Euro 2020 (2021) discussion thread
 

Groups:

Group A

Turkey
Italy
Wales
Switzerland

Group B

Denmark
Finland
Belgium
Russia

Group C

Netherlands
Ukraine
Austria
North Macedonia

Group D

England
Croatia
Scotland
Czech Republic

Group E

Spain
Sweden
Poland
Slovakia

Group F

Hungary
Portugal
France
Germany

Poor Hungary on Group F.

Out of that, I predict a wales v France final.

France maybe, Wales less likely.

Wales group looks easy to me..then they just have to beat Scotland or Croatia.

BiB who i think will go through from each group

Bumping this up a little.

topic for discussion: England with filled up stadiums again?


i mean i think that is very likely since UK is almost out of coronacrisis (for time being until next year)

2 months, 5 days till the kick off

''Team Base Camps''

Austria: Seefeld in Tirol

Belgium: Tubize

Croatia: St Andrews, Scotland

Czech Republic: Currie, Edinburgh, Scotland

Denmark: Helsingør

England: Burton upon Trent

Finland: Repino, Saint Petersburg, Russia

France: Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines

Germany: Herzogenaurach

Hungary: TBC

Italy: Coverciano, Florence

Netherlands: Zeist

North Macedonia: TBC

Poland: Portmarnock, Republic of Ireland

Portugal: Budapest, Hungary

Russia: Khimki

Scotland: TBC

Slovakia: TBC

Spain: Las Rozas de Madrid

Sweden: Maynooth, Republic of Ireland

Switzerland: Rome, Italy

Turkey: Baku, Azerbaijan

Ukraine: Bucharest, Romania

Wales: Baku, Azerbaijan

Netherlands will play friendly matches en route to euro's, against Scotland and Georgia

Scotland (2nd June in Estadio Algarve in Almancil)

Georgia (6th June in Enschede, the EC so called ''generale'' to see how we are looking like ahead of the group matches)

Scotland have got group D in the bag :smug::hee:

You might want to put a bet on that now you've joked about it just in case it does actually happen.:joker:

Turkey i consider a good outsider for Group A

i mean Italy is kinda not really consistently good/dominating

Wales only really got Bale as a powerhouse, Ramsey maybe but idk his form in national team compared to club statistics

Switzerland also not to be underestimated i think, some nice talented ones in there (tbh not surprising for me given i find Basel, Young Boys good clubs of theirs, and Basel had its days they really had some nice surprises in CL against Manchester United for example in group stage, Young Boys are considerably good in EL, and lest not forget those players who actually play in bigger competitions so)



North Macedonia a dark horse either i think after their good streak, especially shock win against germany should've given a decent morale boost either en route for this

https://editorial.uefa.com/resources...4_vertical.pdf

UEFA stripped Bilbao of its hosting rights (because they didn't want to have any audience at the matches)

also Dublin ruled out for euro 2021 by UEFA as hosting city

stripped off its rights cause they couldn't guarantee audiences to be at the matches

squads can now have 26 players, rather than the usual 23

Prediction: how many covid cases will occur this euro2020?
 

well i expect a lot of covid outbreaks here


given corrupt UEFA's desire to have audiences at each match :idc:


and given how easy for team squads to go breaking rules


and especially when we got indian variant going around now

:laugh:

The BBC will give audiences 24/7 access to all of the action, analysis and insight from this summer's Euro 2020 across TV, radio and online.

England, Scotland and Wales' opening games are exclusively live on the BBC, and all 51 matches in the tournament are available on Radio 5 Live.

Gary Lineker, Gabby Logan, Eilidh Barbour and Mark Chapman will lead coverage across TV and radio.

They will be joined by a host of former international stars from 11 June.

Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand, Alex Scott, Micah Richards, Ashley Williams, Mark Hughes, Shelley Kerr and James McFadden will all feature.

European Championship winners Thierry Henry, Cesc Fabregas and Jurgen Klinsmann also join the team for the tournament, which was delayed by 12 months because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Opening game Turkey v Italy in Rome on Friday, 11 June is the first of 25 live matches across BBC One, BBC Two, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.

That is followed by Wales v Switzerland on 12 June, England v Croatia on 13 June and Scotland v Czech Republic and Spain v Sweden on 14 June, giving audiences the first opportunity to see all the home nations who qualified in action.

The BBC will also have first and second pick of the games at the last 16 and quarter-final stages.

:joker:

predict how many covid cases each match


i can easily see these euro's becoming a superspreader event :idc:

Netherlands final Squad of 26

Goalkeepers

Tim Krul (Norwich City)

Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)

Jasper Cillessen (Valencia)

Defenders

Matthijs De Ligt (Juventus)

Stefan De Vrij (Inter Milan)

Nathan Aké (Man City)

Denzel Dumfries (PSV)

Daley Blind (Ajax)

Joel Veltman (Brighton & Hove)

Jay Timber (Ajax)

Owen Wijndal (AZ)

Patrick Van Aanholt (Crystal Palace)

Midfielders

Frenkie De Jong (Barcelona)

Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool)

Davy Klaassen (Ajax)

Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax)

Marten De Roon (Atalanta Bergamo)

Donny Van de Beek (Man UTD)

Teun Koopmeiners (AZ)

Attackers

Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord)

Wout Weghorst (VFL Wolfsburg)

Memphis Depay (Olympique Lyonnais)

Luuk de Jong (Sevilla)

Quincy Promes (Spartak Moscow)

Donyell Malen (PSV)

Cody Gakpo (PSV)

It's called Euro 2020 not 2021

its called both

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