They just havent been producing good players, especially attacking ones. Chiesa is the best of them, but now his knee is kaput. They are toothless up front. Juxtapose the current squad to the 2002 one (which i believe was their best on paper version after the turn of the century). They were packed with great players from back to front, and Vieri was a very formidable striker. Look at the squad now, there's not one player that will make your metaphorical dick hard.
I started supporting Italy and Chelsea as a kid (circa 1996) because their Jerseys were the shade of blue that I really liked. They're really Famine and feast teams to support....Chelsea winning the UCL in 2021 followed by Italy winning the euros and Argentina (my 2nd favourite national side) winning the Copa was a joy to behold for me. And now....well, I just hope that these 2 can get their acts together post haste.
We thought we got it bad with FIFA 23...then FIFA 24 arrived and boy... We were too harsh on FIFA 23. Both games are trash, but FIFA 24 reached a new low that we thought wouldn't be possible
I´m portuguese and Georgia took very well advantage of us, we changed too much the team and it didn´t help out but Georgia was brilliant, defended very well and Kvara is amazing, he ran and ran all game, with Mamardshvili being the GK of the tournament for me right now, very well deserved to being thorugh the knockout stage.
Georgia did really well in that game, easily deserved the win. Hopefully Portugal pick themselves up and play better against Slovenia, and we shall see if Georgia can upset Spain 👀
Calafiori only will not be in player of tournement contention because Italy do not seem capable of going very far, he has been solid rock in the back and their main construction man for the attack as a center back, insane talent.
Haven't seen a whole lot of his play before this tournament but he's been super solid for Italy, wouldn't be surprised if a big club signs him this summer!
cmon, yes france vs argentina is the best match in this world cup or possibly the best match in football history, but netherlands vs argentina also should go higher.
I thought it was a clear offside, the less subjectivity in the game the better, so if you commit a foul, the protocal shouldnt be to try and decide if the foul stopped a chance or not, it should just be given as a foul
The Croatia vs Italy game for me is got to be an easy S-Tier at least for me who favors intensity in sports I mean this is the most intense game in the euro ‘24 because we all thought croatia was gonna win, modric making a goal after missed penalty and we all thought croatia was gonna win but italy scored a goal at the last minute, VERY intense Albania vs Spain on the other hand, I would say D Tier or maybe even F Tier for me because it is the most predictable outcome ever, Spain already qualified so why even bother playing more, and also it happened at the same time as Italy vs Croatia so I can’t even watch it, yeah that game was one of my least favorites
I agree, the Albania vs Spain game was pretty boring. But apart from the Croatia penalty and the Italy goal at the end, that game wasn't anything crazy in my opinion. But each to their own.
Very balanced groups, hard to say who goes through in those but I believe Ukraine can make Belgium´s life very hard and Austria the same vs Netherlands.
Spain are impressive, but I wonder if they can maintain their intensity throughout the tournament. It is a system that requires a lot from the players. Sure, they look good now. But players are only human. People get tired, injured etc.
I watched the first Copa América match yesterday (Argentina vs. Canada) and I thought that was the only tournament going on but after watching this video I googled “Euro 2024” I saw this tournament was also going on so thank you for telling me that Euro 2024 is also happening I thought it was just the Copa América So Sunday July 14th will be an intense date because we have both the Copa América Final at 7:00PM CST and Euro 2024 Final 2:00PM CST
Spain has been very impressive, one of the heavy contenders to win this Euros for me, they were the team with the 2 hardest open games and they won them both in dominant fashion, it´s looking scary good for them.
