{"id":17859,"date":"2021-07-02T21:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T21:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=17859"},"modified":"2021-07-02T22:10:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T22:10:55","slug":"euro-2020-quarterfinals-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/soccer\/euro-2020-quarterfinals-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"EURO 2020 Quarterfinals Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A continent will be waiting with bated breath as the last eight teams at EURO 2020 duke it out on Friday and Saturday. We saw the last three major international tournament winners (Germany, Portugal, and France) fall in the Round of 16, so only a handful of heavyweights are left in this year\u2019s European Championships. Italy, Belgium, England, and Spain are seen as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/soccer\/euro-2020\">the favorites<\/a>, while Switzerland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, and Denmark are the Cinderellas. We will see at least one of the latter teams in the semifinals as Denmark faces Czech Republic in one of the semifinals on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EURO 2020 Quarterfinals Betting Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Switzerland +470<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Spain -150<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Draw +285<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over\/Under 2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to know what to make of Spain. <em>La Roja<\/em> look brilliant at times, and they look lost at others. They don\u2019t have a superb finisher as we saw in year\u2019s past, but Alvaro Morata can be dangerous if given opportunities. Spain\u2019s defense collapsed in the last several minutes of their Round of 16 clash with Croatia, and that can\u2019t happen again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BetOnline All Access - Weekly show with odds, updates and predictions for the coming sporting events\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VP_RlewqULc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Switzerland will be at a disadvantage though. Granit Xhaka will miss this match due to yellow card accumulation, so a lot of pressure will be on Xherdan Shaqiri and Haris Seferovic. Those two will need to play very well to send the Swiss through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Belgium +250<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Italy +130<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Draw +215<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over\/Under 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the second straight difficult test for Belgium. The Belgians had to hang on to a 1-0 win against Portugal in the Round of 16 without Kevin De Bruyne and Eden Hazard, and those two stars won\u2019t be 100% for this match. Romelu Lukaku might be the most dangerous striker at this tournament though, and he has three goals through four games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy looked dominant in the Group Stage. However, the <em>Azzurri<\/em> did not look great against Austria. The Italians failed to break through in regulation, and they needed added time to advance to the quarterfinals. They can\u2019t afford a similar performance against a Belgian side that is far more dangerous with the ball at their feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Czech Republic +295<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Denmark +110<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Draw +225<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over\/Under 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every neutral fan is rooting for Denmark following the Christian Eriksen incident. Denmark is being painted as a team of destiny as a result, and that has led to some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/soccer\/euro-2020\">lopsided odds<\/a> considering the actual strength of this team. The Danes do have other talented players, but they aren\u2019t considerably better than the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patrik Schick has provided fans with some of the most sensational goals of the tournament. Schick is the only recognizable name on the Czech side to many fans, but this team has a better chance than you might think of making it to the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ukraine +825<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>England -235<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Draw +345<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Over\/Under 2.5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This match figures to be the biggest blowout of the quarterfinals. Ukraine were fortunate to get to this point. They were largely outplayed by Sweden in their Round of 16 match and scored at the death once Sweden were down to 10 men. Andriy Shevchenko\u2019s side does not have a good back line and that will be punished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, England is salivating at the prospect of winning its first European Championship. The Three Lions have yet to allow a goal, and they have excellent attacking options. Jack Grealish is proving to be just the thing England needed to add some creativity up top, and the English should roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow our&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betonline_ag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter account<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;for the latest sports news and wagering odds, and come to our&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/betonline_ag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Instagram<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;for more useful betting info too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A continent will be waiting with bated breath as the last eight teams at EURO 2020 duke it out on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":17865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17859"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17867,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17859\/revisions\/17867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}