Welcome to a Euro 2016 edition of the Planet Football Podcast. I am SI.com

soccer editor, obi creditor joined today by S.I.com's Ben Littleton and a special

guest Chelsea goalkeeper Asmere Beggievich, Asmere.

Thanks so much for joining us today.

Thanks for having me on guys.

Absolutely.

Guys, the Euro 2016 tournament is down to its final 16.

The group stage is over.

I feel like it just started. It always happens like this, so many games so quick and then it's done.

Asmar, let's start with you, I guess, what, anything it's in particular stand out for you from the group

stage that that you take on into the knockout round? I just think the thing that

struck me this year and with this term is just how wide open it is. I think there's been so many close games, so many

teams in it. Obviously with the new format it's kept going really to the last second of the

group stages so I just think it's really really open in and maybe in the past couple

tournaments you've seen a team like Spain who just look a cut above the rest whereas

this year I think it's wide open for anyone to make a run and now it gets really interesting 16 teams left and

seems like it's anyone's game and whoever gets in run could very well win it.

Yeah absolutely even you know you look at the favorites and they're all pretty much on one side of the bracket but

Germany France Italy Spain England nobody's looked unbeatable which I guess you like you

don't want to this early in a tournament you don't want to peak that early but at the

same time there are still flaws that I think

these teams and the good teams that they're going up against can can take

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