Belgium vs Romania Live: Euro 2024 team news and starting lineups ahead of Group E clash

Georgia took the lead as they tried to initiate the attack and quickly won a free kick in the Czech half.

Before kick-off, the captains of both teams were exchanging team flags, and fans of both teams tried their best to create a good atmosphere.

Having watched the opening game between the two sides, you do get the feeling that if there was ever going to be a big surprise in the group stages (Belgium game aside), it would have happened today.

It should be reminded that Khvicha Kvaratskhelia suffered an injury scare after an intense warm-up.

Some of the challenges we had trying to keep the ball in practice.

But it seems that the Napoli players are pretty good.

The team has walked out of the player tunnel and the Hamburg national anthem is gradually rising.

It should be noted that a loss by either of these two teams would see them eliminated. A win by either team would give them a good chance of reaching the last 16, although Georgia would face Portugal in their final match, which would undoubtedly be a difficult task.

Last night, Poland lost 3-1 to Austria and the Netherlands drew with France, becoming the first team to be eliminated from the 2024 European Championship.

Georgia suffered a 3-1 defeat to Turkey in Dortmund in their opening group match.

This underdog team only played one warm-up match and eventually defeated Montenegro 3-1.

The lowest-ranked team in the competition secured their first-ever qualification for a major tournament by winning two play-off games in March, comfortably beating Luxembourg 2-0 in the first round before narrowly beating Greece on penalties following a 0-0 draw.

Czech Republic: LWWWW

Before losing 2-1 to Portugal, the Czechs had won five straight games, including a 3-0 victory over Moldova in their final qualifying match and friendlies against Armenia and Norway in March.

The Czech Republic played two warm-up matches ahead of Euro 2024, one of which saw them beat Malta 7-1 and the other a narrow 2-1 win over North Macedonia.

This was the first time the two teams met, and Georgia qualified for a major international tournament for the first time. The two teams had never played a friendly match before.

Georgia had little luck against Turkey but Giorgi Chakvetadze, Giorgi Kociorashvili and Georgios Mikautadze played well, with Mikautadze scoring Georgia’s first goal in a major tournament.

Head coach Willy Senghor, who won more than 50 caps for France during his career, said his team was “a little disappointed” after the loss to Turkey.

“Coaches and players don’t always focus on results because if you only focus on results you’ll keep making mistakes.

“Sometimes we win, but we don’t deserve to win; sometimes we lose, but we don’t deserve to win either.”

The Czech team also knew they needed a victory before the game, and its head coach Ivan Hasek said before the game that “this game will not be too intense.”

“Georgia has the attacking quality but they don’t break through the defence. We really want to attack, get set-pieces and create threats.

“We didn’t do well offensively in the first game, which is why we want to fight again on Saturday.”

The Czech team has lost 7 of its last 12 group matches in the European Championship, won 3 and tied 2.

This preview is especially meaningful given Mikautadze’s performance in the first game.

There are very few bona fide European stars these days who slip into obscurity during the summer international break, at least not like they once did.

The ability to watch more games and footage more easily than ever before means some of the element of surprise has been lost, although players can still come from somewhere to spend a great summer with their national team.

But even those countries that don’t have as much prestige or history, if they have really top players, generally they’ll go into the tournament with well-known players. Georgiaexist Euro 2024 exist Their first finalAt first glance this seems like a good example since independence from the Soviet Union.

When Napoli signed Hvita Kvaratskhelia from Dynamo Batumi, he was in many ways an unknown signing – he had been playing in Russia when Ukraine invaded and was able to terminate his contract with Rubin Kazan. But within a few months, he was famous. everywhere.

Georgia, however, confuses both of those statements: First, they did arrive with a relative unknown who could impress; second, it could be another player, not theirs. the best The players from Kvaratskhelia who offer the best way to create an upset in Group F. Introducing Georges Mikautadze.