Romanian football has not been highly regarded in recent years, as the last major tournament they participated in was Euro 2016. However, in the continent's biggest tournament in France, Romania stopped right from the group stage.
Ukraine has qualified for the Euro for the third consecutive time. At Euro 2024, after being lucky to get through the group stage, the Eastern European representative excellently defeated Sweden in the round of 16 before falling 0-4 to England in the quarterfinals.
Ukraine is an experienced team in the Euro playground (Photo: UEFA).
Ukraine and Romania's paths to Germany were not the same. Romania performed well in qualifying and qualified from a group with Switzerland. Ukraine had a tougher time and had to beat Iceland in a play-off to secure a place at Euro 2024.
In a group with a very strong Belgium team and a difficult Slovakia, both Romania and Ukraine know that victory in tonight's direct confrontation is important. If they lose, either team will face the risk of being eliminated.
Both teams have had different preparations ahead of Euro 2024. Ukraine won 4-0 against Moldova. Romania left many worries, having scored just one goal in three friendlies against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Liechtenstein.
Romania are underdogs, but they are still an unknown quantity in this year's tournament. Under the guidance of coach Edward Iordanescu, Romania brings beautiful and spontaneous attacking play.
Romania is known for its spontaneous style of play (Photo: UEFA).
Ukraine struggled to qualify for Euro 2024 and lost 8 of their last 11 matches. However, Serhiy Rebrov's team has always been resilient in big matches and has a lot of experience in the Euro arena.
Romania has good news regarding their squad as Denis Alibec, George Puscas and Denis Dragus have recovered from their injuries and are ready to play. In goal, Nita is likely to replace the injured Horatiu Moldovan.
On the Ukrainian side, apart from the absence of Vitaliy Mykolenko, they will have all the most important players such as Oleksandr Zinchenko, Mykhailo Mudryk, Viktor Tsygankov. Striker Andriy Yarmolenko receives the greatest expectations from coach Serhiy Rebrov in the goal of defeating Romania.
The strength of the two teams is considered quite balanced, however, considering experience in the top playground, Ukraine is likely to have a close victory over Romania to have a smooth start at Euro 2024.
Expected lineup
Romania : Nita; Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu; M. Marin, R. Marin; Man, Stanciu, Mihaila; Dragus.
Ukraine : Lunin; Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Shaparenko, Stepanenko, Sudakov; Tsygankov, Dovbyk, Mudryk.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/nhan-dinh-romania-ukraine-20h-ngay-176-can-tai-can-suc-20240616224607462.htm
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