The Ukrainian national football team on Monday, November 20, will play a decisive match against Italy for a direct ticket to the 2024 European Championship from Group C. The game will take place in the German Leverkusen and the BayArena stadium.
On Friday, November 17, Luciano Spalletti's team defeated the North Macedonian team
with a score of 5:2 and pushed the blue-yellows out of second place in the standings. Both teams have 13 points, but the Italians are ahead thanks to their victory in the first match.
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In the match in Leverkusen, Squadron Azur will be satisfied with a draw for direct access to Euro 2024, but Sergei Rebrov's team only needs a victory.
In the event of a defeat or draw with Italy, the blue-yellows will still have the potential to qualify for Euro 2024 through the playoffs.
What does it take for Ukraine to reach the playoffs?
In case of third place in Group C, Ukraine will still have the potential to compete for a spot, but here everything depends on other teams.
Entering the Euro of Serbia
The Ukrainian national team will be able to get into the playoffs if Serbia qualifies for the European Championship . Now the Serbs are two points ahead of Montenegro. In the last round, the Balkans must not lose to Bulgaria or wait for the Montenegrins to fail in the match with Hungary. Serbia's participation in Euro 2024 is now considered the most likely.
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Entering the Euro of Israel
In Group I the situation is more complicated, because Israel is 4 points behind Switzerland and Romania. They need to beat Romania and Andorra in their two remaining matches and hope the Romanians don't beat Switzerland.
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Entry to Euro 2024 of the Netherlands and the Czech Republic
This option is even more difficult. From group B , the Netherlands should qualify , which have an equal number of points with Greece – 12 each, and from quintet E – the Czech Republic. Poland has already lost the opportunity to qualify, but the Czech Republic and Moldova still have a chance in this group.
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At the same time, Armenia should not qualify for the Euro from Group D. Now the Armenians are fourth with 7 points and two matches in reserve. Armenia is ahead of Wales and Croatia – both have 10 points from six matches.
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If the first two options are not implemented, but only this one, then Ukraine will play in the playoffs in Path A with more difficult opponents (Croatia, Poland or Wales and Estonia).
