UKRAINE - NORTH MACEDONIA

Ukraine has been pretty impressive in the first game. Against a very solid side like Netherlands, they made a very good performance and were close to achieving one point.

They have a very interesting squad and I believe that they will make a good tournament. For me they are the favorites in the group to qualify as 2nd (below Netherlands of course). Their young players' generation is amazing, we must remember that in 2019 they won the U20 World Cup, and many of those players are now with the National Team.

Their qualification stage was really good, ended 1st in their group above Portugal and ended unbeaten in 8 games. Also recently managed to achieve a draw (1-1) against France and won 1-0 against Spain in the UEFA Nations League.

On the other hand, North Macedonia is one of the weakest sides in the EURO. Their first game ended with a defeat 1-3 against Austria (who is a weak side too), which means that they have very few chances to qualify for ⅛ finals.

North Macedonia has a very weak squad, they were lucky to qualify for this EURO as they played the playoffs against very weak sides: Kosovo and Georgia. Their star is the veteran striker Pandev, who is already 37 years old.

I’m expecting a match dominated by Ukraine who made a great performance in the first round. This wasn’t luck as they were very competitive also against strong sides like France or Spain recently. I have big hopes for them, it is a national team with a lot of quality and are my favorites to qualify for this group. I think they should win easily here, they are one step above North Macedonia.

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乌克兰在第一场比赛中表现得相当出色。对阵荷兰这样的强队时，他们表现得非常好，差点就拿到一分。

他们有一支非常有趣的队伍，我相信他们会打好比赛。对我来说，他们是小组中最有希望以第二名出线的球队(当然排在荷兰之后)。他们年轻一代的球员是了不起的，我们必须记住，2019年他们赢得了U20世界杯，很多球员现在都在国家队。

他们在预选赛阶段表现非常好，以小组第一的成绩领先于葡萄牙，并在8场比赛中保持不败。最近还在欧足联联赛中1:1战平法国，1比0战胜西班牙。

另一方面，北马其顿是欧洲杯中最弱的一方。第一场比赛以1-3输给奥地利(奥地利也是弱队)结束，这意味着他们进入⅛级决赛的机会非常少。

北马其顿队的阵容非常弱，他们很幸运地打进了欧洲杯，因为他们在季后赛中对阵了非常弱的球队:科索沃和格鲁吉亚。他们的明星是老将潘德夫，他已经37岁了。

我期待一场由乌克兰主导的比赛，他们在第一轮表现出色。这不是运气，因为他们最近也非常有竞争力，对阵法国和西班牙这样的强队。我对他们寄予厚望，这是一支实力强大的国家队，也是我最希望进入这一组的球队。我认为他们应该在这里轻松取胜，他们比北马其顿领先一步。

DENMARK - BELGIUM

Belgium should win here.

Denmark’ players will be of course with Eriksen on their minds. Only risk here is the possible extra motivation they may have, but also by the other side they could be not 100% concentrated.

They have a good squad, but after the defeat against Finland, the qualification to ⅛ finals is almost impossible. Furthermore, of course no need to mention that will miss their best player. Is true that against Finland they deserved to win, but also they dominated the game and had +60% possession, something which will not happen against Belgium.

I think it will be very difficult for the Danish team to recover the competitive spirit and motivation after Eriksen’ accident. Since that time, I think they were out of the EURO (at least mentally). It's very difficult to be at 100% after a huge shock like that one. They are professionals, but also friends and humans and it's impossible to dont be affected.

On the other hand, Belgium was along with Italy and France the best teams in the EURO so far. Their opening game against Russia was really good, even without their best player De Bruyne! He is already at 100% and available for this match.

Belgium is for me one of the main candidates to win the title. They have a great squad, with experience and should be able to qualify as 1st in this easy group. Winning today they will be qualified and will be able to rest some guys in the third round.

Lukaku looks totally on fire and unstoppable, while the back of De Bruyne will give even more quality and alternatives to the team.

Away side will dominate the game and Denmark won't be comfortable with that, so I'm expecting an easy match for the belgian side.

Undoubtedly Belgium is above Denmark in terms of quality, but also I don't see Denmark at 100% mentally to be at the necessary level to achieve some points against one of the strongest teams in the tournament like Belgium.

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丹麦球员当然会想念埃里克森。这里唯一的风险是他们可能拥有的额外动机，但从另一方面来说，他们也可能不是100%集中。

他们的阵容很好，但是在输给芬兰之后，进入⅛级决赛几乎是不可能的。此外，当然没有必要提及，他们会错过最好的球员。他们确实应该赢芬兰，但他们也统治了比赛，拥有60%的控球率，这在对阵比利时时是不会发生的。

我认为在埃里克森的事故之后，丹麦队将很难恢复竞争精神和动力。从那时起，我认为他们已经退出了欧洲杯(至少在精神上)。在这样巨大的震动之后很难保持100%的状态。他们是专业人士，也是朋友和人类，不受影响是不可能的。

另一方面，比利时和意大利、法国是目前欧洲杯上最好的球队。他们对俄罗斯的首场比赛真的很棒，即使没有他们最好的球员德布鲁因!他已经达到了100%的状态，可以参加这场比赛。

对我来说，比利时是夺冠的主要候选人之一。他们有一支伟大的队伍，经验丰富，应该能够在这个轻松的小组中获得第一名的资格。如果今天赢了，他们就能晋级，在第三轮就能让一些人休息。

卢卡库看起来火力全开，势不可挡，而德布鲁因的背将给球队带来更多的质量和选择。

客场将会统治比赛，而丹麦不会对此感到舒服，所以我预计比利时将会有一场轻松的比赛。

毫无疑问，比利时在质量上高于丹麦，我也不认为丹麦在精神上100%达到了必要的水平。