UEFA EURO 2020 draw. What shines the Ukrainian team in the group with Portugal and Serbia

On 2 December, the draws for the Euro 2020 Qualifying Tournament were held in Dublin. According to his results, the Ukrainian team is ranked in Group B, where the team of Andriy Shevchenko will play with the current champion of Europe – Portugal, Serbia , Lithuania and Luxembourg.

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After a draw, Andriy Shevchenko noted that his team had decent rivals – the current champions of Europe, Portugal and the Serbs, as the coach Ukrainian team leader qualified more powerful. The third basket team

"We had decent teams in our rivals, we knew that there would be no simple rivals." The third basket, probably, was the strongest team in Serbia, and they came in the group with the current champion of Europe … But we are out to the team So we will solve the problem, "said Shevchenko.

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The Portuguese national coach Fernando Santos said the fight to reach the Euro 2020 in the group The team has three teams, with the exception of the champions of Europe, Ukraine and Serbia.

"There are three candidates in our group for two places of qualification, one for Portugal, one for Ukraine and Serbia, with tough opponents. Both teams have won with confidence their teams within the League of Nations. The national team of Ukraine still creates a lot of problems for his opponents. Serbia is also on the rise. The matches will not be easy and against Lithuania. This team is progressing. A difficult group, and so Portugal should be ready to fight one hundred percent, "said Santos.

The coach of the Serbian national team Mladen Krstatić expects to be the Portugal's favorite, but noted that Group B was unpredictable.

"We are pleased with the results of the draw. . The names of our group may not be very appealing, but, of course, they are strong and unpredictable. Portugal is a favorite, she is the champion of Europe. I think that Ukraine and Serbia will also fight for the tournaments of the last Euro-2020 tournament, "said Krstaich.

Calendar

Andriy Shevchenko immediately noted that this would be nice if the team Ukraine played the most important games in September, October and November, when the players are at their best.

"I'd like all the matches to be the most important events are held in September, October and November. National tournaments and Eurocups are in the best condition. March – the month is not very favorable for us, we play after a long break ", – said Shevchenko

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On December 2nd, the calendar was created in the evening, and the hopes of the main player Our team is only partially justified: our team starts playing against Portugal on March 22nd and with Serbia on June 7th. to say after the end of the club season, when the players are tired and far from the optimum.

But in the second round The Ukraine to accept On October 17, Portugal will meet in Portugal with Shevchenko's team This match will probably be decisive in the fight for the finals of the European Championship.

If the Ukrainian national team can not get to UEFA EURO 2020 to qualify for UEFA Europa League qualifying round ague and fight to get a ticket for the matches of the League of Nations In the new tournament of the UEFA, the Ukrainian have behaved well and finished at the top of their group. They overtook the Czech Republic and Slovakia and entered the league's most powerful division

Under the new selection rules, the winners of the League of Nations will play the playoffs, which will consist of semi-finalists. final and final, the winner of the Euro 2020. Besides the Ukrainians, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark and Sweden also participated in this tournament. If these teams qualify for Euro 2020 at the time of selection, they will be replaced by the following teams of the Second Division of the League of Nations:

Contenders

L & # One of the big favorites of Group B is the Portuguese team. In 2016, the team Fernando Santos has achieved its greatest success in its history and has become champion of Europe.

The Portuguese did not perform as well at the 2018 World Cup and stopped in the 1/8 finals, giving way to Uruguay.

Within the League of Nations of Portugal She confidently won the competition in her group, where her rivals were Italy and Poland, and went to the last part of the tournament, where the trophy will compete with the four strongest teams. In the summer of 2019, the Santos team will dispute victory in the League of Nations with England, Holland and Switzerland in Portugal itself

At the fall of the League of Nations for Portugal, his leader Cristiano Ronaldo did not play, which resulted in a break in his appearances for a national team. He should make his comeback in the UEFA Euro-2012 national team. It depends if it will happen to the Portuguese. Even in his 33 years, the five-time winner of the "Golden Ball" remains the key figure of the team, without which his potential diminishes considerably.

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] The Serbian national team also participated in the 2018 World Cup final and was unable to leaving the group with Brazil, Switzerland and Costa Rica

In the League of Nations, the Serbs played in the third division and were beaten in front of Romania, Montenegro and Lithuania.

Serbia is a well-equipped team, which has one foot in every European class Oliste link. Such as the defender "Roma" and the captain of the team Aleksander Kolarov, the midfielder "Manchester United" Nemanja Matich and the forward "Fulham" Alexander Ladrowich, who scored six goals in the League of Nations .

Lithuania and Luxembourg in the UEFA EURO 2020 squad look like outsiders. The Lithuanians of the League of Nations finished last in a group with the Serbs and flew to the weakest division. Luxembourg played in League D, where he finished second after Belarus, ahead of Moldova and San Marino.

Who will be the favorite

The bookmakers have already started to bet on the qualifying matches for Euro 2020. In group B, they consider the favorite of Portugal for a victory in which five are offered the coefficient 1.44. At the same time, the national team of Ukraine and Serbia have equal chances to reach the final at 4:50. Lithuania – 126.00 and Luxembourg – 501.00 will leave no hope of continuation of the struggle.

The Euro 2020 will take place from June 12 to July 12, 2020. For the first time, 12 countries will participate in the last part of the championship of Europe. The matches will be played in Amsterdam, Bucharest, Dublin, Munich, Baku, Budapest, Glasgow, Rome, Bilbao, Copenhagen, St. Petersburg and London, which will host the semi-finals and final.