On Monday, June 19, at 21:45 at the Stade de France in Paris, a Group B match of the Euro 2024 qualifying tournament between Germany, France and Greece is scheduled to be played live on Digi Sport 2 and First Sport 1. .
France and Greece, the only unbeaten teams in the group, meet in a unique ranking derby, in which, however, the Gallic team will start with the first chance to win.
France lead the group with nine points after three clean sheets, 4-0 against Holland (a), 1-0 against Ireland (d) and 3-0 against Gibraltar (d), and have taken a serious option to qualify ( the two best in the ranking advance to the final tournament).
France is considered the favorite of the group, especially since it has already defeated another team with qualification claims – the Netherlands – 4:0 (the Batavian team has three points after two matches, and Ireland and Gibraltar have no points).
The team, still coached by Didier Deschamps, began their European qualifiers after playing in the 2022 World Cup final in Qatar, losing to Argentina on penalties.
On the other hand, also last year, the Gallic Rooster national team disappointed in the Nations League, finishing only 3rd in League A, a group in which they were overtaken by Croatia and Denmark and finished only above Austria. (one win, two draws and three losses).
Greece is in 2nd place with six points, thanks to successes against Gibraltar, score 3-0 (d), and Ireland, score 2-1 (a), interspersed with a friendly with Lithuania, at home, the score is 0-0.
The team, coached by prominent former Uruguayan international Gustavo Poye, did not take part in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after the Hellenes failed to qualify for the final tournament at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The last head-to-head meeting between the two teams came in 2006, a friendly in which France beat Greece 1-0, just two years after the Hellenes won the Euro 2004 quarter-final 1-0 (where they will strike big and win the trophy at the final tournament in Portugal).
Probable teams
France: Meignan – Pavard, Upamecano, Konate, T. Hernandez – Griezmann, Chuameni, Kamavinga – Coman, Giroud, Mbappe.
Greece: Odysseus – Baldock, Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos, Tsimikas – Bakasetas, Kurbelis, Mantalos – Masouras, Pavlidis, Pelkas.
Superbet offers odds of 1.25 on prediction 1: victory of the hosts in the match France – Greece.
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* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News
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