Group E:

Slovakia - Romania

Ukraine - Belgium


Group E standings:


1st Romania 3pts + 1 GD

2nd Belgium 3pts +1 GD

3rd Slovakia 3pts 0 GD

4th Ukraine 3pts -2 GD


Everything to play for!

Head to heads to keep an eye on in the event teams finish on the same
points:

Romania beat Ukraine

Slovakia beat Belgium

Belgium beat Romania

Ukraine beat Slovakia


Group F


Portugal - Georgia

Czechia - Turkey


1st Portugal 6pts +4 GD

2nd Turkey 3pts -1 GD

3rd Czechia 1pt -1 GD

4th Georgia 1pt -2GD


The outlook:

Portugal have already won the group and can afford to field a reserve
team.

Turkey would guarantee second place with a draw by virtue of their
better head to head than Georgia. A two goal defeat would mean Turkey
advance as a third place side ahead of Hungary on goals scored.

Czech Republic need a win to qualify. No other result will do.

Georgia can finish second if they beat Portugal, Czechia beats Turkey
and they manage to come out with a better goal difference than Czechia.


RM

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Real_Mardin wrote:

Group E:

Slovakia - Romania

Ukraine - Belgium

Group E standings:

1st Romania 3pts + 1 GD

2nd Belgium 3pts +1 GD

3rd Slovakia 3pts 0 GD

4th Ukraine 3pts -2 GD

Everything to play for!

Head to heads to keep an eye on in the event teams finish on the same
points:

Romania beat Ukraine

Slovakia beat Belgium

Belgium beat Romania

Ukraine beat Slovakia

Group F

Portugal - Georgia

Czechia - Turkey

1st Portugal 6pts +4 GD

2nd Turkey 3pts -1 GD

3rd Czechia 1pt -1 GD

4th Georgia 1pt -2GD

The outlook:

Portugal have already won the group and can afford to field a reserve
team.

Turkey would guarantee second place with a draw by virtue of their
better head to head than Georgia. A two goal defeat would mean Turkey
advance as a third place side ahead of Hungary on goals scored.

Caveat to this - Turkey would only advance on a defeat should Georgia
not beat Portugal. If Georgia win and Turkey lose then Turkey are out.

Czech Republic need a win to qualify. No other result will do.

Georgia can finish second if they beat Portugal, Czechia beats Turkey
and they manage to come out with a better goal difference than Czechia.

RM

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Welcome to this broadcast of Uruguay v Ukraine from Euro 2024! By
Uruguay, I of course mean Belgium, who have turned up kitted out in a
sky blue kit with white collar and trim which La Celeste would be proud
of!


RM

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Real_Mardin wrote:

Welcome to this broadcast of Uruguay v Ukraine from Euro 2024! By
Uruguay, I of course mean Belgium, who have turned up kitted out in a
sky blue kit with white collar and trim which La Celeste would be proud
of!

RM

Also, given Belgium is the designated home team and their primary home
kit colour is red and their opponents are in all yellow, where is the justification for wearing an away kit? I sincerely hope UEFA aren't
suggesting that a little bit of yellow trim down the side of the Belgium
home shirt amounts to a colour clash with Ukraine's all yellow kit?


RM

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Real_Mardin wrote:

37 minutes, Razvan Marin penalty equalises for Romania.

Back to Romania 1st, Belgium 2nd.

RM

(Sorry, this wasn't here when I started my message. I'll repost it
here.)

1 - 1 at half time.

The video ref correctly gave us a penalty.This definitely never would
have happened before. The ref would have played it safe and called a
foul at the edge of the box.

But I hve to wonder, do the slovakians know that a draw sees them
through ? I didn't expect them to be so aggressive. If they want to
actually play they risk a lot. Our team seems to be more than capable
to send them home.Let's see how the second half will look like, I'd
expect things to calm down.

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25 minutes, Duda's header puts Slovakia 1-0 up against Romania. Slovakia currently top of the group, Belgium second.


RM

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37 minutes, Razvan Marin penalty equalises for Romania.

Back to Romania 1st, Belgium 2nd.


RM

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Belgium, who have turned up kitted out in a sky blue kit with white collar and trim

It's their new away outfit, Tintin inspired:

https://news.sky.com/story/belgium-football-association-unveils-new-tintin-inspired-kit-for-summer-european-championship-13094644

As they may be eliminated today (doubtful?) it could be the last chance
to use them.

-- HASM

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Real_Mardin wrote:

Welcome to this broadcast of Uruguay v Ukraine from Euro 2024!
By Uruguay, I of course mean Belgium, who have turned up
kitted out in a sky blue kit with white collar and trim which
La Celeste would be proud of!

Very Man City-ish... except for the performance.

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FF wrote:

Real_Mardin wrote:

37 minutes, Razvan Marin penalty equalises for Romania.

Back to Romania 1st, Belgium 2nd.

RM

(Sorry, this wasn't here when I started my message. I'll repost it
here.)

1 - 1 at half time.

The video ref correctly gave us a penalty.This definitely never would
have happened before. The ref would have played it safe and called a
foul at the edge of the box.

But I hve to wonder, do the slovakians know that a draw sees them
through ? I didn't expect them to be so aggressive. If they want to
actually play they risk a lot. Our team seems to be more than capable
to send them home.Let's see how the second half will look like, I'd
expect things to calm down.

As expected, no team wanted to risk much. Both had a few half chances,
in the end it was 1 - 1 and everybody was happy.

First of all Romania of course - we won the group !!! Belgium weren't
able to beat Ukraine and it ended in a goalless draw. This is clearly
and totally a gift from them.

It couldn't have ended better. We might get an easier opponent in the
next game, or maybe not, anyway the result is excellent. A good start
for Edi Iordanescu (as you probably know, he's the son of Anghel
Iordanescu, our coach from 94). With some luck but still.

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FF wrote:

Belgium weren't able to beat Ukraine and it ended
in a goalless draw.

Ukraine finishing their group with four points and going home
seems a bit harsh...

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Blueshirt wrote:

FF wrote:

Belgium weren't able to beat Ukraine and it ended
in a goalless draw.

Ukraine finishing their group with four points and going home
seems a bit harsh...

All 4 teams finishing level on 4 points is very strange. Somebody has
to go home. And Ukraine probably actually were the weakest team. Though
I really would have thought Belgium will beat them. They had reason to
play their best. Well, luckily for us it didn't happen. :)

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FF wrote:

As expected, no team wanted to risk much. Both had a few half chances,
in the end it was 1 - 1 and everybody was happy.

I am shocked, shocked that it ended 1-1. There were about 6 minutes of highlights, with the last serious goal threat coming around the 75th
minute, so I'd say the teams did a good job of making it look like a
real football match.

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FF wrote:

Blueshirt wrote:

FF wrote:

Belgium weren't able to beat Ukraine and it ended
in a goalless draw.

Ukraine finishing their group with four points and going home
seems a bit harsh...

All 4 teams finishing level on 4 points is very strange.
Somebody has to go home. And Ukraine probably actually were
the weakest team.

They paid for that opening match against Romania. (Though they
did look very poor in that match.)

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Georgia - Portugal 1-0


As things stand, the R16 bracket is (in CAPS the confirmed teams

SPAIN - Georgia
GERMANY-DENMARK

PORTUGAL - Slovenia
FRANCE - BELGIUM

ROMANIA - Netherlands
AUSTRIA - Turkiye

ENGLAND - Slovakia
SWITZERLAND - ITALY

One side of the draw looks ...erm...not as strong as the other?

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Futbolmetrix wrote:

Georgia - Portugal 1-0

Second yellow for Antonin Barak. Ouch for CZE

It's pretty chippy in CZE-TUR, and I would not be surprised if there
were more red cards in this one.

As I type, Jurasek misses a 1v1. Good job by the keeper. TUR hasn't done
much with their one-man advantage, and the Czechs look threatening on
every set piece. They are huge (what was that about average heights?)

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Futbolmetrix wrote:

Futbolmetrix wrote:

Georgia - Portugal 1-0

Second yellow for Antonin Barak. Ouch for CZE

It's pretty chippy in CZE-TUR, and I would not be surprised if there
were more red cards in this one.

As I type, Jurasek misses a 1v1. Good job by the keeper. TUR hasn't done
much with their one-man advantage, and the Czechs look threatening on
every set piece. They are huge (what was that about average heights?)

Turkey are playing like they know a draw will do - certainly not giving
100%. A risky approach in that the opponent only has to score once to
knock you out, as Czechia very nearly did when they broke away one on
one just before half time.

No sympathy to Barak for the sending off, both incidents were
justifiable yellow cards. On a yellow he shouldn't have gone in for that
second challenge.

Czechia players are diving around to break up the play and have already
drawn an unwarranted yellow for Yildiz for a "push" (his natural
momentum took him into the Czech player as far as I could see).

Georgia beating Portugal reserves 1-0. So Turkey currently in second
place but if they concede one goal they go out. It's on a knife edge.


RM

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Georgia - Portugal 1-0

HT scores:
Georgia - Portugal 1-0
Czechia - Turkiye 0-0

As things stand, the R16 bracket is (in CAPS the confirmed teams

SPAIN - Georgia
GERMANY-DENMARK

PORTUGAL - Slovenia
FRANCE - BELGIUM

ROMANIA - Netherlands
AUSTRIA - Turkiye

ENGLAND - Slovakia
SWITZERLAND - ITALY

No changes here

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On 2024-06-26 3:23 p.m., Futbolmetrix wrote:

Futbolmetrix wrote:

Georgia - Portugal 1-0

Second yellow for Antonin Barak. Ouch for CZE

As a Bohemian, I dont know why, but I want Turkei to go through.

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On 2024-06-26 2:42 p.m., Blueshirt wrote:

FF wrote:

Belgium weren't able to beat Ukraine and it ended
in a goalless draw.

Ukraine finishing their group with four points and going home
seems a bit harsh...

I didnt see the early matches, but I had a feeling that they would both
be draws. I would like to see Ukrania given a bye at the expense of one
of the 3 point (or 2 ) teams. Just seems like the right thing to do for
them and the world.

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Georgia - Portugal 1-0

Second yellow for Antonin Barak. Ouch for CZE

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51 minutes, Turkey finally make the man advantage count, after a period
of pressure the ball is worked to Calhanoglu in the area, his diagonal
shot beats the Czech keeper to put Turkey 1-0 up.


RM

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Futbolmetrix wrote:

Georgia - Portugal 1-0

HT scores:
Georgia - Portugal 1-0
Czechia - Turkiye 0-0

Calhanoglu puts Turkey up 1-0. Looks like the Czech goalkeeper injured
himself in parrying Yildiz's shot in the buildup, even though there was
little he could have done on Calha's brilliant finish

Czechs sub off the goalkeeper and three outfield players simultaneously,
adding more centimeters into the mix.

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Futbolmetrix wrote:

Futbolmetrix wrote:

Georgia - Portugal 1-0

HT scores:
Georgia - Portugal 1-0
Czechia - Turkiye 0-0

And Maikautadze doubles Georgia's lead from the penalty spot. Leads the
golden boot race with three goals now

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Meanwhile, Georgia go 2-0 up against Portugal reserves with a penalty.

So it's currently Portugal / Turkey / Georgia advancing (in that order).


RM

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66- Czechia scramble in an equaliser with Soucek, I have to say I
thought there was a suspicion of a foul on the keeper myself, but the
goal was checked and stands.

Match back on a knife edge again.


RM

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80 Czechia 1 - Turkey 1

Turkey need to start playing as if they have a man advantage. They’re
giving Czechia too many chances.

That said Czechia are getting away with too much physical play which for
some reason the officials seem to be missing.

RM

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

And Maikautadze doubles Georgia's lead from the penalty spot. Leads the golden boot race with three goals now

Czechia's centimeters pay off, the 199cm tall Choury does enough to make
it difficult for the Turkish goalkeeper to catch a long throw in, ball
saved on the line, and eventually Soucek fires it in. Game on.

Oh, cards flying all over the place.

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Is this a record for the amount of bench players / officials booked?

I’d rather the ref clamped down on Czech players fouling, you know,
something that actually impacts the match?


RM

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Real_Mardin wrote:

80 Czechia 1 - Turkey 1

Turkey need to start playing as if they have a man advantage. They’re giving Czechia too many chances.

That said Czechia are getting away with too much physical play which for
some reason the officials seem to be missing.

Czechia puts the goal in the back of the net, but play had stopped for
some mysterious reason (if anything there were two Turkish handballs on
the play).

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Real_Mardin wrote:

Is this a record for the amount of bench players / officials booked?

I’d rather the ref clamped down on Czech players fouling, you know, something that actually impacts the match?

RM

We’ve apparently broken the record for the amount of yellow cads
generally in a European Championship match - 13.


RM

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Futbolmetrix wrote:

Real_Mardin wrote:

Is this a record for the amount of bench players / officials booked?

I’d rather the ref clamped down on Czech players fouling, you know,
something that actually impacts the match?

Cenk Tosun finishes a 6 v 4 counterattack and wins it for Turkiye

Yes, he kept control of the ball well and finished nicely.

Good, I know I’m not an impartial party but it would have been just
awful if this fouling Czechia team had gone through.


RM

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Real_Mardin wrote:

Is this a record for the amount of bench players / officials booked?

I’d rather the ref clamped down on Czech players fouling, you know, something that actually impacts the match?

Cenk Tosun finishes a 6 v 4 counterattack and wins it for Turkiye

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Werner Pichler wrote:

Real_Mardin <[email protected]> wrote:

Is this a record for the amount of bench players / officials booked?

I’d rather the ref clamped down on Czech players fouling, you know,
something that actually impacts the match?

I can tell you the Czech media are absolutely furious
with the refereeing, and not for the reasons you
enumerate.

Ref completely lost control of the match. I wonder how many Turkish
players will be available for the R16.

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Real_Mardin <[email protected]> wrote:

Is this a record for the amount of bench players / officials booked?

I’d rather the ref clamped down on Czech players fouling, you know, something that actually impacts the match?

I can tell you the Czech media are absolutely furious
with the refereeing, and not for the reasons you
enumerate.


Ciao,
Werner

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Werner Pichler wrote:

Real_Mardin <[email protected]> wrote:

Is this a record for the amount of bench players / officials booked?

I’d rather the ref clamped down on Czech players fouling, you know,
something that actually impacts the match?

I can tell you the Czech media are absolutely furious
with the refereeing, and not for the reasons you
enumerate.

Ciao,
Werner

They've absolutely no reason to be furious, the sending off for two
yellows was justified and they wouldn't have even got back into the game
had they not been allowed to get away with too much physical play in the
second half.

While we're talking about fair play, special thanks to Portugal for
fielding a reserve team in what was (for the group as a whole) a crucial
match, something which, if the result in Hamburg had gone another way,
could have contributed to another side being eliminated.

In the words of Clive Alphonso, later echoed by The Clash: "Don't ya'
know it is wrong?, To cheat the tryin' man..., Don't ya know it is
wrong...?"

Pushing and shoving between both sets of players after the match, with a further Czech player receiving a red card and Guler receiving a yellow.


FT:

Czechia 1 - Turkey 2

Georgia 2 - Portugal 0


Group F Final Standings:

1st Portugal 6pts + 2 GD

2nd Turkey 6pts 0 GD

3rd Georgia 4pts 0 GD

4th Czech 1pt - 2 GD


Portugal, Turkey and Georgia advance.


RM

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