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Euro 2020 draw: England get Croatia and France face Germany, Portugal in group of death
Express Sport brings you live coverage from the Euro 2020 draw, where England are set to receive their fate in Group D.
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Euro 2020 draw
It’s a good draw for England who can now look forward to a hosting a tournament on home turf.
The group of death though most certainly comes from Group F. One of the big boys could be heading home early.
Group A: Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, Wales
Group B: Belgium, Russia, Denmark, Finland
Group C: Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, Georgia/Belarus/North Macedonia/Kosovo (Play-off winner D)
Group D: England, Croatia, Czech Republic, Scotland/Israel/Norway/Serbia (Play-off winner C)
Group E: Spain, Poland, Sweden, Northern Ireland/Slovakia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Republic of Ireland (Play-off winner B)
Group F: Germany, France, Portugal, Iceland/Romania/Hungary/Bulgaria (Play-off winner A)
England and Wales will be happy
Generally speaking, Gareth Southgate and Ryan Giggs will surely be pleased with that.
England avoided France and Portugal, and have the chance to get one back on Croatia following defeat in the 2018 World Cup semi-final.
It’s a bit frustrating playing Czech Republic again, but the Three Lions know they can beat them which will give them added belief.
Wales face a tough task trying to get out of Group A but being matched with Turkey and Switzerland will offer them hope they can make it through to the last 16.
England drawn with Croatia, Czech Republic and either Scotland, Israel, Serbia or Norway. All very straightforward this draw. Anyway, it’s coming home.
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) November 30, 2019
Completing the groups
Group A - Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, Wales
Group B - Belgium, Russia, Denmark, Finland
Group C - Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria, Georgia/Belarus/North Macedonia/Kosovo (Play-off winner D)
Group D - England, Croatia, Czech Republic, Scotland/Israel/Norway/Serbia (Play-off winner C)
Group E - Spain, Poland, Sweden, Northern Ireland/Slovakia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Republic of Ireland (Play-off winner B)
Group F - Germany, France, Portugal, Iceland/Romania/Hungary/Bulgaria (Play-off winner A)
Third seeds drawn
Group A - Italy, Turkey, Switzerland
Group B - Belgium, Russia, Denmark
Group C - Netherlands, Ukraine, Austria
Group D - England, Croatia, Czech Republic
Group E - Spain, Poland, Sweden
Group F - Germany, France, Portugal
There we have it!
— England (@England) November 30, 2019
The #ThreeLions will be joined by the Czech Republic in Group D. pic.twitter.com/K3S9t1lbMi
Second seeds drawn
Group A - Italy, Switzerland
Group B - Belgium, Russia
Group C - Netherlands, Ukraine
Group D - England, Croatia
Group E - Spain, Poland
Group F - Germany, France
Here we go!
We are underway...
Italy into Group A.
Belgium into Group B.
Ukraine into Group C.
England into Group D.
Spain into Group E.
Germany into Group F.
We're nearly ready
Carvalho is joined by Iker Casillas, Marcel Desailly, Theodoros Zagorakis, Ruud Guilt, Karel Poborsky, Francesco Totti and Andrey Arshavin to help draw the balls from their pot.
The trophy is returned
Ricardo Carvalho and Joao Mario return the trophy to the stage on behalf of Portugal, who won the tournament in 2016.
The former Chelsea man will play a part in helping the draw.
Mario is still playing for Portugal and is now playing for Lokomotiv Moscow.
Welsh memories
Coverage is now underway on BBC TWO as the build-up to the draw continues.
A montage of their run at Euro 2016 is being shown in which they lost to Portugal in the semi-finals.
Wales perhaps recorded their finest ever win against Belgium in the quarter-finals.
There is a chance they could meet the Red Devils again in Group B.
Nearly time...
We’re about five minutes away from the start of the Euro 2020 draw here in Bucharest.
Get ready for plenty of strung-out montages in the build up this evening.
We’ll let you know when the action gets underway…
De Bruyne anger
Kevin De Bruyne has hit out at the new formation of the European Championships.
Belgium are with Italy, England, Spain and Ukraine as top sees, but four sides are hosting the tournament.
The Red Devils and Ukraine will have to travel for their matches which means they will have to be in a pot where two nations are hosting.
In Pot 2, Holland and Russia are the other host nations, but Ukraine can’t join Russia due to political tension.
That sees Belgium meet Russia, with Denmark the only hosting nation from Pot 3.
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Effectively, Belgium are only waiting to discover the fourth team in their group.
De Bruyne recently labeled the draw “fixed”, hitting out at the format.
He said: “It is a shame, a scandal, honestly.
“This feels like competition distortion, a fake competition. Football is not really football any more, it’s becoming a business.”
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England’s possibilities
England are already aware that they will be in Group D.
That’s due to Wembley hosting three games as part of the group stages.
There is every chance that Scotland could join them, if they end up winning their play-offs (Path C).
They will then be drawn with either France, Poland, Switzerland and Croatia from the second seeds.
Attention will then turn to the third seeds which contain Portugal, Turkey, Austria, Sweden and Czech Republic.
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to Express Sport’s live coverage of the Euro 2020 draw.
England are Wales will receive their fate ahead of next summer’s competition.
Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will also be keeping tabs ahead of their play-offs in March.
There is a slightly different feel to this tournament, a slight reshuffle will see 12 cities play host to matches.