Will Spain or France go further in Euro 2024? | ESPN FC Extra Time

Dan Thomas, Steve Nicol, Craig Burley, Luis Garcia and Frank Leboeuf answer your questions on ESPN FC Extra Time.
0:00 Steve has a question for Luis
2:31 Has scrapping away goal rule impacted Euro competition?
3:23 Will Spain or France go further this summer?
5:24 Are players from before the 90s being forgotten?
10:04 Craig & Frank (Chelsea) vs. Luis & Steve (Liverpool) in a 5 v 5 game
14:05 What FC pundit would Dan pick to take a penalty in UCL final?
17:02 What rule from today would you want during your playing days?
21:37 What is Ansu Fati’s ceiling?
23:33 What will happen first?
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[@saqimadvaith7408]

This was a great cast for extra time today

[@hao2000ki]

Every once in a while a question comes in that really tickles their competitive spirit and we need more of that

[@Proteinhead92]

I like to watch anytime Frankie is on lol

[@anakLA]

Dan choking when talking about SGE actually almost made me tear up 😢

[@hao2000ki]

14:10 how synchronized these two were actually caught me off guard lmfao

[@CG68810]

I love Luis......Who is the most difficult of these 4 to understand?? 🤣🤣🤣

[@dead_r33d]

[21:39] "He's done alright for Bournemouth" ~ Stevie 😂😂😂

[@risizirevlon4338]

"He done alright with Bournemouth"😂😂stevie

[@rudranshparab2007]

lukakus assist is wonderful . that goal was best example of how defense should not be .

[@RB_0.77]

These were awesome questions. Very funny too. Superb.

[@hashimrahman51]

France for sure. Spain have always struggled against physically bigger and stronger teams and I don’t expect that to change. Yes, they managed a WC and a Euros, but that team had an unbelievable roster with arguably some of the best players of all time at their positions.

[@TheP90boss]

Opening minutes were great and hilarious

[@k.2754]

Spain, France and Germany are the top favourites to win

[@JackSmith.9966]

Not Spain .

[@debajyotiroy8726]

​@@JackSmith.9966 With almost winning the friendly against a top Brazil team and just drew it because of a silly unai Simon mistake? Nah...Spain is obviously one of favourites 😊

[@Supermomo2007]

​@@debajyotiroy8726 yes, with their 2 joke penalties

[@debajyotiroy8726]

@@Supermomo2007 joke? What the fifa rulebook says? If any without the ball infringement happens to the attackers inside the box, then that's a pen...and obviously yamal and Carvajal both got obstructed by brazilian defenders without the ball, rule is rule

[@davinnicode]

Austria on fire under Rangnick. They have some really talented players in every position

[@darhaha3391]

About the 80s. I was born in 1995 and I consider myself a huge football fan. I read a lot, watch a lot... but I only learned about Aston Villa's European championship a few years ago in my mid 20s. You would expect that to be the sort of fact everyone would know about

[@michaelboden4177]

I preferred the away goals rule apart from when the game went into extra time as that is an extra 30 minutes to score an away goal that the home side never had.

[@Noirlore]

So straight to pens?

[@prophoenixhd3453]

I don’t mind away goals, but they’re a bit gimmicky for this level imo. I think it’s better to favor the team that can score more regardless of where the games are.

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

@@Noirlore No, away goals only for 90 minutes, if it goes to extra time, no more away goal, both sides goal counts the same.

[@michaelboden4177]

@tomatoisnotafruit5670 exactly that's my opinion as well. It should not count in extra time

[@2BeSure2BeSure]

That was the whole reason why the away goal rule was brought in the first place

[@Joshtera]

This is one of the funniest lineups for ET, just needed Mario

[@lonelyboy1977]

There is definitely recency bias among modern day fans who seem to think football only started in the 1990s. When Ashley Cole was inducted into the Premier League Hall Of Fame the other day, so many noobs were posting in the comments that he is the best left back of all-time. If their knowledge of football history went back further than the 90s they would be aware of legends like Paul Breitner, Ruud Krol, Giacinto Facchetti, and Antonio Cabrini, who were all better players than Cole, and had more successful careers.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Danny McGrain

[@nikolazunic6482]

Aye. It didn't work. Thanks Stevie, that was hilarious.

[@pauldkb1700]

Frank's laugh is brilliant. Such an evil laugh 😂

[@dead_r33d]

yes 😆

[@manuchermamadvafoev3732]

Austria will be in the semi finals of the Euro. The team is very solid in all positions.

[@darknight-xe1ll]

Austria is destroying every team they will come far

[@tanviruahmed]

Luis’s goal against Chelsea 2005 champions league quarters may not have counted with VAR so happy days

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

VAR is garbage, the point of VAR was to overturn "clear and obvious" errors by the ref, not to stop play for 5 minutes while they check every single goal for a millimeter offside.

[@willie549]

Or maybe it would as it would show it crossed the line

[@chiakeetong8539]

For the last question, the correct answer is "D) None of the above" 😂

[@kachinwoke5461]

Lukaku's assist is wonderful.

[@christoskarameros3714]

How could Stevie Nicol overlook Steve Heighway and John Toshak?

[@Nnny792fhgf34]

ESPN pundits acknowledged that they didn’t watch the full game between England and Belgium because TV wasn’t working. Yet they are here giving post match analysis. ESPN standards - joke.

[@hardy_har]

OMG so true bestie the journalistic standards of coverage of this international friendly during the low-key Q+A part of this free-on-youtube web show are DISGRACEFUL. This is definitely in my top three worst things to happen this year.

[@Liquidmetal14]

You work at a network? You have no idea how these shows work and come together. Did you watch the 50 matches today? I watched 4 at a time and don't all the time for all of them. I can split my screen 9 ways too and have another 4 on my PC. We don't have the time like you.

[@Supern0vaaaa]

If it's a joke, it's simple really, don't watch or comment

[@vortexathletic]

They could probably go back and rewatch it pretty easily

[@mro9608]

😂😂​@@hardy_har

[@remmytonui2573]

I would like to add my take on thr 90s legends who playing the football game. I do recognize Platini, Cruyff, Baggio, Romario and the likes did the spectacular and unbelievable performances on thr world stage. Such plaudits were very visible and tangible in those eras and onlh now we seem to have not equate the same kind of pedigree in their games and styles. Consequently, the football is ever changing and everyday revolving around nations and clubs in order to build up characters and personalities that will overtake the next generation. As we can see with the likes of Haaland, Mbappe, Bellingham, Endrick, Wirtz and many other upcoming marquee talents across the world.

[@virupakshawalla5734]

Who are these guys Frank is talking about 😂

[@MrKaravaj]

Looking at the bracket, my prediction is for semifinals: England-France and Netherlands-Spain. Winner of England-France will win the final

[@k.2754]

Germany vs France in the final - 100%

[@MrKaravaj]

Also possible@@k.2754

[@debajyotiroy8726]

Are France and England doing good in friendlies at all? Spain got a draw against top South American side Brazil, France got defeated by Germany, England somehow drew with average belgium

[@Dibarifofana]

@@debajyotiroy8726France performances weren’t convincing at all, even their win against chili wasn’t. This still doesn’t mean anything of course cuz they lost to Colombia in a friendly in 2018 and drew to Luxembourg and they went on to win the World Cup.

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

Don't bet against Germany at home.

[@denisismailaj4222]

Luis "Fantastic" Garcia

[@Liquidmetal14]

Keep up the great work boys. Try watching all the games at once since it's easy to do. That will keep the cynics at bay.

[@darhaha3391]

Not even mentioning Graeme Souness 😮 come on guys!!!

[@cj-done]

Gods, I'm old!

[@TheDYNAMITE001]

My dad's generation watched football sure but they also watched a ton of boxing matches and were more drawn to very physical sports

[@nathanielabbate8747]

Australia are in Eurovision but not the Euros 🤔

[@willie549]

Not that long ago they changed the rules. 30 years ago 🤦‍♂️

[@dead_r33d]

it was a joke. loosen up

[@daviddenham1511]

You all forgetting the best player ever…..George Best

[@jamesonvendredi3930]

I think england has currently the most talented football payer but unfortunately they have a good headcoach to lead the team as it deserves.

[@khraw4189]

Group B and D are interesting. Surely Ronaldo is laughing. Can England bring it home or Italy takes it, once again, to Rome. Germany after a horrible world cup campaign can they repeat '64, '08 and '12 of Spain. Belgium certainly will rely on KBD to bring the magic when playing for City.

[@lemons1986]

Jude Bellingham isn’t the modern day Zidane. He is the modern day Ruud Gullit.

[@bluesEvanskro]

Jude gullit

[@vice0774]

France goes all the way no dought 😂 spain reaches quarters 😂

[@bzilla1090]

What we can take from this is that European teams massively underestimated Brazil which is insane, remember even the players that play in the Brazilian Serie A a playing in a Top 10 League in the world which used to be much higher ranked than what it is now, along with the Argentine League which has slipped in recent times. I've seen the 2000's Milan, 90s early 2000's United Squad as well as Madrid and Barcelona fall to South American sides. Never underestimate them just because they don't play in Europe. Even Pele's Santos had a winning record Vs European clubs

[@davinnicode]

The Brazilian national team hasn’t been up to their usual standards for a while now. Totally normal to not rate them so high now.

[@bzilla1090]

@@davinnicode they're still Brazil buddy. It's like underestimating a scorpion just because you don't see it's tail

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

what we can take is these are meaningless friendlies and the results mean nothing and or not an indication of anything other than individual player performance and even that doesn't mean much since it's a meaningless friendly, why would a player risk injuring themselves for nothing?

[@rackspack]

Computer games are the only reason a lot of under 40s , under 30s know who most the of legends are. Its not because they have ever seen them play unfortunately.

[@TheObserver12.]

The only thing i am sure of is that England won't go far

[@Kratos-005]

Obsessed.

[@noname-ot7vd]

I dont like England either, but holy cow. You people have them living rent free all the time😂

[@TheObserver12.]

Rent free is for teams that have won something😁😁😁

[@abody499]

Burley Leboeuf Zola *Gullit* Desailly vs Garcia Nicol Barnes Gerard Rush and Luis Garcia thinks Chelsea have no chance. Even with Burley, Garcia and co have no chance vs Gullit.

[@parker-ii7fg]

France 🇨🇵 to win the Euros and Argentina 🇦🇷 to win the Copa America. 2022 World Cup final re match for La Finalisia.

[@LutonTown_Supremacy]

Portugal 🇵🇹 and Uruguay 🇺🇾

[@Supern0vaaaa]

​@@LutonTown_Supremacy😂😂😂

[@pendu.papaperez]

@@LutonTown_Supremacy Uruguay maybe but you can keep dreaming about Portugal 😂😂😂

[@Stoneface_]

​@pendu.papaperez they're one of most stacked team in Europe and I won't be surprised if they win it.

[@pendu.papaperez]

@@Stoneface_ they have a chance if Ronaldo is on the bench

[@arishhussain96]

I think germany will win the euros againts Portugal

[@bulliboyz]

Dan hates too much criticism of modern players being too soft…ESON really don’t want alienate their young audience

[@willie549]

Carragher getting emotional. What did he do, spit in a childs face...

[@kachinwoke5461]

France will win the euros. Germany will not go far.

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

Italy will win the Euros. Also those old great teams, you forgot Juventus, who beat Liverpool in a European Cup final and a European Super Cup final. in 1984 and 1985.

[@mesbahulhoda9539]

Away goal rule was just stupid

[@ChauncyCharm]

Disagree

[@Kushagra.j]

Wrong. It made the game more fun, desirable and treacherous

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

It wasn't stupid, home advantage and playing on your home pitch was a much bigger advantage back then than it is now

[@BlunderCity]

This is silly. The likelihood of Arsenal winning the UCL is way higher than England winning the World Cup. Arsenal is 6 to 1 for this year's UCL alone versus England's 7 to 1 in 2026 and the UCL happens every year versus every 4 years for the WC. If one extrapolates all the way to 2030 (2 WCs and 7 UCLs) and assume 6 to 1 for Arsenal this year and 20 to 1 every subsequent year until 2030 as well as 7 to 1 for England in both 2026 and 2030, that gives us: England: 7 to 1 twice is 26% chance. Arsenal: 6 to 1 and 6 times 20 to 1: 6/1 is 0.17 so 83% chance NOT to win. 20 to 1 is 0.05 so 95% chance NOT to win. 0.83 * 0.95 * 0.95 * 0.95 * 0.95 * 0.95 * 0.95 * 0.95 = 0.58 58% chance NOT to win is a 42% chance to win. So England has a 26% chance to win the world cup from now to 2030 and Arsenal has a 42% chance of winning the UCL in the same period.

[@GoShwkk]

I tell u what frank Italy, Spain and Brazil are not what they used to be. They’re not scary anymore They’re just normal teams now you can easily beat them nowadays

[@user-bf7fd3fu2e]

Italy euro champs

[@mashinajoe]

Croatia will finish higher than England at euro 24.

[@wowyo94]

France team is soo smart .. and i see

[@carlito12384]

France no question Spain are bang average

[@-eL--RaL-]

No way Maguire has more WC KO goals than Rodri 😭

[@Shishir37281]

More than penaldo also

[@Kushagra.j]

Rodri?

[@Preminger422]

Don't forget about Pendu Urinited fan 😂

[@Heloise254]

No way Rodri won more trophies last season than Maguire in his lifetime 😭😭😭😭

[@bluesEvanskro]

I mean he’s got more wc ko goals than quite a few players lol

[@davidt3956]

Frank, it's not about the players knowing the legend, it's that so many fans are clueless.

[@mamadousy9632]

I say La France

[@-eL--RaL-]

Argentina will win the Euros with Messi 🇦🇷🐐 he has the experience, bottle and WC knockout goals to bring it home

[@kangell21]

😂

[@ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici]

Future balon dor winner bet your house on it

[@youngbrave5969]

And penaldo will cry on the bench

[@-eL--RaL-]

@@youngbrave5969 cry

[@Eigilbro]

​@@-eL--RaL- cry

[@user-yt4dt3pc4l]

France

[@26DeislerFCB]

france is over the hill, they lost to many quality players since 2018 and 2022 finals; wihtuot mbappe this team is average

[@bobross5079]

Stevie needs a haircare beauty product line ,. like a Kardashian

[@dregen8662]

Spain plays better than France

[@jadademofficial1737]

France are so predictable they play a 4 3 3 their line up is the same their midfield cant control the game mbappe only plays up the field he never plays behind the ball(defend) the middle is getting penetrated easily if they dont get gusto and olisé to the euros they will get embarrassed

[@sangotunk8043]

As a French I sadly agree ... I'm pretty sure that France won't win this Euro

[@aintmyshit]

Craig, in naming some of those top Ipswich players....why did you leave out your uncle, George? He was an integral part of that team even though he was very young....