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The semi-finals of the first round of the European Football League (UEFA), which pulled out Monday in Dublin, resulted in a confrontation between England, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland.
The semi-finalists of the 2016 Europe Cup will meet Portugal in Porto on June 5, 2019, while the English and Dutch teams will face Gimariach the sixth.
The four matches (semi-finals, finals and third places) take place in Portugal. The final date of the third match was fixed on the 9th of the same month.
Each of the four teams dominated their group at the first level of the competition organized by the Continental Union this season for the first time, with the main objective of replacing the friendly matches with a competition of a competitive nature.
The Netherlands won first place group A at the first level at the expense of France, world champion 2018, and Germany won the title of the 2014 World Cup.
England, qualified for the group after a late 2-1 win over Croatia, second in France at the 2018 Russia World Cup, and qualified for the fourth group, which also includes Spain , the 2010 World Cup and the European Cup in 2008 and 2012.
On the other hand, Switzerland dominated their second group at the expense of Belgium, although they are tied on points (9 each), while Iceland has remained unchanged. Switzerland set the record with an impressive victory over Belgium in the last match 5-2 after being a half-clean before third place in the World Cup.
Portugal beat Group C at the expense of Italy and Poland. The Portuguese team is the only one of the four teams to have lost a match in the group stage, which allowed them to host the finals of the competition.
It's a pride for the Portuguese, for the federation, for the players, "said Portugal coach Fernando Santos.
Santos refused to confirm whether captain Cristiano Ronaldo, five-time world champion at Juventus, would be in the semi-finals in his absence from the World Cup.
The winner of the European competition will receive 10.5 million euros, divided between 4.5 million dollars in group stage and 6 million dollars in the final.
For its part, the rider wins 9 million, including 8 million for the winner in the match for third place and 7 million for the loser.
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