Who can stand out from the "death half"?

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2024-07-03 09:15The official account of Beiqing.com

In the early morning of the 3rd, Beijing time, the last two 1/8 finals of this European Cup ended, the Netherlands defeated Romania 3-0, and Turkey defeated Austria 2-1. The top 8 of the tournament will all be produced, among which there will be strong dialogues between Spain and Germany, Portugal and France, and the top half of the zone where they are located has completely become the "death half". In contrast, England look much less stressed in the bottom half of the table, with the 'Three Lions' against Switzerland and the Netherlands and Turkey battling it out for a place in the last four.

In fact, when the round of 16 was released, everyone was very aware that many strong teams led by the host German team will encounter a very cruel test in this competition, because the top half of the zone they are in is actually quite sinister. After eliminating their respective opponents, Portugal, France, Spain and Germany made it to the last eight. Specifically, Germany will be the first to take on Spain, the tournament's favourites so far, in a matchup that is also known as an early final.

Portugal's match against France was also in focus, with the two teams making the final push for the Delaunay Cup eight years ago at the Stade de France, where France missed out on the trophy. And Ronaldo, who left the field early due to injury in that game, almost regretted it for life, but fortunately, his teammate Ed saved the team and gave him a big gift. At that time, Ronaldo burst into tears on the field, I don't know if Ronaldo will cry when he meets the same opponent again this time, is it tears of excitement or regret?

Compared to the top half, England and the Netherlands look a lot easier in the bottom half, but is that really the case? Take the "Three Lions" opponent Switzerland, they eliminated Italy after qualifying, this competition, Yakin's Swiss team is not well-known, but played very well, so far has a record of 2 wins and 2 draws. While England are still favourites, anyone can win if they make it all the way to the last eight.

The final match was against Turkey, and the Dutch team, who finished third in the group, were a bit of a surprise but in fact achieved the team's minimum goal after beating Romania, the worst group winner, 3-0. In this competition, they can get to this stage with an incomplete staff, and I have to say that Koeman still has something. Equally impressive were Turkey, who led former Italy international Montella to a 2-1 win over an in-form Austrian side to reach the last eight. The quarter-finals will be an important battle to verify whether Turkey is a big dark horse.

With the release of the top 8, the relevant institutions also gave the odds of winning the championship for the first time, despite stumbling all the way, England is still in first place on the list, followed by Spain, tied for third is France and the host Germany, the gap between them is not too big, it can be seen that these 4 teams are still the strongest contenders for the Delaunay Cup. Ranking 5 to 8 are the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland and Turkey.

According to the schedule, at 0:00 on the 6th Beijing time, the 1/4 finals will start, the first game is the host Germany against Spain, and Portugal against France at 3 o'clock. One day later, the other two matches of the European Championship will kick off, with England taking on Switzerland and the Netherlands taking on Turkey.

Euro Cup quarter-finals matchup

Upper District:

July 6, 00:00: Spain vs Germany

July 6, 3 p.m.: Portugal vs France

Lower Half District:

July 7 00:00: England vs Switzerland

July 7, 3 p.m.: Netherlands vs Turkey

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhang Kunlong

Editor/Wang Haozhou

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