and Georgia, while in another match an exciting match also takes place between Turkey and the Czech Republic, so let's see who will indeed follow Ukraine today to home faster from euro.

If Turkey cannot get a draw in tonight match then they have themselves to blame. Their destiny is now in their own hands. They are sitting in the second position and any slip tonight will be detrimental to their quest. Czechia will come in full force tonight as they will be seeking a win so that they will qualify. This match is going to be like a final match, it's really a tough one. Turkey should come to this match with the right mentality, they should not approach this match with a defensive mindset if they do they are possibly going to lose. They should fight as if they are looking for the 3 points, they shouldn't allow Czechia to have more control of the match, this is really going to be their real test so far in this competition. Georgia are already out of the competition they won't even be a problem for Portugal tonight, as Portugal will be aiming of getting maximum points from this group.

What is more unpleasant for Ukraine is with the same points but not qualifying because it is ranked 4th, against Belgium is not something easy even though Ukraine has tried hard in the match just that this match ended goalless we as those who watched the match were quite bored so who will qualify, we already know the results now that Ukraine is out of the Euro now.

A little upset with Samet for the own goal but I see it was a miscommunication with his own goalkeeper while Montella still has faith in the defender, he won't make any more mistakes in this Czech match because it's important for Turkey.
I'm sure Turkey will be better than the Czechs so a draw is still very possible with some other matches also ending in a draw.

Approximately half an hour from now, the final matches of Group F will be played. These matches feature Georgia vs. Portugal and Türkiye vs. Czechia. Portugal has already secured the group leadership with 6 points. Both Georgia and Czechia have only 1 point, so they must win their respective matches. However, a draw would be sufficient for Turkey to secure second place in the group.

Georgia: Mamardashvili, Kakabadze, Gvelesiani, Kashia, Lochoshvili, Dvali, Chakvetadze, Kochorashvili, Kiteishvili, Mikautadze, Kvaratskhelia.
Portugal: Diogo Costa, Dalot, Danilo Pereira, Antonio Silva, Gonçalo Inacio, Pedro Neto, Palhinha, Joao Neves, Conceiçao, Felix, Ronaldo.

Turkey: Mert Günok, Mert Müldür, Samet, Merih, Ferdi, İsmail, Salih, Arda Güler, Hakan, Kenan, Barış Alper Yılmaz.
Czech Republic: Stanek, Holes, Hranac, Krejci, Coufal, Soucek, Provod, Jurasek, Barak, Chytil, Hlozek.

Ukraine will probably be offended when teams in other groups take the third place with three points and get into the playoffs, and Ukraine with 4 points is eliminated, because formally took the 4th place and if not for the first game with Romania and not negative goal difference, now would have taken the place Slovakia. Belgium played extremely weak and if Romania and Slovakia have fulfilled their task, then how the Belgium national team will play with such a game is unclear.

We are waiting for the Portugal-Georgia game today and I believe that the game will be interesting, Georgia needs to win, so it will attack to score a few goals for Portugal, because at least one goal Portugal scores for any team.

And yeah Romania is at the top of the standings because they scored 4 goals in 3 matches and Belgium only scored 2 goals, Ukraine is certain to be eliminated because they only scored 2 goals and conceded 4 goals or overall -2 goals of course it's very sad. The group stage only leaves 2 matches then we will see which teams will go to the next round, at least the 2 top teams have taken their place there while those in 3rd place will compete with other teams to compete for some tickets.

Of all the groups, Netherlands was the most surprising team because they were only able to finish in 3rd position even though at first we predicted they would qualify for the next round easily but yeah this is the fact they have to compete again.

So far this is the toughest group I have witnessed in this tournament, I consider Ukraine as the best fourth place because of their performance Belgium and Romania have qualified even Slovakia have qualified since they maintained the second place 3rd best. Ukraine has been eliminated but they got knocked out with a respect not like other, what really affected Ukraine is just the conceded goals they have and also scored less goals, that why it is good to score more goals if the means is there. I really appreciate of the this teams in this group the really tried,

Slovenia qualified for the knockout stage as one of the 4 best third-placed teams.


The only team that was eliminited in Group E was Ukraine. Slovakia qualified for the next round.


You probably meant round of 16, not quarter finals. The knockout stage starts with Round of 16.

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Unfortunately for Ukraine and Slovakia, the table remained unchanged at the end of the match. I am thinking that this is unfair rule. If it is possible the 4 countries in this group need to qualify or atleast have another round of matches to decide clearly who will progress to the next stage. I will not be happy to have same wins and draws with other teams and have to progress while I return home. The have equal ability and need to be tested again for clarity of stand.
Such a tight result is an indication that quarter finals will be somewhat more competitive than what we see now.

I also see that many people are sympathetic of Ukraine. I didn't view the match but I read that the Ukraine side wasted alot of opportunities.

It must be feeling terrible for Ukraine to say goodbye despite collecting 4 points.    If they finished Group E in 3rd place they were going to guarantee reaching next round by being one of top 3rd-placed teams.

Anyway now my concentration is all on our game against Czech Republic today. Looking at our starting 11, I don't really know what Montella is up to again...

Keeping a player who scored an embarrassing own goal as a starter must be a joke. Another thing is his choices in the attacking area. I hope this doesn't cause us to struggle more for no reason while he can build a better lineup. Even 1 point is enough for us to secure 2nd place to face Austria instead of Spain.

Both Group E matches were drawn today. Belgium team could not win against Ukraine. The match was a goalless draw. On the other hand, the match of Romania vs Slovakia was drawn 1-1. And the interesting thing is that all four teams have equal points. Romania top the table thanks to goal difference and the Belgian side occupy the second place.

But we all thought Belgium would top Group E. But Belgium's performance is not good in this year's Euro. Belgium lost the first match against Slovakia. Despite performing well against Romania in the second match, the team could not play well against Ukraine today.

Belgium is going to face France in the round of 16. Belgium has no chance of winning against France if they perform so badly.

All Ukranine needed waw just a goal to keep hopes up but, a goal seems to have been so far from them. Not so far though given the chances they created in the second half. I couldn't believe Ruslan went for it and he took the corner perfectly with much precision, it could have easily been a goal if not for the ingenuity of Casteels, making a save right from the goal line to produce a 2nd corner.
Another great chance was the shot on goal from Ruslan yet again and Castagne puts his body on the way to save his team. Ukraine made the final minutes not worth risking for Belgium and even KDB had to seek time wasting strategy at the corner flag. Trying to win the game wasn't much of an option for Belgium.

Spain's performance was good, but the problem was that they were just unlucky to score a goal from their own feet against Italy. Spain won thanks to an own goal from one of the Italian players, which was much better than ending the match 0-0 without a goal. But winning is much more important than who scores the goal. After all, Spain is the only team that managed to get 9 points in 3 matches, Portugal might be another one if they win against Georgia today.

Two matches in Group E have been completed where Romania, Belgium and Slovakia have qualified for the round of 16. Ukraine fell short after playing out a goalless draw against Belgium, but all teams in group E are equal on 4 points. Unfortunately Ukraine failed because they conceded more goals than the other 3 teams.

It was quite interesting where indeed the competition in group E was tight and all of them had the same victory with the same points, only what distinguished them was the goal, where Romania and Belgium had enough goal difference to make them in the first and second positions.

And unfortunately enough Slovakia has O and Ukraine -2, this decision is final of course Belgium and Romania qualify for the round of 16, and maybe we are waiting for Slovakia how the end.

But when you look at the match that took place earlier it was quite worthy of getting a match imabng for two group E matches, I think they are quite equal in terms of ability.

The Ukraine vs Belgium match is goalless so Ukraine is bottom of the table despite having the same 4 points as the others but their fate is unlucky.
Slovenia still have hope with 3rd place to qualify but it's a bit of a strange group where no one has won.
There were 7 matches in the last group stage that ended in a draw, which is completely unexpected.

All four teams now have 4 points and Ukraine have been eliminated in fourth place.

First place Romania, second Belgium (they are bad), third Slovakia and fourth Ukraine, all four points.

It was a very weak group where everyone deserved to be eliminated with a performance like that.

 A very funny game going down in group E. Imagine the four teams playing a draw each and the annoying part is Romania is topping the group despite all of them having four points each. I never expected less in the game between Romania and Slovakia as they are both stubborn sides but I least expected that they will be topping a group where you've got the likes of Belgium and Ukraine in it.
 This tournament just shows that teams you think would be at the forefront are the ones that will be struggling and take Belgium's case for instance. Seriously, I wish Ukraine can just get a goal so they can have a hope of staying because if it ends like this, they get kicked out.