UEFA EURO 2016 - Final Tournament

[Ceremony]

Going to be one of the ugliest tournaments in living memory. Croatia's away shirt looks like a cleaning cloth.

 

[Jeffrey]

The most awful kits I have ever seen. This euro is not starting very well.

 

[Bures Elbow]

What the **** have my eyes just seen?!

Awful jerseys.

Portugals are so bad, and the away uniform is all Turquoise....

How hard is it to have a Maroon jerseym yellow names/numbers/trim, green shorts, green/red socks?

God damn

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

All of this kits are awful except for Croatia's, which is amazing (as per usual, I love the checkered design for them).

 

[Halladay]

I like Turkey's home and Croatia's away.

 

[Maverick41]

Löw has nominated 27 players for the friendlies against England and Italy:

Goalkeepers:
Manuel Neuer (Bayern München)
Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen)
Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona)
Kevin Trapp (Paris St. Germain)

Defenders:
Emre Can (FC Liverpool)
Matthias Ginter (Borussia Dortmund)
Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Shkodran Mustafi (FC Valencia)
Sebastian Rudy (1899 Hoffenheim)
Antonio Rüdiger (AS Rom)
Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders:
Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen)
Julian Draxler (VfL Wolfsburg)
Mario Götze (Bayern München)
Sami Khedira (Juventus Turin)
Christoph Kramer (Bayer Leverkusen)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Max Kruse (VfL Wolfsburg)
Mesut Özil (FC Arsenal)
Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray Istanbul)
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United)

Attackers:
Mario Gomez (Besiktas Istanbul)
Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
André Schürrle (VfL Wolfsburg)
Kevin Volland (1899 Hoffenheim)

There is a good chance that the roster for the EUROS consists of 23 of these players.
Although youngsters like Leroy Sané, Joshua Kimmich, Julian Weigl and Mitchell Weiser might also get some consideration.

 

[Jeffrey]

Löw has nominated 27 players for the friendlies against England and Italy:

Goalkeepers:
Manuel Neuer (Bayern München)
Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen)
Marc-André ter Stegen (FC Barcelona)
Kevin Trapp (Paris St. Germain)

Defenders:
Emre Can (FC Liverpool)
Matthias Ginter (Borussia Dortmund)
Jonas Hector (1. FC Köln)
Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund)
Shkodran Mustafi (FC Valencia)
Sebastian Rudy (1899 Hoffenheim)
Antonio Rüdiger (AS Rom)
Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders:
Karim Bellarabi (Bayer Leverkusen)
Julian Draxler (VfL Wolfsburg)
Mario Götze (Bayern München)
Sami Khedira (Juventus Turin)
Christoph Kramer (Bayer Leverkusen)
Toni Kroos (Real Madrid)
Max Kruse (VfL Wolfsburg)
Mesut Özil (FC Arsenal)
Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray Istanbul)
Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United)

Attackers:
Mario Gomez (Besiktas Istanbul)
Thomas Müller (Bayern München)
André Schürrle (VfL Wolfsburg)
Kevin Volland (1899 Hoffenheim)

There is a good chance that the roster for the EUROS consists of 23 of these players.
Although youngsters like Leroy Sané, Joshua Kimmich, Julian Weigl and Mitchell Weiser might also get some consideration.

I'm surprised to not see Emre Can to the list he has been Liverpool motor for the past few months.

Edit: My bad he is listed as a defender.

 

[Ivan13]

I'm surprised to not see Emre Can to the list he has been Liverpool motor for the past few months.

He's on it.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Can is there, listed as a defender.

Of course Podolski is there

 

[Power Man]

Del Bosque's selection :

Porteros: Casillas (LOL), De Gea, Rico.

Defensas: Juanfran, Mario Gaspar, Piqué, Bartra, Ramos(lol), Nacho, J. Alba, Azpilicueta.

Centrocampistas: Busquets, San José, Sergi Roberto, Cesc, Koke, Thiago, Isco (lol), Silva, Mata

Atacantes: Alcácer, Morata, Aduriz , Nolito, Pedro.

 

[Just Win]

I'm surprised to not see Emre Can to the list he has been Liverpool motor for the past few months.

He is on the list as 1st defender listed. I understand you not finding him since you looked under midfield and there is no Can. Löw loves playing midfielders as fullback and ignores actual fullbacks like Durm, Schmelzer or Weiser.

And Sebastian Rudy has to be Löw's illegitimate son. There is no other logical explanation why Rudy still gets nominated every time.

 

[Savi]

Del Bosque's selection :

Porteros: Casillas (LOL), De Gea, Rico.

Defensas: Juanfran, Mario Gaspar, Piqué, Bartra, Ramos(lol), Nacho, J. Alba, Azpilicueta.

Centrocampistas: Busquets, San José, Sergi Roberto, Cesc, Koke, Thiago, Isco (lol), Silva, Mata

Atacantes: Alcácer, Morata, Aduriz , Nolito, Pedro.

Pretty cool to see Sergi Roberto in there. I'd say thats well deserved considering what kind of season he's having. On the other hand, not sure why Bartra still gets called up. He barely gets any minutes at Barça.


This the Belgium squad selected for the game against Portugal. Lots of injuries so no Kompany, Hazard, De Bruyne, Vertonghen.. I'm guessing Wilmots will try out some new stuff, maybe make some tactical changes to his usual system. There's no Charly Musonda by the way, many people thought he would get a call up after his incredible start at Betis.

T. Courtois (Chelsea), S. Mignolet (Liverpool), J. Gillet (KV Mechelen)

G. Gillet (Nantes), D. Boyata (Celtic), J. Denayer (Galatasaray), T. Alderweireld (Tottenham), N. Lombaerts (Zenit), T. Vermaelen (Barcelona), B. Engels (Club Brugge), J. Lukaku (Oostende)

A. Witsel (Zenit), R. Nainggolan (Roma), M. Dembele (Tottenham), M. Fellaini (Man Utd), N. Chadli (Tottenham), D. Mertens (Napoli), T. Hazard (BMG)

D. Origi (Liverpool), C. Benteke (Liverpool), Y. Carrasco (Atletico), M. Batshuayi (Marseille), R. Lukaku (Everton)

 

[Maverick41]

He is on the list as 1st defender listed. I understand you not finding him since you looked under midfield and there is no Can. Löw loves playing midfielders as fullback and ignores actual fullbacks like Durm, Schmelzer or Weiser.

And Sebastian Rudy has to be Löw's illegitimate son. There is no other logical explanation why Rudy still gets nominated every time.

I merely posted Löw's selection and refrained from commenting on it, because to say that I don't like Löw is an understatement and I probably would have gone on a long and possibly offensive rant.

But it looks like others are pointing out some of the potential flaws of this selection so I don't have to get all worked up. Thanks for that.

 

[Power Man]

 

[Bures Elbow]

Portugal squad to play vs Bulgaria and Belgium.

Missing Moutinho and Coentrao due to not being 100% fit...both will be on the Euro squad in place of Adrien and Eliseu(hopefully)

Guarda-redes: Anthony Lopes (Lyon), Eduardo (Dínamo Zagreb) e Rui Patrício (Sporting)

Defesas: Bruno Alves (Fenerbahçe), Cédric e José Fonte (Southampton), Eliseu (Benfica), Pepe (Real Madrid), Raphael Guerreiro (Lorient), Ricardo Carvalho (Mónaco) e Vieirinha (Wolfsburgo)

Médios: Adrien Silva, João Mário e William Carvalho (Sporting), André Gomes (Valência), Bernardo Silva (Mónaco), Danilo Pereira (FC Porto) e Renato Sanches (Benfica)

Avançados: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Danny (Zenit), Éder (Lille), Nani (Fenerbahçe), Rafa (SC Braga) e Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas)

Adrien/Eliseu out, Moutinho and Coentrao in, with Quaresma not going.

Thats our squad IMHO

 

[les Habs]

Del Bosque's selection :

Porteros: Casillas (LOL), De Gea, Rico.

Defensas: Juanfran, Mario Gaspar, Piqué, Bartra, Ramos(lol), Nacho, J. Alba, Azpilicueta.

Centrocampistas: Busquets, San José, Sergi Roberto, Cesc, Koke, Thiago, Isco (lol), Silva, Mata

Atacantes: Alcácer, Morata, Aduriz , Nolito, Pedro.

Am I pulling an Emre Can and missing Iniesta? Did he retire from the NT? Am I spacing on that one? I'm not mourning his absence by any means, but if he didn't he should be del Bosque's second choice.

Not much firepower there. It'll be interesting to see how del Bosque lines them up and who starts in midfield and up front.

Pretty cool to see Sergi Roberto in there. I'd say thats well deserved considering what kind of season he's having. On the other hand, not sure why Bartra still gets called up. He barely gets any minutes at Barça.

Happy for Sergi Roberto and it's deserved. Not thrilled to see him there as a club supporter though, but he probably won't get that many minutes and the club isn't doing an international tour this year.

I agree in terms of Bartra's minutes, but who are the better Spanish CBs out there? Pique and Ramos. So he should get the call and he's been capped for Spain's youth teams for years.

 

[Ivan13]

Portugal squad to play vs Bulgaria and Belgium.

Missing Moutinho and Coentrao due to not being 100% fit...both will be on the Euro squad in place of Adrien and Eliseu(hopefully)

Guarda-redes: Anthony Lopes (Lyon), Eduardo (Dínamo Zagreb) e Rui Patrício (Sporting)

Defesas: Bruno Alves (Fenerbahçe), Cédric e José Fonte (Southampton), Eliseu (Benfica), Pepe (Real Madrid), Raphael Guerreiro (Lorient), Ricardo Carvalho (Mónaco) e Vieirinha (Wolfsburgo)

Médios: Adrien Silva, João Mário e William Carvalho (Sporting), André Gomes (Valência), Bernardo Silva (Mónaco), Danilo Pereira (FC Porto) e Renato Sanches (Benfica)

Avançados: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Danny (Zenit), Éder (Lille), Nani (Fenerbahçe), Rafa (SC Braga) e Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas)

Adrien/Eliseu out, Moutinho and Coentrao in, with Quaresma not going.

Thats our squad IMHO

I find it hard to believe that Portugal hasn't got three better keepers than Eduardo. He's been terrible this season.

 

[Jeffrey]

Anthony Lopes is amazing for Lyon.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

I wasn't commenting on him based on a possibility of him playing for Spain.

Varane is better, though he too has some proving to do. Either way I said he looks good for his age. Not sure what the problem is or how that begs the question as to who is better in his age group.

I assume that's why Evilo wants him to get called up, whoever maybe better based on form.

It wasn't really directed at that specific post but I was just wondering why you seem down on him. Varane is a beast but I think Laporte can be just as good.

 

[les Habs]

I assume that's why Evilo wants him to get called up, whoever maybe better based on form.

It wasn't really directed at that specific post but I was just wondering why you seem down on him. Varane is a beast but I think Laporte can be just as good.

I wasn't thinking about that and while I remember him commenting on it I really haven't followed the story so it's not top of mind.

I'm not down on him. In fact within his age group he looks to be a top CB for the future. How good he actually is though might be another question. By that I mean look at today's best CBs and in my opinion there aren't that many that are top drawer. Still I think he'll be one of the best of his generation, but it's a matter of how good that generation is. Also, as I was saying, I just don't think he's proven himself that much. He's played in a number of matches for sure and looked good for his age, but his actual performances as a whole don't seem to add up to his stature say on this forum for example or his price tag. I feel the same way about Varane who I just drafted less than a year ago and who I still think looks to be the best CB of his generation. Still since some of Varane's great appearances about two years ago he's not necessarily been as good. Anyway, at the end of the day if you told me that Barça were going to sell Vermaelen and Adriano (the latter because Lucho doesn't play him) and bring in Laporte I'd generally welcome the change. I might still think we could do better and would still make a point about Bartra getting minutes, but overall I'd make such a move.

 

[Evilo]

Anthony Lopes is amazing for Lyon.

Yup, Lopes is Fra... erh Portugal's future in nets.

 

[Pouchkine]

Some incredibly stupid comments by Van Basten today regarding two players who decided to play for Morocco. Don't he understand it's part of the "game" today? Players can choose their national teams almost like their clubs teams. The rule or lack of one is what's stupid. We see this all the time be it with France Germany Brazil Holland Switzerland England...these days when the players with "double nationality" are good enough and sure to make the team they choose the "big" country...when they are not sure or they are not happy about not being selected young enough they then remember how much they love their roots and their ancestry...Most of them of course not all, and I know there is exceptions and I applaud them. Here in Canada we had to deal with Jonathan De Guzman...

So what's really stupid in all of this is 1.Van Basten 2.The rules 3.Some players...

 

[Pouchkine]

And thinking about this anyone remember how Van Basten acted toward Salomon Kalou in around 2005 when he was National Team coach? The guy was a great player but as a coach not so much...

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Am I pulling an Emre Can and missing Iniesta? Did he retire from the NT? Am I spacing on that one? I'm not mourning his absence by any means, but if he didn't he should be del Bosque's second choice.

Not much firepower there. It'll be interesting to see how del Bosque lines them up and who starts in midfield and up front.



Happy for Sergi Roberto and it's deserved. Not thrilled to see him there as a club supporter though, but he probably won't get that many minutes and the club isn't doing an international tour this year.

I agree in terms of Bartra's minutes, but who are the better Spanish CBs out there? Pique and Ramos. So he should get the call and he's been capped for Spain's youth teams for years.

He's not called up for tomorrow's game either, I'll assume thats why he wasn't called up for Spain. I'm certain he didn't retire.

Ingio and Ruiz probably deserve a spot over Bartra.

 

[cgf]

I really like those croatian kits and Turkey's away ones.

Can is there, listed as a defender.

Of course Podolski is there

Podolski, Rudy, Schweini, Gomez, Bellarabi; but no Kimmich, Arnold, Dahoud, Weigl or Schmelzer. *sigh*

...Jogi gunna Jogi...