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Other European Euro 2020 finals draw
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Thomas/Brock/Jones
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How confusing is this draw !! Good to have Croatia at home so far
Sarge
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really confusing IMO
Thomas/Brock/Jones
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And playing sides from group ! Czech Rep ok though ..looking decent for us
Sarge
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Group D could be tight too
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AbbeyOx
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nah we'll probably do the same as usual. get through group stage then blow itGroup D could be tight too
We avoided the group of death possibility 
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That group looks very hard!
.That group looks very hard!
The new Euro qualifying method, with the Nations league wrapped in, makes the draw fiendishly complex. As a proper football statto - I love it!
What Sarge's graphic doesn't show is that if Romania qualify, they actually end up playing in Group C (because they're one of the hosts of that group), and the poor Nations League group D minnows (Kosovo/Macedonia/Belarus/Georgia) get flipped to Group F and will get the pleasure of facing Germany, France & Portugal in the group stage!
One final comment - when we were previously discussing the odd structure of the tourney - I said this - However whichever poor sods end up Runners Up in Group A, will have a 'fun' combo of having to play in Rome & Baku in the Groups Stages, followed by Amsterdam, followed by heading back to Baku!
Well, turns out - if all goes well for them - that could be Wales!
What Sarge's graphic doesn't show is that if Romania qualify, they actually end up playing in Group C (because they're one of the hosts of that group), and the poor Nations League group D minnows (Kosovo/Macedonia/Belarus/Georgia) get flipped to Group F and will get the pleasure of facing Germany, France & Portugal in the group stage!
One final comment - when we were previously discussing the odd structure of the tourney - I said this - However whichever poor sods end up Runners Up in Group A, will have a 'fun' combo of having to play in Rome & Baku in the Groups Stages, followed by Amsterdam, followed by heading back to Baku!
Well, turns out - if all goes well for them - that could be Wales!
Berliner
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I dunno, given the slim chance of surviving any Euro group anyway wouldn't you absolutely love taking on Germany, France and Portugal with anything a bonus?
It's not that slim, though.
Top two plus four best losers going through means that one group stage win may be enough (it was for Northern Ireland in 2016 - meanwhile Portugal didn't win a single group game.....three draws....and ended up winning the fricking tournament!)
A team like Kosovo, on a really good day, could beat an opponent like Austria, and maybe get a point against the Ukraine (two of the potential Group C opponents). Do that and then could reach the knockouts, and then they really could go home heroes.
As another aside - although these things obviously never go to form.....if they did, England have a bloody difficult route through the knockouts if they win their group! First up - second place team in Group F i.e. one of Portugal/Germany/France. Then winners of Group E in the quarters (likely Spain).
RyanioBirdio
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Postponed until June 11, 2021.
IsleofWightYellow
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At least Kane might be fit now...
Is it behind closed doors, or is the expected massive crowd going to be allowed in?
Still a bigger game than Scotland vs Israel.
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