Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers - page 8. (Read 46449 times)

Yes, huge contractions to Spain, to the famous and infamous red furies.  I bet on Spain and won.
Two bets, a clear victory for Spain, one with a handicap match modifier (he had to score at least two goals).
It didn't disappoint me, long live Spain!

You should have been convinced  about that after they won Germany, although it was very tough but they won I wish it didn't come sooner I was expect semifinals because  Germany also played excellently before that game just like Spain.
France on the other hand didn't perform so well in their group stage so I wasn't surprised they lost to Spain, thus Spain really deserve it than England , they haven't been getting a competitive opponent throughout (England), they were very relaxed...

The breaking news Gareth Southgate resigns as England manager after Euro 2024 final defeat.

FA wanted Southgate to stay but the manager decided to resign after all. Like him or dislike him, Southgate can be considered as one of most successful coaches of England team in many decades. England team rarely go to semi final match of World Cup or Euro and Southgate did it in World Cup 2018 (semi final) and more impressive, two Euro final matches in 2021 and 2024.

Southgate has reasons to resign, he perhaps felt tired with lot of pressure on his shoulders or he saw that he hit his own management limits. It's time for goodbye and wait for his next job position, maybe as a club manager.

After watching the match between Spain Vs France, i felt that Spain has more possibility to win the final and so is happened. Well This is not the first time Spain proved themselves, won this UEFA Euro championship many time. the final match between Spain vs England, was interesting enough. Although both team were only busy to defending their oppennt, instant of attacking in 1st half. That's why, no goal was scored. But spain control the field most of the time and from 2nd half, spain became more dedicative and they were on attacking mode. That's why 1st goal were scored by N. Williams at 47th minutes behalf of spain. That time England was supposed to be in pressure but after a long, 2nd goal were Scored by C. Palmer at 73th minutes behalf of England and thus both team reached same level. I was waiting for last minutes to see which team was going to Scored a goal and it's spain! M. Oyarzabal scored another goal at 86th minutes behalf of spain and then they focus on defending and thus they won the match.

No, I don't think England were just unlucky, but it was a difficult game for both teams... Both teams had chances to score more goals, but Spain were able to realise those chances... The same can be said about the way England and Spain played throughout the Euro... Spain had great results and I had no doubts that they would play in the final... England did much worse and they were lucky to be in the final... I thought it would be someone else instead of England...

Southgate has achieved significant success but may be criticized for his lack of success in the finals. They couldn't win the finals, but they managed to get to the finals. This will keep Southgate on track until the next tournament. The change of Harry Kane in the final match was criticized a lot, but Spain had already dominated the game with their great play. Even if it was Kane, I don't think he would have had the power to turn the match around. I'm sure they will prepare more intensively for the World Cup, but I think no one can stop Spain.

Somehow, I hear from the news that the fans aren’t very pleased with the referee, haven’t added an extra 4 minutes after the regular 90 minutes. Fans complaining on how there were too much fouls in the plus minutes and how Cucurella rolled for over 2-3 minutes, living the plus minutes to be played as just 1 minute while ending the minutes prematurely.
It might have seemed so but I wonder, what would England have done in 1 extra minute that they didn’t do in 90 minutes? At the very least, Spain would have just added yet another goal because, England still would have been playing from the back.

Southgate took a bow, England just didn’t give it their best in the Euros2024. They were a good team, but couldn’t make the play.

It's hard to guess it. But, these names may become potential replacements. One of these names would replace an empty spot as head coach of the England National club.

1. Graham Potter, people are really familiar with his Potter Ball.

2. Pochettino, dis dude is also possible replace South Gate.

3. Howe, though he is still Newcastle's coach, but he may be available if england approach him to be a new coach. I see him as an average coach, nothing special about Howe.

4. Jurgen Klopp, although he said no to coaching the USMNT, but Klopp may be changing his mind about this.

5. Pep Guardiola, i still remember when he said, he was keen on coaching the national team. So, that's probably England's chance to appoint him as a new coach.

In the end, i still prefer for England to take Guardiola because of his achievements in the football club. I think no one doubts him this time. He's one of the best managers ever. And I'm sure England can get their golden era under Pep Guardiola.

It is a good news that Southgate bas resign from being the coach of England new players can get better playing time with the new manager that is going to be incharge of the England squad. I always think that the problem isn't the players but the manager because England has one of the most promising talents but they always fail to win a trophy. The coach style of play isn't giving the other talented players opportunity to play and their opponent knows how to make them to not be able to win in the finals. It is a new beginning for England in preparation for the world cup. The task at hand is for the FA to find a worthy replacement and not to be sentimental about the hiring. A foreign coach might be the perfect replacement.

It is confirmed that Southgate has officially left England as his coach, this is because the aftermath of his national team's poor play has no development even though his team reached the final his game was not so impressive.

Who is the coach candidate for England? Previously there was a discourse about Pep Guardiola but I'm not sure he would accept the offer.

[1] https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1813152328658350294

After what Southgate has achieved with the England national team thus far, it is unlikely that the FA will take the decision to kick him out. What might actually happen is that the FA ties him up with a new contract instead. He might be considered to have failed to win the Euro trophy twice but he had taken England to the final and in fact, there is no other coach besides him who can do all that. So it stands to reason that Southgate is considered the most successful coach among previous England coaches.

Perhaps one of the golden opportunities was missed to score a goal when there was chaos in a corner kick and luckily Dani Olmo managed to block the header and thwart England's chance to equalize at the end of the match. Spain almost conceded again and if that comes, of course we will be served extra time which will drain all the stamina of the players.

But that's football, even England, which is known to be very bad at this year's Euros, is still trying hard to win the final match. But unfortunately they faced tough opponents and have even been very consistent since the group stage. However, both teams have fought very well, but it must be admitted that they need a comparable performance to be able to beat Spain now.

England have not won a Major trophy in the last 50 years and the present coach is the only coach who has brought them twice to the door step of winning but has lost it. There is no better option as coach currently, and there's no time to start trying out now options when the world cup is close. England team are close to winning something, and sometimes when they have suffered this kind of collective loss amongst themselves it may make them more focus in the next competition to make sure that they do not have such an experience again.

EDITS: GARETH SOUTHGATE RESIGNS AS ENGLAND COACH.

You don't have to call a team minor simply because they are from another continent that is not your most preferred continent which is europe. Colombia defeated like Brazil in the just concluded Copa America. The Euros and Copa America are two different competition that comes with different challenges, that doesn't make team from that side minor to that of Europeans teams. Fine both competitions has ended and their champoins are going to play very soon and we will see how good both sides are when they finally meet. Argentina are worthy Champions no matter the team they defeated, it doesn't make them less to the euros Champions which happens to be Spain. After all Argentina are world champions that also defeated one of the European power house (France). It will be an interesting final between both sides. I will go for Argentina who are holding two trophies currently, they are more experienced when it comes to intercontinental competitions.

Perhaps you are right, but on the other hand, maybe another coach could achieve a better result with such an England team. The whole difficulty is that they won’t find out until they change the coach, but firing a coach because he led the team to the final twice and didn’t win is also stupid. I haven't seen any mention of England changing their coach, and before doing so you need to know who could be a worthy replacement.

I fully agree that Spain won by absolute merit and they also challenged other much stronger teams in their journey compared to England who only found small teams that didn't even worry the English, but let's also say that Spain had the its great luck to go through with Germany who in my opinion would have deserved to go through, regarding England there was no way to win that match they were too much superior, it was the same with Italy, they suffered psychological pressure and they fell, sorry for Kane who hasn't managed to pick up a trophy in his entire career!

Do you really mean that England was just unlucky? No, I really don't think so, it was a well deserved winning from the Spanish team, because they were more tactically and technically sound than the English team, though the English side gave them a good fight no doubt, but the Spanish team was the better side overall.

And as for the English coach, Garry Southgate, I think he was the primary reason the English team lost this particular game, am saying so because the likes harry Kane and phill foden aren't doing anything in the field of play, before this game, folden has played six matches already without an assist and a goal, instead of the coach Garry Southgate replacing him with cole palmer, he left him on the bench for too long, and that applies to harry Kane also, he was practically ineffective all through, I believe that Watkins and cole palmer would have done more better than harry Kane and phill foden if they have started,  and that is what cost them dearly in this past finals.

I expected England to score a goal in the final game and that is what happened in the game, although we all know how strong Spain's team was and they are very strong against any opponent in this tournament what made England lose this title was the coach, England coach is one of the coaches that will never win a trophy in his career, currently, he is 58 and he has never won any trophy just like Harry Kane, I don’t even know why England is still keeping the coach as their 2026 World Cup coach, in the match between England and Spain, the match should be starting with Cole palmer and Watkins not with Harry Kane, saka and Foden. Harry Kane, saka and Foden are the fault of England but the arrogant coach did not want to remove them in the game.

When a player is having a good performance he should always be used to start a game, if Spain's coach is arrogant like England's coach he will not be using Lamin Yamal but he is a very good coach and he uses the player and he didn’t even mind of his age but England coach is seeing Cole palmer like he can’t play, from my understanding, England is a team that you have to connect to the coach before starting a game for them because if not that why the country will not sack Southgate and employ another coach, well that’s their business and this will be the last time I will support England in any competition.

England had good chances to score more goals, but they were unlucky... Of course Spain looked stronger and they probably really deserved this win, but I wouldn't say it was easy for them... England had just as many good chances, but they couldn't realise them... The second goal in the last minutes for Spain was decisive...

They did well during the first half, I can agree they dominated the game, yes!! The second half was much different, especially with the absence of Rodri in the midfied who complemented Fabian Ruiz all throughout the road to the finals. Three Lions dominated in the second half of the game if we're to talk about domination, was vexed because Cole Palmer was introduced late.
No doubts about Yamal and Nico Williams, One scored and the other gave assist. Asides that, they had individual performance in the game to show their capabilities and presence.

Laporte is known for how great he is tactically, good with the head and also a great passer of the ball. Most of them all, I love how he reads with game with so much composure. I will never let my hate and dislike for Chelsea hate Marc Cucurella. He has been great both offensive and defensively. He's everything you want in a modern day left fullback.

I want to say the coach is a great man and lastly, I can go without talking about Rodri and Fabian Ruiz who are the core/ spine to this Spanish side. With the Euros won I do think Rodri stands a chance for the next Ballon d'or award. What do you all think?