text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Liu Yi
2024 European Cup qualifiers lottery ceremony was held in Frankfurt, Germany on October 9. Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia , and Malta constitute the "death group".
England and France have become second-tier teams this time, which means that there is a high possibility of a "death group". When the lottery guest and former German international Riddle drew England into the Group C where Italy is located, another lottery guest, former Italian midfielder Albertini 's expression became very complicated. The look at Riddle's eyes were meaningful, as if saying, "You are really good!"
has revenge and revenge, which has become the feature of the confrontation of the first four teams in Group C. Only the fifth team Malta is a little confused. Last year in the European Cup final, Italy drew 1-1 away with England and won the championship trophy after a penalty kick. Before the draw began, former Italian internationals Zanbrotta and Albertini brought the championship trophy to the scene.
In the 2022-2023 season European National League , the old opponents Italy and England are in the same group. In the penultimate round of the group stage on September 24, Italy defeated England 1-0 at home, making " Three Lions " one round ahead of schedule to be relegated from A-level team to B-level team.
Italy and North Macedonia also have a grudge. In the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup European Qualifiers Playoffs, Italy lost a big cold at home and was defeated by North Macedonia 0-1. It was a game that broke many Italian fans' heartbreak. The semi-finals were determined in one match, resulting in the "Blue Army" missing the finals for two consecutive World Cups.
Ukraine reached the quarterfinals as a dark horse in the European Cup last year, and lost 0-4 to England in the quarter-finals. They only won 1 win and 2 losses in the group stage, and their only victory was to defeat North Macedonia 2-1; and in the last round of the group stage, they lost 0-1 to to , and were suspected of choosing their opponents - in order to avoid the popular Italy in the 1/8 final, they faced Sweden. Ukraine eventually eliminated Sweden in overtime.
By the 2024 European Cup qualifiers, Italy became an unavoidable opponent for Ukraine.
In addition to the host Germany directly entering the finals, the top two in each group of the European qualifiers directly qualify, and the other three tickets were generated through the play-offs. Although Italy and England are mortal enemies, they can also help each other when competing for the right to qualify: "jointly strangle" Ukraine, North Macedonia, and Malta in the same group.
2024 European Cup qualifiers group
A group: Spain, Scotland, Norway , Georgia , Cyprus
B group: Netherlands , France, Ireland , Greek , Gibraltar
C group: Italy, England, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Malta
D group: Croatia , Wales , Armenia , Turkey , Latvia
E group: Polish , Czech , Albania , Faroe Islands , Moldova
F group: Belgium html ml5, Austria, Sweden, Azerbaijan , Estonia
G group: Hungarian , Serbia , Montenegro , Bulgaria , Lithuania
H group: Denmark, Finland , Slovenia , Kazakhstan , Northern Ireland html ml5, San Marino
I group: Switzerland , Israel, Romania , Kosovo , Belarus , Andorra
J group: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina , Iceland , Luxembourg , Slovakia , Liechtenstein (For more news, please follow Yangchengpai pai.ycwb.com)
Source | Yangcheng Evening News·Yangcheng Pai
Picture | Visual China
Editor | Zhong Wenyi
