European Cup dark horse cold count: Greek mythology led by Britain, France and Germany frequently cold【JIAYU]
2024-06-12
At 3 o 'clock in the morning on June 15, Beijing time, the 2024 European Cup is about to start, and the European Cup has experienced 16 competitions, during which there is no shortage of surprises and dark horses. In this article, the author will summarize the dark horses of the past European Cup and the cold surprises of the European Cup in recent years to help everyone understand the European Cup in all aspects
1. Czechoslovakia won the European Cup for the first time in 1976
In the 1970s, the Federal Republic of Germany was unrivaled, the 1972 European Championship and the 1974 World Cup winners, the 1970 World Cup third place proved that this powerful team is an insurmountable peak, but the final is often a time of miracles. After a 3-1 win over Johan Cruyff's Netherlands in the semi-finals, Czechoslovakia played a surprisingly tough final against Franz Beckenbauer's West Germany, not only drawing for 90 minutes, but also going to extra-time without any success and the first penalty shootout in the World Series. Both sides took seven penalties in a row, then Hoeness kicked away, Panenko with an unprecedented spoon penalty to win, Beckenbauer missed the penalty. Czechoslovakia made history by reaching the top of Europe for the first time.
2, the 1980 European Cup "European Red Devils" rise and regret to lose the title
In the 1980 European Championship, Belgium reached the final after not being expected to do so. At first, the European Red Devils did not play well in the group stage, but later they advanced step by step with 1 win and 2 draws, and finally reached the final. Belgium in the final face of Germany is too strong, especially West Germany has Rummenigge this super striker, so Belgium 1-2 lost to the West German team, got the runner-up, can be called the event's biggest dark horse.
3, 1992 European Cup "Danish fairy tale" was born
In the 1992 European Cup, Denmark, who failed to qualify for the final, was invited to take the place of Yugoslavia at the last minute, not only made a strong way through the final, but also beat the powerful Germany 2-0 in the final, and became famous for the "Danish fairy tale" led by Peter Schmeichel, Larsson and Laudrup.
4. The Czech "Golden generation" lost the European Championship in 1996
In the 1996 European Cup, the strong teams gathered in Group C, Germany and Italy were considered to be the "best candidates" before the match. On the second day of the group stage, the proud Italian coach Sacchi decided to let most of the team's main players rest in the way of perverting the young Czech team, but the Czech team's two unknown Nedved and Boboski, let the Italians slap in the face, the Czech team not only occupied the initiative, but also knocked the Italian team down in the final group stage out. The young Czech team, led by the "golden generation", made it all the way to the final, eventually losing 1-2 to Germany, and the Czech Republic finished second. Interestingly, the Czech Republic lost only two games in that tournament, all of them against Germany.
5. The Greek Myth of Euro 2004
Throughout the history of the European Cup, the only team that can match the "Danish fairy tale" is the Greek team in 2004. Greece, which has only made it to the World Series finals twice in history, was not optimistic before the game. However, the German coach of the Greek team at the time Rehager developed a set of the most tactical way to play, which defeated Portugal twice in the group stage and the final and finally won the cup, staging the "Greek myth". Portugal became the first host country to lose the final in European Cup history.
6. Turkey reached the final of Euro 2008
In the 2002 World Cup, Turkey, which was in the same group as the national football team, finally got the third place, which was mocked by netizens at that time as just "dipped in the good luck of the national football team". However, since then, in the 2008 European Cup, Turkey has entered the final four in the circumstances that the outside world does not look good, until the semi-final 2-3 lost to the more fierce Germany. But in terms of performance in that competition, Turkey has no problem with a big dark horse, it is true.