Topic: ⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers - page 84. (Read 46364 times)

I think Portugal and France's performance is not much different at the moment. Although it is true that France's journey was better than Portugal in the previous world cup. However, this cannot be used as an absolute benchmark, that France is far superior to Portugal. Because if we look at the matches that Portugal and France have gone through from the group phase until now. In my personal opinion , I actually see Portugal as slightly superior to France. Because at this Euro it could be said that France was less productive in scoring goals. The reason is, so far France has only been able to score 3 goals in all the matches they have played at this Euro. Apart from that, in the group phase, France was only able to win 1 match and the other 2 matches ended in a draw. Of course, this record is not good enough for a team like France. That's why I say Portugal is superior, because during this Euro Portugal was more productive in scoring goals than France and was also superior in terms of match winning record.

Apart from that, if it is said that Ronaldo's current performance is not as good as before, this is indeed true because he is now quite old. However, if it is said that Ronaldo's current performance is not good, in my opinion it is clearly wrong. Because if you look at Ronaldo's current performance with Portugal, I think he is still very great. Because he still looks very fit and his skills are still good.
And if we talk about Mbappe, he is indeed a very great player. However, this is normal because he is still very young so his stamina is still very strong. However, at this Euro, Mbappe was only able to score 1 goal, that too via a penalty kick. So I see Mbappe's performance in the euro this time declining slightly. So in essence, Mbappe will not be a big obstacle or threat for Portugal.

And for this match prediction, I am sure the match will not end in a penalty shootout. But I'm sure Portugal will definitely win this match. The reason is that Ronaldo will definitely pay for his failure when he failed to kick a penalty in the previous match, in this match. And what is clear is that Ronaldo is determined to win the Euros this time. So you can be sure that Ronaldo will show his best performance in the match against France later.

After two quarter final matches in coming two days, we will know two first names for semi final and can have better view for prediction of the champion in Euro 2024. Many people will disagree to strike out France for semi final but so far they did not play well and Portugal looks to be a more ambitious team than France. There are better bond combinations among Portuguese players than French players and it can make difference in their coming match. Portugal win, I agree with your choice, and Germany win too. As a host and with more experienced players than Spain, Germany will be a winner.

I love beauty of surprise and Switzerland as well as Turkey are surprising underdogs and it's amazing if they both go to semi final. I also want to see Netherlands to go to semi final and even more than that, win Euro 2024 after many years without a title. They played Word Cup 2010 final match against Spain but failed after a missing chance from Robben and a golden goal from Iniesta.

For these two matches, winners in my favorite choices are Switzerland and Netherlands but Turkey are strong and can beat Netherlands.

Well, it doesn't feel like the Euros have entered the quarter-finals. Today and tomorrow the match will be held. And today there are two matches, namely Spain vs Germany and Portugal vs France. Actually, these two matches are very difficult for us to predict the results. Because after all, both teams have shown their respective qualities since the group stage. But I will probably stick to my previous guess, namely that I will favor Germany and Portugal. And I think everyone making predictions today for the quarter-finals must all be unsure about their picks too. Because anything can happen. And surprising results can still happen. However, one thing that I think will definitely happen is that the match will be exciting and very fierce. It's just that I hope there will be lots of goals in the Spain vs Germany match and I hope both teams score goals in that match.

For tomorrow's matches, namely England vs Switzerland and Netherlands vs Turkey, I have also made my choices for these two matches. And my choices are Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Why are you so certain that Portugal won't win? Well I can't blame you but if am to even any reason of France winning this game I think it would be as a result to their lose in the Euro finals against Portugal, I think they would want to revenge that but the fact is still clear that France has been absolutely dreadful in performance in this tournament and I just hope they step up their game if not football can be surprising sometimes although I don't need to tell France that as they have witnessed it twice now from a two final lose.

it doesn't feel like of course today we will watch the quarter-final match where in this quarter-final we will see a strong strong team and of course today we will watch a strong team, namely Spain, against the host team, namely Germany, and of course in this match there will definitely be fierce competition.

If you look at the records of their last 5 meetings, of course it will be difficult for us to predict who will win in the later match because of course Spain and Germany have been playing well so it will definitely be difficult for those who want to bet and Germany as the host certainly doesn't want to lose. Germany and definitely don't want to be embarrassed by Spain. Honestly, I want to hear all of your opinions about this match, who will win?

but in my opinion, in the later match, I predict that Spain will have great potential to win because I see that Spain has never lost so far because if you look at it in terms of performance, Spain is also very good. But in Germany they drew against Switzerland and that makes me believe that Spain will have great potential to win in the later match. Of course the match will be a tense match and both teams will definitely fight to the max.

In the recent times from when won the World Cup till date, France team seems to be better than Portugal team but that doesn't mean Portugal team is weak. They have been formidable in every internal competition. Although the C Ronaldo influence and agility is reducing because of age but there are other good players in there.

In the other hand, despite that france is a better team, but in the very edition of Euro, France hasn't done anything significant that will make their opponents to sheever. So, they are just like every other team and are also bearable. The only difference is the presence of Kylian Mbappe in the France team.

Mbappe almost stopped Lionel Messi from winning the world cup, he has the ability to stop Portugal and end Ronaldo's dreams. He has not scored an open goal in the Euro yet, but he can still be a big influence to help France through. Portugal still have a good oppoortunity if they can find ways through Kante who has had an excellent performance. and through William Saliba and Upamencano who both have had good ratings in defense. Just as usual, the first team to score will be in a better position to win because both defenses are strong.

I just read this news, and finally found several sources that had released news regarding the ban for Merih Demiral for his actions in showing the "Wolf Sign" during the match against Austria. This is still a matter of pros and cons. However, this sign is prohibited in Austria and has also become a symbol which is actually controversial. Indeed, UEFA did not directly impose sanctions, but they said they would investigate this potential. And because of this complaint, UEFA took further action, in the end, they issued a decision to ban Merih Demiral for 2 matches.

Whatever the considerations, when this tire is removed, it means that Merih Demiral no longer has the opportunity to strengthen the team the next matches. because it is not certain that Turkey will enter the next round. Moreover, Merih Demiral has been one of the mainstay players of the Turkish team so far.


Source: UEFA has BANNED Merih Demiral for 2 European Championship

I never for ones said Cristiano Ronaldo is a bad player or I dislike him (like one poster said) or even hated him, no but all I'm saying is let him sit aside and let other players who haven't gotten the opportunity to play have a time to showcase their skills, when he comes in as a sub it won't change anything from him and his accomplishment. In the group stage to me he was trying to be the Ronaldo of back then at Madrid but he failed to understand that times have changed and he only have to do less in this tournament.
The group stage was when he tried so hard to do something but all he has been trying wasn't working for him and someone would come and say he did his best because "you're a fan doesn't mean you skip the reality and end up praising someone who's not doing well", no that's not it. And I don't judge by just one game but when as a player you still repeat same pattern that wasn't working for you then you're putting the team at risk. After missing that penalty I can beat my chest that Portugal was lucky to still go on to win in penalty shootouts, let's say after Ronaldo missed the opportunity of uplifting the team and the opponent went on to win the game who would they have poured the blame on? Is it Bruno or Ronaldo? See that's when you do too much and not letting others do something it result to that which is happening to Ronaldo.

Portugal do not have anything better than France, France are world cup winners and came second in the last world cup. They still have quality players than Portugal and they can outplay Portugal tomorrow. Portugal are not playing better than France despite France has not scored an open goal in this tournament. I think this game is going to be a very close one and they might end up playing penalties to determine the winner. It is going to be a very sad end for Ronaldo as the player he sees as his successor is going to take the chances of him winning his last trophy from him. Portugal Vs France is just going to now be a game of Ronaldo Vs Mbappe for his last dance and then mbappe wins him amd retires him. I want Ronaldo to win with Portugal but he is not him again to carry his nation to victory.

When I compare England and Switzerland, England has very special individual players, but they do not have good team play and they play a boring game. Switzerland is taking the opposite direction, I think they have a chance to win this match. I followed England and Switzerland in the group matches and what I saw says that Switzerland is better, but since this is a qualifying match, England may be more alert and willing.

No you’re not overestimating Germany, since there triumph in the 2014 World Cup and the Euro semi finals in 2016, this has been the their best tournament performance. First a very great job done by the coach Julien Neglesmann. In this tournament Germany who have the advantage of been the host are are only matched by only one national team in terms of performance and that’s Spain. The Spanish national team to me have been the best in the tournament due to not only their winning record but also their method of playing. In this match between them and Germany it will be more of a final than the other games. Both teams to me have same winning percentage to me.

As for the second game, I will say you have underestimated the quality of the Portuguese national team. You can’t outrightly claim that France will win against Portugal. If we analyze this base on stats Portugal has a better one in this tournament because France them selves are yet to register an outfield goal. Two of their three goals came as a result of own goal while the other came from the penalty spot kick. So on this it seems France are finding it difficult to score goals, this to me makes Portugal in a much better position to progress than the French team

What are your specific suggestions? Should you be offside by, say, half a meter (50 centimeters)? But then, at the moment when an offside of 51 centimeters is recorded, we will return to the situation that is shown in your picture. I had my doubts before, but now I think that everything is fair - if in tennis the ball hits the line with an accuracy of a millimeter, then why should it be different in football? There is a simple recipe for the attacking team - the attacker should gain an advantage by starting under the defender and not starting on the same line with him.

Maybe I do overestimate Germany, I don't know. But as far as I'm concerned Portugal have the least chance out of this branch. France are in pretty good shape at the moment compared to Portugal. It's hard for me to predict who will win the Germany vs Spain match, but I hope to see one of these teams in the final, and I think it will happen. But I wouldn't mind seeing France play in the final either, for example

In this ongoing competition, Spain and Germany, I view as the strongest teams. I have been watching and following their matches, and seriously, I am always finding something good in their performances. And do their great performances I always think they will be the two teams that will play in the final, but now these powerful teams are playing against each other in the quarter-final. I will say that this match will be one of the toughest matches in this ongoing competition. Now, it is very hard to say which will be the favorite team to win because both teams are in great form. What I will just say about this ongoing match is that it is just about luck; it is the luck that will qualify because both will play to their best.

Alternatively, I will prefer it to be some unpopular national teams to win this year. For instance, having Switzerland and Denmark or so will be interesting to see how they will be supported and the kind of amazement that will fill the hearts of fans for supporting those national teams who don't have as much fans as others. But this if only when my wishes are river of realities. I am more convinced with the combination you made above because those are the tough guys in the tournament right now.

Turkey has been the surprise team of this tournament. While Turkey has good individual players, they are weak in terms of team play. They have a strong defensive structure, but they do not have a good forward who can set up play in the forward area and finish it. Turkey had an average performance in the group matches, but put up a great physical challenge against Austria. The Netherlands, on the other hand, is a team with a mix of individual talents and good offensive organizations, but there is a mismatch between coach Koeman and the players. A Netherlands team that is doing well can suddenly fall down. If Turkey can turn this situation into an advantage, they will be the team to win the round.

The qualities of the both teams looks similar, they can all win the match because any of them have good finishers and good creative midfielders to creat chance for them. I am not too good in prediction, but Germany may win this match since they are the host country.

Going through the statistics of their last five matches they played together, you can see that Germany won once, Spain won once and they drew three matches; and with the quality of their respective squads, any one of them deserve to qualify, and there is a very high tendency that any of this team that qualified will play the final.

And checking their performance against other teams in their last five matches, Spain had 100% record while Germany has drew one match, therefore, Spain might qualify same as Germany.

It is undeniable that in yesterday's match we could see that Cristiano's performance did have a lot of pressure because he was too self-imposed to play alone.
He had a lot of chances but could not convert them into opportunities and on target and the highlight was the penalty that Oblak was able to push away which made it even worse mentally for the Portuguese players although fortunately they still managed to make this a victory at the end.
It was clearly a mistake and one that cannot be defended as Cristiano did not perform well in this match. But on the other hand in a match there is an unexpected situation because in the round of 16 Cristiano did not play well but in the group stage we could see that he was not selfish at all and even in the second match against Turkey he provided an assist which he himself could have scored which should also be taken into consideration that not just because of one match we think he is bad and for Cristiano lovers it must also be objective and it is normal when a player does not play well and deserves to be praised in every match .

Yeah that's What I feel too, that would be the extra edge that Germany are going to have against this formidable Spain team because since the competition started I think it's fair to say that Spain has been a different class entirely and they would definitely be anxious even to win that game even with Germany being the host nation because like you said from now on every game is like a final for every team.