Türkiye drawn against Ronaldo’s Portugal, Czechs in Euro 2024

Türkiye had been paired with Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, the Czech Republic and the winner of playoff winner C in Group F because the draw for the UEFA Euro 2024 finals had been held in Hamburg, Germany on Saturday.

The Crescent-Stars come into event as shock winners of their qualifying group forward of Croatia and wish to reverse their misfortune previously two Euros when arriving with modern predictions of success.

Portugal and Ronaldo will be feeling deja vu right here. They confronted Türkiye and the Czechs within the group phases of Euro 2008, with co-host Switzerland.

Portugal topped the standings that point and will probably be fancied to take action once more after sweeping by way of qualifying with an ideal 10 wins and 10 objectives from its 38-year-old celebrity.

UEFA presents a event entry within the playoffs to the third-tier of member nations and this group is the place that staff will land: Greece was the Euro 2004 champion and the others, which can be Georgia, Kazakhstan, or Luxembourg, can be event novices.

In his response on the draw, Türkiye nationwide staff coach Vincenzo Montella stated they didn’t have any desire. “What we will do at this stage is study our opponents in detail.”

Regarding the similarity to the EURO 2008 draw, Montella stated, “When Portugal and the Czech Republic appear in the draw, it may remind us of EURO 2008. However, expectations and many things may be very different this time around.”

“Türkiye entered the EURO 2008 draw from the fourth pot and we all saw what happened in the tournament. So there may be unknown, unexpected and unforeseen things here.” Montella stated.

He added that each match in such massive occasions will probably be essential. “In my 30-year football and coaching career experience, every match is difficult in such tournaments and the power differences between the teams are quite small,” he stated.

Responding as to whether Türkiye can get its first win over Portugal, Montella laughed and stated in Turkish: “Inşallah (go willing).”

Türkiye will open it is European marketing campaign on June 18 in opposition to the playoff winner C.

Italy meets Spain

Elsewhere, Reigning champions Italy had been positioned in the identical group as Spain, whereas France will come up in opposition to the Netherlands and England prevented any of the hardest opponents.

Gareth Southgate’s much-fancied England facet will meet Slovenia, Denmark and Serbia, with hosts Germany taking over Scotland within the event’s opening recreation on June 14 in Munich.

Italy, who beat England on penalties at Wembley within the closing of the final European Championship in 2021, and Spain will even face Croatia and Albania in Group B.

Spain, victors over Italy within the closing of Euro 2012, will tackle 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia of their opening match in Berlin on June 15.

Italy had been at all times prone to face a troublesome draw after being positioned within the backside pot based mostly on their leads to qualifying, once they scraped by way of with a 0-0 stalemate in opposition to Ukraine of their closing match.

“When you’re in the fourth pot you know that you have a lot of teams ahead of you, but you can’t forget that you represent Italy and you have to play every match with pride,” coach Luciano Spalletti instructed broadcaster RAI.

The assembly of France, the 2022 World Cup runners-up, and the Netherlands would be the different heavyweight tie of the opening part.

They had been in the identical part in qualifying, with France profitable each encounters. The two nations are in Group D together with Austria and a play-off winner, which will probably be considered one of Poland, Wales, Finland or Estonia.

‘Ready for expectation’

England, in distinction, may have few complaints about their opponents in Group C, though a Denmark facet ranked nineteenth on this planet had been arguably the staff to keep away from from the second pot of seeds.

Southgate’s staff, thought of the favorites together with France for the event, will tackle Serbia of their opening recreation in Gelsenkirchen on June 16.

“I’ve stood here after quite a few draws and you always feel the same way, you can look at it on paper but the games aren’t played on paper,” Southgate instructed the BBC.

“One or two teams that you are obviously glad to avoid, especially in pot three, pot four, but all the teams we play are more than capable.”

He added: “We’ve developed a lot as a team over the past few years, we’re used to these big games, we’re ready for the expectation and we hope we can give our supporters some more brilliant nights as I think we have in the last few tournaments.”

If England high their group, and France additionally end first of their part, the 2 sides would discover themselves on the identical facet of the draw within the knockout part and can be on track to fulfill within the semifinals.

Scotland, who famously misplaced to Brazil within the opening match of the 1998 World Cup, will once more have the glory of that includes within the event’s curtain-raiser once they meet Germany to begin in Group A.

Hungary and Switzerland full that part, which might be some of the evenly-matched.

“It’ll be nice to open the tournament, be involved in that first game, and hopefully we can set the tournament off with a good match,” Scotland supervisor Steve Clarke instructed the BBC.

Germany face Scotland in opener

Germany have been European champions 3 times, a file shared with Spain, however there are massive doubts about their type heading into the event.

“It will be a very nice start against Scotland in Munich. The other games will also be exciting duels. It’s not a group of death, but a very good one,” stated Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann.

Belgium are in Group E alongside Slovakia, Romania and the winner of the opposite play-off path, which will probably be Israel, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Ukraine.

The monthlong Euro, performed in 10 cities throughout Germany, will conclude with the ultimate in Berlin on July 14.

The high two groups in every group will qualify for the final 16, together with the 4 greatest third-placed sides.

Earlier on Saturday, European soccer’s governing physique UEFA introduced that the full prize pot for competing nations will probably be 331 million euros ($360m).

Each staff will get 9.25 million euros as a beginning quantity and can earn as much as a most of 28.25 million euros for the winner, in the event that they win all their group video games.