The twenty-four teams qualified for the final phase of the 2024 Euro Cup are already concentrated ahead of the final phase of the tournament that will begin on June 14 with the inaugural Germany-Scotland. Today there are three favorites who play the first of the preparation friendlies. They will do it without several players who finished their club season just a few days ago. These are the cases of the Madridistas Modric, Rüdiger, Kroos, Bellingham or Lunin for example, but they are not the only ones. Southgate expects Mainoo or Foden also for next week.
Croatia, Spain’s rival in Group B, begins its rehearsals against North Macedonia, who is not qualified for the Euro Cup. The selector, Zlatko Dalic explained that he does not want to take any risks and that he will use this match to test Perisic: “He will play for an hour to see how he is”.
It will also be the turn of Germany, one of the teams with the most media focus due to its status as host. Without two starters like Rüdiger and Kroos, Nagelsmann will try the eleven he found during the last March break. Anton and one of the two midfielders (Gross or Andrich) will be sacrificed when the Madridistas return.
Albania is another of the teams that plays today (20:00 against Liechtenstein) and that also shares a Eurocup group with Spain. The third rival will be Italy, who will play tomorrow at home against Turkey after learning of Scalvini’s injury. A more demanding test to prepare for their debut in the final phase of this Euro 2024 next week.
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