Euro 2024: Ukraine Vs Belgium, The Red Devils Must Be Alert
JAKARTA - The last match of Group E Euro 2024 brings together Ukraine vs Belgium. The match will take place at the Stuttgart Arena Stadium on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 23.00 WIB.
In Group E, the competition map is unique because the four teams in the group both have a chance of qualifying for the last 16. Ukraine, Belgium, Slovakia, and Romania currently collect three points from the two matches that have been played.
Seeing this difficult situation, Belgium must beat Ukraine if they want to qualify as group winners. However, they also have to depend on Slovakia not to win against Romania.
If Belgium and Romania win then the Red Devils have a chance above Tricolorii with a better goal difference.
Belgium could be runners-up if they win over Ukraine, but in other matches Slovakia also wins over Romania on a better goal difference.
The Red Devils can also be runners-up, if they draw then one of Slovakia and Romania win.
The opposite condition also applies to Ukraine. They can win the group if they win, then Romania doesn't win.
Ukraine will be runner-up if they win and in other matches Romania also win with a record difference in Blue and Yellow goals worse.
For information, in terms of meeting, Ukraine won over Slovakia, but lost to Romania.
Belgium became a pretty champions in this match, but they also couldn't underestimate Ukraine.
If they see the two matches that Ukraine has played, they are not yet perfect. However, the success of making a comeback in the second half against Slovakia is clearly necessary to watch out for Belgium.
Anticipating the loss from Ukraine, Belgium can still reuse key players such as Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, and Youri Tielemans who could be the mainstay of Domenico coach Tedesco from the early minutes.
Meanwhile, Serhiy Rebrov as Ukraine's coach can also build a good defense by relying on compositions like when against Slovakia. Anatoliy Trubin, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Volodymyr Brazhko, and Andriy Yarmolenko could be a starter choice.