domenica 17 luglio 2016

UEFA Euro 2016: winners and losers considerations and ratings

WINNERS

Wales: A+, they arrived right to the semi-finals when everyone expect them to be eliminated on the first round or pass the turn as one of the best 3rd place teams.
Albania: B+, even if they didn't pass the first turn they played a good soccer at their debut in an euro cup
Switzerland: B-, eliminated at the quarters of finals by the Poland they shown a good defense who let them to tie against the France.
Slovakia: B, they passed the first turn in a tough group as the third team lead by a great Hamsik being eliminated by Germany.
Northern Ireland: B, a well organized team that passed in a very tough group as the third team, they have been eliminated by the surprising Wales just 1-0 showing a good defense
Poland: B, a very physical team lead by Lewandovski and by a very solid defense who got eliminated by the Portugal in the quarter of finals at the penalties after a solid performance as they did even against the Germany when they got a point in the group against them.
Germany: B-, the defense lead by Hummels and Boateng has been so solid in front of the great Neuer, the problems for them came after the win at the penalties against Italy where they got key injuries and suspensions that cost along bad refering the semi-finals against the France
Italy: A-, they played a great soccer especially on defense despite the key injuries that afflicted their midfielders, their elimination against Germany after 18 penalties sounds liek a win. They deserved more due to the way they played during all games.
Ireland: B-, an important an difficult third place in their group let them go face to face at the eights of finals against the France that needed a great Griezman to comeback from the 1-0 deficit.
Iceland: A+, in my opinion the best revelation on this tournament, a team with a big heart and very well organized both offensively and defensively able to eliminated England arriving at the quarter of finals against France where they lost.
Portugal: A+, the surprising winners of this tournament after a bad start with the third place in a weak group but their individualities made the difference since the eights of finals
Unghery: A-, awesome first place in their group showing a very good offense but nothing they could do against Belgium in the eights of finals.


LOSERS

France: C, a very disappointed tournament for them not only because they lost the final but also because they played a bad soccer and the supposed star players like Pogba failed, in my opinion they had the favor of the easy draw and most of all by the refs who gave them an huge advanatge.
Romania: D, they finished last in their group playing defensively but without the skills to build anything on offense.
England: F, they have been eliminated by the Iceland and without quality at midfield they had huge problems to both defend and attack.
Russia: F, they got just 1 point and it has been against the England, they played a good defensive soccer with physicallity but nothing good a part that.
Turkey D, some quality player at midfield can't let you advance in this competition, this is what happened to them when they got eliminated as one of the 2 third worst team in groups
Spain F, tika taka didn't work well at all and all their limits defensively cameout let them be the biggest failure in this competition
Ukraine F, worst team in the competition in matter of results, they didn't even score a goal.
Sweden D, this has been a team who hadn't the necessary quality on midfield to support Ibrahimovic and produce scoring chances
Belgium C-, they came in with high expectation and their elimination in the quarters of finals against Wales has been an huge disappointment in matter of result and also in matter of quality saw in their games
Austria: D, they qualified as the best theam in their group but their magic seemed to be lost in this competition, playing such a bad football on both offense and defense
Czech Republic C-, they haven't been lucky at all, they should have the chance to qualify in a very tough group but the goals they surrended in final minutes cost them the pass of the turn
Croatia: C-, good expectations on them especially after they beat the Spain but at the eights of finals haven't been able to shot on goal so they got defeated by Quaresma's goal at the 117 minute

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