UEFA Euro 2024: Other Teams Thread

BBC's pre-match is so much better than ITV's.

 

Albania off to a flyer.

 

What a start but what was Di Marco doing there….

 

He has has been demoted from England matches for Alan Shearer in a change.

 

I missed it.

What happened?

 

Italy are going struggle here.

 

Nevermind.

 

Million times better than Lee Dixon

 

Italy are a weird side. They lack any outstanding players yet always seem to work as a team

 

I always felt Italian football is the closest to international football in terms of style/tempo and the emphasis on strategy from coaches, which gives them an advantage

 

I agree. It also helps that they produce a lot of good managers and as a result often have one in charge of the NT.

 

Doesn't hurt that they're playing a country with a population of 2.7 million.

 

Italy looked like potential winners in their opening match at the last Euros but they didn’t look like tournament winners tonight,

 

Can see them losing against Croatia and Spain

 

I picked Italy to finish second in the group behind Spain... Feel good about that.

Very good defending team despite that first goal, which is a complete one-off.

 

But you can never write them off, can you; they always seem to play up to their opponents (Spain/Croatia) or in the case against Albania, play down to their opponents. They also have a history of starting slow and getting better in the knockout stages and morphing into an organised 'almost impossible to beat' machine

Croatia are the same, similar mentality to the Italians.
In recent World Cups, esp with Italy failing to qualify, its almost like Croatia have stepped in and replaced Italy's void in the tournament..

 

Chiesa seems to have woken up again.

 

Stojkovic: "Playing against #ENG we have to be fully concentrated. Maximum impact. We are going to do everything we can to create problems for the English team. We are going to be ready for this challenge called England." #SRBENG

— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) June 15, 2024

Dusan Tadic praises impact of foreign coaches in @premierleague developing players for #ENG. "Guardiola, Arteta improve so many players and raised them really high. A lot of players grow with these coaches. Along with their own talent." #MCFC #AFC #euro2024

— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) June 15, 2024

 

Serbia are my biggest worry

 

Poland taking the lead is something I didn’t see coming.

 

Parked outside Arena AufSchalke #SRBENG pic.twitter.com/TtJCOo4Buu

— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) June 16, 2024