Topic: Euro 2020 (2021) discussion thread

[lego]

Anyone had tickets cancelled ? Some people on twitter are saying their accounts on the uefa website show they've had tickets cancelled

[harleydanger]

Just thinking about what a crazy team is shaping up for England in ‘24. Foden, Elliot, Gomez, Trent, Sancho are on a pretty parabolic trajectory.

[elsewhere]

There's gonna be entertaining matches here and there but totally expecting this to be a garbage tournament without fans.

[Clint Eastwood]

Just thinking about what a crazy team is shaping up for England in ‘24. Foden, Elliot, Gomez, Trent, Sancho are on a pretty parabolic trajectory.

Some decent defenders and attackers, but without a decent goalkeeper and CM, it will still be hard for England to win anything. Once Henderson’s being phased out they’re struggling for midfield spots (not that he’s fully appreciated by England anyway). Don’t rate Rice, Phillips isn’t all that either. Jones could be a handy box-to-box midfielder but we shall see how he develops.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Why is this shite even going ahead?

Does anyone want this crap?

[Fromola]

Just thinking about what a crazy team is shaping up for England in ‘24. Foden, Elliot, Gomez, Trent, Sancho are on a pretty parabolic trajectory.

Promising for England, but we heard this in the 2000's with the Gerrard, Beckham, Owen, Scholes, Rooney, Cole, Ferdinand, Terry, Lampard generation who couldn't even make a semi final.

But the standard of international football is pretty lousy now. The bar is low competition wise.

[dalarr]

There's gonna be entertaining matches here and there but totally expecting this to be a garbage tournament without fans.

Yes. I will give it a go but my disillusionment with football keeps getting bigger by the week. Hope that we are proven wrong. The EUROs used to be my favorite tournament before they expanded the number of teams.

[BoRed]

Just thinking about what a crazy team is shaping up for England in ‘24. Foden, Elliot, Gomez, Trent, Sancho are on a pretty parabolic trajectory.

Peak Pickford, too.

[downtown]

There's gonna be entertaining matches here and there but totally expecting this to be a garbage tournament without fans.

Budapest will have 100% capacity...

St. Pete (I'm going to Russia-Belgium and Poland-Slovakia) will have 50% capacity, and Wembley most likely is at least half full for the final stages.

[cdav]

Got tickets for the semi final at Wembley and was hoping for full capacity, think that may be wishfull thinking now to be honest

[elsewhere]

Yes. I will give it a go but my disillusionment with football keeps getting bigger by the week. Hope that we are proven wrong. The EUROs used to be my favorite tournament before they expanded the number of teams.

Same here, i used to enjoy it much more than the world cups.

[rafathegaffa83]

So like every other England manager before him since at least 1982, which injured player is Southgate going to take despite having limited to no match fitness?

[rafathegaffa83]

Yes. I will give it a go but my disillusionment with football keeps getting bigger by the week. Hope that we are proven wrong. The EUROs used to be my favorite tournament before they expanded the number of teams.

The Austria-Switzerland tournament was the perfect size.

[redgriffin73]

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Some 'useful info' for watching the Euro 2020 matches live on TV, streams, & highlights.

Thanks as always for your efforts Jason

[reddebs]

FFS Shearer's just given his starting 11 for England's first game and has Hendo in it saying he's still got a couple of weeks to get ready.

He's still doing rehab, not even outside running never mind actual training.

What a fucking dickhead!!

[rafathegaffa83]

Belgium names their squad

Courtois, Mignolet, Selz

Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Vermaelen, Boyata, Denayer

Chadli, Carrasco, Castagne, T Hazard,  Praet, Dendoncker, Meunier, Tielemans, De Bruyne, Vanaken, Witsel

E Hazard, Doku, Mertens, Lukaku, Batshuayi, Benteke, Trossard

[Samie]

[Crosby Nick]

Didn’t know some of those names were still around. Vermaelen, Witsel, Chadli and co must be getting on a bit.

Any surprising omissions there? They have so many decent players it’s hard to keep up.

[sinnermichael]

Ageing defence will let them down. They blew their chance at the World Cup.

Can't see beyond France or Portugal, with Italy as an outside bet.

[rafathegaffa83]

Poland provisional squad

Fabianski, Majecki, Skorupski, Szczesny; Bednarek, Bereszynski, Dawidowicz, Glik, Helik, Kedziora, Piatowski, Puchacz, Rybus; Frankowski, Jozwiak, Klick, Kozlowski, Krychowiak, Linetty, Moder, Placheta, Zielinski; Kownacki, Lewandowski, Milik, Swiderski, Swierczok

[Fortneef]

Some decent defenders and attackers, but without a decent goalkeeper and CM, it will still be hard for England to win anything. Once Henderson’s being phased out they’re struggling for midfield spots (not that he’s fully appreciated by England anyway). Don’t rate Rice, Phillips isn’t all that either. Jones could be a handy box-to-box midfielder but we shall see how he develops.

CM - Bellingham

[rafathegaffa83]

Croatia

Goalkeepers: Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb), Lovre Kalinić (Hajduk Split), Simon Sluga (Luton)

Defenders: Šime Vrsaljko (Atlético Madrid), Borna Barišić (Rangers), Duje Ćaleta-Car (Marseille), Dejan Lovren (Zenit), Josip Juranović (Legia Warszawa), Domagoj Vida (Beşiktaş), Joško Gvardiol (Leipzig), Domagoj Bradarić (LOSC Lille), Mile Škorić (Osijek)

Midfielders: Mateo Kovačić (Chelsea), Luka Modrić (Real Madrid), Marcelo Brozović (Inter Milan), Milan Badelj (Genoa), Nikola Vlašić (CSKA Moskva), Mario Pašalić (Atalanta), Ivan Perišić (Inter Milan), Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), Mislav Oršić (Dinamo Zagreb), Luka Ivanušec (Dinamo Zagreb)

Forwards: Ante Rebić (AC Milan), Bruno Petković (Dinamo Zagreb), Ante Budimir (Osasuna), Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim)

Hungary provisional squad

Goalkeepers: Ádám Bogdán (Ferencváros), Dénes Dibusz (Ferencváros), Péter Gulácsi (Leipzig), Balázs Tóth (Puskás Akademia)

Defenders: Bendegúz Bolla (Fehérvár), Endre Botka (Ferencváros), Attila Fiola (Fehérvár), Szilveszter Hangya (Fehérvár), Ákos Kecskés (Lugano), Ádám Lang (Omonoia), Gergő Lovrencsics (Ferencváros), Willi Orbán (Leipzig), Csaba Spandler (Puskás Akademia), Attila Szalai (Fenerbahçe)

Midfielders: Tamás Cseri (Mezőkövesd), Dániel Gazdag (Budapest Honvéd), Filip Holender (Partizan), László Kleinheisler (Osijek), Ádám Nagy (Bristol City), Loďc Négo (Fehérvár), Ándras Schäfer (Dunajská Streda), Dávid Sigér (Ferencváros), Dominik Szoboszlai (Leipzig)

Forwards: János Hahn (Paks), Nemanja Nikolić (Fehérvár), Roland Sallai (Freiburg), Szabolcs Schön (Dallas), Ádám Szalai (Mainz), Kevin Varga (Kasımpaşa), Roland Varga (MTK Budapest)


Netherlands provisional squad

Goalkeepers: Marco Bizot (AZ), Jasper Cillessen (Valencia), Tim Krul (Norwich), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)

Defenders: Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace), Nathan Aké (Manchester City), Daley Blind (Ajax), Denzel Dumfries (PSV), Hans Hateboer (Atalanta), Rick Karsdorp (Roma), Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus), Jeremiah St. Juste (Mainz), Kenny Tete (Fulham), Jurriën Timber (Ajax), Joël Veltman (Brighton), Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan), Owen Wijndal (AZ)

Midfielders: Donny van de Beek (Manchester United), Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax), Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona), Davy Klaassen (Ajax), Teun Koopmeiners (AZ), Marten de Roon (Atalanta), Tonny Vilhena (Krasnodar), Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool)

Forwards: Steven Berghuis (Feyenoord), Steven Bergwijn (Tottenham), Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), Cody Gakpo (PSV), Luuk de Jong (Sevilla), Donyell Malen (PSV), Memphis Depay (Lyon), Quincy Promes (Spartak Moskva), Wout Weghorst (Wolfsburg)

Russia provisional squad

Goalkeepers: Yuri Dyupin (Rubin), Andrei Lunev (Zenit), Matvei Safonov (Krasnodar), Anton Shunin (Dinamo Moskva)

Defenders: Georgi Dzhikiya (Spartak Moskva), Igor Diveev (CSKA Moskva), Roman Yevgenyev (Dinamo Moskva), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit), Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit), Fedor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor), Ilya Samoshnikov (Rubin), Andrei Semenov (Akhmat)

Midfielders: Dmitri Barinov (Lokomotiv Moskva), Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moskva), Maksim Mukhin (Lokomotiv Moskva), Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), Arsen Zakharyan (Dinamo Moskva), Daniil Fomin (Dinamo Moskva), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moskva), Alexei Ionov (Krasnodar), Daler Kuzyayev (Zenit), Andrei Mostovoy (Zenit), Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit), Denis Makarov (Rubin), Aleksei Miranchuk (Atalanta), Denis Cheryshev (Valencia)

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Zenit), Anton Zabolotny (Sochi), Aleksandr Sobolev (Spartak Moskva)

Turkey provisional squad

Goalkeepers: Mert Günok (İstanbul Başakşehir), Uğurcan Çakır (Trabzonspor), Altay Bayındır (Fenerbahçe), Gökhan Akkan (Rizespor)

Defenders: Zeki Çelik (LOSC Lille), Mert Müldür (Sassuolo), Merih Demiral (Juventus), Ozan Kabak (Liverpool), Çağlar Söyüncü (Leicester), Kaan Ayhan (Sassuolo), Umut Meraş (Le Havre), Rıdvan Yılmaz (Beşiktaş)

Midfielders: Abdülkadir Ömür (Trabzonspor), Cengiz Ünder (Leicester), Efecan Karaca (Alanyaspor), Halil Akbunar (Göztepe), Dorukhan Toköz (Beşiktaş), İrfan Can Kahveci (Fenerbahçe), Mahmut Tekdemir (İstanbul Başakşehir), Okay Yokuşlu (West Brom), Orkun Kökçü (Feyenoord), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahçe), Taylan Antalyalı (Galatasaray), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (AC Milan), Yusuf Yazıcı (LOSC Lille)

Forwards: Burak Yılmaz (LOSC Lille), Enes Ünal (Getafe), Halil İbrahim Dervişoğlu (Galatasaray), Kenan Karaman (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (Galatasaray

Ukraine provisional squad

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid), Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Anatolii Trubin (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Defenders: Eduard Sobol (Club Brugge), Illia Zabarnyi (Dynamo Kyiv), Viktor Korniienko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Kryvtsov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Denys Popov (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Syrota (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv), Bogdan Mykhaylichenko (Anderlecht), Vitaliy Mykolenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Karavaev (Dynamo Kyiv), Mykola Matviyenko (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Midfielders: Serhiy Sydorchuk (Dynamo Kyiv), Volodymyr Shepeliev (Dynamo Kyiv), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Atalanta), Mykola Shaparenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Konoplyanka (Shakhtar Donetsk), Marlos (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevhen Makarenko (Kortrijk), Viktor Kovalenko (Atalanta), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City), Viktor Tsygankov (Dynamo Kyiv), Vitaliy Buyalskiy (Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham), Oleksandr Zubkov (Ferencváros), Heorhii Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Andriyevskiy (Dynamo Kyiv), Bogdan Lednev (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Bondarenko (Mariupol)

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk (Gent), Artem Besedin (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Dovbyk (Dnipro-1)

[Samie]

No Musialowski, No Party Poland.

[Crosby Nick]

Imagine us have two ex keepers in the Hungary squad!

[Dim Glas]

Thomas Müller is going to be recalled to the Germany squad apparently.  No Marc Andre ter Stegen either (cos of having knee surgery), so it’ll be Leno and Trapp getting splinters in their arses.

[Ghost Town]

Mixed feelings about this. We had planned an almightly trip round Europe visiting every venue city, regardless of ticket, watching in fan parks etc.

Now I'll be at home eating crisps.

fucking covid

[wampa1]

Just thinking about what a crazy team is shaping up for England in ‘24. Foden, Elliot, Gomez, Trent, Sancho are on a pretty parabolic trajectory.

With a dinosaur manager failing upwards as per FA selection process.

[Ray K]

Julien Laurens reporting that Karim Benzema has been recalled by Deschamps for the French squad for the Euros.

[rafathegaffa83]

Julien Laurens reporting that Karim Benzema has been recalled by Deschamps for the French squad for the Euros.

France's tournament to lose really. This probably helps cement it more

[Gerry Attrick]

More than 5 years since his last.

[rafathegaffa83]

Italy provisional squad

Goalkeepers: Alessio Cragno (Cagliari), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli), Salvatore Sirigu (Torino);

Defenders: Francesco Acerbi (Lazio), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Alessandro Florenzi (Paris Saint Germain), Manuel Lazzari (Lazio), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Leonardo Spinazzola (Roma), Rafael Toloi (Atalanta);

Midfielders: Nicolň Barella (Inter), Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), Matteo Pessina (Atalanta), Stefano Sensi (Inter), Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain);

Strikers: Andrea Belotti (Torino), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus), Federico Chiesa (Juventus), Vincenzo Grifo (Freiburg), Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Moise Kean (Paris Saint Germain), Matteo Politano (Napoli), Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo).

Jorginho and Emerson haven't been included at the moment due to CL commitments

[rafathegaffa83]

France

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Mike Meignan (Lille)

Defenders: Lucas Digne (Everton), Léo Dubois (Lyon), Lucas Hernandez (Bayern), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris), Jules Koundé (Séville), Clément Lenglet (Barcelone), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)

Midfielders: N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), Thomas Lemar (Atlético), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern)

Forwards: Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern), Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), Kylian Mbappé (Paris), Marcus Thuram (Mönchengladbach)

[Zimagic]

France
Forwards: Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern), Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), Kylian Mbappé (Paris), Marcus Thuram (Mönchengladbach)

Big call this one. Lots over here calling it sports-washing.

[tubby]

Big call this one. Lots over here calling it sports-washing.

How so?

[rafathegaffa83]

Marco Reus has pulled himself out of contention for the Germany squad. Wants to give his body time to recover after this season

[Dim Glas]

Marco Reus has pulled himself out of contention for the Germany squad. Wants to give his body time to recover after this season

what a wise man Marco Reus is, and he loves his club more than anything, Mr Dortmund himself!

[Jookie]

France

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Mike Meignan (Lille)

Defenders: Lucas Digne (Everton), Léo Dubois (Lyon), Lucas Hernandez (Bayern), Presnel Kimpembe (Paris), Jules Koundé (Séville), Clément Lenglet (Barcelone), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid), Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)

Midfielders: N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), Thomas Lemar (Atlético), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern)

Forwards: Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern), Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), Kylian Mbappé (Paris), Marcus Thuram (Mönchengladbach)

The strength of a squad is sometimes shown by the players left out rather than those included.

People will argue if they should have been included or not (plus some might be injured) but France didn't include Mendy (x2), Upamecano, Konate, Laporte (I know he's switched to Spain now but would play for France if he was selected), Camavinga, Aouar, Ndombele, Fekir, Martial.

A fair few of these players would be getting into most of the other squads in the tournament with relative ease.

[Dim Glas]

Upamecano has been pretty bad in recent months, not surprised he’s been left out. But yes, France have such a depth of talent now for sure!

[Samie]

France's centre back options are fuckin' nightmare for any coach now and for the next decade.

[Gerry Attrick]

Midfield is baron beyond Kante and Pogba. Deschamps has his favourites and doesn't ever veer away from them but Sissoko, Tolisso, Rabiot and Lemar are extremely fortunate.