Some say that this was a German tank lacking heavy artillery.

It has been said that a strong midfield could help Germany win a fourth European Championship.

You don't have a strong striker to win the championship.

For example, the host French team in 1984 and 1998.

The Italian team in 2006, and even Spain in 2008, 2010, and 2012, although Spain at that time had a strong David Villa and the winner of life, Fernando Torres, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Spain, which has won three consecutive international competitions and achieved new hegemony, relies on strong defense and midfield.

So, even if Mario Gomez, who is third in the squad for goalscorers, may not be able to play many times at the European Championships, and even if Joachim Loew insists on another Mario Gotze playing as a false centre-forward, the Germans are confident of winning the European Championships.

In the final round of the match with Northern Ireland, Loew may still have to play with the main force, after all, Poland is facing Ukraine, which has returned home early, and in order to win the group, not only to win Northern Ireland, but also to overwhelm Poland on goal difference.

Veteran goalkeeper Luigi Buffon leads arguably the most civilian Italian team of all time, and after two group stage matches, one can't help but compare the team to the 2006 World Cup winners.

Why do many people say that this Italian team is the most popular ever? Because this is the Azzurri who have been lacking a superstar in the attack, only five players have more than 50 international appearances, 159 appearances, and the oldest national team captain Gianluigi Buffon, the leading figure in the back line with 86 appearances, 31-year-old Giorginho Chiellini, nicknamed Coconut, 35-year-old centre-back Andre Barzagli with 58 appearances, and Leonardo Bonucci, the only younger 29-year-old, made 59 appearances. Finally, there is midfield striker Daniel De Rossi, who can play at centre-back, and is now 32 years old after 105 appearances.

If you look at Italy's forward line, five strikers look like a lot, but they don't have as many international caps as Chiellinido. And all their goals combined, there is no De Rossido who is not good at scoring goals.

In the entire Italian 23-man squad, he scored the most goals, Roma iron waist De Rossi, with 18 goals is the first in this national team.

Therefore, this Italian team, which is overwhelmingly "civilian", is not the favorite to win the championship.

But it is such a civilian giant that is underestimated, in the first game, it defeated Belgium, which is known as the biggest dark horse in the European Cup and one of the favorites to win the European Red Devils, and in the second game, it faced Sweden with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the world's third star, and relied on the goal of Eder, who could not play the main force in Inter Milan, in the 88th minute to kill the opponent, scoring three goals in two games, and conceding 6 points without conceding a goal to rank first in Group E, and there is no suspense in qualifying for the top spot in the group.

Italy's performance is reminiscent of the tournament Italy, the less favored it is, the more likely it is to "upset", and the team shows the most typical Italian style, which is very solid defensively.

Although Italy is easy to qualify from the group, this civilian giant team is still not favored, without Andrea Pirlo, without "horse performance" Claudio Marchisio, without Marco Verratti, relying on civilian strikers with no major tournament experience, it is difficult for Italy to go far.

Whether this is the case or not, we will find out in the knockout round in two weeks' time.

The two matches in Group D were the most goals scored since the start of the tournament.

The Czech Republic, which lost the first game, faced Croatia with a good start in the first game, and it only took an hour for Croatia to lead by two goals.

The most attractive thing about football is that you don't give up until the last moment.

The bloody Czechs show what it means to be happy and sad, what it means to be reversed, and what it means to be happy and happy in life.

The turning point came in the 62nd minute, when Croatia was absolutely brainy, with Luka Modric, the core of the midfield, going off injured, and the Czech Republic replacing two in the 67th minute in order to equalize.

After the substitution, the Czechs launched a fierce attack, and 30-year-old striker Milan Skoda, who had been on the bench for less than ten minutes, pulled one back with a header from Thomas Rosicky's beautiful outside instep cross.

In the 86th minute, the Czechs, who had replaced the striker, went all out, causing a foul on Croatia three minutes later, and Thomas Nesyd, who had just come on for three minutes, scored a penalty and finally equalized the mighty Croatia in the last minute.

Leading by two goals, only to be equalised in the last ten minutes, the joy and sorrow of life were nothing more than that, and it was their midfield core that hit Croatia even harder, with "The Magic Flute" Modric unable to participate in the important match against Spain in the final round of the group stage.

Although Croatia has 4 points from one win and one draw, it is not a problem to win Turkey with the strength of Spain, and Spain will qualify for the group ahead of schedule with 6 points from two wins. Croatia will either win against Spain and win the group if they want to reach the knockout rounds, but of course, the Spaniards won't let you get their way. Either it is to draw Spain to finish second in the group, if you lose, you have to look at the face of the Czech Republic, the Czech Republic was out early in the last game, unless the goal difference advantage, otherwise, it is possible to see if you can fight for the best group third.

Spain, one of the favourites, played the biggest game of the tournament so far. With a brace from Alvaro Morata and a goal from Nolito, Spain beat Turkey 3-0 to qualify one round earlier.

The highlight of the game was the third goal scored by the 23-year-old Alvaro Morata, and throughout the goal, apart from centre-back Gerard Pique and goalkeeper David De Gea, the remaining nine players in Spain had touched the ball, and it was Morata who scored through 21 non-stop passes.

Of course, the game was not without controversy, it was Alvaro Morata who scored the second goal, and in the third minute after the start of the second half, Andres Iniesta passed the ball to Jordi Alba, which showed in slow motion that Alba had received the ball in an offside position and passed it to Morata to score. This is also the fly in the ointment of this game, misjudgment, and part of football.

There are two other highlights to be noted in this game, as David De Gea, who replaced veteran Igor Casillas as the first-choice goalkeeper at this European Championship, broke a 50-year record.

That was in De Gea's first five competitive matches for Spain, in which he kept a clean sheet. The previous record belonged to England goalkeeper Gordon Banks, who had a record of four games.

De Gea's first three games were a little more distant, having made his first competitive appearance for Spain on 12 October 2014 when the team comfortably beat Luxembourg 4-0 in a European Championship qualifier. In September and October last year, also in the European Championship qualifiers, they defeated Macedonia and Ukraine 1-0 respectively. Coupled with the two rounds of the group stage of this European Cup, the main goalkeeper of Manchester United, nicknamed "Duck", inadvertently set a new record.

Banksy made his debut against Uruguay in the first round of the 1966 World Cup group stage, when England drew 0-0. England have since beaten Mexico, France and Argentina in quick succession, with Banks keeping a clean sheet in between. In the semi-finals, Portuguese superstar Eusebio broke Banks' 10-finger mark with a penalty kick to end his clean sheet. In the end, however, England defeated Portugal 2-1 to advance to the final, where they defeated Germany 4-2 to claim their only World Cup title to date, and their only international tournament title.

Nolito completed a shot and a pass in the space of three minutes, becoming the first player in Spain's history to complete a pass in the middle half of the European Championship.

In the 34th minute of the first half, Nolito's cross from the left flank assisted Alvaro Morata to score with a header to open the scoring for Spain and put Turkey's half-hour effort on fire.

Three minutes later, Nolito took advantage of a mistake by a Turkish defender to score from a prone shot.

With this goal, Nolito's national team goals are the same as teammate Alvaro Morata's, with five goals, and what is even more interesting is that both have made the same number of appearances, both in 11 games.

With this brace, Morata joined France's Dimitri Payet, England's Qiansheng, Wales' Gareth Bale and Romania's Bogdan Stanku at the top of the European Championship scorers' charts.

Since France, Spain, and England have qualified in advance, all three have the opportunity to continue to score goals and compete for the European Championship Golden Boot, while Wales and Romania, the former has the greatest chance of entering the knockout round, and the latter's opponent and early exit are also expected to qualify for the third place in the group with the best results, so the competition for the European Championship Golden Boot will be more intense.

Facing Ireland, who have one point in hand, Belgium, the European Red Devils who have high expectations, will have their backs against the water, and if they lose again, they will say goodbye to the European Championship in advance.

This talented team has always been due to national reasons, contradictions, and lack of wholeness, and Mark Wilmots's team, despite having the most talented players in team history, has always lacked a way to pinch this group of talents into a whole.

Moreover, the two cores of the team, Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne, who shone at Manchester City last season, are now doubtful with injuries, and if they can't play, they will be greatly relegated to Belgium's midfield strength.

Whether it's a fight with their backs and three points, or they are overwhelmed and go home, Bordeaux's Matmut Atlantic Stadium will see the young Red Devils go left or right at this European Championship. (To be continued.) )