In the early morning of March 27, the play-off series in the EURO 2024 qualifying round ended and the final representatives were selected to attend the festival in Germany.
Right from this moment, the difficult groups for the big teams have been shaped.
Group A: Germany, Scotland, Hungary, Switzerland
This is a relatively easy group for host Germany if you just look at the names of the group representatives. However, considering the performance in the recent EURO 2024 qualifying round , Die Mannschaft certainly cannot help but be wary.
Julian Nagelsmann and his team have the disadvantage of not being able to properly test themselves in the qualifying round like the other 3 teams (because they are the hosts, they enter straight). A few friendly matches that have passed since the 2022 World Cup have left many conflicting results for the “Tanks”. Therefore, the appearance of the home team has not yet been fully identified.
Meanwhile, in the qualifying round, Scotland ranked 2nd in Group A, just behind Spain and quite far behind the other group. Hungary even topped Group G and Switzerland finished the qualifying round with second place in Group I. If they can maintain this form until the final round, these 3 representatives will make the hosts very surprised and it is unknown what will happen. earthquake occurs.
Group B: Spain, Croatia, Italy, Albania
Looking at the representatives in this group, the name “group of death” is certainly correct because Spain, Croatia and Italy are all famous names in recent years on the world and continental arenas. .
However, the team playing the role of death in this group may be Albania. No one thought that in such a tough qualifying campaign, Albania would finish at the top of Group E, ahead of many other experienced teams like the Czech Republic or Poland.
Except for Spain, which is still stable, Croatia and Italy with their uneventful qualifying campaigns could become victims of Albania in the next few months.
Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England
The England team is of course the highest rated in this group as they almost completely destroyed Group C in the qualifying campaign. However, recent unconvincing friendly matches have caused Gareth Southgate’s team to begin to receive some big question marks.
Meanwhile, Slovenia and Denmark created a heroic duel in Group H when the two teams finished with the same 22 points and shared the top two positions. Meanwhile, Serbia is not in good form, only ranked 2nd in Group G with 14 points.
We cannot rule out the possibility that Slovenia and Denmark will have a big shock against England in this rather unpredictable group.
Group D: Poland, Netherlands, Austria, France
The latest 0-2 loss to Germany in a friendly cannot make France lose its advantage. They are still the top candidate for the championship this summer as they have shown extremely stable performance since the 2022 World Cup final.
In the last 3/4 major tournaments, France has reached the final, which is an achievement that confirms the strength of Didier Deschamps and his team.
The Netherlands is a bit inferior to France in Group B but still creates a gap with the other group. Meanwhile, Poland was quite up and down and had to rely on the last match to get a ticket to Group E. As for Austria, they will try to compete for 2nd place in Group E after having an impressive qualifying journey with second place in group F.
Group E: Belgium, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraine
This is a group where chances are determined to be equally divided among all 4 teams. Belgium and Romania both finished the qualifying round at the top of Groups F and I. Meanwhile, Slovakia was only ranked behind Portugal in Group J.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is on par with defending champion Italy in Group C and is only allowed to play-off when it is behind Italy in difference.
Group F: Portugal, Czech Republic , Turkey, Georgia
Ronaldo and his teammates have a great opportunity to easily pass the group stage of EURO 2024 when the remaining opponents are considered not to be on the same level, especially after the qualifying campaign.
Georgia ranked 4th in Group A but just won the play-off to win tickets to EURO for the first time in history. Although Türkiye is at the top of Group D, this is a group with many middle-ranked teams. Croatia is the only big team that has serious ups and downs.
For the Czech Republic, placing second in Group E makes this veteran representative not highly appreciated.
