Belgium will face France in the 1/8 finals of Euro 2024
Head coach Belgium national team Domenico Tedesco commented on the draw against Ukraine (0:0), thanks to which his team made it to the playoffs Euro 2024 from second place in group E.
“Today we knew we had no right to fail. My message to the team was to play and try to win. The players tried everything. I’m proud of my team because they played well at the end of the match – if we had missed, we would have been eliminated from the tournament.”
“This group was more difficult than many people thought. You may be the favorites on paper, but you have to fight while your opponents have absolutely nothing to lose. There were no small teams in our group.”
Taking into account the draw between the national teams of Slovakia and Romania in the parallel match (1:1), all teams in Quartet E scored four points. According to additional indicators, first place in the group went to Romania, second to Belgium, third to Slovakia.
Belgium will play against France at the 1/8 final stage – the meeting will take place on July 1 in Dusseldorf.
Ukraine, with the worst goal difference, finished the group stage in fourth place, ultimately failing to make it to the playoffs.
Source: Sportarena
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