REACTING TO EURO 2024 GROUP STAGE DRAW

Out of nowhere, on December 2, the Eurocup launched the

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. We know who England are playing and this is our reaction practically live, isn't it? I can't wait to see players like Earling Harland and Erard. Playing on one of the biggest

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s, Sweden and Norway didn't qualify and aren't even in the playoffs, so we won't see any of those players, but it still has to be fantastic, right? let's get into this with

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a, there are six groups and group a is german, scotland, hungary and switzerland, tell you what, that's a very complicated group. I'll wait for the dinner you mentioned, I'm Hungary, okay, yeah, I think.

You've made that joke like 100 times before, but Theo, this is a tough group for Scotland, right? Now let's talk about Germany because they are the hosts. This is the first time that the European Championship has been played in a reunified Germany. That also surprises me because their stadiums are incredible and it's not just the main ones like Bayern Munich and Bissan Dortmund. I have been to Shela and I have been eating glabb with you. Yes, even the Christmas markets around were great. I have been to FC Cologne with Thogdad, yes we have been to many fields where they will use many of these stadiums and it will be a great tournament, even the Auto Barn can be taken from A to B. quickly the trains will be free for football fans and I hope they continue like this for the Euro Cup tournament.

It will be very accessible to fans, which is very different to what we saw in Qatar and other recent tournaments that have been held for national teams. It starts on June 14 with Scotland against Germany now Germany Theo 7 to one to win this are third favourites, are you surprised? Hasn't it been great recently? They are the third favorites. Yes, I think Scotland had a better chance. from winning the Euro, you assault dad, they won two of their last eight, they recently switched to Nagles Men and the performances were rubbish, they lost to Austria, they lost to Turkey, they are being a disgrace, I mean their best player, they go a You have to trust Kai, he is not for me, Serge, my dad, FK, as your striker.

You could also get Kevin Davis, he's just a regeneration of Kevin Davis. You assault no one on this Germany team, apart from Muala. It turns me on. I don't agree Theo, they have half the Bayern Munich Team, you look at players like Muller win San gareta kimik, don't write those players off, but it's been a terrible run, you can't ignore the form and I know it's in their own stadium, but they still lost a buck in theirs. ground, it's not good enough dad bothers the man he has a real job to do here yeah, a job no one else could do Flick couldn't find a way to find out he's an exciting young coach but if you look at Hungary, they didn't lose a game In qualifying you look at Scotland, Theo, they only lost one match in qualifying and Switzerland are always hard to beat.

I think this is a very unpredictable group, there will be twists and turns here, yes, and let's talk about Hungary, although dad, you mentioned that they didn't lose. in 12 with Marco Rossi, the great coach Dominic is a very young captain, but he deserves it, by far the best player, we could see something, maybe a cheeky second place for Hungary here, maybe and finally the father of Switzerland , Morat Yakin as their coach, we know that historically they are. It's an older team, but the players that stand out for me, Noah Oka, in the summer, cost a lot of money and Dan and Doy, watch out for these guys, this group could have twists and turns and when we get to our predictions, I'll to have to decide well, dad, Switzerland.

Theo is a very well-coached team, Theo, and they also have stars like Aangi and Sha, who, by the way, are a very good central defender, but right now I'm thinking. Germany and second place Hungary I'll be honest, that's how I feel, but we'll get to our prediction soon. Who is your who is your loser for this group? The loser is Scotland Theo wow group b Theo and I think this is the group of death you have Spain you have Croatia you have Italy and Albania are the minnows now three of those teams Theo is ranked eight, nine and 10 from FIFA no, it's not going to be easy.

I am very excited about this team from Spain, let's start with them under DEA Fente. You have new players like Niiko Williams and Lam Yal breaking through, they have won eight in a row now dad, and I am not surprised if you have Midfield when we get to the Euros by Pedri Gabby who is currently injured, I hope he comes back and rogy, I don't see no one beating them, they are my favorites for the tournament. Know? Thea with Spain and Italy is not the best Spain and Italy teams of all time, but you are right, there is some solidity there and they are improving, and Rodri is one of my favorite players there, oh he is so good that I already mentioned it, I think with that.

You can't stop them in midfield, but in the last few Spain games I've seen Danny Almo has been the real mortal threat. Barón Torres has been very clinical for Barcelona and Country recently. Let's talk about Croatia, dad Zaco said, they have an aging team, but. a few more guys are breaking through budir is one of the top scorers in La Liga ianos in fyord looks great L Meer in Wolfsburg still but there are constantly big clubs asking about him this could be Modric's last big competition for the good country , Theo of course, Gardial is about a quarter of the value of the entire team these days and I think this tournament for Croatia will be all about the new generation now that they have punched above their weight in Europe and the world over the last few years , absolutely outnumbered in their path, this is a country of four or five million people, what is the next generation of players that we are going to discover?

I think a bettor would probably put them third in this group. Yeah, I'm going to be honest, I can't. I see them finishing above Italy, but if Italy does their usual crazy thing and goes on a mad dash, either they win the whole thing or they come in fourth place, they will finish below Albania. I can't call them, but With Luciano Spalletti you have a coach who beat Napoli, Syria did the unthinkable, they got that club, finally, the trophy they had been asking for for so long. We cannot forget that Italy had to qualify on its last day.

That's amazing, Theo. Let's be honest, they shouldn't have won it against England two and a half years ago, but they showed great respect and I agree with you, it gives England a fire in the belly, it gives us a fire in the belly going to Germany. thinking that we can do it there, we have to do something, the World Cup, the Euro Cup, we have had too many sad stories, now we have a great team, the golden generation, many people would say, but we will talk more about England than about Albania. We've had a great run, we can't ignore them Dad, could they be a dark horse in this group?

No, I think they could. I think the team that is least happy with this

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in all of Europe is Albania. I think they could. get a point from something disagree I don't agree Italy Theo I I don't Italy might go into self-destruct mode Croatia I'm not sure they have much on them anymore and Spain I think they will top this group regardless group C dad Slovenia Denmark , Serbia and England, here we are talking about our own nation. Are you thinking we're going to run Riot? Did you know? Theo Gareth Southgate should have a huge smile at his regatta, not at the moment because this is a brilliant

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for Us, you know, if we win this group, Theo, we will play against a team that is in third place in Group D ORF, who It could be Wales.

If we finish second in this group, we could play against Germany and that's why we have to go out and win two or three. three of these games that said Germany was going to get out of that group, have you seen that recently? I don't know, everything is at stake, dad IC Al, we have to win this group, we have to go out and stay. seven or nine points I will be a real father during the Euro, where many matches were played at Wembley, we had a weaker team than the one we have now. We have seen Bellingham thrive at Real Madrid.

Harry Kane at Bayern Munich. The big ones go abroad and really establish themselves as a brand, a bit like David Beckham going to Madrid in the past, we have a number of them now and these guys will be thinking about setting their minds on England when their club football ends. For the basics, we have the best team of any Eurocup country. I'll be honest, I think we're the most expensive and if we get our tactics somewhat right, we'll get through this group. First place is guaranteed, Theo We Are The Joint. favorites to win the whole tournament with France, we were undefeated in qualifying, yes, we have an excellent team, but you know, I have been around since 1968 and every two years we talk about the Euro Cup in the World Cup and we all get happy, don .

We don't say that this year it will be us and every time we are disappointed imagine that in the first week you get a zero to zero against Slovenia. A very solid defense. Mattius KAC is his coach. By the way, Benjamin Cesco scored all the goals between the two. sticks, so you have a poacher striker and you have a goalkeeper who is one of the best in the world, he has five wins in the last six games and he didn't qualify for the last season in a row, so Slovenia will be excited. Absolutely Faith, now Denmark is the team that should really get second place on their day.

They can get a draw against England. However, we have been better than them on the last few occasions and with Casper Hiland we saw how good they were on the last one. Euros was a very tragic incident with Erikson, but the unity I felt in that team was simply ridiculous and I tell you about a very interesting draw. Theo is Serbia against Slovenia, which used to be part of the former Yugoslavia, which will get a little tasty and stokovich. They have a very hot and cold team, let's be honest dad, the World Cup was a disaster, yes we saw Milinkovic Savage and Mitovich fail to make it out of their group when they really should have, but Serbia need to figure out how they are going to do it.

They work with the Hal guys from the AL, Mitovich and Milinkovic Savage and then the rest of the team, they all have a lot of money, they all have big egos, but when it comes to a country they have to play together and we never see that with Serbia, so that now. I'm favoring Denmark and England in Group D Theo and this one is really interesting because Holland are ranked 8th in the world. Austria, which we know is very good. France ranks second in the world and one behind Poland. Welsh. Finland and Estonia, now Wales. They are probably the favorites to beat Theo, but they wouldn't want to face Holland and France.

Yes, it is not an easy group because we know France and Holland, we know the quality. Both top their Euro qualifying groups, no doubt, but Austria. They just beat Germany 2-0, one point behind Belgium in their general classification, so they constantly added points, it was not something specific and they achieved direct qualification in the last Euro Cup, finishing second, but they are in a more difficult group . Although they have people like Sabitzer and Arnovic, 35 years old, hopefully we will see it again, but again, a bit like Switzerland, this is a very well organized team here, they can really make it difficult, but dad, they have changed.

Since the World Cup with Vanal they played a lot of Brexit football, now they have Ronald Kuman and we know the style of fashion and football that he loves and that is what the Dutch fans have wanted again, they have gotten their club back. Dad of the nation, gakpo zavi Simons, coup miners, these guys will get more involved, right? They have very good emerging talents for the new fyord team as well. PSV is doing well in the league, so I don't know what new talents are going to play, but this new generation is really interesting for me, the Netherlands are sixth in the world and behind you you have the wonderful Virgil Van djk, He's Evergreen, right?

But Theo, let's talk about France because they are the joint favorites to win the whole tournament as we said, the mbappé effect almost won them the World Cup there you have Theo Hernandez Lucas Hernandez pavad behind and then in front you have coom muani now mbappe Griezmann jerusa playing around you you have kaminga playing fullback, you have Yousef Fana from Monaco, it's a stacked team, they beat us last time in the World Cup, they are cups, they don't remind me of that game anymore and I'll tell you what if Chia Manyi line up another shot. I'm just going to run on the field and stop him.

I'm really afraid they will bottle it up less than us, we might have a better team on paper but they have a bit more depth in the team and they won't bottle it up if England plays France at some point. Period, flip a coin, right? I think it's time for revenge Dad, I think we silence Killan Mbappé like Kieran Trippier did in the Newcastle PSG game. I was with you cups, that was Newcastle one nil. I have confidence for the Eurocup, dad. I don't think the French have it this time, their stories are up, give it to us now, cups, group E.

This one is interesting there with Belgium, Slovakia, Romania and there is a playoff between Israel, Bosnia, Ukraine and Iceland, now Ukraine. Theo Ukraine are probably the favorites to go through, I'm panicking, this is a crazy group, Romania, you are the big losers, the last time you qualified was in 2016, you have afire in the belly to show everyone what they can do. It's incredible that they finished above Switzerland and Israel in the qualifiers, do you know that in the qualifiers they didn't lose a single game? I can't rule them out. They could get a second place. You have Slovakia, who beat everyone except Portugal.

It is not like this? Their father from the qualifying phase lost the Euro in a difficult group, but this time they have much better chances and let's not forget Leoka. behind me signed shirt look at that bad boy you see that bad boy over there it's a beautiful shirt and the table is going up the table is going up it's getting excited the table is automatic and it was getting excited by itself but you know what I'm saying Papa Leoka can support the team and that provides a little more solidity. You have a lot of quality in this whole group, but Belgium Tedesco as a coach, how do you think everything will go well?

I have the feeling that Romelu Lukaku is very maligned from time to time, but he scored 14 goals in qualifying, which is more than anyone else and obviously you have players like Trossard Dhu Ton, some of the names we recognize from the Premier League . Honestly, Dad, this Belgian team, yes, it depends on what Tesco wants to do with it. but there is so much depth that the only concern is that they have a lot less in defense, the full backs, the center backs, they will have to rely on a few and if they make mistakes they could win the playoffs, as you mentioned. dad this could be on the line it could be Israel Ukraine Bosnia it could be anyone it could be anyone Theo you're right but I would like Ukraine to do it they are 22nd in the world and ironically if they make it through the playoffs they could be runners up Of this group, yes, but don't rule out Bosnia, they are an unconditional team, they work hard and have good talent and I think that 90 minutes against Ukraine could strengthen them and last. but no less important is group F, Theo and we have Turkey, Portugal, the Czech Republic and one of these four, Georgia, Greece, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg, and the first thing I saw was Theo, potentially Turkey against Greece.

That's a story, imagine honestly group F would be an f. of fire, let's say, because Turkey, first of all, I just got back from there, their fans are incredible and Vincenzo Montella, the Italian gaffa, has a lot of work and doesn't want other

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s like the last time everyone called them the dark course Tom . Garett on Tik Tok only says that they now need to find a way to get into the group in the qualifiers against Croatia and Wales. In reality, much of that work was to hand over to Juventus' 18-year-old winger. Wow, he already plays for the country and shines brightly.

The moments when they have just beaten Germany in their own stadium 3-2, never dismiss them and I tell you that there are many Turks who live in Germany, many German Turks, they will be on the field in numbers, many Turks. who play in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will have big fans there, a lot of depth, they will feel fresh and ready to play, this could be the best opportunity of their life, but we also have to look at the Czech Republic, dad, they have sh Jai. As a coach, Pek in Lusen doesn't have to go far because he stays in Germany and they are using his land.

You have Cory up top, who scores the goals, and then Portugal coach Roberto Martínez, from the Belgium team to the Portugal team. I have ever seen dad where he has to change nationality as a player, that is incredible. He now looks to Portugal in the qualifying stages. 10 games, 10 wins, scored 36 and conceded only two goals. He is incredible, the only nation to do that among everyone in Euro qualifying. perfect shape, but dad, I think it's a waste of time that they continually play with Cristiano Ronaldo, hey, excuse me, that's my goat, I guess it's your goat, but his era is over, focus on the new guys, you have Ramos overtaking to Felixa, but upstairs. up there is so much fluidity for Bruno Fernandez at the moment if Cristiano Ronaldo starts at the Euro it's just their own loss it won't be good enough for them Dad they made that mistake at the World Cup and if they do it again I can't see them ending up winning the Euro Cup yes, now I see your point Theo, but wouldn't you start it in that first game?

No, he is not my goat and he did not initiate it at all. I play with Gonzalo Ramos on him. I think it's more. Effectively, a better player, I mean, one plays for PSG and the other plays in the Saudi league and, in conversation, now I'm going to put you on the spot. I want you to name two or three countries that you think can win this tournament, yes. I've already said England and France are there with a big shout, but I don't think it's their tournament. It's hard to rule out Germany in their own country, but I'll rule them out and then Portugal. they don't play against Ronaldo I think they have a chance yes I'm going to say France England and Portugal no Italy no actually I'll take it back I forgot one I'm going to add Spain to my list yes, very underrated Dad, but there's a lot more discussion to continue in the comments, thank you for watching this video, like it, if you want more content in

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