{"id":198182,"date":"2024-07-09T16:28:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:28:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T16:28:32","slug":"euro-2024-semi-final-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Continental glory is well in sight for the four teams that remain at Euro 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The quarter-finals produced a mixed bag on the watchability front as Spain\u2019s extra-time triumph over the hosts and the Netherlands\u2019 come-from-behind win over Turkey arrived either side of two drab contests that peaked after the 120-minute mark.<\/p>\n

France and England have joined Spain and the Netherlands in the last four following their respective penalty shootout victories.<\/p>\n

These heavy hitters aren\u2019t exactly vintage iterations but excitement is building regardless ahead of what will be decisive and hopefully enthralling semi-finals on Tuesday and Wednesday as the four nations bid to compete in Berlin on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how\u00a090min<\/em>\u00a0envisages the\u00a0Euro 2024\u00a0semi-finals playing out.<\/p>\n

\n

Tuesday 9 July<\/h3>\n
\"Mikel<\/figure>\n

Mikel Merino\u2019s late extra time goal sent Spain into the last four \/ Image Photo Agency\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

Spain doubtlessly had the toughest test in the last eight, taking on the equally impressive Germany. Having taken a second-half lead through Dani Olmo, Luis de la Fuente sought to hold their advantage by sitting deeper and relying on the counter. The ploy failed to pay dividends as Florian Wirtz equalised and it seemed as if the hosts were carrying all the momentum heading into the extended period.<\/p>\n

But a late box crash and finish from Mikel Merino\u00a0sent the Spaniards into the last four.<\/p>\n

Their performance against\u00a0Germany\u00a0was fairly scrappy, but\u00a0Spain\u00a0have been the most watchable and impressive side at this tournament. Purists will be praying for their success on Tuesday given that France stand in their way.<\/p>\n

Didier Deschamps cares little for the swashbuckling talent at his disposal. Caution and functionality rules. His side are defensively sound but bereft of attacking inspiration. Kylian Mbappe has just one goal from the spot, while other forward players have been hindered by inconsistency. France\u2019s superstars will have chances to get at Spain in transition, but can their sturdy backline hold off their opponents\u2019 fluidity?<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
Kick-off Time (GMT)<\/strong><\/th>\nFixture<\/strong><\/th>\nPrediction<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
20:00<\/td>\nSpain vs France<\/td>\n0-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n
\n

Wednesday 10 July<\/h3>\n
\"FBL-EURO-2024-MATCH48-ENG-SUI\"<\/figure>\n

England were ice cold from the penalty spot against Switzerland \/ OZAN KOSE\/GettyImages<\/p>\n

England\u00a0were \u2018better\u2019 against the Swiss, for the opening 45 minutes, at least, although Gareth Southgate\u2019s side sunk into a familiar pattern after the hour mark and were eventually bailed out by an inspired Bukayo Saka after Breel Embolo had opened the scoring.<\/p>\n

This is such an imperfect Three Lions team, but it can\u2019t be denied that Southgate has cultivated a cold-blooded group that can deliver in pressure situations. A late show conjured from thin air sent them into the last eight and\u00a0five perfect penalties saw them advance into the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

They remain tactically flawed and reliant on sequences of individual magic in the final third, but England have experience and their knockout slogs have surely filled the group with belief that this may well be their year.<\/p>\n

Ronald Koeman\u2019s Netherlands are somewhere between the brutes of 2010 and Rinus Michels\u2019 Total Footballers. The manager has found a formula and has shown to be adaptable in the knockout stages. The Oranje could certainly have joy out wide against this England team and, given the passers they boast in midfield, control much of the contest.<\/p>\n

However, their backline hasn\u2019t performed at the level many projected pre-tournament and Turkey had plenty of joy getting at the Dutch either side of taking a 1-0 lead and falling 2-1 behind.<\/p>\n

Both sides will fancy their chances in Dortmund.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
Kick-off Time (GMT)<\/strong><\/th>\nFixture<\/strong><\/th>\nPrediction<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
20:00<\/td>\nNetherlands vs England<\/td>\n1-1 (England win on penalties)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Continental glory is well in sight for the four teams that remain at Euro 2024. The quarter-finals produced a mixed bag on the watchability front as Spain\u2019s extra-time triumph over the hosts and the Netherlands\u2019 come-from-behind win over Turkey arrived either side of two drab contests that peaked after the 120-minute mark. France and England […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\nEuro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Continental glory is well in sight for the four teams that remain at Euro 2024. The quarter-finals produced a mixed bag on the watchability front as Spain\u2019s extra-time triumph over the hosts and the Netherlands\u2019 come-from-behind win over Turkey arrived either side of two drab contests that peaked after the 120-minute mark. France and England […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-09T16:28:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-832.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"168\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-09T16:28:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":591,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-832.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/\",\"name\":\"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-832.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-09T16:28:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-832.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/image-832.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":168},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/09\\\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Continental glory is well in sight for the four teams that remain at Euro 2024. The quarter-finals produced a mixed bag on the watchability front as Spain\u2019s extra-time triumph over the hosts and the Netherlands\u2019 come-from-behind win over Turkey arrived either side of two drab contests that peaked after the 120-minute mark. France and England […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-07-09T16:28:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":168,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-832.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013","datePublished":"2024-07-09T16:28:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/"},"wordCount":591,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-832.png","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/","name":"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-832.png","datePublished":"2024-07-09T16:28:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-832.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image-832.png","width":300,"height":168},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/07\/09\/euro-2024-semi-final-predictions\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Euro 2024: Semi-final predictions \u2013"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}