UEFA Euro 2024: Mod Note Added 2/7/24

Well done Georgia! Great scenes

Delighted for Georgia, great country great people and they'll be partying tonight.

The trigger happy mad ref has dished out another red card after the final whistle.

Very happy for them. For so long felt like out mediocre brothers in arms so great to see them have their moment.

Hoe does one end of the draw end up like this? One of these teams make the final. Germany, Spain, France and Portugal all in the other half of the draw. That's ridiculous.

Because France and Belgium only came second when they "should" have come first.

But the first and second should always stay in the same half of the draw.

They want to avoid repeat games, so I understand splitting them up the way they always do.

First and second go in opposite sides so they don't meet again until the final. Had they both won their groups (which they "should" have done as top seeds), then the bracket would look normal. The only reason lopsided brackets happen is because some teams finish second when they should finish first

17 yellows and 2 red cards in that Czech v Turkey match. Mü₱₱€t of a ref, he was like a megalomaniac. It wasn't even a dirty game. The Czech players were frustrated at the final whistle, and I don't blame them.

Edit: Just read it's a new record for a European Championship match in terms of cards, hardly surprising.

Nah, first and second should always be opposites sides. Always been the way in euros? (Spain Italy final 2012 both our group for example)

You shouldn't meet who you played in the group until the final (3rd placed aside, unavoidable)

Given the lobsided draw we could get another Euros surprise winner.

yeah, they only do it with the top 2 - the 3rd means there has to be the possibility of a rematch before the final. Yet another downside of the 24 team model, and another reason to just go all in on a 32 team Euros 😋

Austria would be my dark horse from that side of the draw.

Yeah, really nicely set up for them. Terrific chance of making the final if they can stay injury free.

Much like England, if the Netherlands had a better coach this tournament would be wide open for them.

Think they should really push for Peter Bosz for the next World Cup cycle, as a gettable decent Dutch option.

Peter Bosz seems like the obvious candidate. Koeman was an odd pick at the time and it's turned out how most expected I think.

Austria have probably been (relatively) the most impressive side from that side of the draw. Netherlands and Italy could do better. Switzerland and Turkiye (Portugal nightmare aside) are capable of upping their game and England... well.

Romania and Slovakia would be the ones that'd surprise me to get through.

Spain have impressed the most on the other side and Georgia will probably offer a similar, though tougher, threat to Albania, which they passed while resting several players.

Germany Denmark should be a good tie but I'd expect Germany to prevail.

I don't see either of the other four winning it. Portugal, France and Belgium have just about done enough to get through and have struggled to consistently impress. As politely as possible, Slovenia are just there to make up the numbers.

I'd expect the winner of a possible Spain-Germany QF to win it outright.

As a utd supporter, delighted to see Austria do so well under Ralf Ragnick. He called out the issues at utd with the team that it needed open heart surgery. Results were shite under him because he called out the players and club.

He's a football man, Klopp has big administration for him. Has that Austria team some great football in a short amount of time if compared to Southgate and 8 years with England.

Hope they go all the way, would be such a brilliant suprise in the tournament.

I don't think they have a midfield and that's a huge problem.

I think they will struggle to survive the next round. Wouldnt be one bit surprised if Slovakia beat them.