Follow live, open and free on La 2, Teledeporte and RTVE Play the match of the third day of the Euro 2024 between Slovakia and Romania, which takes place at the Frankfurt Arena starting at 6:00 p.m. An exciting Group E is resolved with everything equal, playing at the same time the Ukraine – Belgium in Stuttgart, which you can also see live on La 1 and RTVE Play.
The equality is maximum, with all the teams tied on three points after having matched results in the two previous days. In the case of this match, the one who has it best is Romaniathat with a tie it is assured be one of the first two in the group. If you want to aspire to first place, you must win and hope that you don’t. Belgium. On the opposite side, the elimination would happen because they were defeated against Slovakia and Ukraine could at least manage a draw against Belgium.
For their part, to the slovaks A tie would ensure they would be third, no matter what happened in the other match. Although third with four points is almost a guarantee of moving to the eighth. Win and don’t Ukraine guarantees them being first, while defeat and a tie Belgium condemns them to fourth place.
What if there is a four-way tie?
Another possibility is that there are ties in both games. That’s where calculators smoke. UEFA establishes the following (from its official website):
“A) If the two ties have the same result, or if Belgium – Ukraine is a tie with fewer goals than Slovakia – Romania, the group classification would be based on goal difference and goals scored and would be:
1) Romania
2) Belgium
3) Slovakia
4) Ukraine
B) If the two ties have different markers, the following scenarios are foreseen:
If Belgium – Ukraine ends 1-1 and Slovakia – Romania ends 0-0, or any pair of results in which Belgium scores exactly one goal more than Romania in their draw, Belgium and Romania would occupy the top two positions in the group, but they would be equal in goal difference and goals scored. In that case, according to article 20.01d of the official competition regulations, the head-to-head criterion is again applied exclusively to those two teams, which would mean that Belgium would be ahead of Romania having won their head-to-head. Slovakia would be third and Ukraine fourth on goal difference.
In all other scenarios, Romania and Belgium would occupy the first two places in the group, divided based on goals scored. Belgium will win the group if they score two (or more) more goals than Romania in their draw. Romania would win the group if they score more goals than Belgium in their draw. Slovakia would be third ahead of Ukraine based on goal difference“.
The spark from Slovakia that can ignite the Euro Cup
The selection led by Francesco Calzonawho for much of the 23/24 season has also directed the Naplessurprised in the qualifying process, remaining secondand losing only two games, both against Portugal, which qualified as first without leaving any points along the way.
It will be the third consecutive European Championship which Slovakia classifies throughout its history. A commendable milestone, which he will want to complete with a great performance, like in 2016, when he reached eighths of final. He will have to continue the good form he has shown in previous friendlies (victories against San Marino and Galés, both 4-0).
The intermittent Romania, for the ticket to the round of 16
Romania in the Euro Cup is a sway constant. Since the Euro Cup in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2000, has been alternating its presence in the different editions: it has gone to three (2008, 2016 and 2024) and has missed another three (2004, 2012 and 2021). After not knowing the defeat Throughout 2023, they seem to have forgotten to score: only three in the last four games, with a balance of three draws and one defeat. Romania is far away from taking first place in the group from an incombustible team like Swiss. It will be played against a team against which has only lost once (August 23, 1942) in the eleven meetings that has measured both countries.
