The first goal has been achieved. The national team completed their journey in this year’s Nations League by finishing first in their group, thereby advancing to the top division (B), while at the same time securing a spot in the play-offs leading up to the summer season. 2024 in the stadiums of Germany to the final stage of the European Championship if it does not pass the qualifying matches.

Apart from this, of course, our representative group has gained time and peace of mind in view of the much more difficult continuation. Even before the signing of the EPO contract with Gustavo Poyet, it was known that this event would also be a cross-test for the Uruguayan technician, who, if he fails to change his image, is unlikely to lead the team to the Euro qualifiers, which will take place next Sunday (9.10) in Frankfurt . But Poyet, the bet he made mostly on himself and then on the Federation, won. In most matches, the national team showed a good fighter look and, in addition to five victories in six matches, showed that they again become the team for which their players play without doing … routine work.

Therefore, starting from the final of the League of Nations, our team now knows that if it fails to qualify for the European Championship through its group, then on 21.3. several days with the winner of the Georgia-Kazakhstan match, the venue for the final will be determined after the draw.

But until then, Greece is waiting for a more complex and clearly more important process – qualification. This is the second bid by Poyet and his players to take the team to the final phase of a major competition after exactly ten years.

Our team will go to the draw on October 9 in the 4th capacity group. This will make ten groups, seven out of five groups, and three out of six. The first two teams from each group advance to Germany:

Group A: Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland, plus the top four in League A of the Nations League, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain and Italy.

Group B: France, Austria, Czech Republic, England, Wales, Israel, Bosnia, Serbia, Scotland, Finland.

Group C: Ukraine, Iceland, Norway, Slovenia, Ireland, Albania, Montenegro, Romania, Sweden and Armenia.

Group D: Greece, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia – teams we can’t face.

Group E: Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Belarus, Lithuania, Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia, Moldova, Malta.

Sixth group: Andorra, San Marino and Liechtenstein.

Unlike previous years, this time around the qualification process will “flow” quite quickly, as ten matches must be completed within seven months to make time for the Nations League play-offs. So, the first match is scheduled for three days 23-25.3.23, and the last 19-21.11.23.