Follow Euro 2024: The path to the final four teams in Euro 2024

Germany, The Euro 2024 tournament has reached the final four. Today, we will take a look at the paths of the four teams before they reach the semi-finals in this Euro tournament. For the 4 teams that have made it to the semi-finals of Euro 2024, they are 'The Bulls' Spain vs. 'The Roosters' France, and 'The Oranje' Netherlands vs. 'The Three Lions' England, the former 1966 World Cup champions and former runners-up. The journey of 'The Bulls' Spain, the former 2010 World Cup champion and three-time former Euro champion, is the only team in this Euro to win all three matches in the group stage. They started by defeating 'The Checkerboard Team' Croatia 3-0, defeating 'The Azzurri' Italy, the defending champion, 1-0, and defeating Albania 1-0. Then in the round of 16, they crushed Georgia, who made history by advancing to the knockout round in their first appearance in the final round, 4-1. In the round of 8, they narrowly defeated 'The Iron Eagles' Germany, the host country and three-time former Euro champion , 2-1 in extra time with the winning goal by Miguel Merino, a midfielder from Real Sociedad. The French national team, two-time world champion and two-time European champion, is another favorite in this Euro, but they performed disappointingly. In the group stage, they beat Austria 1-0 from an own goal by Maximilian Wober, then drew 0-0 with the Netherlands and finally drew 1-1 with Poland. They advanced to the second round as the second-place team in Group D. In the last 16, they beat the 'Red Devils of Europe' Belgium 1-0 from an own goal by Jan Vertonghen. In the last 8, they beat Portugal, the former European champions in 2016, 5-3 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw after 120 minutes. This made France one of the teams with the highest total player value in this Euro, but they only managed to score one goal in the entire tournament, from a penalty by Kylian Mbappé in a 1-1 draw with Poland. The 'Orange Knights' Netherlands, the former champions of Euro 1988, are another favorite team that performed d isappointingly in the group stage, beating Poland 2-1, drawing 0-0 with France before losing 2-3 to Austria from Marcel Sabitzer's winning goal. They now have 4 points and must compete to advance as the 4 best third-place teams to meet the 'Zombie Team' Romania in the round of 16 before showing their form and winning 3-0 from Donyell Malen's 2 goals in this match. Then in the round of 8, they beat Turkey 2-1. Lastly, the people's favorite team, the Three Lions, England, the 1966 World Cup champions and the previous runners-up, were considered the favorites before the match. However, after the match started, Gareth Southgate's team performed disappointingly and was heavily criticized. They started by beating Serbia 1-0 with the winning goal from Jude Bellingham, drew 1-1 with Denmark and 0-0 with Slovenia, advancing to the last 16 as the group champion with 5 points. They will face Slovakia, where they narrowly won 2-1 in extra time from Harry Kane. Then, in the last 8, they had to go to a penalty shootout be fore beating Switzerland 5-3 after 90 minutes and 120 minutes, drawing 1-1. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford saved Manuel Akanji's penalty kick, before the Three Lions scored 5 goals in a row, eliminating the disappointment of losing on penalties to Italy, who were only the runners-up of Euro 2020. For the first semi-final match, Spain vs. France will be played tomorrow night (July 9) at 2:00 AM. The other match, Netherlands vs. England, will be played on Wednesday night, July 10 at 2:00 AM. Source: Thai News Agency