Official 2016 European Cup Thread (FORZA AZZURRI)!!!

My picks for surviving teams in the round of sixteen:
Poland
Croatia
Wales
Belgium
Germany
Italy
France
England

 

Round of 16...

Poland 1-1 Switzerland (Poland win on penalties)
Wales 1-0 N.Ireland
Croatia 1-1 Portugal (Croatia win on penalties)
France 2-0 Ireland
Germany 2-0 Slovakia
Belgium 3-0 Hungary
Italy 1-0 Spain
England 2-1 Iceland

 

We have the exact same picks. Well, they are the good sense picks. Sure, surprises might happen but I think the only controversial ones would be the Croatia-Portugal game (like yourself, I also think Croatia will win it) and the Italy-Spain game which also could go either way but of course for us the pick must be Italy. Poland-Switzerland is a bit uncertain too. Now, Wales, France, Germany, Belgium, and England are easy picks.

 

Wow, your first prediction was 100% right. 1-1, Poland through on penalties. Not a bad game.

 

No way Croatia is going to beat Portugal 4-1!

 

Darn, this guy is 100% again. He predicted correctly the first two games, to the details.
Are you a time traveler from the future, Nek?

 

so far the shittiest game of the tournament.

bring on extra time..hopefully pks.

 

Terrible prediction, I agree.

Just lucky lol.

Any game that involves Northern Ireland usually wins. For the second time, I walked way from one of their games, as I was bored to tears.

 

I don't know if you guys in Europe followed it, but the Copa America Centenario had very exciting games; most of them, even those involving the weaker teams. It was a spectacular tournament, and much more exciting than the Euro has been. Hopefully the Euro will improve in its late phases. Of course the two games with Italy were exciting for us, but the entire tournament as a whole has been very boring.

 

^I agree, this has been one of the worst Euros so far. Hopefully the strong side of the bracket proves to be more exciting.

That Chile vs. Argentina final might be a classic.

 

Copa America is like the WWE of soccer, bunch of ruthless, ugly and unorganized playing styles, it's like a bunch of monkeys trying to ******** a football

 

The problem with the Copa is that one team is far superior to the rest, and another is moderately superior to the rest. And both made it to the finals.

While many of the Euro Cup games have been cagey affairs or even dull, a bunch of squads could lift the trophy in the end. There is an air of mystery to the tournament, not the obvious inevitability of Argentina winning the Copa.

 

Copa's been easily better than the Euros. The Euros has been the worst tournament I've ever seen. Diabolical.

 

I've only watched a few Euro games but the skills of the South Americans and Central Americans have been dynamic. Traditionally, the Latin Americans tend to have that dribbling and passing flair though which is much different that the European style. The Americans have been playing above their heads and on emotion and they are not even close to the level of their South American counterparts but you have to give them credit to have reached 4th place. Who would have ever bet , thought or believed that they would have finished above Uruguay, Brazil and Mexico?

 

Remember when people thought Italy was down in 2016? All that did was give one of the great footballing nations a huge chip on its shoulder

— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) June 27, 2016

 

Alé, not even facing Hungary and Wales. I hope to be wrong on the other prono, thou...

 

Definitely hoping to see a younger Azzurri in the world cup.

Verratti being the core midfielder and I expect big things from Mandragora and Sensi.

Hope Insigne begins to hit new heights, Belotti develops more and Rugani-Romagnoli becomes the mainstay beside Bonucci until Romagna is ready at Juve. Lots of talent in Italy. Just need to use it.