Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers - page 159. (Read 46401 times)

this season is obviously not the best one for Croatia and it's becoming more clear that they might not be making it out of the group stage in good shape considering how strong Italy and Spain have stood thier ground. It's just bad that the two matches will be played same time and I can't watch both at the same time but from all indication, this is another victory for the Italy side. Luka modrik is a legend of the game and has a personality that aids a team into victory but depending on him for your wins in a major tournament as this wouldn't help any team at all. The pace and energy with which the Italy team has will be a major issue that the crotia team will have to figure out how best to conquer if they have the plan to win this all important encounter. From thier performance so far, if they are even able to go past the group stage miraculously, that's most likely going to be how far they can go due to how tough teams that are already sure of a spot at the knock out stage is.

I go with your same opinion as well, Italy isn’t weak at all and played defensive with counter attacks, they were playing against another great team and not just any opponent. Both teams failed to score, until one fault from Italy that scored against themselves. You can’t judge the whole Euro and any team with their first match only, maybe, we are going to see another match between these two teams where Italy can beat Spain.

The groups stage phase are being played carefully to prevent injuries, smart enough to understand and study the opponent, keeping the chances of advancing to the 1/8 finals. Moreover, when it comes to betting in Group stage, personally I avoid doing som because teams here are unpredictable yet to guarantee a win.

There is a slim chance that Italy will finish last in the group and be eliminated. Albania will reach 4 points if they beat Spain. Spain are already guaranteed to qualify, they might not be too worried about this match. If Croatia also beat Italy, Italy will suddenly be last. With this in mind, I think Italy will start cautiously but will look for goals. Croatia will not play rashly for this reason. They can use the counter-attack opportunities they will find. If Spain beats Albania, Croatia can come 3rd even with 2 points. But not among the best 3rd. That's why Croatia must definitely beat Italy today. This has been the most complicated group so far. They don't call it the group of death for nothing.

 Spain has 6 points in two games and winning tonight's game will see them with 9. They have an easy opponent. Easy because by their standards, Albania is not really a threat. Granted, it's the same team that came from behind to draw the game against Croatia but I still think Spain will make easy work of them.
 For me, they are amongst the favorites to win this tournament as they have managed to remain consistent. Getting goals and giving fans something thrilling and exciting to talk about.
Again, there could be the tendency for surprises to happen because only yesterday, we saw a team that stood no chance of remaining, get a surprise win in the dying minutes of the game, maybe Albania can get lucky and salvage something for their team.

For Spain, they've already already qualified to play in the knockout stages of the tournament but that doesn't mean that they'll allow Albania to win them. Just like in the Germany vs Switzerland game yesterday, the Germans have already progressed to the knockout stages of the tournament as group winners but they still wanted to grab a win in that match until Switzerland scored very late in the game. So I expect Spain to win their game against Albania while Italy and Croatia decides their own fate.
The most important game of today is the game involving Italy who has three points in two games and Croatia who only boasts of a point in two games. If Croatia wins the game while Albania fails to beat Spain,  they'll finish go second and automatically qualify but if Italy wins, they'll automatically finish in the second position regardless of the result of Spain's game.

I have to be agreed with you partially but still I have strong feeling Italy can go through without any problem because Croatia performance in this event is not as par their standard with things are not good their defeat against Spain with the score of 3–0 was big and Italy is doing much better even they are also not good and strong looking, but they can perform good against them for their spot into next round.

Croatia's performance against Albania was poor which give them huge setback, and now they are facing consequences in this event for their survival with last game against Italy is much needed for them but for me most chances we are going to have good chance for the Italy which is doing good and have fair chance for the win and having spot into next round.

On the group B Spain has the upper chance than every other team on there group because already they have not lose any match and as you can see they have won there last two matches with 6 points and there today's match against Albania is very certain for them to win considering the fact that Italy won Albania 2:1 on there meeting, so if Italy that won Albania will lose 1:0 to Spain is very clear that Spain will not be very soft on Albania on there match today so if they managed to win Albania that automatically makes them the best team on there group with 9 points. But in terms of the match against Croatia and Italy I totally have no idea because they have both lose to Spain, so I'm seeing it be the most toughest match on the group B today.

Maybe the Italians understood their role in the game against Spain that the Spanish attack was is really good and their best approach would be to sit back, defend well and then try to make use of any opportunity they got. It was effective enough to stop Spain from scoring, but on the twist of things, they still lost the game. The Italians are not weak, but smart, and against Croatia who are having a bad competition, I think they will win that game. They will want to attack as much as they defend.

Croatia is really in a difficult position that tonight it has to beat Italy if it wants to continue with the competition, and on the other hand, a draw is enough for Italy. It is interesting that Italy never managed to beat Croatia in official matches.

The main problem Croatia has is its trophy coach who continues to build the game on players who are simply too old or out of shape. Expecting Modric to be the engine of the team at almost 40 years old, or that Brozovic, after he went to Saudi Arabia, to be the same player as before is completely insane. In addition, Perisic was injured for a long time and besides the fact that he is 35 years old, he is far from his old form.

If coach Dalic doesn't make cardinal changes in the team tonight, I don't see how we can expect progress in Croatia's game. In both games, Croatia played significantly better in both second halves when the substitutions were made, and I would like to see the young forces take responsibility tonight - Baturina, Sucic, Pasalic, Sosa along with Budimir and Petkovic (Kramaric) at the top of the attack from the very beginning of the game.

Italy's position before this match is the best because a draw is enough for them and they are good in defense, but Croatia's defense is too weak and if they conceded 3 goals against Spain and two goals against Albania, then it is quite possible that they will also concede against Italy, and with their ability to defend, this almost guarantees them a draw. So Croatia’s chances are small, they were unable to improve their game for the Euro, and the problems that followed them at the group stage are still following them now.

There is no denying that Switzerland's players performed very well in this match. We considered Germany as the favorite in this match. And I thought Germany would win. The Switzerland coach is well aware that his squad is quite weak compared to Germany. So Switzerland was very strategic in this match.

In the first half of the match, Switzerland played a bit of an attacking strategy. Several strong attacks were made by the Swiss players. But after scoring the goal, the only task of the Swiss players was to resist the attacks of the German players. Switzerland's players played badly defensively. This is how you should perform if you want to score points against a strong opponent like Germany. I would say Switzerland succeeded in achieving their goal.

Germany needed the win or draw so they could stay on top of the group table, this is good so they can avoid strong opponents in the next round.
I don't think they're scared though because even if you bring the Spanish side against Germany, they stand a better chance to win the game regardless regardless.

Crotian national team are different in this Competition. I'm not underestimating them but they don't stand a chance of qualification for the next round.
The game they have tonight will be a fulltime draw, they cannot win that game.

Huge respect for Scotland. They should try again next time. Next club I want to hear back home would be English. Southgate cannot get it for them.

Well with what I have been seeing so far i really can't write out any team not even the Albania team that you saying that Spain would easily win,  we all saw how some of the competition big boys struggled to even atleast secure a draw in some of their games and Albania can also replicate that fate by scoring Spain an early goal.

Spain is in a safe position for now, they are favorites to finish as winners of Group B. The match between Spain and Albania is fairly easy to predict, where De La Fuente fleet is the favorite to secure full points. Albania best chance is to force Spain to a draw, but the possibility of a draw is relatively low because Spain definitely has the ambition to record perfect points in the group phase.

Another group B match between Italy and Croatia is the most difficult match to predict, where both teams have the attributes to beat each other. It's true, Croatia chances of qualifying for the round of 16 are lower, where Italy only needs to draw to ensure they qualify. Meanwhile, if you want to bet on the two Group B matches, I think you need a lot of consideration.

On the other hand, Spain will not force the result of the match, while Italy and Croatia will try desperately to qualify. It is possible that there will be surprises in these two matches, who knows, Croatia and Albania will finally be able to secure full points. For the most interesting match, it is clear that the Italy vs Croatia match is worth waiting for.

Indeed, if you look at Germany's performance, of course they will easily be able to beat Switzerland, but in fact Switzerland really has a good performance, of course I see that Switzerland's defense can also be called good and of course it makes it a little difficult for Germany to score goals. Yes, indeed Germany almost lost and of course I also thought that Germany would lose because in the 90th minute Germany was still behind by a goal but fortunately FUELL KRUG he was able to take advantage of Raum's crossing with a beautiful header from the middle the penalty box and the goal was scored He took advantage of the opportunity well and at the same time he became a hero for Germany because he made the score at the end of the match 1-1.

But yes, it could be that Julian applies techniques so that Germany doesn't play too hard because of course Germany will definitely qualify for the last 16 even if, for example, they are defeated by Switzerland. and if, for example, Julian implemented a strategy like that, of course that would be a natural thing, considering that the competition in the top 16 is certainly fiercer and as the host of Euro 2024, Germany definitely wants to become champion and doesn't want to be embarrassed by other teams.

Yes, of course there will be many who will bet on Germany winning and there will certainly be many who will lose, but those who bet on a draw in that match will be very lucky. Yes, sometimes the results of matches are always difficult to predict. Yes, now Germany and Switzerland have qualified for the last 16 and of course both teams must really prepare for even better performance.

Spain will not let Albania win, so Italy and Croatia will have to decide among themselves who will continue their journey in this Euro. On the one hand, Croatia missed a very important victory in the match with Albania, I think that this could be their fatal mistake, but on the other hand, Italy looked very weak in the match with Spain and therefore I think that Croatia still has chances, but they are not great. Only because Italy will be enough draw, to reach the play-off stages, and they can play well defensively if necessary.

If you refer to these statistics, Croatia has no chance of beating Italy, but it is very possible that the situation will be different because usually in crucial matches there is high tension and the desire to achieve the target is very big. I wouldn't eliminate Croatia too quickly and I still have confidence they will make things difficult for the Azzurri. While Italy only needs one additional point to ensure they qualify for the knockout phase, Spalletti's troops must be wary of Croatia's threat.

This was not profitable for Switzerland, even though if they had won Switzerland could have won the group but unfortunately in the final minutes of the match the German team managed to score a goal and make the result a draw.
Switzerland did their best in this match but they were just unlucky.
It is true that Switzerland and Germany both qualified for the round of 16, but the group winners and runners up have differences, there is an ease in the round of 16 for the group winners who will face the other group runners up, and the opposite is true for the runners up, so the result is a draw. clearly very detrimental for Switzerland.

To be realistic, after seeing the two matches that Croatia has played and the two matches that Italy has played, it is clear that Croatia is not really the favorite, unless there is a big surprise that occurs.
Croatia's performance has fallen very far now, we can't match it with a few years ago and on the other hand Italy's performance has improved so I think Italy will have no difficulty winning the round 3 match to ensure a ticket to the last 16.

Italy with a defensive play style will be difficult to penetrate by Croatia, so I see Italy who will finish in the second position of this group because Albania even though playing beyond many people's expectations will find it difficult to beat Spain even though Spain will not play with full strength so the best result that Albania might achieve against Spain will be a draw, so even though three the team still has the opportunity to qualify but Italy is greater the chances while Croatia the opportunity becomes difficult and even closed when it fails to maintain the lead against Albania.

I actually thought the opposite, even though Croatia was a team that always played with high motivation but their appearance was quite disappointing, I had thought they would be a team that endangered the Spanish or Italian steps in this group but seeing how they failed to overcome Albania, doubts arose that there will be a surprise against Italy later.

The draw obtained by Switzerland vs Germany is still a profitable result for both teams. Good for Germany and also Switzerland. That way, Germany can still be ranked 1st and Switzerland can still secure a ticket to qualify for the round of 16 by being ranked 2nd.

Croatia cannot be underestimated. Even though their performance this time was not as good as their performance at the World Cup. But we have to remember they still have most of the same players who really have quality. So, even against Italy, Croatia can still be expected to play quite well as long as they are in their best condition. But if Croatia is still in the same condition as when they faced Spain and Albania then I don't think we can expect too much from Croatia. Luka Modric and his friends will definitely fight harder this time. Because this is like the last chance for them to win tickets to the round of 16.