Euro: The Official 2024 Euro Germany Thread

[Rob]

I find this tournament to be the most difficult to predict a winner in recent memory. I'm not saying that anyone can win it but France and England have been underwhelming in the lead up.

 

[kovacro]

Which group do we feel will be most entertaining?

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Which group do we feel will be most entertaining?

E, IMO. I think the games will be the most wide open.

Also think D will be very fun.

 

[Evilo]

France is usually crap in friendlies before tournaments.
Not that I'm confident but not because of those games.

 

[maclean]

If the Czech’s young defenders hold up, they shouldn’t be pushovers

Whoops

Czech Midfielder Sadilek Misses Euro Over Cycling Crash

Czech Republic midfielder Michal Sadilek will miss Euro 2024 after injuring his shin in a cycling accident in Austria, the national team said on Monday.

www.barrons.com

(Have to quibble about the translation tricycle though? Three-wheeler I think would be the appropriate translation. Perhaps confused by the fact that they originally lied and said it was a bicycling accident.)

 

[Incubajerks]

Koopmeiners out of the Euro...

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

What do you mean there’s no morning game? I’m I supposed to work without any distractions smh

 

[cgf]

With what a blast the group stages have been I hope this tourney keeps it up. The knockout stages could be really interesting with Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, and Belgium all on one side of the bracket...while England tries not to f*** up on the other...with plenty of interesting underdogs.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

Quality of the games went downhill with the heat & humidity increasing imo.

Which is understandable, and also why every tournament going forward should be held in Scandinavia.

Also I think these German pitches seem to have some issues with water drainage.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Quality of the games went downhill with the heat & humidity increasing imo.

Which is understandable, and also why every tournament going forward should be held in Scandinavia.

Also I think these German pitches seem to have some issues with water drainage.

Only pitch I've seen with real problems is Frankfurt, and from what I understand the NFL is to blame for that. Might want a rule that any stadium set to host major tournament games is not allowed to host any other events forcing alteration of the playing surface within a year prior to the tournament.

 

[Evilo]

Competition has sucked but the number of teams explains that.
They're trying not to most that 3rd place it's ridiculous.
Back to 16 please.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Well my finals prediction will probably be a quarterfinals matchup

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Competition has sucked but the number of teams explains that.
They're trying not to most that 3rd place it's ridiculous.
Back to 16 please.

Tournament has gone from one where it was incredibly easy and common for big nations to go out after the group stage to one where it's almost impossible to do so. It has its pros and cons. All favorites are still in the tournament and have a chance to step it up. Of course on the flip side, some teams which have played diabolical football will still play in the next round.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Competition has sucked but the number of teams explains that.
They're trying not to most that 3rd place it's ridiculous.
Back to 16 please.

You beat me to this.

There were some good moments in the group stage and maybe 2-3 exciting games but the top teams really looked disinterested because the path to a R16 is fairly easy.

The 16 team tournament was perfect. Lots of drama and teams needed to go all out in the group stage to get a meaningful result.

We do the arduous qualification campaign for a reason, to bring the best teams to the tournament. I highly suspect we will see a freaking 32 team tournament in 2028 with riveting matchups between Azerbaijan and Estonia trying to back themselves into a matchup against Germany.

Last tournament, a team with 2 losses backed themselves into a thrashing in the R16. This tournament, a winless team is probably going to get mopped up as well. How exciting...

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

The Swiss are going to the final aren’t they?

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

You beat me to this.

There were some good moments in the group stage and maybe 2-3 exciting games but the top teams really looked disinterested because the path to a R16 is fairly easy.

The 16 team tournament was perfect. Lots of drama and teams needed to go all out in the group stage to get a meaningful result.

We do the arduous qualification campaign for a reason, to bring the best teams to the tournament. I highly suspect we will see a freaking 32 team tournament in 2028 with riveting matchups between Azerbaijan and Estonia trying to back themselves into a matchup against Germany.

Last tournament, a team with 2 losses backed themselves into a thrashing in the R16. This tournament, a winless team is probably going to get mopped up as well. How exciting...

And two tournaments ago, a team that went winless in the group stage and looked positively disastrous in those games ended up winning the entire tournament.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

The Swiss are going to the final aren’t they?

That was my call but nope. England is destined to lose to Italy on PK's and Italy is destined to get thrased by Spain in the finals.

 

[koyvoo]

All time European Championships table after the 2024 group stage

 

[cgf]

You beat me to this.

There were some good moments in the group stage and maybe 2-3 exciting games but the top teams really looked disinterested because the path to a R16 is fairly easy.

The 16 team tournament was perfect. Lots of drama and teams needed to go all out in the group stage to get a meaningful result.

We do the arduous qualification campaign for a reason, to bring the best teams to the tournament. I highly suspect we will see a freaking 32 team tournament in 2028 with riveting matchups between Azerbaijan and Estonia trying to back themselves into a matchup against Germany.

Last tournament, a team with 2 losses backed themselves into a thrashing in the R16. This tournament, a winless team is probably going to get mopped up as well. How exciting...

And the tournament before that a winless team won the whole thing.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Won't happen, but I ended up with Spain/France and Netherlands/England in the semis

.....well how about that? This can happen

 

[S E P H]

There was nothing funnier than CR7 emotionally yelling at his teammate (I think it was Bernardo) for that horrible pass and Turkey then scoring on themselves in the same sequence. I almost died of laughter because CR7 was more focused on bashing his teammate he wasn't even paying attention to what was going on. Legendary clip, and why he's a stud.

I really liked what I saw from this Romanian goalkeeper. Is he any good or simply average for the lot who've seen him play more than I have?

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

.....well how about that? This can happen

I mean define can?

 

[luiginb]

I really liked what I saw from this Romanian goalkeeper. Is he any good or simply average for the lot who've seen him play more than I have?

He's very good but a late bloomer and can be a bit conflictive with coaches. Happy for him anyway, rags to riches story, guy had a Charles Dickens like childhood, orphaned, dirt poor, the whole story.

 

[maclean]

Quality of the games went downhill with the heat & humidity increasing imo.

Which is understandable, and also why every tournament going forward should be held in Scandinavia.

Also I think these German pitches seem to have some issues with water drainage.

It's...also hot in Scandinavia in the summer.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I mean define can?

All 4 are favored in the round of 16, it's not like I picked Georgia.