The bottom half of the draw at Euro 2024 has seen some surprises with defending champions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Italy bowing out in the round of 16 and Austria and Romania winning their group. Now, it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
appears the path for England has opened up but can the Three Lions turn around a lackluster<\/p>\n\n\n\n
tournament and return to the final?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
England vs Switzerland, Saturday, July 6th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n England<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Gareth Southgate\u2019s side were seconds away from elimination but found a way to advance with<\/p>\n\n\n\n late goals from England\u2019s best players, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane, to get by Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Was that the wake up call the Three Lions needed? They looked nothing like the<\/p>\n\n\n\n pre-tournament favorites and got a break with Switzerland knocking out Italy. England will be<\/p>\n\n\n\n missing defender Marc Guehi who received a second yellow card of the tournament vs<\/p>\n\n\n\n Slovakia. Southgate has been criticized for his selections, but if England can use the<\/p>\n\n\n\n momentum from the Slovakia win, they should be in good shape to reach the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Switzerland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Swiss have looked dangerous opening with a 3-1 win over Hungary, then almost beating<\/p>\n\n\n\n the host before Germany\u2019s Niclas Fullkrug\u2019s stoppage-time equalizer made it 1-1. But no one<\/p>\n\n\n\n saw Switzerland\u2019s win over Italy where they controlled the match, dominating possession, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n scoring in both halves. Switzerland have plenty of experienced talent and are dangerous with<\/p>\n\n\n\n quick transitions and counter-attacks. Xherdan Shaqiri remains a threat up front, as does<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ruben Vargas, who scored against Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bettings Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n England +118<\/p>\n\n\n\n Draw +200<\/p>\n\n\n\n Switzerland +312<\/p>\n\n\n\n To Advance <\/strong>– England -175<\/p>\n\n\n\n To Advance – <\/strong>Switzerland +145<\/p>\n\n\n\n Netherlands vs Turkey, Saturday, July 6th<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Netherlands<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The slow start to their round of 16 match against Romania was a tad bit worrisome for fans of<\/p>\n\n\n\n the Dutch national squad, who led just 1-0 after the first half. Then they cranked things up and<\/p>\n\n\n\n came alive in the late goings of the contest. Donyell Malen scored twice in the final 10 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n of regulation play and most likely earned himself a spot in the starting eleven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The late heroics put a bookend on a strong bounce-back outing for the Netherlands who were<\/p>\n\n\n\n coming off a loss to Austria and a nil-nil draw to France during the group stage. They just<\/p>\n\n\n\n squeaked through the group stage as one of the four best third-place finishers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turkey<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Merih Demiral wasted no time putting one in the back of the net, scoring just 57 seconds into<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turkey\u2019s round of 16 match with Austria. It\u2019s now the fastest goal in a European championship<\/p>\n\n\n\n knock-out match in tournament history. Demiral wasn\u2019t done though. He scored the winner in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n 59th minute, but it was the one handed save from keeper Mert Gunok in the final moments of<\/p>\n\n\n\n the match that sealed the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The nation will welcome back captain Hakan Calhanoglu and Samet Akaydin who missed the<\/p>\n\n\n\n match against Austria as they served their one-match bans. They will however be without<\/p>\n\n\n\n midfielders Orkun Kokcu and Ismail Yuksek after each player picked up their second yellows of<\/p>\n\n\n\n the Euros to rule them out against the Dutch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bettings Odds<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Netherlands -162<\/p>\n\n\n\n Draw +315<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turkey +464<\/p>\n\n\n\n To Advance <\/strong>– Netherlands -325<\/p>\n\n\n\n To Advance – <\/strong>Turkey +265<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The bottom half of the draw at Euro 2024 has seen some surprises with defending champions Italy bowing out in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[212,75],"class_list":["post-25086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-euro-24","tag-soccer"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t