Lothar Matthäus Predicts Germany to Win Over Spain on Penalties at Euro 2024 Quarter-Finals

Germany’s former star Lothar Matthäus predicted that Germany would win over Spain on penalties on the finish of a marathon match within the quarter-finals of the European Championship (Euro 2024).

Matthews stated in an article revealed by Bild newspaper, “Each groups have nice high quality and pace, particularly in assault, however every has a few holes in defence.”

He predicted “a really even sport with a 1-1 tie after 90 minutes, and this can proceed after further time,” and in an “thrilling penalty shoot-out, Germany will win, but it surely will not everybody in an ungainly place.

“I am actually trying ahead to being there residing in Stuttgart,” he stated.

Amongst different conflicts, Matheus needs the French nationwide staff to beat Portugal, 2-1, stressing that “the French nationwide staff nonetheless has an account with the Portuguese nationwide staff from Euro 2016”.

He continued, “France will beat Portugal by a small margin, however definitely not because of Kylian Mbappé at his present degree.

As for the match between England and Switzerland, he expects the English to win 1-0, though he stated that if the Swiss play “the way in which they performed in opposition to Italy, they’ll have a great likelihood too” in opposition to England.

Relating to the confrontation between Türkiye and the Netherlands, it was anticipated that the Dutch staff would win 2-0.

On this regard, he stated, “I feel the Netherlands will win with relative readability. Nevertheless, coach Ronald Koeman’s staff should use their alternatives extra successfully than they did in defeat over Romania 3-0.”

He concluded, “Nevertheless, if Turkey performs the way in which it performed within the first half in opposition to Austria, it would additionally trigger issues for the Netherlands. Particularly with the return of Hakan Calhanoglu after his suspension.”