I voted in the poll for
Switzerland over Italy (that's the only "upset", I think). Italy is a good team, but more fragile than they have been in previous euros, and playing Switzerland is like hitting yourself against a wall of bricks over and over again -so, the Dark Souls of the European teams-. I think Switzerland can beat them.
All other games I think will more or less go as you expect.
Georgia has wit and Mamardashvili, but
Spain is leagues better.
Germany has gone from great to "eh" over 3 games, but I'm sure Nagelsmann can still tweak the team to make them fearsome again. Denmark has the potential to mess their plans, as they did with England (and as Switzerland did against Germany) but I think Germany is still a superior team.
England will be boring, dull, and infuriating. They'll not only beat Slovakia, but they'll reach at least the semifinals with the teams they have to face. They concede very little and have great players, in spite of (points to everything else).
France-Belgium has the potential to be the worst game in all of the Euros, but France has a better squad and manager
Even if they still choose to play with 10 men with CR7 on the team -horrendous display last night by my man Cristiano-
Portugal will probably beat Slovenia without too much trouble.
Romania V.
Netherlands is interesting because the Netherlands has been
dire to watch. Koeman is, as we Barça fans know, an awful manager, and it's not surprising Austria beat them and relegated them to the third position in the group. I still think Romania is a weaker side, although I'd love to see the Romania that we saw against Ukraine show up against this squad.
And last but not least, I think -and hope-
Austria will continue in the euros. They have been fun, they have qualified as first in a very,
very difficult group and they have the talent to make it far. Türkiye has been decent, if a bit inconsistent -and lucky against Georgia, IMO- so it still should be a fun game.
EDIT:
I don’t really.
I’ll be honest, I’m not a fan of him. And I want to add, the Dutch press or outlets have been hyping him up for the past couple of weeks, saying stuff that he could reach the heights of Real Madrid. I did feel that was unfair and I believe this lead to some awful pressure on his shoulders.
However, ever since starting his career Veerman has one major flaw: if he’s in a team which plays well and everything is awesome for them, he’ll be great too. Fantastic passes and all that.
However, when a team is in dire need of someone helping out, pull his team through a tough spot, Veerman is always the first one to fall in a game. He will always make the wrong choice, his passes become less concentrated and he starts to fight himself. Very few coaches helped him with this particular shortcoming, until last season with Peter Bosz. That’s the first season where he was more successful on a regular basis, but PSV had a monster season for the past year. So he was rarely challenged during those matches.
IDK man. I haven't seen much of Veerman before the euros, so I can't really talk about his performance before the game... but Koeman didn't have to take him out in the first half. And the team still lost without Veerman on the pitch.
This has been Koeman's MO consistently ever since he became a coach. He
always points the blame at his players, he
always signals out players -often young, often with very little experience- and he
never takes any accountability for his mistakes. That's why he ended up in flames in Valencia, and that's part of the reason why he got kicked out of Barça.
