The first place in group D will face the second place in group F, i.e. one of Portugal, Türkiye, Czech Republic and Georgia. Second place, however, would put them in front of the second place in group E, where the Belgium together with Ukraine, Slovakia And Romania. The draw for the third qualifying round in the round of 16 could be very complicated. There are many possible national teams to meet in this case: Spain, Italy, Croatia, England and again Belgium. Everything will depend on the final grid of the third-placed teams.
France
France, winner of group B, qualified against them the Netherlands winning 2:1 last October. THE French players have not missed the final stage of the competition since 1988.
By all accounts the favorite team for the final victory, capable of fielding at least two potentially top-level starting lineups.
He is definitely the star of the team Kylian Mbappenew purchase of Real Madrid. The French striker scored 46 goals in 77 games with the senior national team. Mbappe will be able to rely on first-rate teammates: Giroud, Coman, Griezmann and Ousmane Dembélé, Thuram and, for the first time, the PSG talent, the young Barcola. These are the names that will make up France’s attack on Euro24.
Deshamps furthermore, he decided to call back Ferland Mendy of the Real who hasn’t worn the Les Bleus shirt since September 2022. The surprise, however, is the call-up of N’Golo Kante: despite the year spent in Saudi Arabia with the Al-Ittihad, the French coach has also decided to bring the 2018 world champion who has not worn the national team shirt for almost 2 years. Finally, there are 6 “Italian” footballers: Maignan, Theo Hernandez, Pavard, Rabiot, Giroud and Thuram again. Absent announced Lucas Hernandezwhich a few weeks ago reported therupture of the cruciate ligament.
Holland
The Netherlands, runners-up in Group B in qualifying, secured their place in the finals with a home win against Republic of Ireland. In the Oranje we find some names that we have come to know in Serie A: Koopmeiners and De Roon, fresh from victory in the Europa League, Dumfries and De Vrij champions of Italy with Inter And Reijndersmidfielder of Milan. Excluded instead, surprisingly, Joshua Zirzee after the historic feat with the Bologna. There are also some former “Italians”: De Light, Schouten and Wijlnaldum. Many interesting profiles, above all Frimpong one of the heroes of Bayer Leverkusen champion of Germany e Xavi Simons, 21 year old, Dutch football prodigy: he played a good season with the Leipzig after a sensational year at PSV.
Those excluded from the pre-summoned list are therefore 4: goalkeeper Nick Olijthe midfielder Quinten Timberthe defender of Borussia Dortumnd Ian Maatsen And DeRoon of Atalanta, forced to miss the European Championship due to injury as well as the Europa League final.
Austria reaches its third consecutive European Championship, the fourth in total. The Austrians co-hosted the competition in 2008 with neighboring Switzerland.
Alaba will be missing, not called up due to the serious injury he suffered last December. Sabitzer will be there, one of the protagonists of the last edition of the Champions League. It may seem strange, but the match played against Italy in the last European Championship represents the best Austrian result in their history of the European championships. Before then, the Austrian national team only qualified for the final stage on 2 occasions: France 2016, eliminated in the group stage against Hungary and Iceland; and at Euro2008, the one played at home together with Switzerland. On that occasion, with the previous tournament format in force, they finished in third place: below Croatia and Germany.
Austria
CT Ralf Rangnick he has the opportunity not only to rewrite the football history of the national team, but also to personally put himself back in the spotlight in front of all of Europe. After being a faithful man of the project Red Bullbetween 2015 and 2019, was close to Milan. In the national team, the results initially struggled to arrive, then a total revolution, I play strength also due to many serious injuries and a completely re-founded style of play. In fact, the adventure in the Nations League ended with relegation to League B: last place in the group Croatia, Denmark and France. The German coach will need another year to review his ideas and choose the best players to use in qualifying for Euro2024.
Poland
Poland placed third in the qualifying group behind Albania and the Czech Republic, finishing in the play-offs. After the comfortable success in the semi-final against Estonia by 5 to 1, Michal’s team Prob secures passage by winning on penalties against Wales after 120 minutes without goals.
We find ourselves in the squad of the Polish national team Zieliski, Szczesny, Zalewski and Lewandoski. The Barcelona striker is Poland’s most capped player and top scorer at the European Championships.
Poland only made it past the group stage in one of its four participations
