tcThe 2024 European Champions aka EURO 2024 kicks off its month-long extravaganza in Germany on June 14. This yr, 24 groups will compete for the continental silverware. They’ve been break up into six teams of 4 and the highest two from every group will qualify straight into the Spherical of 16. The 4 greatest third-placed finishers will fill the remaining spots within the pre-quarterfinals. From then on, it should observe the usual knockout format till the end line.
Right here at Sportslens, we’ll cowl all essentially the most thrilling matches of the competitors. Nevertheless, loads is to return even earlier than the ball rolls on the 14th, beginning with a quick overview of the six teams. Learn on to fulfill the challengers from Group A
EURO 2024: Group A Overview
Germany (hosts), Hungary, Scotland, and Switzerland are the 4 groups in Group A.
Group A Matches:
Matchday 1
June 14 (3:00 PM ET): Germany vs Scotland
June 15 (9:00 AM ET): Hungary vs Switzerland
Matchday 2
June 19 (12:00 PM ET): Germany vs Hungary
June 19 (3:00 PM ET): Scotland vs Switzerland
Matchday 3
June 23 (3:00 PM ET): Switzerland vs Germany
June 23 (3:00 PM ET): Scotland vs Hungary
Squad Particulars
Germany
Coach Julian Nagelsmann has launched a 27-man provisional record for now however must trim it all the way down to 26 no less than. Right here is Germany’s provisional squad record:
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre Ter Stegen (Barcelona), Alexander Nubel (Stuttgart), Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim)
Defenders: Antonio Rudiger (Actual Madrid), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen), Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maximilian Mittlestadt (Stuttgart), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Waldemar Anton (Stuttgart), Benjamin Henrichs (RB Leipzig), David Raum (RB Leipzig)
Midfielders: Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Ilkay Gundogan (Barcelona), Pascal Gross (Brighton), Robert Andrich (Bayer Leverkusen), Chris Fuhrich (Stuttgart), Aleksandar Pavlovic (Bayern Munich), Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich), Toni Kroos (Actual Madrid), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen)
Forwards: Niclas Fullkrug (Borussia Dortmund), Kai Havertz (Arsenal), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Deniz Undav (Stuttgart), Maximilian Beier (Hoffenheim)
Hungary
Marco Rossi, in the meantime, has submitted his ultimate 26-man squad for EURO 2024. Right here is the ultimate record:
Goalkeeper: Peter Gulacsi (RB Leipzig), Denes Dibusz (Ferencvaros), Peter Szappanos (Paksi FC)
Defenders: Botond Balogh (Parma), Endre Botka (Ferencvaros), Marton Dardai (Hertha Berlin), Attila Fiola (Fehervar), Milos Kerkez (Bournemouth), Adam Lang (Omonia Nicosia), Willi Orban (RB Leipzig), Zsolt Nagy (Puskas Akademia), Attila Szalai (Hoffenheim), Loic Nego (Le Havre)
Midfielders: Bendeguz Bolla (Servette), Daniel Gazdag (Philadelphia Union), Laszlo Kleinheisler (Hajduk Cut up), Mihaly Kata (MTK Budapest), Adam Nagy (Spezia), Andras Schafer (Union Berlin), Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool), Callum Kinds (Barnsley)
Forwards: Roland Sallai (Freiburg), Martin Adam (Ulsan HD), Barnabas Varga (Ferencvaros), Kevin Csoboth (Ujpest FC), Krisztofer Horvath (Kecskemeti)
Scotland
Scotland boss Steve Clarke has been working with a 28-man provision squad, that means he’ll discard no less than two gamers from his present record. Check out the squad under:
Goalkeeper: Craig Gordon (Hearts), Angus Gunn (Norwich Metropolis), Zander Clark (Rangers), Liam Kelly (Motherwell)
Defenders: Andy Robertson (Liverpool), Kieran Tierney (Actual Sociedad), Jack Hendry (Al Ettifaq), Ryan Porteous (Watford), Liam Cooper (Leeds United), Scott McKenna (FC Copenhagen), Grant Hanley (Norwich Metropolis), Greg Taylor (Celtic), John Souttar (Rangers), Anthony Ralston (Celtic), Ross McCrorie (Bristol Metropolis)
Midfielders: Callum McGregor (Celtic), Ryan Christie (Bournemouth), Billy Gilmour (Brighton & Hove Albion), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Kenny McLean (Norwich Metropolis), Scott McTominay (Manchester United), Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), Ryan Jack (Rangers)
Forwards: Lyndon Dykes (QPR), Che Adams (Southampton), Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), Ben Doak (Liverpool), James Forrest (Celtic)
Switzerland
Lastly, we now have Switzerland, who made it into the final 16 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Coach Murat Yakin at present has 33 gamers in his squad, that means there can be some damaged hearts when the ultimate squad goes by way of on June 8.
Goalkeepers: Marvin Keller (Winterthur), Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund), Pascal Loretz (Luzern), Yvon Mvogo (Lorient), Yann Sommer (Inter Milan)
Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Manchester Metropolis), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Albian Hajdari (Lugano), Kevin Mbabu (Augsburg), Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino), Fabian Schär (Newcastle United), Leonidas Stergiou (VfB Stuttgart), Silvan Widmer (Mainz 05), Cédric Zesiger (VfL Wolfsburg)
Midfielders: Michel Aebischer (Bologna), Uran Bislimi (Lugano), Remo Freuler Bologna), Ardon Jashari (Luzern), Fabian Rieder (Rennes), Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Hearth FC), Vincent Sierro (Toulouse), Filip Ugrinic (Younger Boys), Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen), Denis Zakaria (Monaco)
Forwards: Zeki Amdouni (Burnley), Kwadwo Duah (Ludogorets Razgrad), Breel Embolo (Monaco), Dan Ndoye (Bologna), Noah Okafor (Milan), Renato Steffen (Lugano), Ruben Vargas (Augsburg), Andi Zeqiri (Genk), Steven Zuber (AEK)
Prediction
Germany have had issue dwelling as much as expectations in current tournaments. They crashed out of the group stage within the final two World Cups and couldn’t attain the quarter-finals in EURO 2020. Nevertheless, Die Mannschaft ought to fare loads higher at dwelling. In addition they are in a comparatively simple group and mustn’t have hassle topping it.
The second place might be a hotly contested battle between Scotland and Switzerland. Each groups have loads of firepower and, we imagine it should in the end boil all the way down to effectivity. We’re backing Switzerland to complete second of their EURO group, edging out Scotland by a few factors.
