Romania currently tops Group E, followed by Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine. But their rankings are determined by goal difference, as they are currently level on points: each team has three points.
These 4 teams won each other back and forth, so the direct confrontation results between them are no longer important, goal difference is the most important factor when ranking the 4 teams in Group E.
The fact that the teams in this group have the same 3 points, 1 win and 1 loss after 2 matches reflects 2 things. First, the strength of each team Romania, Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine is too balanced. Second, all the teams in group E are… unstable. They can play well in the previous match but play poorly in the next match and vice versa.
The situation in Group E is very unpredictable.
The chance to continue is still there for all 4 teams.
For example, the Belgian team, which has many world-class stars such as Kevin De Bruyne, Lukaku, Jan Vertonghen, Thomas Meunier... but stability is something quite luxurious for this team that once held the number 1 position on the FIFA rankings. Stability is also a big problem for Lukaku. On a good day, this star can "plow through" any defense, but more than once, he missed a shot in front of an... empty goal.
Or with Ukraine, the team's performance depends largely on their spirit. When Ukraine is excited, coach Serhiy Rebrov's players play like they are weaving brocade and embroidery, striker Roman Yaremchuk can score an impromptu goal against Slovakia, as if recreating the masterpiece scored by former player Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands) against Argentina in the quarter-finals of the 1998 World Cup.
However, without excitement, Ukraine lost very quickly to Romania in the first match (0-3), with all 3 goals conceded before the 60th minute, meaning that less than 2/3 of the match was over and there was no longer any possibility of turning the tables.
The Belgian team played very well and was very scary.
The same thing happened with the Ukrainian players.
The fact that the teams in Group E have similar strengths and are inconsistent makes a rare situation possible in this group in the final match on June 26. That situation is that all 4 teams in Group E have 4 points, if Slovakia draws Romania and Ukraine draws Belgium.
Throughout the history of 16 EURO tournaments from 1960 to the present, there has never been a phenomenon where all teams in a group have the same number of points when the group stage ends (except in the first 5 tournaments from 1960 to 1976, EURO did not have a group stage, the teams played in a knockout format). If this happens, Ukraine will be the team at the bottom of Group E, but they may also be the only team eliminated from this group. The remaining 3 teams ranked from 3rd to 1st in Group E will have tickets to the next round, including the 2 top teams with tickets to the knockout round, and the 3rd ranked team in the group of 4 best 3rd ranked teams in the 6 groups, receiving a wild card.
Since the EURO finals expanded to 24 teams in 2016, there has never been a case of a team with 4 points being eliminated after the group stage.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hy-huu-bang-dau-kho-luong-cua-lukaku-4-doi-dong-loat-bang-diem-sau-vong-bang-185240623151636245.htm
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