Quote from: slackovic on February 28, 2023, 07:58:40 AM

Quote from: Sithara007 on February 28, 2023, 03:30:14 AM

The French are in a better position if we look at the younger players. They have Kylian Mbappé (24), Ousmane Dembélé (25), Randal Kolo Muani (24), Marcus Thuram (25), Ibrahima Konaté (23) and Aurélien Tchouaméni (23). None of the other European teams have this many talented younger players. And in case of France, they have an ideal mix of young and experienced players, with Olivier Giroud, Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda and Karim Benzema comprising the second group. They will be one of the favorites to win Euro 2024, but let's see how it works out for them in the end.

This is the reason I like Euro tournament more than the World Cup. There is much bigger concentration of good teams and there is never a strong favorite. Looking at the French players that you mentioned someone would say that they are a strong favorite. But there are other European nations that can beat France. Even Croatia who is never a strong favorite to win a title in Euro or World Cup managed to beat France.

Well.. we both have different way of interpreting stuff. France doesn't represent entire Europe. Within UEFA, there are teams like France and Spain which are booming with talent, and at the same time there are teams (Germany, Netherlands, Belgium.etc) which are getting stagnated. A total of 24 teams will be taking part in Euro 2024 (same as last year). And not all of these teams would be competitive against stronger teams like France. Look at what happened during Euro 2020. Teams like Turkey, Slovakia and Russia were involved in some one-sided matches where they lost by large margins.