21 highlights of the European Cup tonight: Germany meets nemesis to win two consecutive victories! Group of Death: Croatia is a battle to the death

Nian Zhou

2024-06-19 12:48Published in the United States Premier League commentator, Tencent Football Contributing Writer and creator in the field of sports

On the evening of June 19 and the early morning of June 20, Beijing time, the second round of the group stage of the European Cup began, Croatia faced a battle of life and death, and Germany and Switzerland won two consecutive victories.

21 points: Group B, Croatia vs Albania

1. This is the first meeting between the two teams in their history, while Albania have faced the team that met for the first time in the last 10 times, with 1 win, 5 draws and 4 losses.

2. Croatia have lost three of their last five official matches, as many as the previous 29.

3. Croatia has not suffered two consecutive defeats in a major tournament since Euro 1996.

4. Albania have lost three of their last four European Championship games, with the only defeat coming against Romania in 2016.

5. Albania has not suffered a losing streak in an official competition since September 2022.

6. Bayrami has been involved in scoring in the last 3 games, scoring 2 goals, 2 assists and scoring 4 goals.

7. Croatia is a life-and-death match, if they lose, as long as Spain draws with Italy, they will be eliminated from the group one round early.

0 points: Group A, Germany vs Hungary

1. Germany has only won 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses in the last 6 home games against Hungary.

2. This is the 4th meeting between the two teams in the tournament, with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the first three matches.

3. Germany is expected to start the European Championship with two consecutive wins for the fifth time in team history, the first four times, and finally three championships.

4. At the age of 21 years and 42 days, Wirtz became the youngest player in the history of the German team to score in the European Championship.

5. Hungary are winless in their last seven European Championship games and could suffer two consecutive defeats for the first time since 1972.

6. Szobosloy has 6 goals, 4 assists and 10 goals in the last 15 international matches.

7. Varga is expected to become the first Hungarian player to score in the first two games of the European Championship since Bene 1964.

3 points: Scotland vs Switzerland

1. This is the second time the two teams have met in a major tournament, the last time being Euro 1996, when Scotland won 1-0.

2. Scotland have won just six of their 33 international tournaments, a 18% win rate, and only Bulgaria have a lower win rate among European countries with at least 25 appearances.

3. Scotland are likely to start their fourth major tournament with two straight defeats, the last being Euro 1992.

4. Switzerland have scored at least three goals in three of their last four European Championship games.

5. Switzerland have lost just two of their last 14 major group stage games and won seven.

6. Switzerland are on track to win their opening two consecutive games in a major tournament for the first time in their history.

7. Embolo has scored in his last three major matches, the second player in team history since Shaqiri.

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