Euro 2024

[Lineker]

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GROUP A
 GERMANY (hosts)
 SCOTLAND
 HUNGARY
 SWITZERLAND

GROUP B
 SPAIN
 CROATIA
 ITALY
 ALBANIA

GROUP C
 SLOVENIA
 DENMARK
 SERBIA
 ENGLAND

GROUP D
 POLAND
 NETHERLANDS
 AUSTRIA
 FRANCE

GROUP E
 BELGIUM
 SLOVAKIA
 ROMANIA
 UKRAINE

GROUP F
 TURKEY
 GEORGIA
 PORTUGAL
 CZECH REPUBLIC

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Euro 2024 fixtures
Confirmed UK broadcaster selections included. Fox Sports will broadcast the games in the US with channels to be confirmed.

Group stage
Friday, June 14
Germany vs Scotland (Munich, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (ITV)

Saturday, June 15
Hungary vs Switzerland (Cologne, 3pm CEST, 2pm BST, 9am ET) (ITV)
Spain vs Croatia (Berlin, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (ITV)
Italy vs Albania (Dortmund, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)

Sunday, June 16
Play-off Winner A vs Netherlands (Hamburg, 3pm CEST, 2pm BST, 9am ET) (BBC)
Slovenia vs Denmark (Stuttgart, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (ITV)
Serbia vs England (Gelsenkirchen, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)

Monday, June 17
Romania vs Play-off Winner B (Munich, 3pm CEST, 2pm BST, 9am ET) (BBC)
Belgium vs Slovakia (Frankfurt, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (ITV)
Austria vs France (Dusseldorf, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)) (ITV)

Tuesday, June 18
Turkey vs Play-off Winner C (Dortmund, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (BBC)
Portugal vs Czech Republic (Leipzig, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)

Wednesday, June 19
Croatia vs Albania (Hamburg, 3pm CEST, 2pm BST, 9am ET) (ITV)
Germany vs Hungary (Stuttgart, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (BBC)
Scotland vs Switzerland (Cologne, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)

Thursday, June 20
Slovenia vs Serbia (Munich, 3pm CEST, 2pm BST, 9am ET) (ITV)
Denmark vs England (Frankfurt, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (BBC)
Spain vs Italy (Gelsenkirchen, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (ITV)

Friday, June 21
Slovakia vs Play-off Winner B (Dusseldorf, 3pm CEST, 2pm BST, 9am ET) (BBC)
Play-off Winner A vs Austria (Berlin, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (ITV)
Netherlands vs France (Leipzig, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)

Saturday, June 22
Play-off Winner C vs Czech Republic (Hamburg, 3pm CEST, 2pm BST, 9am ET) (BBC)
Turkey vs Portugal (Dortmund, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (ITV)
Belgium vs Romania (Cologne, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (ITV)

Sunday, June 23
Switzerland vs Germany (Frankfurt, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)
Scotland vs Hungary (Stuttgart, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)

Monday, June 24
Croatia vs Italy (Leipzig, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)
Albania vs Spain (Dusseldorf, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (BBC)

Tuesday, June 25
Netherlands vs Austria (Berlin, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (BBC)
France vs Play-off Winner A (Dortmund, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (BBC)
England vs Slovenia (Cologne, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (ITV)
Denmark vs Serbia (Munich, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (ITV)

Wednesday, June 26
Slovakia vs Romania (Frankfurt, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (BBC)
Play-off Winner B vs Belgium (Stuttgart, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET) (BBC)
Czech Republic vs Turkey (Hamburg, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (ITV)
Play-off Winner C vs Portugal (Gelsenkirchen, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET) (ITV)

Round of 16
Saturday, June 29
Match 38 2A vs 2B (Berlin, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET)
Match 37 1A vs 2C (Dortmund, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Sunday, June 30
Match 40 1C vs 3D/E/F (Gelsenkirchen, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET)
Match 39 1B vs 3A/D/E/F (Cologne, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Monday, July 1
Match 42 2D vs 2E (Dusseldorf, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET)
Match 41 1F vs 3A/B/C (Frankfurt, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Tuesday, July 2
Match 43 1E vs 3A/B/C/D (Munich, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET)
Match 44 1D vs 2F (Leipzig, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Quarter-finals
Friday, July 5
Match 45 W39 vs W37 (Stuttgart, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET)
Match 46 W41 vs W42 (Hamburg, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Saturday, 6 July
Match 48 W40 vs W38 (Dusseldorf, 6pm CEST, 5pm BST, 12pm ET)
Match 47 W43 vs W44 (Berlin, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Semi-finals
Tuesday, July 9
Match 49 W45 vs W46 (Munich, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Wednesday, July 10
Match 50 W47 vs W48 (Dortmund, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

Final
Sunday, July 14
Match 51 W49 vs W50 (Berlin, 9pm CEST, 8pm BST, 3pm ET)

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A guide to the ten UEFA European Championship 2024 stadiums in Germany

[Colly]

No point in stadium guides, the only people with any tickets are bots...

[Bobfoc]

Reasonable draws for England and Scotland, but a potentially terrible one for Wales if they get there.

[The Lusophone]

Wales won't get there, Estonia strong.

[Lineker]

Red faces for Uefa as Euro 2024 draw disrupted by ‘pornographic noises’

 

[Colly]

On 02/12/2023 at 17:03, Colly said:

No point in stadium guides, the only people with any tickets are bots...

I got tickets in the resale! 8 of us attempted it, only success was me getting 4 tickets for Austria v France at a far higher price point than I wanted, but still happy-ish!

[Lineker]

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Uefa has told teams at Euro 2024 that only captains will be allowed to approach referees to speak about decisions taken during games and other players doing so risk being booked.

The move by European football's governing body is to try to stop groups of players "mobbing" referees in scenes which are "bad for the image of football".

"In a bid to improve the status quo we at Uefa want referees to explain more of their decisions to all teams competing at the upcoming Uefa Euro 2024 tournament," said Roberto Rosetti, Uefa's managing director of refereeing.

"How will we do this? The idea is simple: we ask that all teams ensure their captain is the only player who speaks to the referee.

"We ask the captains to ensure their team-mates do not encroach upon and surround the referee, allowing direct conversations to take place in order that the decision be relayed in a timely and respectful manner."

Uefa's initiative follows football's lawmakers, the International Football Association Board (Ifab), announcing trials earlier this year which included only a team's captain being able to approach a referee in certain situations.

Euro 2024 takes place in Germany, who will get the competition started with a game against Scotland on Friday, 14 June.

"Any team-mate ignoring his captain’s role and/or who approaches the referee showing any sign of disrespect or dissent will be shown a yellow card," added Rosetti.

"Evidently, if the captain is a goalkeeper, there will need to be an outfield player nominated who can fulfil this role should an incident occur at the opposite end of the pitch."

 

[Colly]

So everyone's going to make their keeper captain to have two shouty lads?

[Baddar]

No Rashford in the provisional Euros squad according to David Ornstein.

[Lineker]

 

[Colly]

I don't understand football positions any more.

[DavidMarrio]

Not really bothered but I think Elliott and Solanke not making the provisional squad is a bit mad. I'd take Elliott over Jones given his injuries this season. 

I understand Toney cause he can best replicate Kane's style compared to Solanke but Dominic has had a terrific season. 

[Szumi]

Fully agree both Solanke and Elliott have been snubbed. Solanke has been phenomenal this season while Toney has been pretty shit since coming back from his ban. Jones before his injury definitely deserved a place, but he's just been awful almost every match since coming back.

 

Reckon Trafford, Gomez, Quansah, Jones, Wharton, Toney, and Eze are the ones who get cut. Even though Wharton is absolutely a much better footballer than Mainoo for me, but doesn't have the ridiculous "Man United academy" tag to him. 

[The Lusophone]

Solanke should be there over Toney, and it's mad he's not considering the seasons the two have had. 

Trafford, Quansah, Toney, Mainoo, Maddison, Grealish and Gordon are the ones I'd cut tbh.

[Chris2K]

1 hour ago, Colly said:

I don't understand football positions any more.

Based on the squad numbers per position and dividing it equally to get to 10 outfield players, it's the standard 4-2-4 formation that every team plays.  

I for one will always remember where I was on the day that Gareth Southgate finally didn't pick Jordan Henderson.

[Colly]

20 minutes ago, The Lusophone said:

Solanke should be there over Toney, and it's mad he's not considering the seasons the two have had. 

Trafford, Quansah, Toney, Mainoo, Maddison, Grealish and Gordon are the ones I'd cut tbh.

If you cut Gordon how can he be our starting left winger?

[The Lusophone]

If you don't put Foden at left wing and play Bellingham at 10, Southgate is mental. You lose far more with Bellingham at 8 than you do with Foden wide left.

[Colly]

I can't agree. I know it's not to the same extent but we killed Paul Scholes shoehorning him out left, Foden needs to be in the middle for me and Bellingham is outstanding in the middle of the park. I'm not saying you do that to accommodate Gordon (I'm obviously biased), but Rice/Bellingham/Foden could genuinely be the best 3 man midfield in the world and I'm not breaking that up for Kobbie Mainoo. With the amount of graft and attacking threat you then get from Saka and Gordon when Kane comes deep and you're looking at a team that basically runs the top end of the field. That was the Lineker (not that one) podcast front 6 too.

[The Lusophone]

3 minutes ago, Colly said:

I can't agree. I know it's not to the same extent but we killed Paul Scholes shoehorning him out left, Foden needs to be in the middle for me and Bellingham is outstanding in the middle of the park. I'm not saying you do that to accommodate Gordon (I'm obviously biased), but Rice/Bellingham/Foden could genuinely be the best 3 man midfield in the world and I'm not breaking that up for Kobbie Mainoo. With the amount of graft and attacking threat you then get from Saka and Gordon when Kane comes deep and you're looking at a team that basically runs the top end of the field. That was the Lineker (not that one) podcast front 6 too.

The problem with Rice/Bellingham/Foden is that Rice can't work as a single pivot. Any time he's had to do it at Arsenal he's not played anywhere near as well and Arsenal haven't functioned as well. Bellingham is the best number 10 in the world at the moment and making him play at 8 would deprive England of that. I wouldn't play Mainoo in the double pivot (I wouldn't take Mainoo at all over Wharton) but Bellingham at 8 won't work as well as Foden on the left will.

[Colly]

Genuinely don't think playing Bellingham as the other pivot will nullify him that much, there's enough cover there from the wings plus enough attacking threat elsewhere (that front 4 is tremendous) to counter him not being as much a focal point as he is at Madrid. Obviously there's advantages and disadvantages to both (not least that Foden has played on the right far more than the left recently, especially for England), but if any of them are going "out of position" Bellingham shuffling back keeps the shape better for me.

Edited May 21 by Colly
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