Euro: Euro 2024: announced squads, pre-tournament friendlies etc.

[luiginb]

What? We're the worst team on paper in the championship, we have a full one win in all of our Euro history (against England lol), advancing to the quarterfinals is a pipe dream, unless Belgium spectacularly collapses.

 

[Evilo]

Wrong Coman, wrong Hagii, wrong Moldovan, wrong Puskas... Damn...

 

[cgf]

Wrong Coman, wrong Hagii, wrong Moldovan, wrong Puskas... Damn...

TBF this Coman can be crafty too.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Sweden has to be one of best looking teams on paper that is misssing this tournament?


Isak (Newcastle) - Gyökeres (Sporting)

Forsberg (Red Bull) - Larsson (Frankfurt) - Cajuste (Napoli) - Kulesevski (Spurs)

Krafth (Newcastle) - Hien (Atalanta) - Lindelöf (Man U) - Holm (Atalanta)

Olsen (Villa)

 

[luiginb]

Hien isn't ready to start for you guys, very limited defender

Sweden has to be one of best looking teams on paper that is misssing this tournament?


Isak (Newcastle) - Gyökeres (Sporting)

Forsberg (Red Bull) - Larsson (Frankfurt) - Cajuste (Napoli) - Kulesevski (Spurs)

Augustinsson (Anderlecht) - Hien (Atalanta) - Lindelöf (Man U) - Holm (Atalanta)

Olsen (Villa)

 

[Eye of Ra]

Hien isn't ready to start for you guys, very limited defender

He starts for Atalanta sometimes. We dont have anyone else.

 

[Corto]

Sweden has to be one of best looking teams on paper that is misssing this tournament?


Isak (Newcastle) - Gyökeres (Sporting)

Forsberg (Red Bull) - Larsson (Frankfurt) - Cajuste (Napoli) - Kulesevski (Spurs)

Krafth (Newcastle) - Hien (Atalanta) - Lindelöf (Man U) - Holm (Atalanta)

Olsen (Villa)

Norway has Haaland, Odegaard and a bunch of decent, up-and-coming young players (Sorloth, Ryerson, Bobb, Ostigard, etc).
But yes, Norway and Sweden are probably the two most noticable ones who are missing.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

I agree but Sorloth is not a young player
I like Strand Larsen a lot from Norway

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Pedro Porro not called up for the Euro's. 38 year old Navas was preferred.

 

[Corto]

I agree but Sorloth is not a young player
I like Strand Larsen a lot from Norway

He was among the "decent" (not the young and up-and-coming).

Pedro Porro not called up for the Euro's. 38 year old Navas was preferred.

Shouldn't really matter though, Carvajal's been amazing this season - if he's healthy, he'll play.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Shouldn't really matter though, Carvajal's been amazing this season - if he's healthy, he'll play.

Oh, I agree.

 

[luiginb]

Pedro Porro not called up for the Euro's. 38 year old Navas was preferred.

I have no hope for anything as long as de la Fuente is coaching this team. Porro should be a starter.

 

[PanniniClaus]

Pedro Porro not called up for the Euro's. 38 year old Navas was preferred.

I've long admired Navas.. wonderful player.

This just doesn't make sense. It's not like Spain have to have his veteran presence around.

 

[luiginb]

I've long admired Navas.. wonderful player.

This just doesn't make sense. It's not like Spain have to have his veteran presence around.

Great player and I always admired players who made it despite their Roma heritage, but he's done at this level. Not even sure he's Sevilla starter level anymore, he's got a full 2 assists all year and 7 big chances created. Porro has 7 assists and 13 chances created, and isn't much worse defensively either.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

It doesn't make any sense to have Navas. Pedri has not been even selected.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Tottenham star Pedro Porro handed shock snub as Spain name Euro 2024 squad

Spurs right-back left out of provisional group named by Luis de la Fuente, but Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella gets the nod

au.sports.yahoo.com

Cucurella…..

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Oh lord, worst Spain squad in my time watching that's for sure.

Some truly wacky choices. No Pau Torres is hard to wrap the head around. The ghost of Jesus Navas over Porro is also strange. I do love to see Mr Marc rewarded for the Cucurenaissance. I guess Ayoze Perez had a good season at Betis, but another weird choice there.

I don't recall every seeing a big nation with a squad that had so many prime-aged players with so few caps. It's a strange phenomenon.

It doesn't make any sense to have Navas. Pedri has not been even selected.

Pedri's there.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Looking at that Spain squad I now get why they were so mad when Brahim Diaz ended up going to Morocco. He'd be an undisputed starter on that team.

 

[Vasilevskiy]

Oh lord, worst Spain squad in my time watching that's for sure.

Some truly wacky choices. No Pau Torres is hard to wrap the head around. The ghost of Jesus Navas over Porro is also strange. I do love to see Mr Marc rewarded for the Cucurenaissance. I guess Ayoze Perez had a good season at Betis, but another weird choice there.

I don't recall every seeing a big nation with a squad that had so many prime-aged players with so few caps. It's a strange phenomenon.

Pedri's there.

I can't read

Looking at that Spain squad I now get why they were so mad when Brahim Diaz ended up going to Morocco. He'd be an undisputed starter on that team.

Nah, not undisputed. Unless you want to play him somewhere else than on the wings

 

[Albatros]

Great player and I always admired players who made it despite their Roma heritage, but he's done at this level. Not even sure he's Sevilla starter level anymore, he's got a full 2 assists all year and 7 big chances created. Porro has 7 assists and 13 chances created, and isn't much worse defensively either.

Especially Sevilla has had quite a few great ones over the years, a calé national team would be fairly competent if all candidates could be persuaded to join. Even a top manager in Quique Sánchez Flores.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

also surprised by the absence of eric garcia. is he hurt? he's previously been a staple despite being crap, and (as far as i know) he's now less crap and yet is absent.

I can't read


Nah, not undisputed. Unless you want to play him somewhere else than on the wings

chuckled at your edit, hahaha

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I can't read


Nah, not undisputed. Unless you want to play him somewhere else than on the wings

He can also play as a ten/attacking midfielder (and in two games so far for Morocco has looked great there) I guess it depends on what Spain wants to do but I used to find it kind of odd that the fans/team were so bitter when he waited for caps for years. He'd definitely be one of their best players on the team today.

 

[luiginb]

Ayoze f***ing Perez ...

 

[Vasilevskiy]

also surprised by the absence of eric garcia. is he hurt? he's previously been a staple despite being crap, and (as far as i know) he's now less crap and yet is absent.

chuckled at your edit, hahaha

Eric Garcia has been better, definitely. I guess last spot was between him and Cubarsi. The others I easily take over Eric. Vivian in particular is a very underrated CB, so good.

He can also play as a ten/attacking midfielder (and in two games so far for Morocco has looked great there) I guess it depends on what Spain wants to do but I used to find it kind of odd that the fans/team were so bitter when he waited for caps for years. He'd definitely be one of their best players on the team today.

If they decide to play that ten position he definitely would be a starter in the team, but I think they will play the typical 4-3-3 with Oyarzabal/Morata up top.


The XI that I think they will go with:

Unai Simon
Carvajal - Laporte - Le Normand - Grimaldo
Mikel Merino - Rodri - Pedri
Nico/Olmo - Morata/Oyarzabal - Yamal/Olmo


IMO Baena is worth starting in the place of Pedri (he has been that good, and Pedri has had a bad season even if the last games were not bad). Vivian could easily start over one of the two CBs too

 

[les Habs]

Yeah, definitely some odd choices for Spain. RB is going to go be Carvajal’s anyway. I just hope the Barca boys don’t play much.

As for Norway, can’t mention their players without mentioning Aursnes. Oddly enough he’s retired from international football, but a crazy versatile player for Benfica. I call him a Norwegian Army Knife as he’s played so many positions for Benfica.