​The Tricolors have qualified for the European Football Championship after an eight-year hiatus and now await the draw on December 2 to see who they will face in the final tournament in Germany.

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In an intervention on Digisport, Mircea Lucescu praised the successful campaign of the national team of Edi Iordenescu, and also talked about the group in which he would like Romania to be at Euro 2024.

“We had a few chances on the pitch but now it’s not up to us in the draw. From pot 1 I would like to play Portugal.

From urn 3, let Scotland come. From box 4, Bosnia, Israel or Greece. No way Italy. The Italians played a fantastic game against Ukraine, even though it was 0:0″ – Mircea Lucescuaccording to the cited source.

The squad Mircea Lucescu wanted for Romania at Euro 2024: Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Bosnia / Israel / Greece.

“There was a lot of criticism, very rightly so. To the credit of those in charge, they drew the right conclusions from all this.

They wanted to prove that they were above criticism. I watched from afar and was happy that public opinion wanted a good national team, it did not relax.

The team grew from match to match. It was hard to believe, because the team did not play.

Now we also have to give credit to the president of the FRF, who did not replace Edi Iordenescu, he helped him, he understood what he wanted to do,” he added. Mircea Lucescu.

The victory over Switzerland (1:0) also confirmed that the tricolors will be in the second prize pool at the draw on December 2.

Romania and the version of the hell group from Euro-2024: with France, Holland and Italy

21 teams are known to have qualified for next summer’s final tournament in Germany, with the bottom three earning their tickets after the Nations League play-offs.

The most difficult group option that the tricolors could have after the draw would actually be going back in time: that is, the opponents we also faced at Euro 2008: France, Netherlands and Italy.

At the opposite pole, we could be drawn in a slightly more accessible group with opponents such as Slovakia and one of the winners of the play-offs in route C (Georgia, Luxembourg, Greece or Kazakhstan).

In summary, an easier group might look like this: Belgium, Slovakia, Luxembourg.

Know:

• The last three available places at Euro 2024 will come from the Nations League after the play-offs next March.

Euro-2024, the teams qualified for the 17th edition of the competition

Germany (host country)

Spain (winner of group A)

Scotland (second place in Group A)

France (Winner of Group B)

Netherlands (second place in Group B)

England (winners of Group C)

Italy (second place in Group C)

Turkey (winner of group D)

Albania (winner of Group E)

Czech Republic (second place in Group E)

Belgium (winner of Group F)

Austria (second place in Group F)

Hungary (winner of Group G)

Serbia (second place in Group G)

Denmark (winner of Group H)

Slovenia (second place in Group H)

Romania (winner of group I)

Switzerland (second place in Group I)

Portugal (winner of Group J)

Slovakia (second place in group J)

Croatia (second place in Group D)

• Know:

• The draw for the Euro 2024 groups will take place on December 2 at 19:00 (Romanian time) at the “Elbphilharmonie” in Hamburg.
• During the draw, the winners of the groups are taken into account first, and then those who take 2 places.

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What the ballot boxes will look like during the draw in Hamburg

Urn 1: Germany (host country), Portugal, France, Spain, Belgium, England.

Urn 2: Hungary, Turkey, Denmark, Albania, Romania, Austria.

Urn 3: Netherlands, Scotland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Croatia.

Urn 4: Italy, Serbia, Switzerland, Playoff A, Playoff B, Playoff C.

• Euro 2024 will be held in Germany from June 14 to July 14, 2024.