Who will win Euros? Insiders from last four give their verdicts

Four teams are preparing for nan semi-finals of Euro 2024, pinch Spain group to look France connected Tuesday while England return connected nan Netherlands nan pursuing day.

Spain are seeking to triumph nan tourney for nan 4th time, having astir precocious triumphed successful 2012.

France past won it 24 years agone while nan Dutch triumphed successful 1988 - and England are of people hoping to extremity their hold for a first European Championship.

So who is looking successful nan champion style for their semi-final, and who could triumph it all?

BBC Sport asked experts from each state for their views, and you tin ballot for who you deliberation will assistance nan trophy astatine nan end.

Spanish shot journalist Guillem Balague:

Spain played successful 3 different ways against Germany. While we were superior to nan erstwhile 4 opponents, we were not against Germany. However we did not springiness up and sewage nan victory, truthful it was a different trial and we came retired of it well.

It was a different trial because it was very physical; it was nan astir magnitude of fouls successful a crippled successful a European Championship since 2016, but we showed we are not now frightened of a beingness battle.

We played pinch wingers, past without wingers and nary striker and past yet 4-2-4 successful other time, which intends we person layers. The main point is we adapted to everything Germany threw astatine us. Yes we could person lost, but we were ne'er acold distant from winning it either.

Against France we cognize we will person to return nan initiative, for illustration we had to do against Italy, Albania and Georgia. We will person to beryllium observant against counter-attacks.

I cognize for France to triumph they do not person to play well, but we are besides capable to triumph without playing well.

Perhaps we are not arsenic businesslike arsenic we should beryllium pinch our shots, but because we property truthful often, yet we thin to ace nan seed and that will hap against France.

We person suspensions while Pedri was injured successful nan past game, and we will besides person to beryllium observant against France's gait successful nan likes of Ousmane Dembele and Kylian Mbappe.

But it will spell down to what Spain does without nan shot - and we are nan champion squad astatine pressing high, moreover 'though location are tired legs - and pinch nan ball.

I deliberation we will hit France and will meet England successful nan final.

WINNER: Spain

BBC Sport's main shot writer Phil McNulty:

England must harness nan resilience they person shown successful nan look of adversity and nan individual brilliance from Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka that has put them successful nan semi-final into a much cohesive squad capacity to hit nan Netherlands.

Gareth Southgate's broadside person struggled successful Euro 2024 against sides who person defended deep, truthful nan much attacking attack of nan Netherlands mightiness conscionable suit them and springiness England’s imaginative players much room for manoeuvre.

England will request to beryllium astatine their champion defensively because nan Dutch airs a superior threat successful attack, pinch Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo having a good tourney and nan unpredictable Memphis Depay ever dangerous.

If England get it correct they tin problem a Netherlands defence that has looked susceptible nether pressure, pinch nan imaginable conflict betwixt nan respective captains Harry Kane and Virgil van Dijk a cardinal component.

Kane struggled desperately successful England’s quarter-final against Switzerland, looking physically short and disconnected nan pace, but you would still not stake against him taking nan large chance if 1 comes along.

England are now, contempt indifferent performances truthful far, successful a position wherever they are superior contenders to triumph Euro 2024. They person reached nan semi-finals almost successful spite of themselves, but assurance must surely beryllium increasing and teams often get a consciousness of destiny being pinch them astatine this shape of awesome competitions – deliberation Greece successful 2004 and Portugal successful 2016.

If England were to triumph their first awesome trophy since nan 1966 World Cup, this would not astonishment maine – but while a sixth consciousness says England, nan caput says Spain.

Spain person looked nan champion squad successful what has been a mixed Euro 2024 though they could still travel unstuck against a hugely talented but regimented France nether Didier Deschamps.

None of France's players person scored a extremity from unfastened play while Spain person been fluent pinch Lamine Yamal, who is not 17 until nan time earlier nan final, a revelation successful a broadside that besides boasts world-class talent successful nan style of figures specified arsenic Manchester City’s Rodri.

Spain person a potent operation of younker and experience, are increasing into nan title and person looked nan astir awesome squad from nan commencement – but I judge they will person to get past England to triumph Euro 2024.

WINNERS: Spain.

French shot journalist Julien Laurens:

We person seen nan champion of France defensively, certainly. This is what they do, it is their style and it is their DNA. It is besides really you triumph tournaments, being coagulated defensively.

Where they person possibly not been astatine their champion is pinch nan ball. They do not play sexy football, it is not what they are astir - but they person been lacking successful position of creating chances. They are usually much effective successful nan opposition's box.

Along pinch Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappe has perchance been nan biggest disappointment astatine this tournament.

There are a fewer explanations, nan first being nan disguise he has had to deterioration aft breaking his chemoreceptor against Austria. In that crippled he had looked rather sharp. He besides had a fewer fittingness issues earlier nan Euros, truthful I do not deliberation he is afloat fresh - but nan disguise is besides really bothering him.

If location is 1 squad that tin frustrate Spain much than immoderate different here, it is France.

For me, pinch Spain's problems successful midfield arsenic a consequence of Pedri's wounded it will beryllium a lawsuit of who wins nan conflict successful nan middle. The beingness effect nan France midfield has is unthinkable and that is wherever nan crippled will beryllium won.

This will beryllium a large crippled for Antoine Griezmann considering he has spent much of his profession successful Spain than successful France, truthful we request him and Mbappe to raise their games.

I want a France-England last and I deliberation France, of nan 4 semi-finalists, person nan ruthlessness and nan acquisition of this level. I besides deliberation astatine immoderate constituent Kylian will go Kylian again and will beryllium unbeatable.

WINNERS: France

Dutch shot writer Jesper Langbroek:

The Turkey crippled I deliberation showed nan Netherlands person a bully Plan B - utilizing Wout Weghorst arsenic a striker pinch Memphis Depay conscionable behind.

England played pinch 5 defenders against Switzerland, truthful it made it very compact successful that area. I deliberation this is nan measurement we request to play if we are going to do it.

The point I person noticed pinch this squad is they request a wake-up telephone to get going. They had that against Austria and past against Romania they were good. Then they had different wake-up telephone erstwhile Turkey took nan lead successful nan quarter-final.

There is much successful some these teams but they are not coming retired yet - and that is simply a similarity betwixt nan sides.

I deliberation nan victor will travel from nan different broadside of nan draw. England and nan Netherlands person not yet been tested really; they person faced immoderate bully teams but not played nan large countries arsenic they are connected nan different broadside of nan draw.

I deliberation Spain will triumph because they are playing bully shot arsenic a collective. England, France and nan Netherlands are still waiting to get everything together, but clip is moving out.

WINNERS: Spain