Will we get Mbappe v Ronaldo in Euro knockout stages?

With 36 games played and 8 teams eliminated, we're now into knockout shot astatine nan European Championship successful Germany.

Twenty 4 teams stay arsenic they look to beryllium 1 of nan 2 sides who will compete successful nan last of Euro 2024 successful Berlin connected 14 July.

BBC Sport takes a look astatine a fewer of things to watch retired for successful nan knockout stages.

Home advantage.

There is thing rather for illustration winning a awesome trophy connected location ungraded and location is simply a increasing belief successful Germany that they mightiness conscionable do it.

As instrumentality zones filled up to watch their opening crippled against Scotland location was optimism - but still a emotion that Germany were building a team.

It each changed aft their thumping 5-1 triumph and now Germany fans genuinely believe.

Speak to fans successful bars, train stations and cafes crossed nan state and location are not galore doubting them.

With a squad packed afloat of talent, a buoyant pursuing successful nan stands, and a young, imaginative head successful Julian Nagelsman, it is simply a existent opportunity for Germany to make it each nan measurement to Berlin.

It is going to come, right?

Cristiano Ronaldo was nan associated apical scorer astatine Euro 2020 and each eyes were connected him arsenic nan spearhead of this Portugal squad successful Germany.

But nan 39-year-old didn't negociate a extremity successful nan group shape - nan first clip that has happened astatine either a Euros aliases World Cup.

It isn't for nan want of trying, however. He has had 12 shots truthful acold astatine Euro 2024 - much than immoderate different player.

Should some sides navigate their last-16 games, Portugal and France will meet successful nan quarter-finals and you would ideate Ronaldo would spell each retired to upstage Kylian Mbappe.

Belgium’s ‘golden generation’ whitethorn person been and gone, but classed 3rd successful nan world, location are still precocious expectations connected them to execute astatine this tournament.

So far, they person grounded to deliver.

A goalless tie pinch Ukraine was capable to nonstop fans complete nan separator arsenic they jeered and voiced their frustrations contempt Belgium progressing to nan knockout stages.

Kevin de Bruyne sent retired a rallying telephone successful his media convention connected Wednesday, claiming Belgium “need nan fans”.

Will they backmost them? Or person Belgium sewage activity to do to triumph them backmost over?

But possibly Spain can.

Stars of nan tourney truthful far, nan Spaniards person returned to nan heights of European shot and person caller kids connected nan block.

Nico Williams, Lamine Yamal and co person lit up nan tourney pinch their fearlessness and productivity truthful far.

From nutmegs to backheel flicks and no-look passes, Spain’s talented youngsters person shown they person nan ingredients to return this state each nan way.

At 16 years old, Barcelona's Yamal has already struck fearfulness into defenders and location is nary proposal he intends connected slowing down immoderate clip soon.

Spanish fans are now sporting Williams’ sanction connected nan backs of their shirts and Pedri controls nan midfield for illustration a veteran.

The kids are alright.

It is nan fans who make a tourney and each country's supporters person played their portion successful bringing joyousness and ambiance to games astatine Euro 2024.

However, it has to beryllium said that nan Netherlands person been a peculiarly memorable beingness successful Germany truthful far.

In Hamburg, Leipzig and Berlin they turned nan streets agleam orange, walking, dancing and singing their measurement to nan stadiums down a double-decker autobus blasting our trance tunes.

Next, Munich residents tin look guardant to witnessing it arsenic that is wherever nan Dutch will play Romania successful their last-16 necktie connected 2 July.

Oh, and funny astir nan opus they singing erstwhile bouncing near to correct during their march? Go hunt 'Links Rechts'. You're welcome.

Austria are proving to beryllium nan one's to watch astatine Euro 2024, having topped a difficult group that included nan Netherlands and France, and a batch of nan in installments goes down to their leader - erstwhile Manchester United interim head Ralf Rangnick.

Known arsenic "The Godfather of Gegenpressing", Rangnick has fashioned a broadside that his afloat of energy, moving and desire.

Their emotion of nan property intends they person been tin of doing immoderate harm early connected successful games. In March, Christoph Baumgartner scored nan fastest extremity successful world shot pinch a onslaught wrong 7 seconds against Slovakia, and successful Germany they person been speedy disconnected nan people too.

They person scored successful nan opening 10 minutes successful 2 of their 3 games truthful far, truthful Turkey will request to beryllium alert from nan outset successful their last-16 match.