We Can Be Euros: 'It's Coming Home'... but not to England

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Why did England struggle to beat Slovakia, and what are their chances against Switzerland? Our expert panel tackles all the biggest talking points from Euro 2024.

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00:00One of the other quarterfinals we have got decided is going to be Spain versus Germany.

00:03They're through after beating Georgia and Denmark respectively. They've arguably been the best two

00:07tides in the tournament so far, haven't they, Mark? I mean, how do you see this one going?

00:10Because it looks like a hell of a game. Give me a show of my own talking about Spain,

00:14please. Honestly, please. You've got two minutes, Tops.

00:21Fair enough. I mean, I look at, I wrote a piece for three added minutes before the tournament

00:26saying Spain would be the team to watch. And I wrote then that I think they're still defensively

00:31not where they should be. And I stand by that. I still think they can be got at.

00:36I think this will be their first major test as a defensive unit. There's not a lot of experience

00:42in the back four. Yes, you've got Carvajal there, but the other three in terms of international

00:46football aren't massively experienced. But going forward, wow. Wow. I could talk about

00:53your Pedries and, you know, the two wide players, you know, you've got Williams and

00:58just, just so good to watch so much pace, intensity, so much skill that Danny Olmo goal

01:03last night. I could literally sit and watch that. I could write a three and a half thousand word

01:07piece on just that goal alone. Just wonderful to watch. However, we contrast that with Germany,

01:14who are the highest level of competence we've seen from a German team in a long time.

01:19This game, it could be anything. It could be on it. Honestly, it could be a four, four,

01:24it could be a complete tactical battle, but I think both sides will just absolutely go for it.

01:29I think it's going to be the team of the game of the tournament so far by a long, long way.

01:34I just, I can't wait for it, but this Spain side, if they get through this, I think we'll win the

01:38tournament. So I think I may have said it last time I was on that. The probably too good to be

01:44dark horses and not quite good enough to be favourites. I was wrong, absolutely wrong with

01:49that. They are firmly among the favourites to win this tournament. I'm fully aware come five o'clock

01:53on seven o'clock on Friday, they could be out of the tournament, but this is going to be a Spain

01:58side that will grow and grow and grow because they are so good. They have so many top, top talents

02:03coming through that will just supplement what they've got. But yeah, it's going to be an

02:08absolutely cracking game. And I think Spain ledger, I've got to be honest, I really do.

02:12Euro winner comes from this tie for me, from this, from this game. Whoever's going to win

02:15the Euros for me will be from this. They have, it's coming home as long as where your home is,

02:20is Spain, for sure.

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