The blue-yellows have the same number of goals scored and conceded in the last two qualifying rounds
Euro 2024 qualifying group round officially completed. 21 teams out of 24 are known that will play at the European Championship. The other three will be determined based on the results of the Nations League playoffs, in which the Ukrainian national team will also play. Your The blue-yellows will find out their semi-final opponent on December 23but for now let’s summarize the selection and evaluate the prospects of Rebrov’s team.
The result has been improved
In eight matches of the group stage of Euro 2024 qualifying, the Ukrainian national team scored 14 points – four wins, two draws and two losses. The indicator of points scored is better than in the qualification for the 2022 World Cup, in which in the same eight meetings with opponents of a lower level, with all due respect to them (France, Bosnia, Finland and Kazakhstan), the blue-yellows had 12 points ( two wins and six draws).
It is noteworthy that the difference and the number of goals scored and conceded in two qualifying cycles in a row for the Ukrainian national team was the same – 11:8.
Lukaku and the Luxembourg team scored less
If we talk only about goals scored, then among the teams that finished in third place in their groups, Ukraine occupies fifth position. For example, Luxembourg scored more blue-yellows. Gerson Rodriguez’s national team has 19 goals, although three of them were scored in matches with the sixth team in the group – Liechtenstein. So, we count 16 goals for Luxembourg.
The teams of Sweden, Greece and Norway scored 14 goals each. Wales, Poland and Finland have 10 each (the Finns have 18 goals, but eight in matches with the sixth team of the group, San Marino). The Montenegro team scored nine goals, Israel scored seven (the Israelis scored only 11 goals, but four of them were in matches with the sixth team in the group, Andorra).
It is noteworthy that the forward of the Belgian national team Romelu Lukaku, who became the best goalscorer of the group stage of qualifying, scored more than the entire Ukrainian national team – 14 goals. Ronaldo has 10 goals.
Best sniper – Tsygankov
If we talk about the number of blue-and-yellow players who scored in the last two group qualifying tournaments, the number of scorers for the blue-yellows in the Euro 2024 qualifying has increased compared to the 2022 World Cup qualifying: 10 people versus nine. On the other hand, the best sniper of the Ukrainian national team in the World Cup qualifying group, Roman Yaremchuk, scored three goals. Now Viktor Tsygankov became the most accurate for the blue-and-yellows – two goals.
Besides him, Yarmolenko, Sudakov, Mudrik, Konoplya, Karavaev, Zinchenko, Zabarny, Dovbik scored goals for the Ukrainian national team in the qualification for Euro 2024.
Ukraine will be in pot 4 of the draw if it makes it to Euro 2024
UEFA has approved the composition of the baskets for the Euro 2024 group stage draw. They were formed based on the results of the group selection round. For teams playing in six-team groups, the results of matches against the sixth-place team were not taken into account. Hence, Italy, the current European champion, finds itself in the fourth basket. Germany, as the host of the tournament, ended up in first.
Ukraine, if it qualifies for the Nations League, will also be in Pot 4 of the draw, which will take place on December 2.
Who will Ukraine play in the playoffs?
This will become known on November 23, when the draw takes place. The thing is that according to the results of qualification, there were three teams in the “Division A Path”, instead of four – Poland and Wales, as teams from the top division, and Estonia, which went there from the “Division C Path”. The fourth spot will be given to the team from the “Division B Path”, in which Ukraine also finds itself.
Israel and Bosnia and Herzegovina will definitely play in it. And then everything depends on the draw, which of the three teams – Finland, Ukraine and Iceland – will send one to the “Division A Path” to rival Wales.
As for the “Division C Path”, all pairs are known there: Georgia will play with Luxembourg, Greece will play with Kazakhstan.
The Nations League play-offs will take place next spring. Semi-finals – March 21, finals – March 26.
Source: Sportarena
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