In the early morning of June 27, Beijing time, the group stage of the European Championship has ended all the matches, Portugal was upset on this match day, losing 0-2 to Georgia, Belgium drew 0-0 with Ukraine, Turkey 2-1 Czech Republic, Romania 1-1 Slovakia.
So far, the top 16 groups of the European Championship have all produced 16 teams, divided into four regions, and two regions will play the knockout round. The specific battle situation is as follows:
The biggest surprise of this knockout round is that Germany, Spain, France, Portugal, and Belgium are in the same half of the zone, forming a new death half.
The three dark horses are divided in the bottom half, and the Netherlands and England are in two quarter-quarters, which are likely to break out of the encirclement.
The German team in Group A first defeated Scotland 5-1 in the group stage, setting the largest score difference in this group stage, and then defeated Hungary and drew with Switzerland, ranking first in the group with two wins and one draw.
The same is true for Spain in Group B, who are in a group with Croatia and Italy, and have won all three games without conceding a goal, achieving the best record of any team in the group stage, and meeting the challenge of Germany with strength.
Italy, in the same group, got four points with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, ranking second in the group, and was lucky to enter the bottom half, and the stable performance can at least ensure the semi-finals.
Croatia, on the other hand, was eliminated with 2 draws and 1 loss.
Group D's France, with 1 win and 2 draws, finished second in the group with 2 goals in three games, they did not perform well in this group stage, did not score a single goal, and the 0-0 match with the Netherlands was shameful for the fans, and the last draw with Poland also made them reckless in the death half, facing Belgium and Portugal.
The Netherlands, who are also in Group D, were indeed a blessing in disguise, they were third in the group after being defeated by Austria in the last game, but they did not expect Group F to change dramatically, Romania ranked first, so that the Netherlands not only avoided the top half of the death zone, but also met Romania in the knockout round, which was not strong on paper, and the luck was bursting.
Belgium in Group E had a fateful run of luck at this European Championship, losing 3-0 to Romania and then drawing 0-0 with Ukraine, and finally they met France in the knockout rounds because they lost too many goal difference in their first game.
Portugal in Group F was in hot form in the first two games and defeated their opponents, but they did not expect to lose to Georgia, which is ranked more than 70 in the world, in the last game, and directly helped their opponents to advance, and they could be awarded the best good man award.
Finally, England in Group C, they themselves have a big advantage in the group, and the games they played did not meet their first value, three games 1 win and 2 draws to get 5 points, a group of the first to advance, but three games they scored two goals and conceded one goal to the same as the French team, extremely disappointing, but their luck is too good, basically guaranteed to enter the final.
In addition, the three dark horse teams that emerged in this European Championship are also worth paying attention to.
Romania are top of Group E on goal difference, but they were a bit embarrassed to meet the Netherlands in the knockout rounds.
The other team, Austria, won two wins and one defeat in the final game against the Netherlands to top the group and advance to the knockout rounds, but they will face another dark horse Turkey, and the two teams are close in terms of personnel, style of play and mental will, and it is a shame to meet early.
After the group stage, the 16 teams will usher in a short break, the knockout round will start on June 30, the first match Italy vs. Switzerland, the two teams are known for their defense, the scene will not be too good, the second game Germany vs. Denmark, should be much more exciting, Denmark is a team that can create a fairy tale, whether it can cause an upset or not to wait and see.