So, who do you fancy now...?? One half of the draw looks much deeper than the other side, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, France, Croatia & Spain (though some of these have flattered to impress...) v Well take your pick, The Netherlands are the top scores so far from this side, England don't concede, the rest you can punch holes in to what standard they are. We could have another winner like Greece did back in 20004, so watch out for Sweden, Ukraine the Czechs and dare I say it the Welsh...?? The one with the biggest tag line would be the Danish collecting their 2nd Euro trophy come the 11th of July, all in the name of giving Christian Erikson something to smile about after his recent ordeal...!!
So, here goes... Belgium to beat Portugal, goals from both sides but Lukaku outshining Rocky Ronaldo... Italy to beat Austria, simple game plan, go 2-0 up, site back soak what little pressure the Yodellers can muster... France to beat Switzerland, the Cheese makers of France (who do the better cheese...) to put holes in to the Swiss, simple 3-0 win... Croatia to beat Spain, Modric to seek revenge on the Spanish for not picking any Madrid players in their squad... Sweden to beat Ukraine, battle to see who scores first. Sweden to take it 1-0... England to beat Germany, after watching last nights performance ze Germans will struggle to score past us, 1-0 to the Eng-er-lund…!! Netherlands to beat the Czechs, the Dutch to paint the town orange and defat the Czechs 3-1... Denmark to beat the Welsh, the Carlsberg swilling happy Danes will be keeping the Erikson momentum going on, 2-0 winners... Italy to beat Portugal, could be anything but just feel that the legs of the Portuguese will crumble under the running pressure of the Azurri... France to beat Croatia, Benzema and co to be too much for the Croats up front, solid 3-1 win... Sweden to beat England on pens, will be a battle of which defense cracks first. They don't, 0-0 after 120mins, penalty nightmare for Southgate again...!! Netherlands to beat Denmark, another match where the Dutch manage to get the better of their opponents despite looking weak at the back... Semi final 1 - Italy v France - Open game, loads of goals, the Italians to nick it 3-2... Semi final 2 - Sweden v Netherlands - Holland move past the Swedish challenge despite their Yellow Brick Walled defense, 2-0... Final - Italy v The Netherlands... This has 2-2 extra time written all over it with the Italians managing to take it 3-2 just before sending the match in to the dreaded penalty shoot out in the final game...!! You heard it hear first...
As I am famous for being so pedantic....... Belgium beat Portugal in the round of 16 so why in the round of 8 do you have Italy playing Portugal? Been with ITALY from pre tournament and seen nothing to make me change my mind. I also think we could be looking at an Italy v Holland final.
I thank Stick, for pulling my predictions up my man, a slight on my behalf, but I will stay with Italy beating Belgium anyway...
11/2 Croatia to beat Spain if you are sure! I personally rather like the look of 9/2 for Wales to beat the Danes.
I agree Italy/Holland final (i had predicted Holland/France final pre tournament) although hope for a different result to yourself (i'm on Holland at 12/1). I also agree Wales are a great price. I think they'll turn the Danes over. And although its very unlikely to happen because i can't see England making it past this round or Wales past the next but i'd love to see a Wales/England semi-final.
I've had a small £5 bet each on the following... 2 or more goals in each UEFA Euro 2020 Round of 16 match (8 matches) @ 11/1 2 or more goals in each of the UEFA Euro 2020 knockout stage matches (15 matches) @ 50/1 Italy, Netherlands, France & England all to win Round of 16 (90 mins only) @ 10/1
I'd want more than that mate. England to get past Germany should be that price and Wales have to potential face the Dutch in the next round
That sounds very generous bearing in mind the individual odds for those matches. Not that 10/1 would interest me; one of them will be a draw at 90 mins and one could easily put England out of the comp
If I had a spare 73 euro, I would be all over the Austrians at 13/2 to beat a slack I Talian team. Italy will likely scrape it but the price is HUGE on the Austrian side who have some useful form in the book. Wales also look overpriced.
What a performance by Denmark, quite superb. Their defence made Bale and Ramsay look pretty ordinary at times. Love to see Denmark progress even further.
Not enough to keep me interested Ron - this is like watching paint dry. I’m off to curl up in bed with a good book
Disappointing. Can't say Italy have been the better side but one could sense it would come eventually
