Modric misses the qualifiers whereas Ukraine fails to qualify; Georgia continues its journey and qualifies for the spherical of 16 within the 2024 European Championship

Mykhaylo Modric wasn’t even within the squad for at this time’s match in opposition to Ukraine, maybe as a consequence of some kind of damage he sustained within the earlier recreation, and whereas they managed to maintain Romelu Lukaku and Belgium scoreless, they themselves could not discover the full-back. From the community both.

After Slovakia and Romania tied 1-1, Ukraine missed the spherical of 16 regardless of acquiring 4 factors. Actually, the 4 groups in Group E completed on 4 factors on combination, however Ukraine had the one unfavorable aim distinction between them, in order that they completed final and had been eradicated.

There was heartbreak in Group F too, because the Czech Republic noticed a participant despatched off in opposition to Turkey within the twentieth minute due to a little bit of overzealous refereeing from Istvan Kovac, a Hungarian citizen of Romania with twin citizenship, who was one way or the other allowed to referee this match regardless of Its direct impression on Hungary’s probabilities of qualifying.

Hungary wanted to lose (or draw) each Georgia and the Czech Republic, and whereas the latter succumbed to defeat late on regardless of preventing again valiantly with ten males and drawing, an under-par Portugal aspect merely didn’t present up and misplaced to Georgia, 2-0, which strikes on to the spherical of The sixteenth. Because the fifth better of the six third-placed groups, Hungary joins Croatia (and the six fourth-placed groups) in returning to their dwelling nation after the group stage.

Thus, the spherical of 16 has been determined and, one way or the other, England have been given the best draw regardless of being one of many least spectacular groups to date. Then again, Slovakia scored the primary aim in every of its three group stage matches; I don’t assume that it’s going to reach attaining one other upset just like the one with which it defeated Belgium.

Spain, France and Germany are on the opposite aspect of the bracket, so England or Italy may have a transparent path to the later rounds even when they proceed to play poorly.

However who am I kidding, it is Georgia versus Austria within the last, proper?