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Post by Fuzzy Dunlop on Sept 20, 2013 13:27:30 GMT
"England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland have told Uefa they want to stage European Championship matches in 2020.
Uefa says 32 of its members have stated an interest in hosting games after deciding the tournament would be shared among 13 cities across Europe.
The English Football Association wants to host either the 'finals' package - which is the semi-finals and final - at Wembley, or a 'standard' package of three group games and a knockout round match, while Scotland is keen on the latter."
The 32 countries interested in hosting Euro 2020 games:
Armenia (Yerevan), Azerbaijan (Baku), Belarus (Minsk), Belgium (Brussels), Bulgaria (Sofia), Croatia (Zagreb), Czech Republic (Prague), Denmark (Copenhagen), England (TCOTU), Finland (Helsinki), France (Lyon), Macedonia (Skopje), Germany (Munich), Greece (Athens), Hungary (Budapest), Israel (Jerusalem), Italy (Rome and Milan), Kazakhstan (Astana), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Poland (Warsaw and Chorzow), Portugal (Lisbon and Porto), Republic of Ireland (Dublin), Romania (Bucharest), Russia (St Petersburg), Scotland (Glasgow), Serbia (Belgrade), Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia), Sweden (Solna), Switzerland (Basel), Turkey (Istanbul), Ukraine (Kyiv and Donetsk) and Wales (Cardiff).
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Post by jkr on Sept 20, 2013 22:14:44 GMT
Interesting choices from Spain, no Camp Nou or Bernabeu amongst the candidates. I hope La Peineta and Nou Mestalla are not selected.
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Post by barny on Sept 23, 2013 6:44:44 GMT
Don't be cruel...
I wasn't convinced about this, but now I can see it as a plan B for the expected disaster of Qatar's World Cup.
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Post by bornslippy on Sept 23, 2013 11:20:46 GMT
Nice to see TCOTU get the nod for England, they haven't quite benefitted enough from government favouritism i don't think.
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Post by stocky on Sept 30, 2013 12:57:31 GMT
Still not keen on this tbh. I just can't see it having that tournament feel to it. What was wrong with the existing Euro's? I just can't see why they changed it, before when you had one (sometimes two) countries hosting it, it was a massive boost for the host country. I remember Euro 96 being amazing, it was exciting just being here when that tournament was going on and it turned me onto football - not just the fact that england got home advantage but also the buzz of having thousands of other nationalities spread around the country supporting their sides. It just won't be the same having national sides trekking around 13 different cities in 13 different countries or whatever the format is. In this day and age it's obviously possible to spread it around a continent the size of Europe and it'll probably make more money, but in doing so they will lose the essence of the tournament.
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Post by barny on Sept 30, 2013 17:33:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2013 19:02:55 GMT
Nice to see TCOTU get the nod for England, they haven't quite benefitted enough from government favouritism i don't think. I think it's because TCOTU is seen as the footballing capital despite Chelsea and Arsenal having not won a title between them for a good few years. Oh wait, Arsenal are currently top!!!!!!! Silly me.
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Post by abs on Oct 1, 2013 9:06:05 GMT
Still not keen on this tbh. I just can't see it having that tournament feel to it. What was wrong with the existing Euro's? I just can't see why they changed it, before when you had one (sometimes two) countries hosting it, it was a massive boost for the host country. I remember Euro 96 being amazing, it was exciting just being here when that tournament was going on and it turned me onto football - not just the fact that england got home advantage but also the buzz of having thousands of other nationalities spread around the country supporting their sides. It just won't be the same having national sides trekking around 13 different cities in 13 different countries or whatever the format is. In this day and age it's obviously possible to spread it around a continent the size of Europe and it'll probably make more money, but in doing so they will lose the essence of the tournament. I think it's not a great idea and hated the idea at first, but then its going to be a much better fan experience than Russia 2018 (Only two or three decent cities and the rest indusrialised racist shitholes) and Qatar 2022 (lolololol). I'm sort of coming round to it, Platini said it's going to be a one off so that's good, and with European flights being so cheap (and plus there's a good European train network), it could be pretty fun taking a couple of weeks off work and going to Paris, Berlin, Rome and Barcelona for example. And I can't wait til next summer but fuck going to next years' WC is a pain in the arse to organise stuff for.
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Post by Fuzzy Dunlop on Apr 26, 2014 11:21:12 GMT
"Uefa has revealed that the final and semi-finals of Euro 2020 will be held in either TCOTU or Munich, with its decision being revealed on 19 September.
Both the English and German FAs were revealed to have submitted bid dossiers for the semi-finals/final package at the tournament, which is being staged in 13 cities across Europe.
Uefa also unveiled the list of 19 member associations and cities which have also submitted bids for the 'standard package', which entails hosting three group matches and one knockout round game in either the last 16 or quarter-finals, 12 of whom will be successful. They are:
Azerbaijan/Baku, Belarus/Minsk, Belgium/Brussels, Bulgaria/Sofia, Denmark/Copenhagen, England/TCOTU, FYROM/Skopje, Germany/Munich, Hungary/Budapest, Israel/Jerusalem, Italy/Rome, Holland/Amsterdam, Republic of Ireland/Dublin, Romania/Bucharest, Russia/Saint Petersburg, Scotland/Glasgow, Spain/Bilbao, Sweden/Stockholm, Wales/Cardiff."
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Post by barny on Apr 26, 2014 18:54:33 GMT
I'm absolutely fascinated with the stupidity of the UEFA. They always find new ways to surpass themselves, bet they have the brilliant idea of putting 22 referees in each game. I mean, Bilbao have publicly said they won't allow the Spanish squad to play there as local (each city MUST have at least one game of their national team), surely they could have chosen another one? But that's just the latest example of their way of thinking filling their pockets.
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Post by abs on Apr 27, 2014 9:06:15 GMT
Thing is, whoever gets the final/semi finals won't be able to hold the proper Euro tournament for a while, one would think. So I hope Germany gets it.
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Post by jkr on Sept 19, 2014 11:30:26 GMT
Azerbaijan (Baku) 3 Gr + QF Belgium (Brussels) 3 Gr + 1/8 Denmark (Copenhagen) 3 Gr + 1/8 England (TCOTU) 2 SF + F Germany (Munich) 3 Gr + QF Hungary (Budapest) 3 Gr + 1/8 Italy (Rome) 3 Gr + QF Netherlands (Amsterdam) 3 Gr + 1/8 Republic of Ireland (Dublin) 3 Gr + 1/8 Romania (Bucharest) 3 Gr + 1/8 Russia (St Petersburg) 3 Gr + QF Scotland (Glasgow) 3 Gr + 1/8 Spain (Bilbao) 3 Gr + 1/8
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Post by Autobahn 66 on Sept 19, 2014 18:29:11 GMT
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Post by Fuzzy Dunlop on Feb 25, 2021 13:54:58 GMT
Change of plan?
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Post by mahoney on Feb 25, 2021 13:56:57 GMT
OH GREAT, LOADS OF FORIGNERS ON OUR LAND SPREADING GERMS. Move it to Scotland FFS!
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Post by Fuzzy Dunlop on Apr 23, 2021 11:22:44 GMT
Win the group and that's another home match for England
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Post by eddiemurphy on May 14, 2021 14:57:24 GMT
opinions?
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Post by Fuzzy Dunlop on May 14, 2021 15:20:32 GMT
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Post by Rollinice on May 14, 2021 17:26:37 GMT
Italy is +1200 easy money.
We will demolish the field.
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Post by Fuzzy Dunlop on May 17, 2021 23:42:16 GMT
Squads starting to be announced. Belgium:
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge), Matz Sels (Strasbourg)
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin), Jason Denayer (Lyon), Thomas Vermaelen (Vissel Kobe), Jan Vertonghen (Benfica)
Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), Timothy Castagne (Leicester), Nacer Chadli (Istanbul Basaksehir), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund), Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), Dennis Praet (Leicester), Youri Tielemans (Leicester), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund)
Attackers: Jeremy Doku (Rennes), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Leandro Trossard (Brighton), Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)
Standby list: Thomas Kaminski (Blackburn), Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), Albert Sambi Lokonga (Anderlecht), Bryan Heynen (Genk), Thomas Foket (Reims), Adnan Januzaj (Real Sociedad), Brandon Mechele (Brugge), Jordan Lukaku (Antwerp), Zino Vanheusden (Standard Liege), Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht) and Charles De Ketelaere (Brugge). ----------------------
Croatia:
Goalkeepers: Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split), Simon Sluga (Luton Town)
Defenders: Sime Vrsaljko (Atletico Madrid), Domagoj Vida (Besiktas), Josip Juranovic (Legia Warsaw), Dejan Lovren (Zenit St Petersburg), Duje Caleta-Car (Olympique Marseille), Borna Barisic (Rangers), Mile Skoric (Osijek), Josko Gvardiol (Dinamo Zagreb), Domagoj Bradaric (Lille).
Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan), Milan Badelj (Genoa), Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), Nikola Vlasic (CSKA Moscow), Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), Luka Ivanusec (Dinamo Zagreb).
Forwards: Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Josip Brekalo (Vfl Wolfsburg), Ante Rebic (AC Milan), Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ante Budimir (Osasuna)
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