Euro 2024 round of 16: Ranking the best matches to watch

Euro 2024 has entered the knockout stage, and the time has come for teams to experience either more joy or agony.

In the remaining matches of the competition, winners will take all, and losers will take nothing, regardless of how well they play.

It will be time for individual players to stand up and be counted as one of the best their countries have to offer.

Germany, France, England, and Portugal, which we tipped as favourites at the start of the competition, have remained in it.

They have not had perfect campaigns so far, and all of them showed their vulnerability in the group stage.

This unpredictability is what makes us like the Euros, and we expect even more to happen in the knockout stages.

Fans who buy Euro 2024 tickets will be expecting their favourite teams to deliver fantastic performances in the remaining games of the competition.

However, almost every country in the competition wants to reach the final and win it, so this will be one of the hardest and most gruelling games the players have played.

Every game left at the Euros is a match to watch, but some will be more exciting than others, and we have ranked them.

France vs Belgium

This is obviously the biggest game to watch in the round of 16 of Euro 2024, and it is sad to see these teams meet now.

This is because one of them is heading home after this game, and the winner of the Euro could be in this tie.

Belgium underwhelmed in the group stage, winning just one game in a group that we expected them to dominate.

Having lost their first game to Slovakia, we knew it would be tough for them to finish top, and they finished behind Romania in Group E.

France was in the same group as the Netherlands, Poland, and Austria, and we expected it to be an easy ride for the Frenchmen and Holland.

However, they both finished behind the classy Austria, who led their group with some fantastic performances.

This game is between two countries who have underwhelmed so far, but France is the favourite to win this match, having won the last two games between them and lost just one of the last six.

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Germany vs Denmark

German fans expected their national team to earn a perfect result in their group stage matches, but they were lucky to draw their last group game against Switzerland.

The dangerous Swiss exposed Germany’s weakness at the back against physical and fast attackers, and teams will now target that in the rest of the competition.

Denmark did not have the smoothest of group stage runs as they drew all three games, despite putting in some impressive shifts against England and Slovenia.

The Danes would be looking to emulate Portugal in 2016, who won the Euros despite not winning a group game.

However, facing the home fans at the Signa Iduna Park will make their job harder, and this German team does not have many flaws.

This will be one of the best games of the round, as Denmark has nothing to lose and has shown during the competition that it will not allow any team to beat it easily.

Tickets for this exciting match are available from vetted resellers on Seatsnet from €299.

Romania vs Netherlands

The Netherlands entered Euro 2024 as one of the best teams on the continent, and many people expected them to dazzle during the tournament.

Their first game ended with a win against Poland, and they nearly defeated France in their second match before settling for a draw.

But in their third game against Austria, they showed why they might be overrated and lost to the stylish Austrians to finish third in their group.

Their next opponent would be Romania, which topped their competitive group ahead of Belgium and Ukraine.

The Romanians won only one game and will now have to show what they can do when the stakes are high, but we have all seen that the Netherlands side can be easily broken down.

The Netherlands typically do well against the Romanians, having won the last four times both countries have met, scoring seven unreplied goals in their last two head-to-head meetings.

But games like this do not depend on previous records, and underestimating Romania, for whatever reason, would be a huge mistake.

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Switzerland vs Italy

Switzerland gave us a proper show, and German fans were very scared in their final group game against the hosts. They are now one of the teams to follow at the Euros.

Their next opponent is the competition’s holder, and Italy needed a late goal in their final group game to qualify for the knockout stage.

The Italians have not made much progress since they won the last Euros in 2021 and a year later, they failed to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar.

Luciano Spalletti got their managerial job just a few months before the Euros and had to navigate them through complicated qualifiers to reach this finals.

However, they have not shown the form they showed at Euro 2020, and it will be tough for them to beat Switzerland.

The Swiss were more than impressive in their match against Germany and they showed that they are a team that everyone must take seriously.

Switzerland lost just one of their last ten international games, while Italy suffered two defeats in the same number of games.

However, the Italians seem to know how to get a result when they face Switzerland as they have lost none of the last times both countries have met, although they have won just three of those games, including one in Euro 2020.

This game is a fixture we will all enjoy, and its tickets are on sale from just €109 on Seatsnet.

Conclusion

Every game left at Euro 2024 will be an exciting fixture to watch, and all the teams are bracing themselves to perform as best as they can and ensure they reach the quarterfinals.

The Austria vs Turkey game is another fixture to follow, but the matches we have discussed above should have the biggest highlights of this round of the competition.