Euro 2020 (2021?) Predictions!!!

[Clodagh]

Ok let’s have them people. It’s pretty straightforward, so even the most casual football/soccer fan can have a go. Give your prediction in each category:

Euro Predictions


Winner:

Losing finalist:

Top scorer:

Surprise package/overachieving team:

Most disappointing team:

Impact of covid on euros:


Random prediction:

[Clodagh]

I’ll start with my own predictions.

Winner: France

Losing finalist: Germany

Top scorer: Harry Kane

Surprise package/overachieving team: Scotland

Most disappointing team: Spain

Impact of covid on euros: Minimal, some players will have to isolate and miss out, but all games will be played as scheduled


Random prediction:
1 Booing of BLM protests will become a major flashpoint with possibility of player walkoffs

2 England to hammer Croatia in their opener, Harry Kane to score a hattrick. Football will be coming home. Then it all goes stale and they’ll be knocked out in the last 16. Everybody laughs.

[Stavros]

The difficullty lies in the Group stages, because they are so lopsided. Most obvious is Group C -Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, and North Macedonia, where Group D has Germany, Portugal, France and Hungary. It means if England win GroupD they play the runner-up in Group F, whereas the second in D plays runner up in E, ie Spain, Poland, Sweden or Slovakia. To complicate further three of the best third placed teams will advance to the knockout stage-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_E...knockout_phase

[Stavros]

Ok let’s have them people. It’s pretty straightforward, so even the most casual football/soccer fan can have a go. Give your prediction in each category:

Euro Predictions


Winner: Portugal

Losing finalist: France

Top scorer: Harry Kane

Surprise package/overachieving team: Denmark

Most disappointing team: Germany

Impact of covid on euros: ?


Random prediction: Top teams are Portugal and France, with other semi-fnalists Italy and Belgium.

I expect Croatia to beat England 1-0 in their game.

[holzz]

Ok let’s have them people. It’s pretty straightforward, so even the most casual football/soccer fan can have a go. Give your prediction in each category:

Euro Predictions


Winner:

Losing finalist:

Top scorer:

Surprise package/overachieving team:

Most disappointing team:

Impact of covid on euros:


Random prediction:

France

Portugal

Mbappe

Wales

Belgium

games postponed or forfeited



England will beat Germany in round of 16, but lose in QF.

[rodinuk]

Euro Predictions


Winner: North Macedonia ( film to follow)

Losing finalist: France

Top scorer: Romeu Lukaku of Belgium

Surprise package/overachieving team: Belgium

Most disappointing team:Scotland as usual

Impact of covid on euros: record TV viewing figures


Random prediction:Russia annexes the Ukrainian team dressing room

[rodinuk]

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Most disappointing team:Scotland as usual...

From just inside the Scottish half the Czechs score a goal as the ball sails over the Scottish goalkeeper who was camped near the centre circle to get a better view of the match presumably or was feeling socially isolated or something. One for the reels (pun intended)

[Stavros]

From just inside the Scottish half the Czechs score a goal as the ball sails over the Scottish goalkeeper who was camped near the centre circle to get a better view of the match presumably or was feeling socially isolated or something. One for the reels (pun intended)

a) for the neutral, a superb goal.
b) Czech Republic under-rated, just as i think Croatia are not the team they were in Russia, thus over-rated.
c) Scotland played quite well, but as with Spain, they have no finishing power.

[rodinuk]

So here are the outcomes so far, only your valid remaining predictions are shown

Top scorer: Harry Kane


Impact of covid on euros: Minimal, some players will have to isolate and miss out, but all games will be played as scheduled


Random prediction:
1 Booing of BLM protests will become a major flashpoint with possibility of player walkoffs

Top scorer: Harry Kane

Surprise package/overachieving team: Denmark

Most disappointing team: Germany


Random prediction: .....semi-fnalists Italy and Belgium.

Random prediction: games postponed or forfeited

England will beat Germany in round of 16 (SPOT ON , kudos!) but lose in QF

Top scorer: Romeu Lukaku of Belgium (joint 3rd at time of writing)

Surprise package/overachieving team: Belgium

Most disappointing team:Scotland as usual

Impact of covid on euros: record TV viewing figures

[holzz]

it's coming home.