Return Mbappe, Ronaldo against the Cloud, Romanians in favorites

Who to follow the Euro 2024 after the departure of Georgia and Italy? The main thing about the remaining games of the ⅛ final

At the European Football Championship in Germany, flight games started. The first four meetings are already behind: the owners of the tournament sent Denmark home (2: 0), Switzerland sensationally passed Italy (2: 0), England hardly defeated Slovakia (2: 1), and Georgia-the real opening of the tournament-could not contrast Spain (1: 4).

Novyevropa briefly tells who to follow Euro 2024 now.

July 01 (Monday), 18:00

Belgium is France

Where: Dusseldorf. "Merkur Spire-Arena"

Why is it worth a look

The most loud sign 1/8 with a clear intrigue. Both teams passed the group stage harder than expected. France lost Kilian Mbappe for the second match and looked unconvincing in the attack - in addition to one autogol, only one ball was scored, and that one from the penalty. The return of Mbappe did not help to establish interaction in the attack. The first game of the Belgians in the group hinted at a possible disaster - they lost Slovakia and terribly realized the moments. They looked more confident with the Romanians, but for the decisive match against Ukraine, the top-collection, to which the fans were used to the last world and European championships, did not come out again. Belgium until the last minutes of the match was in the same ball from departure and pulled time, defending a draw with a weaker opponent.

Who to follow

Behind the Nevuns strikers. In the Belgian Romelu Lukaku, 3 goals were canceled in this euro-2 because of offsay (in one of them there was only a knee cup in the wrong position), another-because of the game with the partner’s hand. And Kilian Mbappe has big problems with the implementation of moments on the euro - while the only goal was scored from the penalty, everything else flies by.

July 01 (Monday), 22:00

Portugal - Slovenia

Where: Frankfurt. "Frankfurt Arena"

Why is it worth a look

Portugal after an unexpected failure against the Georgian national team should be better configured. This time, Roberto's coach Martinez will collect all the power of his attacking group: Bernard Silva, Brun Fernandes, Vitinia, Leau and, of course, Cristiano Ronaldo, who really wants to score at his sixth European championship.

The Slovenes held the group stage stably-three draws, a strict game of 4-4-2 and a counting on counterattacks. The presence of a sharp Benyamin Sheshko in the attack and star goalkeeper Yana Cloud make this cautious plan for the game quite workers.

Who to follow

For the duel of the old "friends" - Cristiano Ronaldo and Yana Cloud. They played against each other for five years in two main clubs of Madrid - Atletico and Real. It was the cloud of Cristiano that scored the largest number of hat-tricks-there were three of them. After the departure of Ronaldo from Spain, their confrontation ceased, but now one match will return again.

July 2 (Tuesday), 19:00

Romania - the Netherlands

Where: Munich. "Munich-Arena" ("Allian Arena")

Why is it worth a look

There is a potential for sensation. The Netherlands in the group looked very unstable - it seems they could count on more in matches that lost and tied, but still looked too uncertain. The Dutch coach Ronald Kuman does not add confidence in the fans of the "orange" with strange tactical decisions.

On the other hand, the original Romanians who came out of the first place in the group with Portugal and Slovakia and did not look hopeless in any match.

Who to follow

The main star of Romanians is the defender of Tottenham Rada Dragushin, it is he who should stop the star attack of the Dutch. The Netherlands stand out the attacking pair of Cody Gacpo and Havi Simons. Simons with the French was very close to the blue, but so far he has not scored on the euro - it will be very motivated, given the status of the main star in the absence of Frenka de Jong.

July 2 (Tuesday), 22:00

Austria is Türkiye

Where: Leipzig. "RB Arena"

Why is it worth a look

Both teams try to play attacking football. Austria relies on aggressive pressure and a quick return of the ball, Türkiye creates chaos on the field in both directions and tries to win it due to the quality of attack players - so far it turns out. At the same time, both teams have vulnerabilities - the Austrians look less confident when they are forced to refuse pressure, Turkey has a clear shortage of high -quality players in the attack, and the defense looks unsettled. Such introductory gives the potential of a very spectacular match with goals in both directions.

Who to follow

In Austria - behind the universal engine of the center of the field of Marcel Zabitzer. It seems that in the center he can play asever and remain the most useful player of the team - coach Ralph Rangnik actively uses these qualities of his leader, adapting a plan to play through a change in the role of Marseille. So far, Zabitzer fully justifies trust and holds an excellent tournament.

The Turkish national team has the same very useful chameleon in the midfield of a comparable level - Hakan Chalkhanoglu, but he will miss the game. In his absence, follow the two Turkish windoderkinds - Arda Guller and Kenan Yildiz. They are 19 years old, but they are already in Real Madrid and Juventus. The play-off Euro is a great chance to show yourself at the level of prefabricated.