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Quote from: CLS63 on June 21, 2024, 04:28:53 PM

Mbappe didn't even enter the match today. He got an injury of course but I was still expecting to see him on the pitch with a mask in the 2nd half. However I have heard something like UEFA doesn't allow players to use masks which aren't of a single colour and the team or manufacturer shouldn't be identified on it as well. As his mask was like below he couldn't play today. His absence was really felt by France as they had serious issues with scoring goals.

With the way he dislocated his nose in that incidence against Austria, it was highly unlikely for him to start or even play even though he was given a mask. I doubt they will have been able to win if he had played because even though he's a good striker, he's been known to waste good chances in his time at PSG and also for his home team.
Netherlands had one goal tonight and it was to either win the game or end in a draw cause that will give them a good edge when they play Austria next. Two games with four points is better than nothing and I'm a bit assured they will try to win that game and it will be an easy one of they play the way they did tonight against France, not letting themselves get intimidated.

One will say Netherlands were able to press France because of Mbappe's absence but for me, I'd say they were successful because of team spirit.

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Quote from: boltz on June 21, 2024, 04:23:20 PM

Well the first 0-0 of Euro occurred when really no one expected right ? especially with such a game between France and Netherlands where everyone hoped for a both teams to score and 3+ goals.

Tomorrow , I have a feeling that Turkey will score and actually defeat Portugal and I also have a feeling that Romania won't lose against Belgium. Grin

It indeed a strong match to take side the winner despite France seems to have uper hands over their opponent team Netherlands but the Netherlands side isn't a team to disregard. It obvious that it was a difficult thing to believe that non of the teams wouldn't have scored even a single goal because these two countries are known for their goal scoring capabilities and majority of people expected goals to have water-fall in this very match.

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Mbappe didn't even enter the match today. He got an injury of course but I was still expecting to see him on the pitch with a mask in the 2nd half. However I have heard something like UEFA doesn't allow players to use masks which aren't of a single colour and the team or manufacturer shouldn't be identified on it as well. As his mask was like below he couldn't play today. His absence was really felt by France as they had serious issues with scoring goals.

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Well the first 0-0 of Euro occurred when really no one expected right ? especially with such a game between France and Netherlands where everyone hoped for a both teams to score and 3+ goals.

Tomorrow , I have a feeling that Turkey will score and actually defeat Portugal and I also have a feeling that Romania won't lose against Belgium. Grin

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Quote from: BITCOIN4X on June 21, 2024, 04:01:57 PM

Spain can clearly be the favorite at Euro 2024, of course they have hopes of reaching the final and winning the title. This team is good at dominating and building attacks, but this team needs to find the right solution when they have difficulty breaking into the opponent's goal who really focuses on defense.

Initially I only considered Spain to be under some big national teams like France or England but seeing the situation that occurred in the 2 matches they are currently running it seems that I have to revise my opinion because indeed for the euro now they are quite good. Not only in terms of performance but in terms of goal productivity they are also quite good so far.
The young players that Spain has provide a new nuance and a different pattern of play compared to the previous title because for now it seems that Spain prefers to direct pass or attack with the speed of the players rather than the tiki taka scheme that has always characterized them in the previous few seasons.

Obviously this is a good situation in my opinion because even though they do not dominate in terms of passing, their teamwork, especially in fast counter-attacks, is very good so they deserve to be one of the teams for the championship candidates in this event.

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It was a fad to place Ukraine, Poland and France in multi bets or Parlay as winners, in the end two of the three teams failed to win the match. Of course this has ruined the fun of this day, but it doesn't matter because I know the risks.

Poland ultimately had to give in to Austria, who was able to score 2 additional goals in the second half. France and the Netherlands played out a draw, but it was a tough match for both. A draw is of course still good for France and the Netherlands, that's because both of them have a good chance of qualifying for the next round. Poland is likely to go home because they have not managed to win points in two matches, while Austria has the opportunity to qualify for the next round for the third best team.

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Quote from: MAAManda on June 21, 2024, 01:11:55 PM

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Poland will really find it difficult to win this game against Austria especially now that the away side is leading by three goals to one. Starting the game on a very high note only to resume second half and start playing with fear. What will you expect of an Austrian side who were beaten by France other than to not only defend their lines but also press to ensure they get three points from this game to enable them have a shot at playoffs.
For me, I think Poland will have to seat this one out since I clearly don't see them coming out from this one, drawing their first game with Netherlands and losing out on this won't in any way help their case.

A draw in their first match? Poland didn't get a draw when they met the Netherlands, they definitely didn't get any points after Weghorst scored a goal in the last 7 minutes of the match. With the bad results they're currently getting, they certainly won't be able to be in the top 2 of Group D, in their third match, they have to meet France, then, what can we expect from Poland, even against Austria they lost.

My bad, they never drew their first game as Wout Weghorst deprived them of that chance to take home a point. Poland should have salvaged something of the game had they maintained the same fire with which they had in the first half, equalizing after an early goal from Trauner in the 9' but going on to play complacent football on the second half.
It was as if they knew they weren't getting any thing from the game that was why their morales dropped, I don't know because in terms of touches, they also gave their fair share to the Austrians.

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Spain won against Italy has great importance because Italy is good team and the players of Italy team are very hard working and they struggled to win this match but Spain did one goal.

I agree when you say Spain's win was important and deserved, but only disagree when you say Italy fought to win. I don't think Italy is playing to win based on what I saw, they are playing to not concede which means just aiming for a goalless draw. Spain tried various ways to win the match, luck came with Riccardo Calafiori's own goal.

Quote from: Adiljutt156 on June 21, 2024, 03:34:59 PM

I will appreciate to Calafiori who did goal for the country and his team won due to his efforts. Italy performance is this match was very poor , I didn't expect the lose of Italy team because I like Italy players. Romania team performance is top of the rank and they are performing good and I think they will qualify in next round and we will see thrilling matches but Ukraine should give tough time to Romania team but unexpectedly they performed very bad in last match. So let's see what happens in next matches.

In my opinion, it's not just one or two players who deserve appreciation, but all the players involved deserve appreciation. Gianluigi Donnarumma is the player most deserving of a high rating in that match in my opinion, of course because he was the one who saved Italy from conceding many goals from Spain's good play.

Spain can clearly be the favorite at Euro 2024, of course they have hopes of reaching the final and winning the title. This team is good at dominating and building attacks, but this team needs to find the right solution when they have difficulty breaking into the opponent's goal who really focuses on defense.

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Quote from: darkangel11 on June 21, 2024, 03:34:04 PM

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For France, I feel they'd find it difficult getting a goal scoring opportunity after they could not utilize the opportunity they got through Rabiot and Griezmann in the early hours of the game. After that, they have been having their chances blocked by Netherlands. Frankly, I don't expect less in this game because both sides will be looking to overpower each other and as such if it ends like this, it won't be a surprise as both will qualify for playoffs at the end of the day.

These are two strongest teams in the group, so they could as well end this with a tie. These two are going to move out of the group anyway. The thing that matters more for the Netherlands to win against Austria and this is going to be a more equal matchup, so greater probability it will go either way, although France is doing worse in this current match than I expected them to.

This could've easily been 1-0 for the Netherlands with that last goal the judges decided to ignore.

Well the game has been nothing but pure brilliance from both team and all I could say is that France has improved atleast better than their first game. France and Netherlands are really the strongest team in that group and with the way the game is going I think they are going to settle it as a draw and sharing the points will be the only option.

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Quote from: Barcode_ on June 21, 2024, 05:37:36 AM

Even though Italy suffered a lost against Spain but they are quite lucky as Albania did managed to force a draw upon Croatia and this will help to boost Italy chances in claiming the 2nd spot at Group B when they play against Croatia in their next upcoming match.

It is not a good sign for Ukraine to concede 3 goals against Romania in their first match as it shows they might be struggling with their defense, I think there is a high possibility for Slovakia to score another surprise victory against Ukraine today as the players of Slovakia are surely going to be playing this match with high confidence after they beat Belgium in their opening match.

Spain won against Italy has great importance because Italy is good team and the players of Italy team are very hard working and they struggled to win this match but Spain did one goal. I will appreciate to Calafiori who did goal for the country and his team won due to his efforts. Italy performance is this match was very poor , I didn't expect the lose of Italy team because I like Italy players. Romania team performance is top of the rank and they are performing good and I think they will qualify in next round and we will see thrilling matches but Ukraine should give tough time to Romania team but unexpectedly they performed very bad in last match. So let's see what happens in next matches.

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Quote from: Majestic-milf on June 21, 2024, 03:13:49 PM

For France, I feel they'd find it difficult getting a goal scoring opportunity after they could not utilize the opportunity they got through Rabiot and Griezmann in the early hours of the game. After that, they have been having their chances blocked by Netherlands. Frankly, I don't expect less in this game because both sides will be looking to overpower each other and as such if it ends like this, it won't be a surprise as both will qualify for playoffs at the end of the day.

These are two strongest teams in the group, so they could as well end this with a tie. These two are going to move out of the group anyway. The thing that matters more for the Netherlands to win against Austria and this is going to be a more equal matchup, so greater probability it will go either way, although France is doing worse in this current match than I expected them to.

This could've easily been 1-0 for the Netherlands with that last goal the judges decided to ignore.

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Quote from: coinlocket$ on June 21, 2024, 02:42:55 PM

Still 0-0 between France and Netherlands.
Before the start of the cup I was thinking that the best teams where England and France.

But after almost 2 game for every top team the better looking teams are Gernamy and Spain.

My favorite for the final win at the moment is Germany.

No matter the score line that the Euro 2024 is given us, we still need to acknowledge that England and France are still good teams. In this tournament most times the score line does not colorate the effort of the team and the quality of that team. And also we need to put into consideration the nations that are playing against each other. In the case of England we have already known that Denmark has never been an easy nation to beat in any international competition and this can also be said about Netherlands. If you check the Netherland squad you will understand that it is almost equivalent with the France squad. So, names do not play this football but quality does.

Projecting Germany to be at the final is not wrong, however I see it as an early attempt of prediction which could actually change before the end of the tournament. However German is giving their best in this tournament and they might likely produce the best player of the tournament in the person of Musiala

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Quote from: Jossque on June 21, 2024, 03:11:02 PM

Ukraine were 1-0 down in the first half against Slovakia, but they managed to turn the match around with 2 goals in the second half to get 3 points. Shaparenko finished with 1 goal and 1 assist and was named man of the match. Both teams played a balanced game but the winner was the one who scored more goals. Ukraine thus got an important win in the group and increased their points to 3.

I also didn't expect Ukraine to be able to turn things around as they were miserable in the first half and kept getting aggressively pressured by slovakia, but that might have been a mistake even though slovakia managed to get a goal in the first half but they lost a lot of energy for the second half so that Ukraine could have more space to retaliate when they were in a weakened state, this might have been planned by the coach, but I am still very impressed with slovakia's game despite losing.

And the next match in group E is Belgium against Romania who beat Ukraine, this will be a pretty interesting match too and bet on who wins the match, because we know how Belgium's track record is they are pretty good in football, but I feel a little doubtful for this season, maybe Romania gets another victory, and collects points to 6 and Belgium gets 0, or it will be even more competitive when Belgium gets a victory and group E has teams that have the same points of 3.

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Poland vs Austria
Poland will really find it difficult to win this game against Austria especially now that the away side is leading by three goals to one. Starting the game on a very high note only to resume second half and start playing with fear. What will you expect of an Austrian side who were beaten by France other than to not only defend their lines but also press to ensure they get three points from this game to enable them have a shot at playoffs.
For me, I think Poland will have to seat this one out since I clearly don't see them coming out from this one, drawing their first game with Netherlands and losing out on this won't in any way help their case.

Poland no longer has a way to get to the round of 16 because of the 2 matches they played, they didn't get any points at all. Meanwhile, in the last game, they had to play against France, which I don't think is a match that Poland can win, even it is still quite difficult for Poland to get a draw against France. Poland made the mistake of giving Austria a lot of space in the second half (whether it was because of their strategy or because of their lack of stamina), so that Austria had more opportunities to penetrate and score goals.

To be honest, it is over for Poland because allowing Austria to win them was the worst thing that could happen to them. I actually expected them to do better than they did, at least they would have won Austria if they planned to qualify even through best loser. At this point, it is not yet clear who will qualify between France, Holland and Austria who are all standing at three points with Holland playing goalless with France at the moment. There is serious pressure on Holland from Dembele even when Mbappe is not playing at the moment. If Holland is able to stop France from scoring, then they might secure an automatic spot at the knockout stage.

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Quote from: naira on June 21, 2024, 02:49:35 PM

Netherlands vs France

Both teams had difficulty in final execution in the penalty box, the Netherlands with the selfish Gakpo and France both had big opportunities, countering each other's attacks, France even almost scored a goal in the 13th minute when facing the goalkeeper but yes Rabiot always looked bad. Based on the first half, the Netherlands excelled in high balls, while France excelled in low passes which were effective in penetrating the opponent's defense. Several times France made passes upwards but the tall Dutch back line was clearly able to handle them easily. The rhythm of the game was quite intense, ball control was balanced so in the second half we should have been more aggressive because we were required to get 3 points.

Griezman movements were very limited because he was closely guarded, he had difficulty escaping Van Dijk control. France must immediately field Mbappe so that their attacks can be sharper, relying on Dembele and Griezman alone is not enough to penetrate the strong Dutch defense.

For France, I feel they'd find it difficult getting a goal scoring opportunity after they could not utilize the opportunity they got through Rabiot and Griezmann in the early hours of the game. After that, they have been having their chances blocked by Netherlands. Frankly, I don't expect less in this game because both sides will be looking to overpower each other and as such if it ends like this, it won't be a surprise as both will qualify for playoffs at the end of the day.

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Quote from: Richbased on June 21, 2024, 02:37:36 PM

Italy pattern of play is always so dull and boring and if you check at their previous records of matches you will know that their game is not always interesting to watch at all, even when they have good attackers but yet they don't make much impact in most of their matches which is very bad of the team even though they have a better defense but football is not always about trying to play a defensive pattern all the time but playing an entertaining football that viewers and fans will find very interesting to watch so they should try and change that pattern of football it's as boring as hell.

Italy's next game is against Croatia, I wonder if they can even win them because Croatia also has a good squad but they have not really proven their capacity so far because they lost their first game to Spain, had a draw with Albania and now they are to face Italy but i doubt if Croatia can stand Italy so the match may as well end in a draw or Italy may win.

Italy has not shown its best level of play, Luciano Spalletti squad looks overwhelmed when facing Spain, it looks like Italy will fail to defend its title at Euro 2024. Italy unstable performance may be due to preparation factors, we also realize that Luciano Spalletti does not have as good squad depth as that of Italy. Luis de la Fuente at this point. These factors make Italy level of play at this Euro far different from the previous edition, and Luciano Spalletti admits this. However, the opportunity for Italy to advance to the next round is still very open, with Spain most likely to lead group B. Next, Italy will face Croatia, the match will most likely end in a draw, both teams seem less aggressive at the previously match. But it does not rule out the possibility that Croatia will be able to beat Italy, I think on paper the two teams have equal strength.

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Ukraine were 1-0 down in the first half against Slovakia, but they managed to turn the match around with 2 goals in the second half to get 3 points. Shaparenko finished with 1 goal and 1 assist and was named man of the match. Both teams played a balanced game but the winner was the one who scored more goals. Ukraine thus got an important win in the group and increased their points to 3.

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Quote from: Hvdv on June 21, 2024, 02:51:50 PM

The Netherlands actually played well in the match. We are watching the balanced play of both teams. I am enjoying the match, but I was hoping we would watch more positions. We couldn't watch more positions, but Mbappe will probably enter the game in the second half and I think it will be a more active second half. Mbappe will now play more competitively in La Liga and will rehearse this in this tournament.

still 0-0 between France and Holland, I am watching the game but nothing special
at the moment emotions are lacking

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Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on June 21, 2024, 01:57:22 PM

Really looking forward to Netherlands vs France, let’s see what France have without Mbappe. I expect there to be more than a goal or two in this game, it could be game of the tournament so far.

Obviously I have a vested interest in watching VVD and Gakpo.

Tough first half, with lots of interesting actions from both sides, yet maintaining brilliance as they have both defended very well. Couple of chances have been thrown away by Griezmann, Rabbiot, and brilliant saves from the French goalkeeper to deny both Jeremy Frimpong and Gakpo.

Dutch side I'm backing are not doing so bad, they just need to score a goal now. Players like Xavi Simons, Memphis Depay has got to be substituted for sure during the second half, they're not in this game. Dutch side lacks experience in midfied I must say as they should be missing Frankie De Jong and Donny Van Dee Beek.

Virgil Van Dijk is doing well, he has been very solid in the first half. Saliba and Dayot Umapecano are also improving. Wout Weghorst would likely be a game changer, I'm expecting a goal from him.

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Quote from: Hyphen(-) on June 20, 2024, 04:49:30 PM

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The chance of England failing to get out of the group is pretty slim, but it's there nonetheless, they should lose at the very least and Denmark should win. Overall the England team is good, but I didn't like them in the first game and in the second one, it's as if they didn't play with each other, which is why the result is so boring. Last game they won by the smallest margin, but this one they couldn't even win

The England team should have won their today’s match to be free from any form of disqualification from the group, they failed to beat Denmark despite having one of the best wingers in the competition, they draw to Denmark after a lucky win against Serbia in their opening match. I am not confident with the England team’s performance, they have failed me because I expect more than this from them because they are my favorites in the tournament because three of my Arsenal players are playing in the team.

Spain on the other hand did a wonderful job by defeating Italy 1-0. Own goal from Calafiori has given Spain upper hand to finish ahead of Italy in the group stage. Italy still remains in the second place because the two teams behind them played draw, therefore, as expected, Spain and Italy should all qualify to the next round.

Well, they let you down as a fan, but what's worse is that they only let themselves down, because the way forward is only possible through a win or a draw, there is no way to lose, because then there will be an unpredictable storyline. Overall, I have little doubt that they will go further, but then? What will happen to them in the play-off stage? With such a game they will not be able to go further than 1/8, not to mention any mystical victories, which they want so much

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