In 2024, the European Cup and the Copa America will start to play successively, and fans and friends who like football can feast their eyes. The European Championship will be even more exciting, but the games will be played in the early hours of the morning and the Copa America will be played in the morning.
Argentina and Portugal, which belong to two different competitions, are also PK in the air.
First gear VS first gear
The European Championship is a 24-team tournament with the group stage divided into 6 groups. In the group draw, Portugal were placed in Pot 1 as follows:
Tier 1: Germany, Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England;
Pot 2: Hungary, Denmark, Albania, Austria, Turkey, Romania;
Pot 3: Netherlands, Scotland, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic;
Pot 4: Italy, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine.
The Copa America is a 16-team tournament with the group stage divided into 4 groups. In the group draw, Argentina were placed in Pot 1 as follows:
Tier 1: Argentina, Mexico, United States, Brazil;
Pot 2: Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru;
Pot 3: Chile, Panama, Venezuela, Paraguay;
Pot 4: Jamaica, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica.
1st in the group VS 1st in the group
In the group stage of the previously concluded European Championships, Portugal were placed in Group F. In the first two games, Portugal defeated the Czech Republic 2-1 and Turkey 3-0 respectively, won two consecutive victories, locked the first place in the group in advance, and successfully advanced to the knockout round of 16.
However, in the third game of the group, Portugal lost 0-2 to Georgia, and finally accumulated 6 points with 2 wins and 1 loss in the group stage, scored 5 goals and conceded 3 goals, ranked 1st and advanced to the round of 16.
In the group A match of the Americas group stage that ended today, Argentina defeated Peru 2-0, thus winning all three games, accumulating 9 points, ranking 1st in the group, and the results of the three games were: 2-0 victory over Canada, 1-0 victory over Chile, 2-0 victory over Peru, scoring 5 goals and conceding 0 goals, advancing to the top 8.
Knockout outlook
In the 1/8 finals of the European Cup, Portugal's opponent will be Slovenia, in the group stage, Slovenia drew 3 games, scored 2 goals and conceded 2 goals, accumulated 3 points, and finally ranked 4th in all group 3, taking the last train of the knockout round.
Portugal should beware of "gutter overturning", after all, on the good side, Slovenia has not won a game in the group stage, and on the worst side, Slovenia is also undefeated, which tastes, Portugal knows best, in the 2016 Euro Cup, Portugal also drew 3 games in the group stage, and finally won the championship.
In the 1/4 finals of the Copa America, Argentina's opponent may be Ecuador or Mexico, for Mexico, Argentina is still more familiar and difficult to gnaw, and Ecuador will be weaker.
But on the whole, as long as it plays normally, Portugal enters the top 8 of the European Championship and Argentina enters the top 4 of the Copa America, which is not a big problem.