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UEFA Euro 2020: Round of 16 predictions

  Hey guys, it’s a time of extreme excitement and fun for all the fans of football across the globe, as Euro 2020 has finished with the group stage matches, and everyone is just too excited for the Round of 16 ties, and we can’t wait for them to kick off. After analyzing the Group stage matches in our previous post, we are now set to make predictions for the Round of 16 now. The first tie of the very exciting competition is between Wales and Denmark, and is evenly matched tie with both the teams being almost equal in their team strengths, Wales has some talented and very skilled players like Gareth Bale, Daniel James, and Ramsey, on the other hand, Denmark has the likes of players like Braithwaite, Poulsen, Hojbjerg, and Christensen, in this tie, I predict Wales to qualify in the quarter finals. The second tie is between Italy and Austria, and would be very interesting tie to watch as Italy being the best team in the group stages with players like Immobile, Verratti, Insigne, Jorginh

UEFA Euro 2020: Group Stage Analysis (Did we predict it all!?)

  Hey guys, as we all know, the group stage matches of the UEFA Euro 2020 ended last night with some breath-taking matches happening, with quite a few surprises, and quite expected results, the Euro cup is all set for knockout stages beginning with the Round of 16 ties. Now, let’s analyze the Group stage performances with the expectations we had. Group A was very interesting group, with quite strong teams such as Wales and Italy present in the group, we predicted that Italy and Wales would qualify to the Round of 16, and our prediction went right, as Italy held on to their winning run made to the top of the group, and Wales finishing second with one win, one draw, and one loss, and we had a surprise by Switzerland qualifying to the Round of 16 as a part of the four best third position teams, all thanks to Shaqiri’s two goals against Turkey which allowed them to finish with four points in the group. Group B was a fairly matched group, and we predicted Belgium and Denmark to qualify fr

UEFA Euro 2020: All you need to know, Format, and predictions

  Hey guys, it’s been a while, and as we all know the UEFA Euro Cup has started and is taking all over the football fans with some really exciting and thrilling fixtures coming up. First, I’ll start with a little introduction about the competition, and then we’ll move onto reviewing the predictions’ part. The UEFA Euro cup was started in 1960 and is being held every four years since then, and is a competition solely held for the European countries, and is the second most watched international football competition after the FIFA World Cup. Germany and Spain are the two most successful teams in the competition having won the competition 3 times each, and the last Euro Cup held in 2016 was won by Portugal. The format of the Euro Cup is similar to the UEFA Champions League, as there are 24 qualifying countries, divided into 6 groups of 4 teams each, and each team plays the 3 opponent teams placed in its group. At the end of the group stage matches, the top 2 teams from each group quali

European Super League: End of Football?

Hey guys, it’s been a while, we all are through many things. The champions league round of 16 has ended and even the quarter finals have been finished with, however, I will discuss the same in another post. Yesterday was a historic day in the history of football, as 12 European clubs announced the formation of a new European Super League, fans all around the world have been unhappy with their clubs and have been constantly demanding for abolishment of such league. Let’s discuss what is the super league all about and why has it got football fans enraged around the world. The European Super League has currently 12 founding members which are Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool FC, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspurs, Internazionale, AC Milan, and Juventus. During this pandemic, the owners of these football clubs realized that football’s economic model was fragile and fans loved watching big clubs playing against each other, hence,

UEFA Champions League 2020-21: Round of 16 Predictions

  Hey guys, as we all know a few weeks back the group stage for the champions league ended, and the draws for the Round of 16 were also announced. Today I’m going to tell you all about my predictions on the Round of 16, and who’ll qualify for this season’s quarter finals. Before I make my predictions, let’s talk a bit about the group stage results. In group A, Bayern Munich were the clear table toppers, the champions just had a draw from Atletico Madrid, and the runner ups, Atletico Madrid made their quality felt in the second match against the reigning champions, Bayern Munich. In Group B, Real Madrid had quite a difficult time in clearing the group, as they were almost on the verge of getting relegated to Europa League, however, the champions held on in the last match and finished at the top of the table, the runner ups, Borussia Monchengladbach, were the surprise runner ups, as this was their first time qualifying the group stage of UCL. In group C, Manchester City and FC Porto

The Mysterious Position

Hello all, today we’re going to discuss about a position in the field which is quite mysterious to outsiders or less informed people, or the persons who are new to football and have recently started following it. The reason I call this position mysterious is because people often confuse this position with some other, and don’t get the importance and significance of it. For all of you who know about this position, might be aware that this position cannot and does not exist in all the formations, the manager has to place a special attention on the player operating in this position and has to use the player very carefully in order to fully exploit the benefits of it. The position is known as the Support Striker (SS) position or the Centre Forward (CF) position or some people and managers may refer to this position as the False 9 position. The player operating in the SS position has a role of both the attacking mid fielder (CAM) and the number 9 striker. This player moves freely on the f

How the UEFA Champions League works?

Many of us who are new to the football world have been wondering about this question, about how the greatest ever competition in the whole Europe really works? Today, I’m going to explain about this competition, how are the participants decided, how the qualify, how the winner is decided, what position does the winning team hold, it’s link to the UEFA Super Cup, and the Club World Cup, and why every club in Europe wants to win the trophy. The UEFA Champions League was started in 1955 as a competition in the whole of Europe, to make clubs from all over the European countries compete against each other, and see which club was the best club, it was rebranded around 1990’s. This competition consists of 32 teams which are selected from the domestic leagues of different countries. The number of teams each association enters into the UEFA Champions League is based upon the UEFA coefficients of the member associations. These scores are generated by the results of clubs representing each