The Netherlands avoided defeat at the feet of Denmark with Chen Fan's play, which made Dutch fans feel lucky, and at the same time made Dutch fans realize the importance of Chen Fan to the Dutch team.

The media is obviously not the same as the fans, they see the overall slump of the Dutch team, how far can such a Dutch team go?

In the group of death, with the strong Germany and Portugal in the same group, if the Dutch team continues to be so sluggish in the next game, Germany and Portugal will give the Netherlands a chance?

Shortly after the match between the Netherlands and Denmark, the battle between Germany and Portugal took place at the Lviv Stadium.

In the Group of Death, the outcome of the first match is likely to be directly related to the final fate of the team.

Both sides also knew the significance of the game, with Germany coach Loew cautiously saying: "Portugal are the best counter-attacking team in the world and Germany cannot afford to make any mistakes. ”

The players from both teams are familiar with each other, with a total of 13 players in the Champions League semi-finals between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in April.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe and Coentrão will be joined by Mesut Ozil and Khedira, two Real Madrid team-mates.

Germany and Portugal have played each other 17 times in their history, with Germany holding the upper hand with 8 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Since the beginning of the 21st century, Germany and Portugal have met three times in the world series, and in Euro 2000, Portugal beat Germany 3-0.

The Germans beat Portugal twice at the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008. There is a Portuguese nemesis hidden in the German team, and in the last two meetings between Germany and Portugal, all six goals of Germany are related to Piggy, and he has three goals, two assists and one own goal.

Both sides were very cautious after the start of the game, and as the game progressed, both sides gradually increased their attacking intensity.

However, neither side was able to find the back of the net in the first half, and after a fifteen-minute break at half-time, the sides changed sides again.

In the 27th minute of the second half, Khedira crossed from the right, Gomez jumped high near the small penalty area to hit the goal, the Portuguese goalkeeper couldn't reach the whip, and the ball flew into the lower right corner of the goal, Germany led 1-0!

In the following game, the Germans withstood the Portuguese's counter-attack and maintained a one-goal lead until the end of the game, and the Germans won the strong dialogue, finishing second in the group behind the Netherlands on goal difference.

Chen Fan, who is also the leading star of Real Madrid, led the Netherlands to play a reversal game in a 0-1 situation, but Ronaldo failed to lead Portugal to turn the tables.

The next day, the Guardian commented: "It's all one goal behind, it's all the team's overall poor form, but Chen used two wonderful goals to help the Netherlands come back to win, while Ronaldo failed to lead Portugal to a comeback."

This shows that Chen's value is higher than Ronaldo's.

In this game, the Portuguese superstar had four shots on goal, all of which hit the woodwork, but failed to bring a goal. Chen, on the other hand, had a total of five shots on goal in the whole game, but brought two goals.

The two of them make a judgment! ”

The Telegraph, the largest media outlet in the Netherlands, expressed concern about the state of the Netherlands: "If the Dutch team is still in this state in the next round of the life-and-death battle with Germany, and pins all their hopes on Chen, then the Dutch team will be more than lucky!" ”

For Chen Fan's performance in the first game, many media praised him.

Marca said: "In the Netherlands' opening game of this European Championship, Chen once again took on the role of 'savior', stepping up from a goal down to score two stunning goals to help the Netherlands turn the score around in the last moments! ”

"Chen saved the Netherlands with two world-class goals, which also shows how terrible the Danes are and that the Danes didn't give Chen too much space and chances," said the French newspaper. However, Chen is Chen, and he is still the invincible Chen! ”

The Daily Mail said: "The thrilling win over Denmark in a lore is a testament to the fact that the Death Group lives up to its name!" At the same time, it also reflects the value of Chen! ”

The Munich Evening Post said: "Germany had a thrilling win over Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal and it was to be celebrated, but they will meet the Netherlands in their second game.

All Loew has to do is find a way to contain Chen's play, and as long as this happens, there will be no problem for the German team to qualify from the group early! ”

On the 11th, the match in Group C began.

Group C favourites Spain and Italy collided in a match at the Gdansk Municipal Arena.

The two teams have met 29 times in their history, with Italy winning 10, drawing 11 and losing eight, while Spain have won seven of their eight games in warm-up matches.

The two teams have met 10 times in official matches, with Spain beating Italy only once in the 90-minute regular season, at the 1920 Olympics.

Italy are the most contested team in the World Cup and European Championship finals, with three draws and three defeats, but in the Euro 2008 quarter-final that was recorded as a draw, the Spaniards survived a 120-minute winless battle to eliminate the Italians on penalties and win the title.

The last meeting between the two teams was a friendly on 10/08/2011 when Italy beat Spain 2-1.

After the start of the game, Spain gradually controlled the tempo of the game with the strength of their midfield, but neither side was able to find the back of the net in the first half.

In the fifteenth minute of the second half, the situation on the field changed abruptly, Pirlo dribbled the ball in the middle of the field, and passed straight to Di Natale, who was in front of him!

Di Natale crossed to the left side of the penalty area, and in the face of Casillas, who was attacking and blocking, he calmly sent the ball into the far corner of the goal, and the Italian team led 1-0!

After the game restarted, Spain, who were behind the score, launched a fierce attack.

In the nineteenth minute of the second half, Iniesta crossed from the left, Silva at the top of the arc picked the ball to the goal, Fabregas pushed the goal, and the score was tied 1-1!

In the end, the two teams drew with a score of 1-1.

Shortly after the match between Italy and Spain, the other match in Group C began, with Ireland taking on Croatia.

It is worth mentioning that the game was played in the rain.

Once the match began, Croatia, who were the first to serve, launched an attack on Ireland.

In the third minute of the first half, Srna broke through the bottom line on the right side and crossed and deflected by the defender, Mandzukic scored with a header ten meters from the goal, Given's vision was blocked and the reaction was slow, and the ball flew into the bottom right corner, Croatia 1-0!

The fastest goal in this European Championship was born!

In the nineteenth minute of the first half, Ireland won a free-kick in front.

McGiddy took a free kick, and at this time a wild whistle sounded on the sidelines, and some Croatian players were a little stunned, and Saint Ledger equalized with a header from three meters from the goal, 1-1!

It was the first goal scored by a defender at this European Championship.

In the 43rd minute of the first half, Modric's left-footed long-range shot was not very powerful, Ward blocked the ball and cleared the ball into an own goal, and Jelavic easily scored from five meters from the goal!

Two to one!

At the start of the second half, Croatia scored another lightning goal.

In the third minute of the second half, Perisic crossed from the left, Mandzukic headed the goal from 10 meters, the ball hit the right post and bounced off the head of the flying Given, and then bounced into the net, Croatia 3-1.

In the end, Croatia defeated Ireland 3-1 and ranked first in the group!

On the 12th, Group D matches began, and France and England were the first to appear, which was another strong dialogue.

France and England have played 28 official matches, with France winning 8, drawing 4 and losing 16, but England have not won against France since they won the World Cup in 1998.

From 1999 to the present, the two sides have met France 5 times, 4 wins and 1 draw, and France also has a huge advantage in the European Cup, counting the qualifiers, the two teams have met 4 times in the history of the European Cup, and France has won 2 and drawn 2 to remain unbeaten.

In the 30th minute of the first half, Gerrard took a free kick from the right, and the French man was seriously missed, and Lescott scored with an easy header from five meters from the goal, giving England a 1-0 lead, which was the first goal for the national team.

In the 39th minute of the first half, Ribery returned a pass in the penalty area, and Nasri fired a low right-footed shot from the goal on the left side, Hart's vision was blocked, and the ball went into the net against the left post, 1-1 draw.

In the end, the two sides drew 1-1.