2023-10-13 08:49:40
Euro qualifiers.. France and the Netherlands are in a hot summit, and Portugal is in the qualifiers
All eyes are on the Euro 2024 qualifiers, which will be held in Germany, when some teams will play important matches today, Friday, in order to qualify for the next edition, within the seventh round, which is expected to be fiery.
The Netherlands national team is scheduled to meet its French counterpart at the Johan Cruyff Arena, at 21:45 Mecca time, as coach Ronald Koeman’s team enters this confrontation following a 2-1 victory over the Republic of Ireland in the last match it played, thanks to both the Liverpool striker. Cody Gakpo and Hoffenheim striker Foot Wegurst, while France lost its last match to Germany during a friendly match in which Leroy Sane and Thomas Muller scored Germany’s goals, while Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann scored the net.
The French national team is in the lead with 15 points following achieving 5 consecutive victories by scoring 11 goals and without conceding any goals, while the Netherlands national team has 9 points from 4 matches and knows that victory is very important, especially since the third Greek national team is competing strongly for the runner-up card. He has the same score, but with more matches (5), and he will face his fourth counterpart, Ireland, with 3 points, while the Gibraltar team finally comes without points following receiving 17 goals without succeeding in scoring the net.
The Roosters team, runner-up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and 2018 champion in Russia, will qualify in the event of a victory over the Netherlands or a draw once morest the Windmills, provided that Greece loses, while Ireland will completely lose its hope of occupying a qualifying position for the Euros in the event of a loss or a draw coinciding with the Netherlands’ victory, while Gibraltar has lost all His luck.
As for Koeman, the coach of the Netherlands, he knows well that he has a good team that includes a mixture of experience and youth. For example, Girona defender Daley Blind is the most experienced, having played 103 international matches, but it includes players who have had a fair amount of experience with the national team, such as Nathan Ake, the Manchester City player. Stefan de Vrij from Inter Milan and Ajax striker Steven Bergwijn.
And without forgetting some new faces, the likes of Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Micky van de Ven, following a strong start to the season, while Bayer Leverkusen right-back Jeremy Frimpong and Brighton goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen might also make their international debuts this time around.
In another match on the same night, Portugal will play at the Dragao Stadium in a match that the 2016 European champion will enter following winning 6 matches in a row without conceding a goal. In his last match, he was able to achieve his biggest win ever in an official match by defeating Luxembourg with a score of 9-0. His land.
But the task will not be easy for a team that occupies runner-up in the group, and is seeking to strengthen its position in qualifying following winning 4 matches, losing one and drawing a match, and its last meeting witnessed a victory over Liechtenstein 3-0.
Roberto Martinez called up a strong team for the two qualifying matches this month, a team full of attacking talent, with Rafael Guerrero and Ricardo Horta ruled out of the training camp due to a muscle injury, without Martinez calling in any substitutes, and he now has 24 available.
It is expected that the team of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo will achieve victory over Slovakia, with it having many options, especially in the attacking line, such as Joao Felix, the Spanish Barcelona player, and Rafael, the Italian Milan winger, in addition to the captain and player of Al-Nasr, Ronaldo of course, but Slovakia will try to cling to achieving victory, especially since Luxembourg The third is monitoring the situation because he has 10 points, and if he wins over Iceland and loses Slovakia, he will reach the 13th point, following which the decision will be in the final round.
In Group Six, Belgium will qualify if it wins over Austria, and vice versa, since both teams have 13 points, and the two teams have many names despite the absences. For example, Austria lacks the services of Real Madrid star Alaba, Borussia Dortmund midfielder Marcel Sabitz, and Inter Milan player Arnautovic due to injury, while Missing from the squad of striker Romelu Lukaku’s teammates, who is seeking to shine following his strong return in the Italian League with Roma, are Trossard from Arsenal, Thibaut Courtois and Kevin De Bruyne.
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