Euro: Euro 2024 Qualifying

[Ceremony]

An entire generation exists that thinks John McGinn is the greatest player in the world. It works.

 

[AstrophysicalJet]

Lol, how is that a pen…

 

[AstrophysicalJet]

Crazy goal by Kaz for the draw 2-2 - Should
never have been a pen tho.

Shame

 

[Jack Straw]

Wow

 

[al secord]

Very nice!

 

[Jack Straw]

Wow x 1000. K-stan. Holy shit.

 

[Canes]

Epic collapse by Denmark. Wow.

 

[AstrophysicalJet]

Lol, how f***ing pathetic

Again, should never have been a pen, but still no excuse..

Pathetic display from the WC continues - Gonna say it again, OUT with Hjulmand NOW!

 

[IceColdOx]

Happy to see Maddison start for England. Love the guy's game and hope he does well.

 

[luiginb]

Chillwell deserved a yellow for that.

 

[luiginb]

Great interplay from Saka and Kane on that goal.

 

[Brunkmeister]

Starboy

 

[al secord]

Great assist and great goal from Saka.

 

[luiginb]

Surprised to see Tsygankov on the bench, he's arguably Ukraine's best form player.

 

[Venkman]

Great interplay from Saka and Kane on that goal.

A long range give and go.

Maddison's starting position is on the left but is drifting centrally.

Saka is brilliant.

 

[King Makar19]

Mudryk is brutal.

 

[luiginb]

Dominating display by England, replacing Shaw, Phillips and Grealish with Chillwell, Henderson and Maddison made them visibly better, at least offensively.

 

[robertmac43]

Yikes Denmark, that is a tough look.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Ukraine were poor, expected more from them, not necessarily get a result but that the game would be more competitive

 

[luiginb]

Yikes Denmark, that is a tough look.

Yeah even with the injuries for their important players, you could still field a team that beats Kazahstan...

I'd have gone with
Ronnow (Iversen)(Schmeichel)

Bah (Skov)
Andersen (Rasmussen)
Kjaer (Nicolaisen)
Maehle (Pedersen)

Norgaard (Hjulmand)
Hojberg (O'Riley)
Nielsen (Billing)

Dreyer (Odgaard)
Wind (Hojlund)
Damsgaard (Zinckernagel)

 

[cgf]

Yeah even with the injuries for their important players, you could still field a team that beats Kazahstan...

I'd have gone with
Ronnow (Iversen)(Schmeichel)

Bah (Skov)
Andersen (Rasmussen)
Kjaer (Nicolaisen)
Maehle (Pedersen)

Norgaard (Hjulmand)
Hojberg (O'Riley)
Nielsen (Billing)

Dreyer (Odgaard)
Wind (Hojlund)
Damsgaard (Zinckernagel)

Hojlund?

 

[luiginb]

Hojlund?

First guy off the bench. Not as enamored with him as most people (and I probably watch more Serie A than anything else). I think he's caught lightning in a bottle this year, some of his fundamentals arent there yet.

 

[cgf]

First guy off the bench. Not as enamored with him as most people (and I probably watch more Serie A than anything else). I think he's caught lightning in a bottle this year, some of his fundamentals arent there yet.

Interesting. I haven't seen much of him, but 5 goals after two qualifiers is tough to argue with...especially for a nation that has wanted for a striker for a long time.

 

[gary69]

I liked Hojlund in the Kazak match. The goals obviously, but he also shielded the ball well when often being the lone outlet to start the attacks, he was involved in the build-up and distributed the ball well to players joining the attack on the flanks and coming towards him in the middle. Maybe you coould argue that he might have been subbed in the 2nd half (although he didn't look tired to me).

I certainly wouldn't blame him for the loss whatsoever, it looked like the Danes were more in a disarray after their numerous subs late in the match (some of them forced because of injuries).

The two Kazak late goals were also very well taken, the long shot obviously and the cross was also a good one and the run and subsequent header was well timed. But if you wan't to blame someone for that third goal, it was the defender (Kjaer?) misjudging the flight of the ball and keeper also didn't come out to claim the ball when he could have.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

If Germany can lose to Northern Macedonia then Denmark can lose to Kazakhstan. Those kind of things can happen. National teams are notorious for disjointed and unfocused appearances in mid-season qualifiers/friendlies (and World Cup group games in Germany's case).