Ukraine will have their opening match in Group E of the EURO 2024 finals against Romania. With their current squad, Ukraine is obviously the team that is rated higher.
With Belgium in the same group, Ukraine certainly wants to win all 3 points in the opening match. Because, experts assess that this is a match that greatly affects the chances of Zinchenko and his teammates passing the group stage. In this group, the first ticket to the knockout round is predicted to be for the Belgian team.
Romania is the lowest-rated team in Group E. Before entering the EURO 2024 competition, Romania could not win against Liechtenstein or Bulgaria. Even when facing a team of a higher level, they exposed many weaknesses, as the 2-3 defeat to Colombia clearly showed. With a squad consisting mostly of domestic players, it will be difficult for them to stop Ukraine.
On the other side of the front line, the Ukrainian team also struggled to get a ticket to the EURO 2024 finals when they had to win the play-off match.
Before the tournament, Ukraine had a convincing 4-0 victory over Moldova. Besides, the Ukrainian squad also owns many stars playing in top European leagues such as goalkeeper Lunin, defender Zinchenko, midfielder Mudryk...
In this match, while Romania is without Alibec due to injury, Ukraine cannot use Mykolenko for the same reason.
Ukraine will likely use an attacking 4-3-3 formation in this match. Meanwhile, Romania, with their defensive counter-attacking style, will likely use a 5-4-1 formation, sitting back to wait for the opponent to make a mistake.
Throughout history, Romania has never been considered to be on par with Ukraine. The Romanian team has also lost all three of the last times the two teams have met. Therefore, if they play to their full potential, winning all three points on the opening day is completely within the reach of the Ukrainian team.
The match between Ukraine and Romania will take place at 8:00 p.m. tonight (June 17).
Score prediction: Romania 1-3 Ukraine.
Source: https://laodong.vn/bong-da-quoc-te/nhan-dinh-romania-ukraina-tai-bang-e-euro-2024-1353857.ldo
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