Surely it must ever be a hit for England to win a title? At the last European Championship they were very close, but Italy threw a spanner in the works. The last World Cup could have gone very differently if Italy had managed to qualify, but that does not count. England is always one of the favorites to win the title, but personally I think France is at a slightly higher level at the moment. We also see this in the performance of recent years, in which England reached the final of the European Championship once, and has not achieved anything at all in the past 20 years?
England is often the favorite team but often fails to achieve high achievements, especially in the European Cup after decades ago its best performance was ranked 3rd, only after that it made it to the final only to lose again, so even in the European Cup this time there will still be doubts about them being able to reach final because other teams look more solid when playing in an international tournament which England often doesn't have, and France will be the most favorite and also host team Germany which doesn't look good at the World Cup. 
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Surely it must ever be a hit for England to win a title? At the last European Championship they were very close, but Italy threw a spanner in the works. The last World Cup could have gone very differently if Italy had managed to qualify, but that does not count. England is always one of the favorites to win the title, but personally I think France is at a slightly higher level at the moment. We also see this in the performance of recent years, in which England reached the final of the European Championship once, and has not achieved anything at all in the past 20 years?
France definitely seems to be the best European side at this point. Their performance during Qatar 2022 was exceptional, before going down against a very strong Argentina in the final. And remember that they were without many of their key players, including Paul Pogba and Karim Benzema. The advantage with France is that they have got several younger players in their squad who can replace the senior players in case they get injured. I don't think that any of the other teams (including England) has this advantage right now.
Surely it must ever be a hit for England to win a title? At the last European Championship they were very close, but Italy threw a spanner in the works. The last World Cup could have gone very differently if Italy had managed to qualify, but that does not count. England is always one of the favorites to win the title, but personally I think France is at a slightly higher level at the moment. We also see this in the performance of recent years, in which England reached the final of the European Championship once, and has not achieved anything at all in the past 20 years?
England are generally historical losers in football
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Completely agreed with this. I don't even remember when was the last time England managed to win a world cup, or even the Euro Cup. And I still remember what happened during Euro 2020. They asked some of their inexperienced players (Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka.etc) to take the penalty kicks and they lost as a result of that. And when their fans complained, the management shut them up by labeling all of them as racists. And look at their performance during Qatar 2022. They were one of the favorites to win the trophy, before getting kicked out of the competition by France.
I remember that scandal and there were really a lot of racist comments (and if I remember correctly, after that, social media laws were tightened in England - this is really bad because it infringes on freedom of speech).
In general, this position of England (as well as many other teams) is due to the fact that there are very few titles and they simply cannot physically be enough for all good teams. FIFA "corrects" the situation by inventing new shitty competitions.
But this is a good point: there are only so many titles to be distributed and many more teams who in theory would have the strength to win them. I mean imagine when two countries , or even three for this matter, have a golden era. Like the best Spain we have ever seen and the best France we have ever seen and some other national team. Of those three, only one has the chance to actually win a title all two years. It's tough because nobody will ever remember a 2nd place in those tournaments, at least not when you were one of the favorites. It is a different story when you become 3rd as an underdog.
But back to the example, when only one team can win, is it then fair to judge that the other two golden eras are loser teams? I don't think so. Losing against France is ok, which team in the world would beat France guaranteed?
Sometimes there is no just winner. Take the finals when there were penalty shootouts. There is nothing more painful than a penalty shootout in a final because it is about being remembered as a loser or as a winner, but often times both teams actually deserved it. And then a 50/50 decision by the goalkeeper decides about it. Striker shoots left, goalie jumps right, goal. The thrill for the audience is amazing of course, but for the players it is the worst if they leave the pitch as losers even though they fought their way through the whole tournament and ended up losing a penalty shootout perhaps even after a world class game in the final.
I also don't know what exactly is the obstacle for England to win in the Euro and World Cup competitions, even though the composition of the English players is quite good
in group C, England is currently leading with 6 points while Italy is in 2nd place with 3 points, it is very likely that England will qualify from the qualifying round but they will have difficulty when they are in the quarter-finals or semifinals
It doesn't matter if many football fans call England the big European team but a loser
in group C, England is currently leading with 6 points while Italy is in 2nd place with 3 points, it is very likely that England will qualify from the qualifying round but they will have difficulty when they are in the quarter-finals or semifinals
It doesn't matter if many football fans call England the big European team but a loser
Having good players alone can't guarantee anything. If the coach and management doesn't know how to use these players, then all the talent will be left unused. What was the point in asking the inexperienced players to take penalty kicks during the Euro 2020 finals? There were enough experienced players who were available. When the fans questioned this, rather than giving them proper replies, the management just called all of them as racist and xenophobic. This sort of arrogance is the reason why England never win major trophies.
England are generally historical losers in football
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Completely agreed with this. I don't even remember when was the last time England managed to win a world cup, or even the Euro Cup. And I still remember what happened during Euro 2020. They asked some of their inexperienced players (Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka.etc) to take the penalty kicks and they lost as a result of that. And when their fans complained, the management shut them up by labeling all of them as racists. And look at their performance during Qatar 2022. They were one of the favorites to win the trophy, before getting kicked out of the competition by France.
I remember that scandal and there were really a lot of racist comments (and if I remember correctly, after that, social media laws were tightened in England - this is really bad because it infringes on freedom of speech).
In general, this position of England (as well as many other teams) is due to the fact that there are very few titles and they simply cannot physically be enough for all good teams. FIFA "corrects" the situation by inventing new shitty competitions.
England are generally historical losers in football
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Completely agreed with this. I don't even remember when was the last time England managed to win a world cup, or even the Euro Cup. And I still remember what happened during Euro 2020. They asked some of their inexperienced players (Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka.etc) to take the penalty kicks and they lost as a result of that. And when their fans complained, the management shut them up by labeling all of them as racists. And look at their performance during Qatar 2022. They were one of the favorites to win the trophy, before getting kicked out of the competition by France.
in group C, England is currently leading with 6 points while Italy is in 2nd place with 3 points, it is very likely that England will qualify from the qualifying round but they will have difficulty when they are in the quarter-finals or semifinals
It doesn't matter if many football fans call England the big European team but a loser
England are generally historical losers in football
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Completely agreed with this. I don't even remember when was the last time England managed to win a world cup, or even the Euro Cup. And I still remember what happened during Euro 2020. They asked some of their inexperienced players (Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka.etc) to take the penalty kicks and they lost as a result of that. And when their fans complained, the management shut them up by labeling all of them as racists. And look at their performance during Qatar 2022. They were one of the favorites to win the trophy, before getting kicked out of the competition by France.
I can also agree with this claim.
England is the cradle of football, but the only time they managed to win a trophy in football was back in 1966 when the world cup was played in England and that was after a big controversy in the final with Germany, because it was never confirmed whether their third goal in the final was according to the rules.
They never won anything after that, although English clubs have always been good in European club competitions.
The unfortunate relegations of the English national team after penalties in many competitions have already become legendary.
They still play some of the most entertaining football compared to other teams as they never play defensively which is great football to watch when you play most of the time in attack.This is also the reason why they have not won anything after 1966 because soccer has become a game of strategy from different coaches who after they score a goal they immediately keep the team completely on the defense and that is not beautiful football,England has never done such thing and against any team they have played open football which even people who are not fans of England have enjoyed.
For penalties though as you say I have never seen a team having more bad luck than them so far.
England are generally historical losers in football
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Completely agreed with this. I don't even remember when was the last time England managed to win a world cup, or even the Euro Cup. And I still remember what happened during Euro 2020. They asked some of their inexperienced players (Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka.etc) to take the penalty kicks and they lost as a result of that. And when their fans complained, the management shut them up by labeling all of them as racists. And look at their performance during Qatar 2022. They were one of the favorites to win the trophy, before getting kicked out of the competition by France.
I can also agree with this claim.
England is the cradle of football, but the only time they managed to win a trophy in football was back in 1966 when the world cup was played in England and that was after a big controversy in the final with Germany, because it was never confirmed whether their third goal in the final was according to the rules.
They never won anything after that, although English clubs have always been good in European club competitions.
The unfortunate relegations of the English national team after penalties in many competitions have already become legendary.
Favourite group I Bulgaria and Swiss has been gets their first winning in this competition that Bulgaria can able to overcomes Andorra with scores 2-0 and Swiss has been humiliated weak team Belarus with huge scores 5-0 and on that match i have seen Swiss were very dominated the match with 71% ball possessions and they were playing very effective because can makes 5 goals from 6 shot on goals and the most impressive Swiss player in this match is Lugano FC player Renato Steffen because he has made hattrick
Upcoming opponent for Swiss is Israel and i think it's not difficult for them to gets 3 points from this match especially Israel is not in the good shape and their debut match doesn't run well because Israel only can able to playing draw against weak teams Kosovo besides that i have seen Israel records from several friendly matches and their performance is not impressive so Swiss in my opinion will get their second win from this match
I don't know,but Switzerland has disappointed me, they have a good team, but I don't know what's going on? maybe Switzerland plays better in a world than in the same Euro? It's just the playoffs and there are still many things going on, this is something where anything can happen, of course Switzerland is a country that has a football tradition, but they need to improve many things, including attack, they don't have an attack and line Defense is very slow, they are organized but they are missing something that I don't know how to describe, I don't know if it is the technician who has to change the strategy, but they must do something urgent.Upcoming opponent for Swiss is Israel and i think it's not difficult for them to gets 3 points from this match especially Israel is not in the good shape and their debut match doesn't run well because Israel only can able to playing draw against weak teams Kosovo besides that i have seen Israel records from several friendly matches and their performance is not impressive so Swiss in my opinion will get their second win from this match
Few surprises in qualifying I think. You also have to try very hard not to qualify yourself. Germany is automatically placed as host country, but apart from that they would qualify anyway. They no longer seem to me to be the favorite for the final victory, despite the fact that they play all matches at home and will therefore have a lot of support at home. But Germany is working on a new generation of football players, which will take a few years for them to function as a team. England also sometimes needs a prize. It's still strange, Teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, United have been among the strongest teams in the world for years, but internationally they achieve nothing with their teams.
England are generally historical losers in football - it seems that after that victory (in the 66th year when dinosaurs still walked the Earth) they did not win anything at all (although in 2020 there was European Championship silver but this is not a title). Moreover, the tragedy is not in the absence of titles, but in the fact that they almost always have a good team, no worse than the rest on average, but at the same time they do not win anything. For the country that invented football, this is very unpleasant. But something similar happened with Spain until their golden age, maybe England will repeat this path.
It is imperative that Germany have a generation of quick relief, but they cannot leave all the veterans either, the German team needs its veterans so that they can prepare their new players well and thus avoid what happened to the Spain team in Qatar, because they took many young players there and they lost in an unexpected way and left and for me it was a complete surprise, something that I did not Expect because Spain has one of the best leagues in the world, so the fact of having left so soon It caused quite a bit of controversy.
England are generally historical losers in football
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Completely agreed with this. I don't even remember when was the last time England managed to win a world cup, or even the Euro Cup. And I still remember what happened during Euro 2020. They asked some of their inexperienced players (Jadon Sancho, Bukayo Saka.etc) to take the penalty kicks and they lost as a result of that. And when their fans complained, the management shut them up by labeling all of them as racists. And look at their performance during Qatar 2022. They were one of the favorites to win the trophy, before getting kicked out of the competition by France.
Few surprises in qualifying I think. You also have to try very hard not to qualify yourself. Germany is automatically placed as host country, but apart from that they would qualify anyway. They no longer seem to me to be the favorite for the final victory, despite the fact that they play all matches at home and will therefore have a lot of support at home. But Germany is working on a new generation of football players, which will take a few years for them to function as a team. England also sometimes needs a prize. It's still strange, Teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, United have been among the strongest teams in the world for years, but internationally they achieve nothing with their teams.
England are generally historical losers in football - it seems that after that victory (in the 66th year when dinosaurs still walked the Earth) they did not win anything at all (although in 2020 there was European Championship silver but this is not a title). Moreover, the tragedy is not in the absence of titles, but in the fact that they almost always have a good team, no worse than the rest on average, but at the same time they do not win anything. For the country that invented football, this is very unpleasant. But something similar happened with Spain until their golden age, maybe England will repeat this path.
Few surprises in qualifying I think. You also have to try very hard not to qualify yourself. Germany is automatically placed as host country, but apart from that they would qualify anyway. They no longer seem to me to be the favorite for the final victory, despite the fact that they play all matches at home and will therefore have a lot of support at home. But Germany is working on a new generation of football players, which will take a few years for them to function as a team. England also sometimes needs a prize. It's still strange, Teams like Manchester City and Liverpool, United have been among the strongest teams in the world for years, but internationally they achieve nothing with their teams.
No problems today for Scotland against Cyprus. Switzerland is already on a comfortable 0-3 lead at Belarus, so that can no longer go wrong. At Spain's match against Norway, Haaland will still want to show himself for his home country, in which he has not really been very successful. Surely there are a few Norwegian players who should be able to serve Haaland. Spain is normally too good but someone like Haaland can single-handedly decide a game for Norway. And Norway should mainly focus on the other games in the group as they are the favorites there. Being 2nd in this group is also a great result for Norway.
Haven't you kept up with the news regarding the Spain Vs Norway match? Erling Haaland was not played in their important match because he was injured, mate. So, please stop talking about Haaland in this match, because it's all going to be bullshit. Currently, Norway is only relying on their 3 important players. They are Alexander Sorloth, Elyounoussi and also Martin Odegaard. Let's see what they can do against Spain which has many stars there.
Yes, Haaland is not on the player list maybe this is why spain is so favorite statistics show that span controls the game and have scored one goal
While Norway did not make much effort especially without Haaland they are like losing a goal machine there is no other choice Norway will play defense
I predict that Spain will score more goals maybe 2 more goals in the second half and Norway may be without a goal.
The match is about 44 minutes gone, and from the odds, I believe the majority is expecting Spain to win the match, Norway do have an attractive odd which is currently 33 at the time of typing this post, I decided to put a bet on it just incase by chance, the table turns in their favor, not expecting Norway to win, but like I said, just incase, and the money is small, I don't mind losing it.
With Haaland missing the best Norway could do is to keep a clean sheet for as long as possible, but I only saw maybe a 5% chance for Norway to even score without him. It could happen with the help of a little bit of luck, but this game is over in my opinion. If Spain takes the lead here, what can you do if you aren't dangerous enough in the box of Spain? Haaland also adds this element of surprise as he can score from almost any position. But Spain has a team again that is well formed and knows how to let the ball run within their own lines.
Spain is always a favorite team in any competition and that is something that we cannot deny, for me things in Europe, Spain, France, Germany are very big and famous teams, they all want to have their own light, in the case of Norway Without Haaland it is something very terrible, for me he is the one who stands up for the team, if they lose and are left out it is not a good thing, I particularly want to see Haaland playing in Euro 2024, it is the only way to to be able to see him shine and gain much more fame, I also want to see a match against France, something like Halland vs Mbappe´.
The team that has surprised me a lot and I like it and I want it to continue is Portugal, Firstly because CR7 is failing many, and secondly because here you can see that there will always be some who will not agree with him, among them Bruno Fernandez, who has Criticized Martinez a lot for the decisions he has made and among those decisions, is to take CR7 into consideration, I think it is a bit sad for that player, because CR7 is the one who has shouldered the team, not He did it in the World Cup because they didn't put him in, it was a very similar case as when he was in Manchester, now he can clear his name and that seems great to me.
I agree that Modric is a fantastic player, and his dedication to the national team is truly inspiring. However, I think that winning the Nations League should not be his ultimate goal. It's a great achievement, of course, but the European Championship is the biggest prize in European football, and I think that's where Modric will truly want to make his mark.
The euro is the competition between the second largest countries that has gained the attention of the world audience after the world cup so winning the euro trophy is the dream of the great footballers from the European continentmodric is a very creative midfielder, so far the Croatia attack has provided a big threat to the opposing team because of the results of Modric's creativity, I don't know what will happen to the Croatia national team if he retires later
I agree that Modric is a fantastic player, and his dedication to the national team is truly inspiring. However, I think that winning the Nations League should not be his ultimate goal. It's a great achievement, of course, but the European Championship is the biggest prize in European football, and I think that's where Modric will truly want to make his mark.
I think the situation at Real will have a lot of influence on Modric's decision about his future.
If Real extends his contract, I am almost certain that Modrić will also play at EURO 2024. Otherwise, I think he will play the last two games for Croatia in the final tournament of the League of Nations in June.
I think that the main reason why Modric still plays for Croatia is his great desire to win something with Croatia and realistically, it is much easier to win the League of Nations than the EURO or the World Cup.
The EURO is even a stronger competition, in my opinion, than the World Championship, but of course Croatia will once again be the hidden favorite and have a chance to make a great result again.
I agree that Modric is a fantastic player, and his dedication to the national team is truly inspiring. However, I think that winning the Nations League should not be his ultimate goal. It's a great achievement, of course, but the European Championship is the biggest prize in European football, and I think that's where Modric will truly want to make his mark.
When the national team came back to Croatia after finishing third in the World Cup, Modric said that his goal is to bring the gold medal back home. That's why I think that his goal is to win the Nations League, bring the gold to Croatia and say goodbye to the national team. New contract with Real Madrid has nothing to do with him playing for the national team. A lot of players continued to play for their clubs after saying goodbye to the national team.
I wouldn't agree that the new contract has no effect on him, because I think it gives him a new confidence in the sense that he knows he's still good at what he does. Also, he is not one of those who play football only for money, but sincerely enjoys every minute on the field, especially when he plays for the national team. Euro 2024 will therefore be something where he will definitely want to be, regardless of the League of Nations result - because even winning first place in such a competition cannot be compared to the European Championship.I feel like Kroos definitely did that back in the day, good player all around but doesn't show up as much as they used to, plus Madrid has some good young midfielders as well so it could be an issue for Modric, if he has a slump for a few weeks that would cause him to start losing in the end as well and make him lose his spot.
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Croatia was very close in the final of the 2018 World Cup to become the world champion in the match against France, but we did not have enough luck and concentration.
Croatia was very close in the final of the 2018 World Cup to become the world champion in the match against France, but we did not have enough luck and concentration.
Maybe it would be different if FIFA assigned a well-known and respectable referee for the final, and not some anonymous character who doesn't know the rules of the game. Besides, how can one and the same referee man have the honor of refereeing the first and last match of the world championship, without anyone having heard of him before that?
Maybe one day the truth will be known, but it is rumored that FIFA was extremely interested in ensuring that nothing went wrong in the first game (the home team had to win at all costs), and that there were no surprises in the final. In addition, coach Dalic, when asked what he would change in that match, answered without any thought that he would change the referee.
Croatia has achieved considerably good results in recent years. At World Championships and European Championships. And they have also already reached the final 4 in the coming summer, which will be held in the Netherlands. Croatia in 1998 was also very good with Suker. But you will not find a player like Djokovic anywhere. It would be great for the football world if Croatia would become European or world champion one day. But Croatia will never start the tournament as favourites, they will always be the outsider. I think a quote of around 9.00 for Croatia. On a good day they can beat anyone, but teams like France are normally just too good. But they also depend on Mbappe, just as Croatia depends on modric. I do not think that European top countries will be fooled in qualifying for the European Championship. Too many opportunities to qualify your own for this tournament.
Croatia was very good at the last 2 world championships and won second and third place, but we haven't really been that good at the European championships lately.
Even in the first two editions of the League of Nations, we were bad and barely avoided being relegated to the lower ranks of the competition, and it was only in the last edition of the League of Nations that we were good and won first place in the group.
Croatia was very close in the final of the 2018 World Cup to become the world champion in the match against France, but we did not have enough luck and concentration.
However, we are now hoping for gold at the Nations League finals in June.
Of course, we have great expectations and hopes for next year's EURO.
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