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⚽ UEFA EURO 2024 UPDATE: Teams through to the Round of 16 ⚽ 🏟 The group stage is over, and the 24 teams that started the UEFA EURO 2024 on June 14 have been whittled down to just 16 for the knockout rounds. With six group winners, six group runners-up and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16, which kicks off on June 29. The Round of 16 matches are split into two halves, and each will produce a finalist who will compete to lift the Henri Delaunay Cup 🏆 in Berlin on July 14. 🥅 Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Denmark, and Belgium qualified for the first half of the Round of 16 bracket. The other half includes Switzerland, Italy, Austria, England, Romania, and Turkey. Netherlands, Slovenia, Slovakia, and Georgia also qualified for the Round of 16 as one of four best third-place finishers. 🥇 The Round of 16 is known as the knockout rounds because there are no points earned, just single elimination from here on out. Each knockout-round match and all subsequent matches of the championship, through to the final, must have a winner on the day. This means that if teams are tied after 90 minutes, the match will go into a 30-minute period of extra time.⏱ 📺 Here are the Round of 16 schedule dates and fixtures: Switzerland vs Italy (Sat 29 June) Germany vs Denmark (Sat 29 June) England vs Slovakia (Sun 30 June) Spain vs Georgia (Sun 30 June) France vs Belgium (Mon 1 July) Portugal vs Slovenia (Mon 1 July) Romania vs Netherlands (Tue 2 July) Austria vs Turkey (Tue 2 July) #Euro2024 #Roundof16

Here is the schedule for Day 3 of UEFA EURO 2024 (Sunday, 16. June): 🇵🇱 POLAND vs. NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱 (GROUP D - 15.00, HAMBURG): - Poland, who uniquely qualified for the European Championship by winning on penalties against Wales in a playoff without having taken a single shot on target through 120 minutes, take on the Netherlands, who finished second in their qualifying group with a 6-0-2 record. Those two losses came to France, one of the two other teams they will face in the group at this tournament (Austria is the other one). - Poland and the Netherlands have faced off in four matches in both of the two most recent Nations League campaigns; the Dutch went 3-1-0 (1-0, 2-1, 2-2, 2-0). 🇸🇮 SLOVENIA vs. DENMARK 🇩🇰 (GROUP C - 18.00, STUTTGART): - Speaking of teams that faced each other in their qualifying group, Slovenia and Denmark have been drawn into the same European Championship group and will face each other in Stuttgart in their opening matches on Sunday. The two teams drew 1-1 in Slovenia in June but Denmark were victorious at home by a 2-1 score just five months later. - Despite doubts early on, Denmark had strong September, October, and November campaigns, and last year's EURO semifinalists finished with a 7-1-2 record, top of the group; Slovenia finished second, with a 7-1-2 record as well but with head-to-head the tiebreaker, Denmark won first even though Slovenia had a better goal differential (+11 to +9). Finland and Kazakhstan also had winning records of 6-0-4 from that close group, but would both exit in the first round of playoffs to Wales and Greece, respectively. 🇷🇸 SERBIA vs. ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (GROUP C - 21.00, GELSENKIRCHEN): - Serbia, who finished second in their qualifying group with a 4-2-2 record (only behind Hungary), take on last year's European finalists (and a heavily favoured team to win this tournament) in England, who topped their qualifying group with an undefeated 6-2-0 record, a group that included the likes of Italy, Ukraine, and North Macedonia, as well as Malta. - Interestingly enough, this will be the first time that England faces Serbia as an independent nation; England last played against Serbia and Montenegro back in 2003, winning 2-1. That said, there are no prior results in this generation of Serbian football that can give an outlook of how this match could end up - Serbia are underdogs, but they may be able to win considering they have defeated, or come close to, teams of England's calibre in the last two years. Should be an exciting day of action in this tournament! #football #soccer #euro2024 #uefaeuro2024 #em2024 #germany #poland #polska #netherlands #holland #nederland #slovenia #slovenija #denmark #danmark #serbia #srbija #србија #england

𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶-𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 England take on the Netherlands in the second semi-final of the European Championships. The bookmakers have the Three Lions as the marginal favourites to win. Gareth Southgate’s team are 13/8, the draw is 7/4 and the Netherlands are 21/10 In the head-to-head, the Netherlands have won seven, England have won six, and there have been nine draws. The last time the two nations met was in the semi-finals of the 2019 UEFA Nations League. The match finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, with the Netherlands completing a 3-1 win after extra time. In five matches at #Euro2024, the Netherlands have scored nine and conceded five. England have scored five and conceded three. In the knockout section, the Dutch defeated Romania 3-0 in the Round of 16, and Türkiye 2-1 in the quarter-final. #England was seconds away from going out to Slovakia in the Round of 16 until Jude Bellingham’s spectacular overhead kick saved Gareth Southgate from becoming public enemy No.1. The Three Lions completed a 2-1 win over the Slovaks, and then in the quarter-finals, they knocked out Switzerland on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Looking ahead to tonight’s match, will the Dutch take the game to England? Or will they play it cautiously, noting how England have struggled to break down teams who have sat back against them at Euro 2024? The Dutch have a tradition of playing complete football. But at Euro 2024, this hasn’t always been the case. After a cautious group stage, Ronald Koeman’s team played some more pleasing on-the-eye stuff in the knockouts. But with the stakes high, will they be as expansive against England? England has been cautious throughout the tournament. If the Dutch do play more openly, could that be the trigger for England to finally be more expansive? It will be an interesting watch. Don’t be surprised to see the tie go to extra-time or penalties. #freelancewriting | #footballcontent | #footballbetting | #englandfootball | #nedVeng | #contentwriting

The second day of the round of sixteen at UEFA EURO 2024 is Sunday, 30. June. Here are the two matches taking place in Germany, involving two of Europe's powerhouses and two surprise teams with impressive styles of play. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ENGLAND vs. SLOVAKIA 🇸🇰 (18.00 - GELSENKIRCHEN): - England finished undefeated in the group stage, with a 1-2-0 record in a group they were expected to dominate; their only victory came 1-0 vs. Serbia, and their two draws since then were 1-1 vs. Denmark and 0-0 vs. Slovenia. Slovakia finished with one less point in a group where all four teams finished tied on points (the first time in EURO history), 1-1-1 and third in the group with a 1-0 upset over Belgium, 1-2 vs. Ukraine, and a 1-1 draw vs. Romania that saw both teams go through. - England are 5-1-0 against Slovakia in their history, with a 2-1 win in 2017 being the most recent encounter. These two teams did play at UEFA EURO 2016 however, and it was a 0-0 draw; Slovakia are looking to count on that and England's recent record to pull off a possible extra time upset here. - England are the heavy favourite, with Google predicting them to have a 67 % chance of winning in the ninety; there is a 22 % chance of extra time and an 11 % chance of Slovakia taking the match. 🇪🇸 SPAIN vs. GEORGIA 🇬🇪 (21.00 - COLOGNE): - Spain are the only perfect team at this European Championship with a 3-0-0 record without conceding a single goal; add in the fact that they did it in the toughest group out of all of them and they are now the heavy favourite to win the tournament, with a 3-0 win vs. Croatia, 1-0 vs. Italy, and 1-0 vs. Albania. They take on Georgia, who defeated a similar tiki-taka tactic used by Portugal in their first win in EURO history, a 2-0 result that saw them advance with a 1-1-1 record and third in Group F after losing their opening match with Türkiye and drawing their previous match 1-1 with Czechia - they are looking to count on that to defeat a Spanish squad that plays much the same way. - Spain and Georgia were drawn in the same World Cup qualifying group and EURO qualifying group in the last four years, and the results were this: 2-1 to Spain away, 4-0 to Spain at home (WC), 7-1 to Spain away, 3-1 to Spain at home (EURO). A 7-1 result in a knockout match is almost impossible, but recent history is on Spain's side for this one to score at least three goals, possibly even in one half like they did with Croatia. - Google says there is an 81 % chance of Spain winning, a 13 % chance of a draw, and a 6 % chance of Georgia making it in their already history-making tournament. If Georgia defy the odds, it would cause great joy across their country; they have 90 + another possible 30 difficult minutes to get through first before quarterfinal football is considered. Should be a great day of football as the knockout stage is underway! #football #soccer #euro2024 #uefaeuro2024 #em2024 #germany #england #slovakia #slovensko #spain #españa #georgia #საქართველო

Upstart Spain Confront Seasoned France For Spot In Euros Final https://ift.tt/t4q7naY Munich, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 9th Jul, 2024) Luis de la Fuente’s Spain are the form team of Euro 2024 but face tournament specialists France in Tuesday’s semi-final in Munich. Spain have lit up Euro 2024, winning all Five games while scoring 11 goals and are just one win away from the final. To get there however, Spain will need to go through a France side who while not impressing in Germany have shown their expertise and experience at major tournaments to navigate their way to the final four. France have only scored three goals at Euro 2024, none of which have come from general play. Misfiring captain Kylian Mbappe, playing in a specialized mask due to a broken nose sustained in the opening fixture against Austriahas scored from the spot once, while the French have benefited from two own goals. Led by coach Didier Deschamps however, France have shown the necessary nous and guile to go within one game of their fourth final in the last five major tournaments. With a 25-year-old captain and one of the youngest squads at Euro 2024, it is easy to overlook how the French have established themselves as the dominant force in Europe football over the past decade. Since a quarter-final defeat by eventual champions Germany at the 2014 World cup, France have made the final at every major tournament other than Euro 2020. That run includes a World Cup triumph in 2018 and a loss on penalties to Argentina in Qatar four years later, along with an extra-time defeat by Portugal at Euro 2016 on home soil. The importance of France‘s experience at major tournaments has been clear in Germany. Despite a run to the semis, the French have failed to impress. France are yet to score from general play, with only an Mbappe penalty and two own goals in the plus column. That 1-0 loss to Germanyjust over 10 years ago, was their last defeat in regulation time at a major competition. Midfielder Adrien Rabiot said France had full faith even if they are yet to light the tournament on fire. “We’ve always talked about it being a team game, needing a team effort. It’s the case for all recent competitions we’ve played in and is the case at this Euros. “Even if we’ve had difficulties, we’re in the semi-finals.” A self-described pragmatist, coach Deschamps said Monday results are what matters at major tournaments. “Maybe it’s not the same As it was in the past, but we do have the ability to spark emotions and make lots of French men and women happy with our results.” De la Fuente shot down suggestions France were boring, but said Spain‘s game plan “is closer to a nice show, a nice Spectacle, if we do it right. “In that respect, we’re a nice team to watch.” Spain have scored 11 goals through eight different goalscorers, posing threats across the park. The Spain coach echoed his counterpart’s statements, even...

Spain wins 2024 UEFA Euro Cup beating England 2-1 in final The goals for Spain were scored by Nico Williams and Mikel Oyarzabal BERLIN, July 15/ The national football team of Spain won the 2024 UEFA Euro Cup edging out Team England 2-1 in the final match of the prestigious European football tournament in Berlin late on Sunday night. The goals for Spain were scored by Nico Williams (47th minute) and Mikel Oyarzabal (86th) minute. Cole Palmer scored for England in the 73rd minute of the match. Spain is now the most titled national team of the UEFA Euro Cups as it won the European championship four times already - in 1964, 2008, 2012 and in 2024. It is followed by Germany, which won the Euro Cups in 1972, 1980 and 1996. It was a second straight defeat for England in the Euro Cup finals. At the previous Euro Cup in 2020 England also reached the final, where it lost to Italy in a penalty shootout (1-1; 2-3). Team England never won a UEFA Euro Cup. Spain started the championship in Group B and won all three matches defeating Croatia 3-0, Italy 1-0 and Albania 1-0. In the play off matches the team continued with its winning streak beating Georgia (4-1), Germany (2-1 in extra time) and France (2-1). The 2024 UEFA Euro Cup was played in Germany between June 14 and July 14. Matches were held in the German cities of Berlin, Dortmund, Munich, Cologne, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen and Dusseldorf. #business #finance #financialservices

Thoughts on KNT selection for the November window of World Cup qualifying 🇰🇷: 🔴 Son Heung-min returns after missing the October window due to injury, but is expected to be playing reduced time here as he needs to recover in time to return to Tottenham in Premier League and European competition. These are not the most stressful matches for South Korea so far, so it would also be in Hong Myung-bo's best interests to make sure that he recovers and is ready for March when Jordan arrives in Seoul. 🔴 That said, if and when Son does get subbed off, likely during the second half, a significant amount of pressure is going to be put on Lee Kang-in by the opposition, like what we saw last month. As soon as Son comes off the field, expect both Jordan / Palestine to focus on defending their left (Korea's right) where Lee tends to move the ball upfield to supply an excellent pass into the area. 🔴 The midfield could see some top talents get much-needed time to develop and create team chemistry with those around them. Great decision to include Bae Jun-ho, probably at LAM, as these matches will give him more time to be with the main squads following an excellent debut in June and impressive performances afterward. Speaking of debuts, would not be surprised if Lee Hyun-ju makes his debut in this window after decent performances in the 2. Bundesliga, especially in his most recent match against Karlsruher SC. Yang Min-hyeok is not selected for this international window and will probably play his first minutes for the KNT in 2025; even though having him at the 2026 FIFA World Cup would be ideal, it is unknown how soon Hong wants to fast-track his development with the national team. 🔴 The back line is expected not to see any changes in this term compared to the last, as Hong seems to have found players that can work with his strategy. Lee Myung-jae appears to have solidified his status at LB, as he has been the first choice for 5 / 6 matches since Hong took over (should be mentioned that Hong coached him at Ulsan HD in K League 1 for the last five years). With Kim Young-gwon not selected for the KNT this term, Cho Yu-min will probably take the second CB position alongside Kim Min-jae for these two matches within Hong's typical 4-2-3-1; Seol Young-woo is expected to be RB. 🔴 The forward selection in the 4-2-3-1 is a real toss-up between Oh Se-hun and Joo Min-kyu. Despite the fact that Oh Hyeon-gyu scored twice in the last window, while Oh Se-hun scored in October and Joo in September, Joo and Oh S.H. have been trusted to be in the XI for Hong's squad and their performances were quite decent; while it is not impossible for Oh H.G. to get a starting role in one of these two matches, especially against Kuwait, it appears that he will likely be on the bench for the first half of both. I project that Joo starts against Palestine and Oh S.H. against Kuwait. Should be an exciting two matches ahead - I may cover the match on 19.11. live on X (kettu0_) but unsure yet.

Day 4 of UEFA EURO 2024 is Monday, 17. June. Here is the daily schedule: 🇷🇴 ROMANIA vs. UKRAINE 🇺🇦 (GROUP E - 15.00, MUNICH): - Romania finished first in their qualifying group, placing above a Swiss team ranked higher than them with an undefeated 6-4-0 record in qualifiers. Edward Iordănescu's side will take on a Ukrainian squad that defeated both Bosnia/Herzegovina and Iceland to book one of the final three spots at this tournament through the playoff - in qualifiers, the Ukrainians finished third in a difficult group involving England and Italy. - Romania and Ukraine have not faced each other since May 2016, which was a 4-3 win for Ukraine in a pre-EURO international friendly. Both teams made that tournament back in the day, but were knocked out in the groups (Romania had 1 point, Ukraine 0). 🇧🇪 BELGIUM vs. SLOVAKIA 🇸🇰 (GROUP E - 18.00, FRANKFURT): - Belgium finished undefeated in their qualifying group, finishing first with a 6-2-0 record and a +18 goal difference (22-4). They are heavily favoured to win this group, but it starts against a Slovak team that finished 7-1-2 in their qualifying group with a +9 goal difference (17-8), only behind a star-studded Portuguese side. - Belgium and Slovakia have not played each other in a match since 2013 - as a matter of fact, all three of their matches in history are international friendlies. Belgium are 2-1-0 against the Slovaks all-time (1-1, 1-1, 2-1). 🇦🇹 AUSTRIA vs. FRANCE 🇫🇷 (GROUP D - 21.00, DÜSSELDORF): - Austria placed second in their qualifying group, impressively going 6-1-1 in their eight matches and then following up with the fastest-scored goal in international history at just six seconds in a friendly against Slovakia. Ralf Rangnick's side has been impressive throughout the last year, but this will be their toughest test as they take on France, who have made two World Cup Finals in the last six years. France went an unbeaten 7-1-0 in their qualifying group, even defeating the second-best team in the Netherlands by a 4-0 score in one match. - Austria and France have faced each other twice in the last two years, in the UEFA Nations League; the match in Vienna ended in a 1-1 draw, but France won the reverse by a 2-0 score. Looking forward to another exciting day of football from Germany! #football #soccer #euro2024 #uefaeuro2024 #em2024 #germany #romania #românia #ukraine #україна #belgium #belgië #belgique #belgien #slovakia #slovensko #austria #österreich #france

HOW TO DEFEAT ENGLAND, FORMATION-WISE: Lee Carsley's time as England U21 coach came with many victories, culminating in an UEFA U21 EURO title, but the England-born former Republic of Ireland international did have his share of defeats in the four years he led the team, and there were two formations that were prevalent in those defeats: 4-3-3 and 4-4-2. Finland will want to take a more balanced approach here formation-wise, considering that they will have to play defensive throughout the match and especially in the early going, so a 4-4-2 seems more ideal than a 4-3-3 which is more vulnerable to openings in the midfield for an English side that tends to attack from that route. The Japanese and Ukrainian teams that defeated Carsley's England more recently played from the wings to do so, and as a result, Markku Kanerva should keep that in mind when considering the in-match tactics. Finland will need to bring its best eleven forward, so expect Jere Uronen to start at RB as opposed to Adam Ståhl, who does not have too much national team experience and did not perform too notably vs. Greece; Leo Väisänen could also go in place of Robert Ivanov, who was below average in that match and may need rest. Tomas Galvez was relatively impressive over the 90 minutes at the LB spot against the Greeks and so he will likely start over Tuomas Ollila. Overall, the back line sees significant changes; the midfield has Rasmus Schüller replacing Oliver Antman, while Ilmari Niskanen replaces Matti Peltola and moves to the right midfield - Robin Lod changes to his dominant left midfield position. Joel Pohjanpalo, who had a brilliant season in Italy with Venezia as the top scorer in Serie B last year, will join Teemu Pukki at the front, allowing both to control the counterattack and weave their way around the English back line. Will it be tough to get past Maguire, Stones, Guéhi, etc.? Of course, without a doubt in my mind it will be, but if those two forwards, and Pukki especially, can do so against teams like Portugal, then maybe they can define the match with one or two chances - it will be Finland's defence that will do the rest of the work from there. #finland #football #uefa #uefanationsleague #nationsleague #unl #tactics #huuhkajat #ENGFIN

Day 10 of the UEFA EURO 2024 tournament, the first decision day from the group stages, is Sunday, 23. June. Group A is first up, and here are the two matches taking place at the same time, 21.00 (CEST). 🇨🇭 SWITZERLAND vs. GERMANY 🇩🇪 (GROUP A - 21.00, FRANKFURT): - Switzerland are currently on four points, 1-1-0 with the victory coming against Hungary by a 3-1 score and the draw being against Scotland 1-1. They simply need a draw to confirm knockout stage qualification in a top two spot, regardless of what happens in the match between Scotland and Hungary. A win is the only possible scenario where they win the group over Germany (as they would have 7 points and Germany 6), as a draw or German win means that the hosts will be going to Dortmund and not Berlin for their last sixteen matchup. Germany are 2-0-0 at this tournament, with a goal difference of +6 following a 5-1 win over Scotland and a 2-0 win over Hungary. - Germany and Switzerland last played each other in a UEFA Nations League group in 2020; the match in Switzerland was a 1-1 draw, the reverse in Germany ending 3-3. This was in the final year of Joachim Löw's term as German coach - since then, Hans-Dieter Flick and Julian Nagelsmann have been in the role, each with their own different tactics. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 SCOTLAND vs. HUNGARY 🇭🇺 (GROUP A - 21.00, STUTTGART): - The other match of the day is in Stuttgart, featuring Scotland, who are 0-1-1 in the group with a -4 goal difference after a 1-5 defeat to Germany and a 1-1 draw with the Swiss; they take on Hungary, who are one point behind the Scots at 0-0-2, following two defeats by two goals each, 1-3 against Hungary and 0-2 against Germany. A Scottish win means likely knockout qualification in third place, as goal difference would go Switzerland's way should they lose to Germany by less than four. Hungary can finish third in the group at best, as a win means they finish on three points with goal difference being involved in the ranking - their knockout qualification is not certain regardless of a win. Both teams would be certainly eliminated in the case of a draw. - Scotland and Hungary have not faced each other since 2018, a 1-0 Scottish win in Budapest in a friendly; the prior match between the two was played in 2004, and all of them have been international friendlies; this is the first time they will take part in competition. Looking forward to what these matches will bring and how Group A will finish. Best of luck to all four teams taking part! #football #soccer #euro2024 #uefaeuro2024 #em2024 #switzerland #schweiz #suisse #svizzera #svizra #germany #deutschland #scotland #hungary #magyarország