Favorite for Euro 2024, England begins its tournament on Sunday at 9 p.m. against Serbia. The Three Lions will then face Denmark then Slovenia in a Group C which is promised to them.
Rarely have the prospects been encouraging for England, whose only title on the international scene dates back to the 1966 World Cup. Gareth Southgate’s selection thus flew through a qualifying group which nevertheless promised to be complicated, finishing undefeated with 6 points ahead of Italy.
Carried by a sumptuous attack around captain and scorer Harry Kane and young stars Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka, England has the means to “avenge” the defeat suffered on penalties in the final of the 2021 edition against to Italy in his Wembley lair.
The English, who were then eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup by France, should fly over Group C of this Euro. On Sunday in Gelsenkirchen, they will face Serbia, which is playing its first final phase in a European championship since its independence.
This will also be the first duel between the two nations, England having once faced the selection of Serbia-Montenegro in 2003 in Leicester. The Serbs, whose defense is not their strong point, won their ticket without panache by taking 2nd place in group G behind Hungary.
Homecoming
Denmark should be the English’s No. 1 opponent in the group stage. The Danes finished at the top of Group H of the qualifiers tied with… Slovenia against whom they collected 4 points. The two teams meet on Sunday in Stuttgart at 6 p.m. in a match that could be decisive for a place in the round of 16.
The first match of Group D is also scheduled for Sunday, at 3 p.m. in Hamburg. Poland, which had to go through the roadblocks to get its ticket, is challenging the Dutch to reconquest. Favorite of this group, France of Didier Deschamps will face Austria on Monday at 9 p.m. in Düsseldorf.
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