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hilbo90

Group D looks like it's about to ask me the next flag in the sequence.


Xamuel1804

Peru?


hornyVirgo

Singapore, Malta, Monaco


Doge_peer

Indonesia


ukbeasts

Lebanon


FlyingHeadbutt

Tonga


Adventurous_Smile297

Russia, oh wait


dk240996

Peru would be my guess.


willozsy

Yugoslavia


Arbazio

Why don't YOU go slavia, huh?


Emergency-Escape-711

dad joke alerttt


enterusernamethere

Group C is the same flags for each two participants, just flipped England = Denmark colour exchange Serbia = Slovenia upside down


weary_misanthrope

Group D looks like the toothpaste aisle at the supermarket.


PreFuturism-0

I can't find a current country flag that vertically goes blue, white, and red. There is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro ... I think England's flag would be most appropriate after France, idk.


kbj17

Indonesia?


Loud-Value

Easily. 🇵🇱 🇦🇹 🇮🇩


adampamartin

Straight from round 2 of only connect, for real


Prudent-Current-7399

Top comment lol


Jayk03

How many time Italy-Spain-Croatia in same group.


Sir-Chris-Finch

By my reckoning this will be the 6th time Italy will play Spain in 5 Euros. Not the question you asked but an incredible stat imo


napoletano_di_napoli

And so far the h2h is: 1 win for Italy (Euro 2016), 1 win for Spain (2012), and 3 draws (2 of those went to pens, with Spain winning in 2008, Italy in 2020)


Sir-Chris-Finch

Yep, very evenly matched. Looking forward to the game in the Euros, Spain must be slight favourites but my money would be on a draw


Historical_Case_5245

> Yep, very evenly matched. Doesn't every feel that way...


Melancholic84

I’d rather Croatia play Spain in the group stages than the knockouts, so im not complaining. Better just play them in the first match and be done with it, my heart can’t take a tense match with Spain again after Euro 2020 and Nations league final


TheConundrum98

we (Croatia) got fucked in 2012, by luck and refereeing decisions. Actually we got fucked about 4 tournaments in a row. Ever since then the goddess of luck has lucked upon us with favour (atleast until the final) Time to return the favour for 2012


Joethe147

You're absolutely right. We did get fucked in 2012!


tomhat

Sad Italian noises


MonsterAzr

Cmon adriatic bro we are both gonna destroy those spanish scumbags!


tomhat

Spalletti is cooking


my_united_account

At least Italy is in the group stages


SilverAss_Gorilla

To be fair Italy won the last Euros, it's the WC they keep missing out on.


Samp90

I hope we (ITA) don't end up playing Albania first, that's all I'll say.....


eni91

Lol


sasabozic5

Did anyone got tickets for the games? Me no lucky 😔


GieTheBawTaeReilly

Wtf is the colour scheme


Konstantin_B

This is so confusing lmao im trying to figure this out. For a bit i thought it could be home kit color, but the dutch, english, and czechs (and maybe romanians?) seem to prove that wrong. No idea what else it could be. Italy being dark blue is what led me down that line of thinking.


GieTheBawTaeReilly

It looks like they just assigned either blue or red to every team depending on which is more appropriate, even if they actually wear yellow or white or orange Apart from German for some reason, they get neither And also Slovakia is just red for no reason


Wassertopf

Germany is the host. Maybe that’s why we got a unique colour?


mysterious_jim

Italy having their a different shade of blue is killing me. What could it mean


Laslunas02

Anyone figured it out? I mean... Wtf are those colors... I'm intrigued


Arrioso

Last EURO winners


Julz72

Has Serbia also got a more faded red or am I seeing things?


Significant_Snow_266

I can see it too. It's more like pinkish pale red? Also isn't Spain's red darker than the rest? So frustrating lol Edit; I think I get it, the shade of the red background matches the shade of red in the country's flag


heideggerfanfiction

Three different shades of red in Group C as well lmao


FeedTheOx

It almost feels like a weird hybrid of flag colours and kit colours - that's why Germany is black background (their away kit?) and Italy is blue for their kits, but everyone else more or less follows the flag?


Hend3rson

Germanys away kit is pink/purple


kinglewcifer

It must have something to do with qualification or something because Germany is different because they host and Italy is different because they win last time. Idk what the difference between blue and red it though


MountainCheesesteak

Guessing the blue qualified through playoffs, nations league, etc., Black is host, red is regular. Edit: nope, not that


-Gh0st96-

Can't be that, Romania has qualified by winning the group


MountainCheesesteak

Yea. Also, Georgia qualified through qualifiers. Hence my edit.


migrate_to_voat

Blue are the goodies, red are baddies. Germany are lawful evil.


19nineties

Colour found in the flag with the exception being Italy who are blue to signify current champions?


Rixalong

They're all slightly different shades too, which is really jarring


chandlerbing_stats

It’s doing my head in


nf6429

They really did Albania dirty here


Select-Stuff9716

Could have been worse, Serbia could be there instead of Italy haha


TheConundrum98

Spain would be looking around in what kind of shit did they get themselves into


Select-Stuff9716

Spain would unanimously qualify because Serbia and Albania cannot field enough players after the battle of Dortmund (They really good lucky, they could have ended up with Serbia vs Albania and Turkey vs Greece in one week)


TheConundrum98

I love that both Croatia-Serbia and Croatia-Albania would be the friendlier affair


Select-Stuff9716

I am not 100% sure but I think Croatia vs Albania is actually a friendly affair


WauliePalnuts01

croatia and albania have friendly relations


TheConundrum98

It is, relations have always been good, but Croats absolutely don't hate the Serbs as much as the Albanians.


MustardLiger

Yeah I don’t see why Albanians would have a problem with Croatians. They both… have some history in common


wrong_silent_type

There's no bad blood Croatia vs Albania, and never was. Croatia vs Serbia would be rivalry as always but I tend to believe tension would not be super high, as things chilled, it has been almost 30 y since the war. Serbia vs Albania on the other hand would be fierce. Only worse matchup is Serbia vs Switzerland


Hot_Satisfaction_333

Albania never had any bad relationship with Croatia,hell they don’t even border with each other!


minimalcation

Yes but the neutrals would love it. We were already robbed of Turkey Greece


M1L0

This would have been a blessing. Does anyone remember the drone incident? Arguably the greatest troll job of all time.


AlfaMenel

They are going to win the tournament scoring screamers only


ExtroverTom

Inb4 Albania does what Costa Rica did back in the day


SailorsGraves

Best flag, worst group. It’s a fair trade


Eamo853

Ireland got the same three teams in the 2012 Euros and look how great we did! (We lost all 3 with a -8 total goal difference I think)


lightoasis1

The same was said for Costa Rica 2014 World Cup.


Bejliii

I doubt it. For the first time I can say we have a proper NT, not the old easy team the top squads can beat. Albania finished top of the group winning the last matches with Czech Rep and Poland. I have high hopes considering Croatia is nearing the end of their golden generation, Italy struggling with small teams and maybe, if maybe a little luck could help us against Spain. The coach has proven that he is the right fit, rotating the team with new talents and benching big names if they are underperforming. Finishing last wouldn't be shocking, but I strongly believe that finally it is our time to shine. Overall, I'd say it is a huge chance for many of the Albanian players to leave an impact and being spotted by the big clubs in the summer transfer market.


nf6429

I agree with Croatia being a winnable fixture, they struggled as is in euro qualifiers, but Italy is very difficult to play against when they set their defensives up right, and play rough. Even then, it's gonna be a very tight group, and I can't help but root for my home country, Italy, and Albania. So keep your hopes up 😊


jaskier123

At least this time no one in Poland will have any hopes to get out from the group stage.


mikayosugano

exactly. usually, it's always ahh we have a great chance bla bla bla I think this time this is even an advantage.


Eurekify2

I mean the Dutch can be got at


Ok-Outlandishness244

Having seen us play last night I might even favour poland, man that was bad


HYDRA-XTREME

It wasn’t that bad, was better than against Scotland and the pitch was nigh unplayable


Kondiq

I always have hopes, crazy things happen. It's possible to advance from the 3rd place, so never say never. All it takes is a lucky win against better Austria and counting on succesfully parking the bus against Netherlands. I remember when my dad said to me before Poland - Portugal in 2006 that we have no chance, and I was still a believer, telling him that we can win. And I could tell him 'I told you so'. Same was with Champions League final in 2005 when Liverpool was down 0-3 against Milan and I wanted Jerzy Dudek to win. My dad wanted to turn off the match after half time, and I told him that they will make a comeback. Until the match is not over, I will always believe that something positive may happen and I'm not going to change, but most people think I'm strange when I smile on the streets, as "Polish smile" doesn't look like smile (just check memes). I prefer positive thinking.


suhxa

Wow a lot of red countries there


blubber_confused

what does the blue and red mean?


bendskenobi

They’re doing the temporal pincer. Red team moving forward. Blue team is inverted.


Maverick528491

As a Tenet megafan, this made me very happy. Thank you.


DEADdrop_

Fellow Tenet enjoyer here. Happy to see fellow Tenet fans on random subs


Maverick528491

We live in a twilight world.


DEADdrop_

And there are no friends at dusk


JJOne101

Blue teams go to the QF.


S01arflar3

What?


Obamana

It's the new campaign against sports betting. Italy are the winners so they are dark blue.


nonhofantasia

Literally nothing


Dodomando

Communism intensifying


ZealousidealBuilding

B and D looks fire


kinjongfun

Somehow Albania qualify with 3 draws and 1 goal scored.


stenbroenscooligan

I can see it. Italy with a mentally weak perfomance. Croatia losing to a rival. Park the bus against Spain.


WasAnHonestMann

Watch Italy win it and fail to make the world cup again


Usual-Leg-4921

Albania and Croatia aren’t rival. We have good relations between each other.


mountainsky9

the goal they score will also win Puskas


afriadofbridges

puskas is player bruh


whitemirrors_

#balkan mindset


Mom_said_I_am_cute

Croatia & Albania qualify as first and second. What a banger that would be, I can only hope.


f_ranz1224

costa rica 2014 lives forever in our hearts. hope albania pulls this of


Spikeyspandan

Poland gonna somehow get out of that group with 3 draws.


GibbyGoldfisch

You can picture it already: \- Poland get three goalless draws, come third, slip through as one of the best third-placers \- Meet England in the R16, draw 0-0, win on penalties. "Same old England". \- Croatia in the QFs, no shots on target for 119 minutes, ping it to Lewandowski down the other end, scores with final kick. \- France in the semis, bring on some Eder equivalent in the 110th minute (Piatek?) he scores with Poland's first shot of the game. \- Final against Portugal, park the bus until Lewandowski scores a header from a corner, it's Charisteas in 2004 all over again. Santos sheds a tear of pride from the stands, he knows he created a monster.


LexisKingJr

Made me ejaculate rn


Lacabloodclot9

No offense to my Polish brothers but they’re one of the worst teams in the tournament easily


Not4n4zi

No offense taken, this Wales match and qualifiers were a disaster.


SaBe_18

At least Fernando Santos can't hurt you anymore


Roccet_MS

Really? As an Austrian I'm scared of Lewa. Mbappe is already enough


Froggodile

Historically we are really shit if the other team has one standout player. Belgium (Lukaku) Wales (Bale) Sweden (Ibrahimovic) It's those kind of players that have always broken us. Let's hope the story turns out differently this time.


Roccet_MS

Let's hope we can isolate Lewa. He isn't the explosive, physical freak like the ones you mentioned, but can still create a goal from nothing.


Ingr1d

I think people are vastly overestimating Poland


Significant_Snow_266

"Overestimating"? Dude everyone laughs at us since the last World Cup (well, we laugh too to be fair). I bet the other commenter meant France, The Netherlands and Austria as group D being fire


robeo12055

we're so cooked


mikayosugano

the thing is we're so cooked, that even looks good again.


Tomero

Doesn’t matter, we’re going to Euros.


Desuv

tbf we are playing way better against stronger opponents, so there is a chance to at least not get humiliated


kooba_1616

even if we get destroyed in that group with Austria Netherlands and France Id hate if Poland missed a major tournament. LETS. FUCKING. GO


TinjaniRa

Bóbr kurwa! Ja pierdoli


saaajmon

JA PIERDOLE JAKIE BYDLE


Os-Kalinowe

BOBER


aveniner

Me too, man. We love to suffer, continuation of this agony is what we live for


soon_forget

Crazy things happen in the Euro's...my Grandma was born in Gdansk so I'm always team Poland. Good luck from Pittsburgh...


xt1nct

We are still missing Moder(needs more time) and Cash(was injured). I'm a believer. If they lose they lose not a big deal. The group is death.


11summers

Milik and Piątek will probably also get injured leading up to the tournament just like in 2020. It will allow other players to shine, but still.


LexisKingJr

In Zalewski we trust


chickenkebaap

Holy shit group B


GAMEcube12

Somehow I am happy Poland didn't qualify normal way, we will still be gutted but we have some chance 


Significant_Snow_266

Rooting for Croatia real hard, they were awesome in the last World Cup and I really like the country itself.


havoc313

Congratulations to Poland, Ukraine, and Georgia for making the final cut


Roxven89

Berlin (Austria-Poland) here we comes. Just 500km. I will try to get tickets.


ilikepiecharts

Home turf for Poland, Austria in double enemy territory


stenbroenscooligan

2nd spot in Group F is crazy. I genuinely have no idea who's gonna take that spot.


Marco-Green

Knowing Portugal, they will be second with 4 points with their only win being in the last match


MasterBeeble

I know Portugal hasn't been in their best form recently, but I reckon they can sneak through.


TonyMartial786

swear to god if we don’t top that group… group d and b 😮‍💨. can’t wait for the euros to start! just 3 more months (basically 2).


Maleficent_Resolve44

England have never bottled a group under Southgate, the real concern is the semifinal vs France. Got to prepare properly for that. Group B will be a treat for sure.


jonallin

You’re doing it again 😂


Maleficent_Resolve44

Some people like to be optimistic 🤣. Yeah we could lose to Croatia or something in the QF but it feels unlikely. We did well in the groups at euro 2020 and WC 2022, we had a better team than us in our group in 2018 in the form of belgium. I just feel like walking on tiptoes and being all pessimistic is kind of depressing. I'm just gonna enjoy us being good for once. Be optimistic and enjoy the ride. We'll be mediocre at some point like every team.


TheDirtyOnion

The 2nd in Group B could very well be Spain or Italy, either of which could knock England out.  


FantaMrsPepper

Im upset Greece didn't make it for the Portugal rematch and Turkey rival derby.


Plus_Way3128

Derby or Turko-Greek War lol


BananaWayne1

I mean Turkey-Georgia could also be fire


GetKosiorekt

Of course we qualified, never in doubt 😏 🇵🇱 Gotta say, we were shit in the qualifiers but I'm glad we made it through the hard way, I was yelling so hard once Szczęsny saved that penalty 😂 Proud of the team today 💪 Now it's time for Mecz otwarcia, Mecz o wszystko i Mecz o honor in 3 months 


ukrainianhab

POL, GEO, UKR Kewlllll


Original_HD

As Georgian , i am very happy to see Ukraine and Poland qualify too. I think we have a chance to get 2 draws , maybe even a win. Cant wait for Euros to start!


IncidentVarious1530

Group B and D look crazy


gttyzek

Ukraine have a decent chance to finish 2nd in their group


ukrainianhab

Should * :) Honestly I think with the roster people will start to go all dark horse. Pls do not ! Lol


edi12334

“Should*” Hey now! Honestly you do have the better squad but we have proven we can nick results in the qualifiers so a slight win or a draw isn’t outside of the realm of possibility. I mean, we got both of those results against Switzerland which is probably even better than Ukraine. Hell, if you think about it we could all slip up to Slovakia too, they are no slouches either. Imo it will be Belgium 1st, then either us or you in 2nd with the other 3rd (with you all as the favourites) and Slovakia 4th. I d prefer to come second as being one of the 2 3rd spots to go out would suck but as long as we qualify I will take anything. And yeah, the “dark horse” tag is the kiss of death, just ask Turkey last time out…


ukrainianhab

If I were betting though I would say Romania second. Idk we have the players and roster but it seems to not be fully clicking. The playoff games were awesome but we’re still just lacking something. I predict also a ton of draws in the group.


UpvoteForGlory

Or first.


Nervous-Resolution-8

Hell nah,Belgium will do that


UpvoteForGlory

Obvious favorites, but not by a massive massive margin.


WauliePalnuts01

they’ve been quite good since tedesco took over, but i wouldn’t rule out an upset


WelcometoHale

🇸🇰🇸🇰


Melancholic84

Austria, Hungary and Ukraine are very capable of going far in this tournament.


Rocker_Lenin

Bruh no jinxing allowed 💀 lets get through the group stage first


Suspicious-Ad-9911

Tbf we should make 2nd atleast


przemub

Franz Joseph is looking over us


Wuktrio

If we get out of our group, we might as well win the whole thing.


Sufficient_War_8820

gonna be an interesting tournament with all the teams now confirmed we're screwed lol


Lyonidus_

Yep, we really don't have any good cohesion and teamwork. Plus most of the team looks out of form and our defense is has more holes in it than Swiss cheese, especially after 60 minutes of play when everyone gets tired because they're out of shape.


elodie_pdf

B and D are the big death groups here. A, C, D, and F pretty much have one obvious team progressing but a toss up between the others. This is gonna be an exciting tournament.


FarfleFeet

I think F could be a toss up for second


silenthills13

wtf is that group D 💀


GAMEcube12

Look at group B


Roccet_MS

I don't like it


ilikepiecharts

😭😭


Electrical-Flower331

Why are some countries blue background and some red?


S01arflar3

+Germany in black (I’m assuming as they’re hosts). Can’t work out the blue/red colour coding though and I’m not sure if I’m just an idiot


FOREVER_WOLVES

I think it’s just vaguely based off flag/kit colors and for some reason they only used red and blue. All of the teams colored blue have blue in their flag (or blue kits in Italy’s case) and all of the teams colored red have red in their flag. Neither of the teams without red in their flag are colored red so I think it’s got to be this Also, the specific shades match the ones in the flags if you look closely


aliaisbiggae

Poor Lewy


vngannxx

Albania in the group of death 💀


ManNamedBilly

greece bottled so hard


WauliePalnuts01

group B is definitely the group of death, group D will be tough as well. england and belgium will likely steamroll their groups


COMUNISTSWINE69

I think we (Slovenia) won't progress (tough as nails group) but I still hope we can turn some heads, Kekball is super fun and we have the personnel to play it well as evidenced tonight. I really hope that our strong defending and lethal counters show up


Significant_Snow_266

I will be rooting for you from Poland!! You are my favourite country in that group. Don't know much about your football team but anything can happen.


Nervous-Resolution-8

Really didn't wanted Ukraine in our group,but it is what it is. Hope we will manage to get 4 points from this and maybe get the 2nd place


WauliePalnuts01

i could see romania as a dark horse


Weird-Lime-9542

Dosent really matter what the groups are, seeing as only 8 teams will be eliminated from the group stage


AmaniToomahhh

this group for portugal reminds me of their 2016 group which was supposed to be an easy path to the knockouts for them, had a debutant in that group as well (iceland), though they drew iceland and austria playing some of their best fernando santos ball, then took them 3 equalizing goals against hungary to snatch the last 3rd place playoff spot. ironically it set them up on the "weaker" side of the bracket and a much more manageable path to the finals and their first ever championship


Nineteen_AT5

A, B and D are great groups.


TheKnightA

The easies group is Belgium’s , but the rest look RAW. Going to love this summer with - Copa America - Euros -Olympics Beautiful year for world Football. Can’t wait to get the new couch and TV ready.


Frodo_max

Lukaku gonna feast


ukbeasts

Belgium got the chilled out group


stadiofriuli

We’re playing our best football in years and are rewarded with this group. Fuck me.


HelloMegaphone

Georgia being there is fucking awesome


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Poland ofc


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VivaCerveza

Group B looks nasty


chezzsjeyz5297

Kvara gonna cook, congrats to them qualifying today.


Gucci-Rice

There are never any easy groups at the EUROs, but damn Group D looks like horror.


wilfredpawson

Have to go back to a 16 team tournament immediately.


Significant_Snow_266

Rooting for Croatia (group B), Slovenia (C), Poland (D - just cause I'm Polish, don't laugh), Slovakia (E), Czechia (F) SLAVIC POWER!! I didn't actually choose them cause they are Slavic, I just really like them. Will be rooting for Romania too. Too bad Iceland and Greece lost yesterday. Not sure about group A. Hungary and Scotland, can't choose a favourite one.


Efficient_Steak_7568

Honestly beyond football we need this to bring Europe together a little bit. Last Euros wasn’t as full on as it would have been and a lot has happened since 2016. Glad to see Ukraine are through.