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Euro 2024: Who has qualified and how do the play-offs work?

By Editor , 20th October 2023 at 1:20 PM (11v11 blog)
The picture for the 2024 European Championship is a little clearer after the latest round of qualifiers, with nine teams now guaranteed to play in the tournament. Another 15 spots are still up for grabs and some of Europe’s biggest nations are among the teams sweating on whether they will progress to Germany. England have no such headaches after securing their place this week, and they are now the outright favourites with online bookmakers to lift the trophy. Euro 2024…
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Euro 2024 qualifiers: Four things to look out for this weekend

By Editor , 13th October 2023 at 10:59 AM (11v11 blog)
The 2024 European Championship qualifying campaign is hurtling towards the business end and there are still a ton of teams in with a chance of progressing to the tournament. With the latest round of matches likely to be pivotal to the outcome in several groups, we look at some of the key things to look out for this weekend. England need a positive performance England head into their game against Italy at Wembley Stadium on Tuesday holding a six-point advantage…
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Questions return for England after Ukraine draw

By Editor , 13th September 2023 at 12:13 AM (11v11 blog)
England manager Gareth Southgate saw his winning run in the 2024 European Championships qualifying campaign come to an end last weekend as we were held to a draw by Ukraine.A packed out stadium in Poland saw Arsenal's Oleksandr Zinchenko open the scoring 26 minutes in to the first half, and although England were level again prior to the half time break as Manchester City's Kyle Walker scored his first international goal (on his 77th appearance), it was a game we struggled in.England…
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Epic EURO 2024 showdown: Clash of the football Titans

By Editor , 03rd August 2023 at 3:11 PM (11v11 blog)
With the EURO 2024 qualifying underway, the world awaits to see the 24 teams that will qualify for the final tournament in Germany. As expected, most football fans are also keeping an eye on the football odds. According to the match previews from BetBrain, one of the finest bet comparison tools on the market, at the top of the favourites list, we have the “usual suspects”: France, Germany, and England.  EURO 2024 Qualifiers headliner: Italy - England Expanding the European…
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Will Euro 2024 match two of the best European Championships in recent history?

By Editor , 29th March 2023 at 1:49 PM (11v11 blog)
Qualifying for next summer's European Championships in Germany got underway on March 23rd, and there are already a plethora of talking points in the world of international football. It has been barely three months since that scintillating 2022 FIFA World Cup final in Qatar, which saw Kylian Mbappé score a scintillating hat trick but eventually lose out to a destiny-fulfilling Lionel Messi. The world of football has since moved on from that wonderful evening in Lusail however, and as is…
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Can Ireland return to international competition at Euro 2024?

By Editor , 02nd October 2022 at 3:43 PM (11v11 blog)
For anyone who grew up during the 1990s watching the Irish national team, it must have seemed like they belonged at the top table of international competition. Unlucky not to make the semi-finals at Euro ‘88, they then qualified for two World Cups on the bounce, and racked up some significant scalps on their way. At the beginning of the new millennium, there they were again, one penalty shoot-out away from a quarter-final berth. For a good 14 years, Irish…
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Why the Euro performances matter for club football

By Editor , 06th August 2021 at 9:41 PM (11v11 blog)
During and after every major international tournament there are many moves of players between clubs, and it would seem that many tournament performances serve to reawaken interest from major clubs, not least of which is the Premier League. It’s how Manchester United got Paul Pogba back - he starred in the 2016 Euros and subsequently became the club’s biggest signing. The movement of players after the big tournaments So, the 2020 Euros are at an end, and it’s interesting to…
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Euros Round of 16 predictions

By Editor , 24th June 2021 at 9:36 PM (11v11 blog)
The group stage of Euro 2020 has now been completed and the draw for the round of 16 is set. From here, each of the remaining nations know their route to the final. None of the major nations have fallen at this point, though three of the 11 hosts have been eliminated – Russia, Scotland and Hungary. Here’s a look at the second-round matches: Belgium vs Portugal Two of the pre-tournament favourites meet as early as the round of 16.…
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Amazing stats from 60 years of European Championship history

By Editor , 01st June 2021 at 11:30 AM (11v11 blog)
It’s been a long time coming, but at last the waiting is almost over. Euro 2020 gets underway on 13 June 2021. It sounds bizarre, but UEFA were insistent on keeping the 2020 tag, as it signifies 60 years of tournament history. It’s a history that has seen 15 tournaments, 12 hosts and 10 winners, three of which are countries that no longer even exist. So before we get completely engrossed in the present day action, let’s take a look…
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Euro Squads announcements to date

By Editor , 20th May 2021 at 11:56 PM (11v11 blog)
UEFA Euro 2020 kicks off on Friday 11 June with Italy facing Turkey in the opening game of the tournament. The start of the competition comes less than two weeks after the Champions League final, which concludes the European domestic season. The 24 qualifying nations are required to submit their final 26-man squad for the tournament by 1 June, as per UEFA regulations. However, the coaches can make changes between then and their first game if a player occurs a…
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