Group D England Justin: The Three Lions have many talented players (Jadon Sancho!) to choose from. They will breeze past the group stage, but do what the English do best and crash out on penalties. Again. Andy: The best the English manage at international level is a catchy slogan IT'S COMING HOOOME and an article from the Mirror about some lad who will no doubt get ‘Euro 2020 champions’ prematurely tattooed on his leg after watching England comfortably beat the Czech Republic. James: Every year is their year until it isn’t. I want to believe they’ll do well, but part of me knows that we wouldn’t hear the end of it if they won. Let’s hope for the best but also the worst.
Euro 20201: The *Experts’ View Part II By Andrew Broadley, Justin Wong and James Tapp (*not experts)
Last issue we gave you the rundown of the first three groups. This issue, it’s time for the last three. Without further ado, here are our completely amateurish and unofficial predictions for groups D, E and F.
Croatia Andy: Runners up at the last World Cup but I’ve never been convinced. Quarter-finals? Justin: Unlike my sceptical colleague, I have faith in the midfield line of Luka Modrić, Mateo Kovačić and Marcelo Brozović. Semi-finals. James: They’ve reached European famedom in recent years and I think they’re here to stay. Semi’s are likely.
Scotland Justin: The Scots won’t give a shit where they finish as long as they beat England at Wembley. James: Considering they want to join the European Union, they deserve to go further than England. Unfortunately the talent isn’t there to back up the passion. Andy: This Scottish team is a top tier second tier side. They would rip apart the Championship and then yo-yo away on the fringes of the Prem like a good Norwich City. Unfortunately this isn’t the Championship and they have to play Croatia, not Luton Town...
Czech Republic Justin: Might edge to the knockout rounds in third place, but still very much the outsiders. West Ham’s defensive midfielder Tomáš Souček is the player to watch. James: No Petr Čech, no bueno. Who are they without him? I agree with Justin: they could squeeze through, but it won’t be easy from there. Andy: They’ll politely czech themselves out; you probably won’t even know they were here.
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