Euro 2024: Night of the 'underdogs'

Unexpected outcome of group D

Before the tournament took place, many people were sure that France and the Netherlands would be the two leading teams in Group D. And after 2 matches, everything still went as fans predicted.

However, in the final match, the order of Group D changed dramatically. A strong French team could not win against a Poland team that had little to strive for. Even though they were the ones to take the lead thanks to a goal from Kylian Mbappé.

It was thought that the French team's stumble would be an opportunity for the Dutch team to rise. But no, they even had to accept a 2-3 defeat against the Austrian team, causing coach Ronald Koeman and his team to fall to 3rd place on the rankings.

Meanwhile, this victory helped coach Ralf Rangnick's team comfortably top Group D, thereby avoiding strong opponents in the next round. A very surprising ending in Group D.

Table C is bland as water

A group with a total of only 7 goals scored after 6 matches. And in those 6 matches, there were 5 draws. A number that speaks to the blandness of this group.

The most disappointing of these was the England team. After 3 matches, the most expensive team in this Euro has only scored 2 goals, a disappointing number. Fortunately, they still maintained the top position in Group C and fell into a favorable bracket to advance further in this year's tournament.

In last night's match, Group C also confirmed 2 more places to enter the round of 16. They are the Danish team and the Slovenian team. In which, coach Matjaž Kek and his team made history when they passed the group stage of the Euro finals for the first time.

Kylian Mbappé scores his first goal at EURO

It wasn't until the 6th match that star Kylian Mbappé scored his first goal at the Euro finals, a surprising number.

Because, this 25-year-old striker has scored 12 goals in 14 matches at the World Cup finals. Along with that is the achievement of 48 goals in 81 matches for the national team. This helps Kylian Mbappé gradually become the greatest scorer of the French team.

In last night's match, Kylian Mbappé's penalty kick could not help the French team win. This caused them to drop to 2nd place on the rankings. Thereby, falling into the death bracket with the presence of host Germany, Spain and Portugal. And to overcome these formidable opponents, the French team will certainly have to rely heavily on the talent of Kylian Mbappé.