This year's European Championship was very enthusiastic in China, with some football commentators' predictions and highlights attracting a lot of attention, especially the prediction of former footballer Fan Zhiyi.
Fan Zhiyi's accurate prediction of the last eight after the group stage is undoubtedly an astonishing achievement, as he successfully predicted that defending champions Italy would be beaten 2-0 by Switzerland, and he also accurately predicted that Turkey would eliminate Austria with a score of 2-1.
When it came to the final four predictions, Fan Zhiyi's accuracy rate dropped sharply to just 25%, and only one match in his prediction was accurately predicted, with France winning the match against Portugal. And his predictions about the wins of Spain, England and the Netherlands were all wrong, and this difference in predictions made many fans ridicule, which is the charm of football, full of uncertainty.
Predictions are a game of probability, the key is to enjoy the process and wonderful moments of the game, and not to be too entangled in the accuracy of the results, after all, the results of football matches are affected by many factors, and even the top analysts are difficult to achieve 100% accuracy.
In the specific game analysis, Fan Zhiyi's optimism about Switzerland and Turkey is not unfounded, especially the match between Switzerland and England, Switzerland finally went out through a penalty shootout, but the whole game performed well, showing good strength and tenacious fighting spirit, the same Turkey was reversed by the Netherlands, but they once led in the game, showing strong competitiveness.
Fan Zhiyi's prediction for the semi-finals shows his in-depth analysis of the game, the Spanish team is short of important players, but they show impressive passing ability, even if the French team is not as attacking as before, Fan Zhiyi is still optimistic about the French team to win, this prediction is not only based on the analysis of the team's current form, but also takes into account tactical matching and psychological factors.
In the semi-final between England and the Netherlands, England had a lot of firepower up front and were not very efficient in scoring goals, and the Netherlands defended relatively well, and the outcome of this game will depend heavily on whether either side can take advantage of their chances at crucial moments.