Has Euro 2024 ACTUALLY Been The Worst Tournament of All Time?

[@AOTM2227]

If Lamine Yamal lives up to even half of his potential, we will all look nostalgically back at this tournament as his breakout campaign

[@AuroraBoost]

Yes. Nostalgia mind are like that. They hate the now but when something good happens in the future they will come back on this and say "but 2024 was so much better!"

[@Jersh.]

Or he’ll be Renato Sanches at 2016 2.0 Sometimes I watch his goal against Poland and think…. Damn. What might have been.

[@A_r78]

Broja 2.0

[@bazingacurta2567]

He'll be a disappointment, I'm sure.

[@gamesahsv862]

@@bazingacurta2567 like you right hahahahhahah

[@hiranom20]

Worst of all time is typical social media hyperbole, but it is pretty much forgettable.

[@Chloeprettyoccasionally]

I think that depends if your nation goes out early. As an Englishwoman I've absolutely loved this tournament, might be my favourite ever.

[@marcuspoosz2190]

@@Chloeprettyoccasionally because you scammed your way into the finals? your team has been nothing but dogshit, scoring flukegoals in OT and ET.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

No one who had seen football in the old days would say that.

[@Chloeprettyoccasionally]

@@marcuspoosz2190 It's not a scam, we just scored late goals. We did it, that's the fact of the matter. And yeah I much prefer that to beating every team by five.

[@vil.727]

2 screamers and a great goal(scored by 2 substitues btw) is luck? Judt say its not entertaining football cus its not attacking(which is completely fair)instead of crediting it to "luck"@@marcuspoosz2190

[@GGM28]

I've actually enjoyed this tournament specifically with the new young generation showing their abilities on the world stage in Musiala, Wirtz, Yamal, Williams, Saliba, Mainoo, Nuno Mendes etc and also the smaller nations in Georgia showing up and beating the odds

[@joso7228]

Sure... but what did Musiala and Wirtz and others do to excite us? Yamal n Williams awesome tho... and Mainoo skilled.

[@Casian291]

​@@joso7228 musiala and wirtz carried germany

[@Daniboi971]

@@Casian291Fullkrug 😅

[@TheMarashian]

Arda,Wirtz,Mainoo have been my favourites.

[@yungdkay1008]

​@@TheMarashian musiala and Xavi simmons my favourite

[@Bennet2408]

As a German from Stuttgart, it's been a great tournament. I've been partying with Scots, Hungarians, Danes, etc. and had the best time of my life. The group stage was great, but the knockouts are forgetful I must admit. But purely for the fact that it was hosted by my country and there have been games played in my hometown, it's been the best month of my life

[@babyyoda1898]

Igitt ein schwarbe... schön dass es dir gefallen hat, hab von jede menge leuten gehört dass sie echt spaß in Stuttgart hatten

[@aliilhanthani6781]

@@babyyoda1898 yuck a hiteler's descndant... but the tourament is fun tho, unforgettable

[@Chill-m8]

@@aliilhanthani6781 wtf

[@samuelschonenberger]

The tournament was entertaining, it's just the small countries like Turkey, Georgia and Austria braught on the show and were knocked out early and the boring big countries went far Fortunately an entertaining side (Spai) made it to the final

[@mike04574]

Still mid

[@samuelschonenberger]

@@mike04574 Can't disagree, it started promising but faded into mid by the second group stage round

[@thatonezone]

Turkey is not a small country, a lot of the people live in what might be considered Asia but it’s still a huge country

[@JayTechZM]

​@@thatonezoneI think he meant it in football terms

[@samuelschonenberger]

@@thatonezone In terms of footballing success, Turkey is the second largest country in Europe in terms of population China, India and Indonesia are three of the biggest countries in the world but in terms of football relevance they are all small Btw I am also not talking about football passion. Turkey is one of the most passionate they are just underachievers compared to size and passion

[@raulvidal2343]

Spain against Germany was a great match. That's what happens when two offensive teams face each other.

[@teamrainbow7674]

I don’t think it’s been a horrible tournament, but the fact that the 3 most talented teams on paper (France, England and Portugal) have played absolutely awful football hasn’t helped

[@elbuki4006]

It’s 2024 football is washed up not even the top scorer of la liga rivaled the top 10th of ten years ago

[@EvR18Gaming]

No one who watched any of Euro 2016 would make this claim- genuinely the most miserable version of football I’ve ever seen

[@jm6244]

To be fair, as a Wales fan, it was the best tournament I've ever seen.

[@D.Rodrigues_18]

As a Portuguese I have to disagree( we played dogshit football)

[@leeofdoom4452]

Here here... I literally had the best summer of my life, and my daughter was conceived while I was in France lol. Greatest Euris ever!

[@dragos8887]

Euro 2016 was amazing, so many historic underdog stories like Wales and Iceland This Euro is extremely predictable...

[@D.Rodrigues_18]

@@EvR18Gaming at least Euro 2016 had many upsets this Euros has been too predictable

[@libertarianboy1453]

4:37 to name france vs portugal as a stand out in terms of boringness as an english person is ridiculous. that game probably had more highlights than england during the whole group stage

[@teamrainbow7674]

Exactly, it was a poor game but better than every single England game except maybe The Netherlands game

[@Alexbouvet1]

France vs Belgium or France vs Netherlands were even worse than France vs Portugal. As a frenchman though, France vs Belgium was really the worst. We won but I was gutted at the end, somehow. What a horrible game that was. On the english side, England vs Slovenia was truly a terrifying game.

[@miguelaguiar7094]

I love this channel, but this bro also said that Portugal was closer to being eliminated in their game against Slovenia, than England was in their game vs Slovakia where they were down until stoppage time lmao

[@MoketeKobe]

I genuinely fell asleep during the match between France and Portugal. I only woke up for penalty shootouts. And I was like, "Man, at least we'll finally see the ball enter the back of the net".

[@GreekHouseEffect]

one particularly atrocious game that I don't see people mention was Ukraine v Belgium. Belgium overall was awful

[@TheHesseJames]

You’ll hear about how bad the Euros have been almost only in English media channels. Actually, there have been many exciting games.

[@leeofdoom4452]

Like? Switzerland v Italy was ok, Spain V Germany was meh, but was one of the better games

[@Randomaccount9470]

Turkey knockout games were great

[@truly_infinite]

​@@Randomaccount9470 idk, against Austria they were mainly camping in their own goal area, it was a very boring game. Sure, there were some highlights, but most of it was boring af

[@colmd7680]

​@@truly_infinitedefinitely wouldn't call that game boring. It was one of the better knocout games and as the rain came down and mistakes started to happen the tension went up when Austria went up and you were waiting for the moment, that the keeper denied brilliantly

[@colmd7680]

​@@leeofdoom4452the group games had the best match ups. Spain's games against Germany and France in particular were the better knockout. I also enjoyed the tension that was Turkey Austria in the lashing rain. But the general knockouts have disappointed

[@dinisfonseca6305]

Own goals is the footballer with the most goals in the same way that Vacant is the wrestler with the most titles in Wrestling

[@Deivias393]

Worst ever? no Completely forgettable? yes

[@yippyialeftside8351]

Forgettable ya joking atmosphere insane

[@anabolicbalkan6927]

@@yippyialeftside8351atmosphere was decent at best, euro 2020 and the 22 world cup were miles better

[@gandalf_thegrey]

second this

[@BrianStorm742]

Not at all. Euro 2016 was much worse, as were many World Cups. I guess you could say that at least some of the most boring World Cups from a footballing POV, like Italia 90 and South Africa 2010, had plenty of drama to somewhat make up for it, which this Euros don't really. Still, we have seen some interesting storylines develop. That being said, the tournament definitely got less interesting over time after a strong start. I blame the big teams (mainly France, England, Italy, Belgium and Portugal) for playing a brand of nigh unwatchable antifootball but somehow still managing to get far in the tournament. Had the semifinals been Spain v Austria/Switzerland/Turkey and Germany v Netherlands, this Euros might've been among the best ever.

[@jimmyyue238]

The host Germany did not even have a favorable path as they had to face Spain in quarterfinals, whereas France and England was designed to have a more favorable path to semifinals and would've played each other, such that one of them would have reached the final.

[@BrianStorm742]

@@jimmyyue238 that's not true at all. How could UEFA have known France would finish second in their group? Had they finished first, they would've been on the same side of the bracket as England. Besides, the schedule is made before the draw is done.

[@jimmyyue238]

@@BrianStorm742 UEFA assumed France would've won the group with Netherlands, Austria and Poland to have a favorable path to semifinals. With this way, one of the semifinals would've been France v England and France would've reached the final.

[@jimmyyue238]

Furthermore, UEFA purposely try to award France the Euro 2024 trophy before the Paris Olympics.

[@BrianStorm742]

@@jimmyyue238 that makes no sense either. England and France were the 2 pre-tournament favourites, so it would stand to reason (if the knockout bracket was in fact engineered, which it wasn't) to have them avoid each other until the final. I also don't think UEFA care about the Olympics.

[@rdcarbonk1885]

more like deception from favorites like portugal, france and england. These 3 teams didnt offer the spectacle expected from their overhyped superstars. Spain and Germany are the only favorite that played as favorite. The underdogs offered better spectacle than the favorite.

[@dretx7688]

That is true but looking at those... They have 1 thing in common, coaches without balls. Portugal didnt play bad, they just didnt finish France always played like this during Deschamps era England has always been overhyped by people but their coach limits everything

[@boghianvalentin7687]

2 video suggestions for a video "What on earth is going to on" 1.Fluminese from the winner Copa Libertadores in the last and penultimate Braziliero Seria A and Fernando Deniz was fired. 2.Sheriff Tiraspol from a victory against Real Madrid in the 2021-2022 season for the first time in 9 years when they lose the title in Moldova and they lost in the Europa League against NK Zira for Azerbaidjan

[@ezraezra2928]

Wait, Diniz got sacked after winning the Copa Libertadores with Fluminense? He also had a bad record with Brazil national football team as a caretaker.

[@phoneboxchicken4108]

Or Blackburn Rovers. The continued downgrading of the club by the owners is the latest chapter of awfulness.

[@Red_Tsar]

​@@ezraezra2928 He did, and got replaced by Mano Menezes. Who... Also had a bad outing with the NT in 2011 and was sacked from Corinthians in the start of the year after poor results.

[@ezraezra2928]

@@phoneboxchicken4108 Blackburn Rovers had won the Premier League in 1995. It's surprising why this club haven't returned back to the Premier League since 2012.

[@ezraezra2928]

@@Red_Tsar Can you explain why he got sacked? I think it's obvious poor results for the club, either domestically and internationally. I still remember how Flamengo went to a downhill after winning the 2022 Libertadores.

[@GothPaoki]

When Greece won that thing we were lectured by English media about destroying football. Meanwhile England with 10 times better roster got to the finals having literally half a game of good football against Netherlands.

[@aaronkatzen4245]

it can happen portugal won euro 2016 winning one game in normal time anf got out of their group with 3 draws

[@fruc24]

The group stage was FIRE. The knockouts ... not so much. Basically, the small teams were dope and the big ones were crap to watch this year, the exception being Spain.

[@colmd7680]

First round of the groups were fire. Started to fizzle out after that as good matches started to get fewer. There were still good matches in the knockouts (mainly involving Spain) but not a tournament that will go down in history

[@ristoravela652]

Germany was super entertaining too.

[@TristanMulhall]

2000, 2004 and especially 2008 were all terrific tournaments with wonderful football. The expansion in 2016 marked a huge decline.

[@ibtunesoriginals2629]

2012 was great too

[@NintendoFighter9000]

16 teams was perfect for the euros, i'd even argue that before they switched to 24 teams it was much harder to win the euros than a world cup. euro 2004 had so many golden generations with iconic players ranging from portugal, sweden, czech, england, netherlands, france, germany and italy while the winners being greece.

[@alalvarez4747]

It’s interesting that this is a European perspective this summer. In Latin America, we compare the Euros to the shitshow that is copa America and wish we had the same quality and professionalism of that tournament

[@tweazz]

As a slovenian, no it has been one of the best 😅 And taking my slovenian hat off, the 2016 euro was way way worse. (Besides Wales making a deep run and the hungarian GK wearing sweatpants of course.)

[@leeofdoom4452]

Iceland???

[@matthewhernandez8342]

You guys put up a great game against Portugal. Very defensive and Oblak is an amazing goalkeeper.

[@APsGTG]

Euro 2016 was great I’ve never seen this said before this comment section. There were big notorious players back then unlike now, huge upsets, wales beating Belgium (never forget that Hal robson Kanu turn), Iceland making a name for themselves and going on to play a 5-2 vs France (we haven’t seen that many goals in a game at this tournament) and Ronaldo winning an international trophy. There were actual stories and upsets and excitement back then… AND GOALS. This 2024 has none of that.

[@jackpastor7147]

2016 is so clear of the worst tournament. Also 1990 happened. My dad says that it was the worst tournament he watched.

[@滋榎本]

Statistically, it is fair to say that Euro 2024 has not been the most entertaining international tournament in the 21st century, but it has by no means been the dullest. It would perhaps be fairer to say that good performances and entertaining clashes have almost been overshadowed by the lacklustre displays of major nations such as France and England, who despite the talent at their disposal have bored fans with their risk-averse playstyles. However, entertaining performances from teams like Spain have in some ways redeemed the competition and salvaged it from being labelled as the most boring tournament this century.

[@mike04574]

Its been dull and low scoring lol

Not as boring as Italia 90 and Euro 2016.

[@DeTaxxman]

Same Spain that got away with a blatant handball

[@t-rod4456]

Spain who spent most of the time on the floor wasting time

[@jamesberkeley390]

@@t-rod4456are you blind? Spain was by far the most entertaining team

[@7BJDX]

the group stage of this euros was one of the best ive seen, the knockouts less so

[@Somyjay]

I agree. Seeing Georgia, Albania and Romania getting good results were amazing to see

[@copyright8291]

@@Somyjay Albania?

[@markboggs746]

I'm 49, and I do have that BMW. HELP!!!! Even the nostalgia was better in my day.

[@AlfGarnettWHUFC]

listen to you how can A dribbling confined to a wheelchair spastic drive a BMW?

[@mpumelelobeyers957]

Lol

[@Wladislav]

As someone mostly immune to nostalgia, this Euros has been solidly middle of the pack. Spain, Turkiye, Georgia, Austria, and Germany have all entertained. And if Spain win the Euros, it will be the greatest Euros run at all time!

[@surreal_neet]

Im really happy England lost a second final in a row this brutal defeat really saved this tournament from being absolute garbage

[@MrIkOgNiTo]

Apart from a couple of matches like turkey vs georgia or netherlands vs austria the only two teams that delivered entertainment were spain and germany (arguably the two best teams at the tournament)

[@EnzoPepsiCola]

Austria Switzerland and Romania had fun games too

[@ristoravela652]

I would disagree. Many of the smaller countries delivered consistently pretty good games. It's just the major countries mostly weren't worth watching, and so most fans were only watching the worst games of the tournament. (And Scotland who were genuinely just terrible.) Turkey especially was a ton of fun every game I saw from them.

[@Ethan-ij5qc]

Should do a video about what is happening at Jeonbuk Hyundai Fc. Gone from one of the best teams in Korea to near the bottom of the league potentially getting relegated

[@ezraezra2928]

That was also shocking, but the match fixing scandal in 2016 shortly after winning their last major continental trophy really started a major decline for this great club.

[@BobLo1997]

This

[@asmundlvgreen7689]

You always remember just the highlights of the past, which is why every tournament will be the «worst ever»

[@riquetc0060]

No one said the 2022 World Cup was the worst ever when it was happening. A more accurate statement would be that every tournament will be underrated to what their actual legacy will be in the future.

[@dretx7688]

@@riquetc0060 BUt it was... The final was good the rest was just boring and mediocre

[@manknowseverything]

@@dretx7688 so you're telling me Argentina v Netherlands and Brazil v Croatia were all boring games

[@APsGTG]

@@riquetc0060exactly. Everybody said the wc final was the best one ever at the time it happened. It’s not always nostalgia, sometimes we can actually see reality in front of us

[@colmd7680]

No way. The quarter finals were the best collection in a long time. And the final descended into a beautiful chaos. There were also plenty of entertainment in the groups to jave made it the best W/C since at least 2006 ​@@dretx7688

[@MajorMumwett]

I think social media plays a huge part. Groupthink whinging skews perception and whips people into a false sense of misery. In the old days, the average fan at home wasnt exposed to ridicule from rival fans when we drew with smaller teams so now it seems disastrous. I'm still struggling to accept England were booed in the final warm up game just before they left for a tournament. To see the manager and players' families being pelted with beer cups after a win and a draw from the first two games was just insane.

[@APsGTG]

Social media has made people watch football for the ego of their team winning rather than the joy of enjoying the beautiful game

[@MajorMumwett]

@@APsGTG absolutely. And when they don't win, they have to face other fans giving them stick online. In turn, they look to attribute blame for what has happened. The amount of crap that Southgate received was ridiculous and didn't happen in previous eras.

[@t-rod4456]

Social media is just toxic in general. But yes you’re right.

[@Pletzmutz]

To be fair, I would have sort of enjoyed France winning it without ever scoring in open play. I would have expected an "achievement unlocked" message plop up on the screen.

[@DavidRayner-qd3dk]

They won two World Cups without their centre forward scoring in either.

[@jez2466]

France were truly dreadful at this Euros. England may have been poor at times, but at keast scored some spectacular goals

[@aksiniyaalves7890]

I think I will always remember this Euro as smaller countries playing very well but getting knocked out and bigger countries playing just okay but always passing to the next round. With the exception of Spain that played very well all throughout and should have played Germany in the final.

[@jamesberkeley390]

Spot on

[@paulojrneto]

For me it's Euro 2012. All I remember from it is the Ballotelli memes and Spain thrashing Italy in the finals.

[@Hzim007]

from 2012 to now, Euro is absolute rubbish compared to World Cup, which was terrific from 2010 to now

[@alanledesma4945]

​@@Hzim007The 24 teams format has ruined Euro completely. Euro 2016 and Euro 2024 were horrendous

[@hiranom20]

Good points about revisionist history fuelled by nostalgia. Most people don't even remember that Zidane was pretty pedestrian compared to his later years for almost the entirety of France's World Cup winning campaign in 1998. And knowing English fans, we will NEVER hear the end of it for the rest of our lives.

[@joso7228]

but we did see the emergence of Thierry Henry

[@hiranom20]

@@joso7228 Emergence in name only to be fair. The real Henry came a year and a half after at Arsenal. Don't get me wrong France were solid. Very solid and experienced spine. But a lot of people's memory fail them in terms of their ceiling back then. I've heard ppl say that Zidane was captain in '98 lol

[@1998Cebola]

​@@joso7228no lmao

[@frankvandorp2059]

France wasn't great in 1998, they were just lucky. Golden goal against Paraguay, 0-0 against Italy in the worst match of the tournament, narrow 2-1 victory over Croatia, and then Ronaldo collapsed hours before the final and Brazil played its worst match in decades as a result. But football fans have memories of goldfishes and only remember who won, and will just invent a fake history about how awesome the winner must have been.

[@GeoPePeTto]

I wonder how many remember the ‘98 World Cup for France winning or for the first one we got to see ronaldo. Damn, most people remember the ‘02 one for his comeback. It’s hard to remember matches and how they went, so we just remember the star power. ‘06? Zidane headbutt.

[@JackDespero]

I would say that it was one of the most entertaining with respect to the small countries. Eurocup is not just about Germany, Spain, France and Italy. The sad part is that all the Cinderella runs have ended already, unless we consider England one (for which there is a case, taking into account how bad they usually play), but it was good for quite a while.

[@napolean_ragland]

The favourites since before the Euros started cannot be cinderella.

[@truly_infinite]

they probably meant that England is always named as a favourite, but has been terrible at delivering on that promise historically

[@SilliusSodus]

England, should they win, would basically become Greece ‘04 but with better players. Edit: England didnt win but I did get a Cucurella assist and Palmer golazo. I left with something.

[@joso7228]

but not better performances in this Tournament

[@johnfagan3489]

England's play as been as good to watch as France, absolute dire, I noticed this has not been mentioned in this video

[@1998Cebola]

​@@johnfagan3489I think you might be dead

[@silvesta5027]

⁠@@johnfagan3489That’s because he’s made an entire video on why England have looked so boring this tournament. I don’t think it’s been conveniently overlooked or something

[@phoneboxchicken4108]

Or Portugal 2016. Sorry, Ronaldo 2016, as he carried them on his own.

[@laurencecheyne593]

If England had won, people would be raving about how good the tournament was - such as the last minute equaliser against Slovakia. Much of it sounds like sour grapes. Mind you, had Slovakia won, the tournament might have been labelled brilliant (or not). The main issue was the flop-sided knock out stages which put all the good reams in the same half.

[@Cancun771]

There is actually an old song about nostalgia gilding inaccurate memories by a German pop group called BAP. It's called *_Bunte Trümmer._* It's in the Cologne dialect though, so go down _that_ particular rabbit hole at your own peril. "It's your memory trying to fool you, gilding the things that were somewhat OK, burying all the rest."

[@benthornhill7903]

I think the finger can be pointed directly at Deschamps, Southgate and Martinez for teams with a lot of quality really underwhelming in terms of performances.

[@Disinformation_Hoax]

The worst is the horrible 24-team format for euros, resulting in more mediocre games inflating the whole thing, and then you get two finalists with one having to beat all the top teams to get there, while the other, England, quite the opposite, lucky and tedious.

[@nealrigga6969]

So funny how AFCON and Asia Cup are routinely mocked by Europeans yet their competition isn’t really any better than those two

[@12cricketmad]

Maybe not, but the teams are by far better

[@Chloeprettyoccasionally]

It depends what constitutes good. For pure entertainment the best tournament is probably the world cup but for quality the UCL is the best. Subjective too.

[@TheMuldoonFella]

Mate honestly. Give me AFCON coverage anyday of the week 😂😂

[@TommyShelby-y8s]

​@@TheMuldoonFellathe drama is unforgettable and the entertainment is unmatched 😂❤

[@siler22]

Its miles better then both of those tournaments combined, if you wanna be entertained watch Bolivian or Bulgarian football

[@alvarocastro8986]

Man...I'm a brazilian journalist who worked within sports, specially football, for little more then a decade.....and your channel is a delight to watch......superb research and firm analysis.....awsum job.... Cheers from Brazil....outstanding job!

[@needfoolthings]

What people need to understand is the simple fact that with this format, you can lose your first game and then play for a fricking draw in the second, putting hope and risk into the third exclusively. Think about it: teams need a draw and a loss after two games, no more. It doesn't make matchday three worse, it makes matchday two horrible.

[@jus2jase]

Euro 96 was very interesting. The knockout stages was very cagey due to the introduction of Silver goal which most people don't even remember

[@John17489]

Chelsea are currently planning a 100 million bid for own goals according to Fabrizio Romano

[@glennaldosf]

13:56 - you say that this tournament has lacked "star power", this tournament has had a star player, none other than Mr. Owen Goal - 0 goals total!

[@kenshix4549]

As a portuguese, I must say... I enjoyed more watching Copa America with their entertaining football, more tecnical and less tactical. Europe has adopted this boring defensive game, especially the underdog teams, and it is annoying. Underdog teams always did play defensive football but never like this. Football needs some rule changes to prevent this 11 at the goal defensive style or else, no tournament will ever be fun to watch, this prevents any team to even try and make a play! Spain were the ONLY national team that actually managed to beat this park the bus style by tiki-taka around, but we all know that no other national team managed to replicate this play-style in many years. Kudos to spain tho, they were amazing to watch in this euro, deserved the title more than anyone else!

[@senorpython2262]

2010 South Africa World Cup was arguably worse out of pure match quality.

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

I've watched every world cup since 1974. 2010 was by far the worst.

[@senorpython2262]

@@SirAntoniousBlock Interesting take. The 2010 World Cup only had good vibes but very poor match quality. It was also really bad timing especially after 2006. The Jabulani was an abomination of engineering.

[@Glasstable2011]

@@senorpython2262it wasn’t the ball as much as those bloody vuvuzelas droning on for 90 minutes

[@leeofdoom4452]

They ruined the tournament

[@ezraezra2928]

Of course, there were some worst referee calls during that tournament. Remember Frank Lampard's ghost goal vs Germany?

[@ninjabiscuit1095]

**adjusts glasses** um, actually Alfie, there won't be a euro tournament in 2074, as 50 isnt divisable by 4, boy I hope someone got fired for that blunder. In all seriousness, nostalgia is quite the drug, I was at a pre season friendly yesterday and was talking to someone else in the crowd and we were talking about how good Serie A was in the 90s, based on the old highlights show on Channel 4, very much confusing his two boys. We acknowledged, even just chatting like that, that becuase we were only seeing the highlights and it was so different that it blew our young minds, that completely warped our perception, and if we were seeing the full 90s it would have been a different story.

[@slayingroosters4355]

nah you just didn't take into account leap years 👌🏿🤣

[@copyright8291]

You people would say anything to hide the reality that football as a spectator's game is now in the worst shape in the last 60 years. And the 90's going into the 2000s were arguably the most beautiful years in football history. It's when the sport reached its peak, balancing tactics with speed, technique, and pure magic. Today's it's just force and tactical hogwash, no heart, no beauty.

[@sakhetshoni-ox3qe]

I think the problem is that players play to many games these day. So a drop in tournament performance was expected. So that's my take

[@lucasalaniz76]

It's been really entertaining at least for me, ofc it hasn't had no historical result or performances, but this Spain team is amazing, beating a really good Germany, a mediocre France but still with certain star power, and a final against a pragmatic England. Nice performances from smaller nations like Turkey, Georgia, Austria, Slovenia. Good level in Portugal as well.

[@oscarknowsnothing5498]

Thought the group stage and round of 16 were excellent. A group with all teams on equal points for the final game, Croatia getting knocked out by Italy in the last minute, Georgia qualifying, and Austria topping their group, as well as Switzerland knocking out Italy, England's goals against Slovakia and Turkiye v Austria were all really entertaining for me. Spain Germany was exciting but apart from that the other final games weren't as good

[@maximtrickett]

I'm old enough to remember a couple of weeks ago when some people were saying Euro 2024 was the best tournament ever because all the minnows were exclusively scoring screamers

[@abasudoh7459]

I never compare tournaments with previous ones, first of all because my football memories really begins from 2006 and also because nostalgia is a hell of a drug.

[@Tazza81]

Worst of all time Italia 90: "Hold my beer"

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

Italia 90 was great compared to this shite. Milla Huigita Ireland Platt Schilachi!

[@napolean_ragland]

Italia 90 was overrated because of the great pavarotti

[@silvesta5027]

@@SirAntoniousBlockEngland had 5 games that tournament which ended 1-1, 1-0 or 0-0 btw

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

@@silvesta5027 Yeah I've watched every World cup since 1974.

[@geordiechris121]

​@@napolean_raglandwhat a stupid statement

[@madnessoverload7824]

I mean, of course football gets more boring over time. That's such a weird criticism, because it's a natural progression of the sport. The more time passes, the more people realise what works and what doesn't, and what universally works across most sports is making less mistakes than your opponent, therefore conceding less goals and overall playing more conservatively.

[@ewskiman]

in the group stages there were tons of people online saying that this tournament was the best international competition ever amongst world cups, euros and other confederation tournaments. Thats only my perspective but it seemed to be the general consensus. Football fans just have incredibly short attention spans and opnions are almost always based entirely on the last game they watched

[@crediblesalamander8056]

But the change in perception also matches the reality. While it was true at the time. you'd have to be truly deranged to say this tournament was amazing solely because of the first 2 matchdays (which were admittedly quite good). Everything afterwards ranged from pretty good to horrendous. Nothing spectacular. No true Cinderella runs, no nail-biting 3-3 or 2-2 draws and impossible comebacks. The best games this tournament were probably Spain-Germany and Austria-Turkey, but they wouldn't even enter my top 10 knockout games in major tournaments since 2012.

[@banthachannel5132]

i think the first week of this euros was great. then it went downhill

[@56postoffice]

The Italian side is possibly the worst I've seen coming from that country. How they beat England in the last Euros Final is beyond me. Plus, they've never qualified for two successive World Cups. I'd like to add Euro 1984 tournament was great.

[@encorefootball]

The only way 2024 could be condemned if FIFA, IFAB and UEFA decide to implement a new rule that only 10 consecutive passes can be completed before a team must progress the ball into the opponent's final 30 yards (final third) of the pitch. Once the ball goes into the final third of your opponent's side, it cannot be backpassed outside the final third unless your opponent intercepts and clears the ball out.

[@JayTechZM]

Like the backcourt rule in basketball?

[@NeroPiroman]

The final will be Football vs anti-football

[@Bornevalesh]

edit: The final will be ref's favourites vs. ref's favourite anti-footballers.

[@TinyToast717]

@@Bornevalesh who were you supporting

[@silvesta5027]

And? Euro 2016 was anti-football vs anti-football as was 2004

[@NeroPiroman]

@@silvesta5027 and it was shit Back then and it is shit now

[@Randomaccount9470]

True ppl think saying it was shxt before excuses it from being shxt now ​@@NeroPiroman

[@DrZaius3141]

Euros have always been marred by defensive tactics. It's just the dominant European playstyle. It would have been interesting if Austria had progressed a bit further because a) they were fun to watch and b) the underdog action died down much too soon after looking promising in the group stage. Heck, the first knockout round had 7 of 8 favorites progressing (and Italy should not have been favorites), in the quarterfinals all 4 favorites prevailed, as it was in the semis and even the final. So in 15 knockout rounds only 1 time the lower rated team went through. That's rare and it's also usually not what neutral fans enjoy the most.

[@benjaminvaneeckhout5696]

International football aside, the most fascinating (and chaotic) game I've watched since Qatar was probably that calamitous Chelsea v Spurs 4 - 1 game last year.

[@connorledwith98]

Or Chelsea & City’s 4-4 draw, Poch’s Chelsea were box office 😢

[@TheAniSi]

4-3 against United had pretty much everything in a football match.

[@bryceroberts2213]

May go under the radar but as a coventry fan I have to mention the fa cup semi final

[@kayleifden]

Liverpool Man U games

[@jomban707]

The only boring teams were France and England 😅

[@ezraezra2928]

2010 World Cup was the worst football tournament of all time. Here's a couple of things you should know: The Netherlands with the good talent played an "anti-football" against Spain. The football pitch quality was poor. Jabulani's quality was poor. None of good players, except Diego Forlan, were able to take control of the ball more efficiently. Stupid Vuvuzela around the stadium. Big teams like Brazil, England, France, and Italy flopped heavily. Diego Maradona, as a coach, turned Lionel Messi from being the alien of football as one of the greatest Barcelona player to simply a regular human with Argentina. Stupid referee decisions such as Frank Lampard's ghost goal and Luis Suarez's handball.

[@dariussalepetru6770]

Exactly

[@1greenMitsi]

vuvuzelas were legendary

[@ezraezra2928]

The only positives about this World Cup is obviously underdog run such as Paraguay and Ghana. Ghana should have deserved to be in the semifinal without that Luis Suarez hand ball. The other positive was Germany, who were still inevitable with the young Thomas Muller (he won the Golden Boot of that tournament).

[@brankobelfranin8815]

True

[@brankobelfranin8815]

​@@ezraezra2928agreed

[@hectorlagos8937]

Just the fact that some people are calling this the worst tournament tells you that some people haven't seen that much football outside videogames anyways 😂

[@samizayn5666]

It honestly has been. 2.08 goals per 90 is just embarrassing. Only two contries actually played quality football and one of them was knocked out in QF itself. No underdog stories, no upsets in Knockouts. England being one of the worst teams to make the Euro finale. It has been abysmal to watch.

[@kingkhama8075]

@@samizayn5666the Dutch played good football

[@Diogo85]

@@samizayn5666 Worst tournament? No.

[@Idontknow-pp9ho]

Which tournament was worse than this?

[@FinGunn]

Only way to make that Slovenia game any worse (or better depending on how you look at the game itself) was me not watching the second half because my dad came home and told me my dog had just died

[@Nathan_Virica_Comedy]

Fun fact RE: Italia 90; "Nessun Dorma", literally translated into English means "boringly defensive football and dubious penalties".

[@mariofan2867]

It’s not a great tournament, the 2020 Euro was so much better and more thrilling. Yes there have been good stories like Georgia making the round of 16, and España’s Lamine Yamal being impressing at 17 years of age. But the games have become stalemates with many teams parking the bus and preferring to defend rather than score. It hasn’t been the best tournament but also it hasn’t been the worst.

[@jamezday]

Those who had to suffer through WC2010 still hear the vuvuzela's and wake up in a cold sweat asking for it all to end

[@Martin-88]

It started well but fizzled out. I wouldn't say it was one of the worst though.

[@oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Horrible tournament, on par with 2016. Spain's deserved title just saves it. But to see teams like France, England and the Netherlands reach the semis doing the bare minimum is a terrible indictment of this tournament. People can scoff at Greece and the Czech Republic teams of 2004 but these played at a much higher level.

[@siler22]

Football has become chess where endgame is a draw

[@filux7329]

Thats actually a great comparison!

[@Randomaccount9470]

Damn that's just perfect can't really add to that

[@PeakDennisReynolds]

Stopped watching full matches years ago, this final and the game vs Netherlands are the only full games I've watched since I was about 14. The sport is fundamentally boring to watch if were being honest it always has been. The real joy comes from actually playing, not being sat there watching others play it for 90 minutes.

[@jackpastor7147]

​@patrickbatman141 with all due respect. Knockout have always been cagey. The final in 2010 was the worst game I have watched. We remember the great games and forgot the bad ones.

[@EMAH669]

Guardiola tax

[@yvltc]

Euro 2024 was actually the tournament that got me the most excited in like a decade, I don't understand how people say it was bad. If you only watch a match every now and then from one of the big nations then maybe, because France and England (and Portugal to a lesser extent) played boring football, but the majority of games were very entertaining. Turkey, Georgia, Switzerland, Austria, Albania, Slovakia were all entertaining, Spain won playing creative and attacking football, there was lots of drama everywhere except in England's group. Blunders, world class goals, decisive missed penalties, it had it all.

[@Drunken_Master]

The majority of own goals conceded at this tournament would not be counted as own goals few decades ago.

[@PNETriffid]

A 24 team Euros can never be anything other than boring, but the next 48-country World Cup is likely to set a new benchmark in tedium. Less-is-More Fifa/Uefa.

[@digitalT83]

2010 world cup was pretty awful, those Vuvuzela were even banned half way through it, cant remember any football only the sound.

[@paulrose2107]

The fear of losing and the resulting criticism of failure means teams won't play football expect more of the same in 2026.

[@bgtechno93]

The big teams were boring, but the underdogs were amazing. Romania toping the group, Austria toping the group, Georgia making it through beating Ronaldos Portugal, Slovenia and Slovakia were playing exceptionally with Slovakia almost kicking England out. Switzerland defining the odds and beating Italy. France and England were sooooo boring.

[@EshBBX]

The only thing that's super bad is the fact that one of the finalists got hard-carried all the way.

[@joseaquino8773]

If you say tha this Euro Cup was "the worst of all time" is just because you didn't want Copa America which only had ONE good match!

[@himanshurajput523]

People who say this is worst euro are those that watched mostly England and France. They should rather head watched Slovakia, Austria, Turkey and other high intensity teams.

[@leeadamson5504]

Only the english would say the tournament was the worst while every other nation loved watching spain beat bottlejob kane and co lose....

[@antslb]

I don't think Alfie was sober watching Portugal - France match..

[@davidornelas3326]

I blame France, England, Portugal and Belgium for playing some boring ass football. At least Spain got in the final

[@pabloguilani169]

Germany vs Spain was the peak Euro 2024. It went downhill after that.

[@mickypain2959]

Of the top teams, only Spain played well and Germany had some good moments after a disastrous decade. All other top teams (Italy, England, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Portugal) played dogshit and none of them deserved to go to the knockout rounds. Among the second tier and „just happy to be here“ teams there was some real passion and great, entertaining play that made the games worth watching, and I was really hoping for one of them to make it further. England fumbling their way to the final is the biggest insult of all after their anemic display - if you add all their moments of good football together over the course of the tournament, you wouldn’t be able to fill a full 90 minutes. And yeah, some questionable refereeing, but that’s on par either any major tournament

[@kingsling4506]

Couldnt have said it better

[@EnzoPepsiCola]

Why would England not deserve to have made it to the knockout rounds?? They haven't lost a game

[@mickypain2959]

@@EnzoPepsiCola barely… two boring draws, and a last minute squeaker win against Slovakia in the second weakest group is not deserving of anything

[@DonKappa1]

I think you would like the Copa America

[@theMoerster]

I remember Italia 90. It was godawful. At least we got the back pass rule out of it.

[@bodelieriwan2773]

Everyone would respect Southgate by letting his team play football - which is normal due to the quality of his players and how they would play together… but that guy thought: no man, I’ll be playing catenaccio for 20 years

[@gordonwilson1631]

Another very good report. Coaches try hard to remove or lessen the variables; ie chance, in games. Therefore there are far fewer shots from distance. Coaches want free kicks and penalties instead. Hence the running into defences and falling over antics that are now laughable. We all know who they are and if playing for your team it’s accepted. It’s not good. Compare this to rugby, another physical contact sport. Football needs another, secondary scoring system that would come into play in the event of a draw. Possibly corners but that would be manipulated. I suggest shots on target or hitting the woodwork. Also offside should now have tolerances so that more attacking play is productive. There should be an offside line half way in each half.

[@ironicvirus1496]

Thing is, if England win, it won't be like Greece playing the way they did because they were the underdogs in 2004. It'll be because they had a manager who set up defensively. Southgate apologists can come for me if they want. Doesn't change the fact that if they win, it wasn't a great story that'll be remembered as a fairy-tale

[@bodelieriwan2773]

Lmao this is the most boring team I’ve every seen play - nationally and internationally - if they want praise for that, they are truly pathetic and sad

[@ninjabiscuit1095]

The criticisms will be swept away in time if they win, give it 20 years

[@Isleofskye]

@@ninjabiscuit1095 Give it 20 minutes......Foden,Palmer,Bellingham,Rice,Mainoo,Saka,Khan,Watkins are not boring players but attack minded as they demonstrate every week..

[@1998Cebola]

​@bodelieriwan2773 you have not seen a lot of football then lmao. They were by far the most offensive team in the semis, way more than Spain, and that alone disqualifies them from your description.

[@napolean_ragland]

England were the hot favs to win this before a ball was kicked. Only a room temp IQ person would equate this to a fairy tale. If they win they have done exactly what the sport market expected them to do.

[@bumblethebeadle3504]

No sides in this year's Euros had a decent striker. As a side note, can we stop thinking of Mbappe as being world class?

[@lordpelagius5078]

depends if the team that's spent the entire tournament playing great football then it will probably be well remembered if the other team wins then no it will be remembered as a damming indictment of modern football tactics

[@purgio2767]

This has genuinely been the most boring football tournament I've ever watched

[@P.G.Wodelouse]

terrible tournament structure + defensive possession tactics + (low risk / low reward) = boring football

[@joso7228]

I watched the 1974 World Cup which could be seen as boring as many games seemed to be 1-0. But it was actually high quality football where teams had to battle to outwit their opponent and get the result. And Total Holland too.

[@bronson9836]

I have largely been impressed with the quality of football in this tournament. Turkey, Austria, Georgia have been great to watch. There have been some poor games too. Portugal, Italy and today’s finalist England have not been so good. England have found a way though.

[@tarik6990]

It's going to be forgettable in a few years just like all the Euros since the 24-team format expansion. World Cups will be like that too from 2026 onwards.

[@RakanRabih]

2020 was okay 2016 was meh 2024 was boring af

[@tarik6990]

@@RakanRabih I think we can agree the Euros overall were better when just 16 teams were competing in them.

[@RakanRabih]

@@tarik6990 absolutely, was saying the same thing for my friend at work today XD

[@RakanRabih]

@@tarik6990 i find it also stupid that starting 2026 3 teams can qualify per group… while only 1 team can qualify per group in the qualifers!! For UEFA National teams while second plays playoff… So they make the finals easier and qualifers harder Stupid rules

[@tarik6990]

@@RakanRabih Qualifiers will lose their meaning and purpose very soon, you will have teams who will be by default be guaranteed qualification right from the start with the expanded format.

[@matthewreid2107]

"I am still profoundly sexually attractive" is surely the greatest sign-off from any KZbin video ever.

[@exeterjedi6730]

If I had a time machine, I'd go back to the 1800s, make the goals bigger, and make the pitch smaller. Football can be inherently boring.

[@RW-nr6bh]

Arsenal had one of the smallest pitches in the League when at Highbury. Boring Arsenal, as they were known.

[@BarcelonaMariaMafia]

It was that bad. France and England got to the finals scoring 1-2 goals. Portugal sold the match against Georgia as they were scared from Hungary they couldn’t beat for years now. England played the ugliest football ever seen in history, advancing against multiple better playing teams. That was the death of football. Not to mention certain refs blowing the whistle for Germany.