We know the top seeds for the Euro!

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By: Manu Tournoux

After Belgium a little earlier this Sunday, it was Spain who concluded their Euro 2024 qualifiers with a victory, against Georgia, to ensure they are part of the seeded hat of the draw. comes out on December 2, notably in the company of the Blues.

The France team will know its opponents for the Euro 2024 group stage on December 2, during a draw in Hamburg, but Didier Deschamps’ team already knows which nations it will avoid in the first round. . The Blues, easily qualified for the European Championship, will be part of the seeded hat alongside Germany, the host country, as well as Portugal, Belgium and Spain.

The Red Devils like Furia Roja also ended their qualifying campaign with a success, respectively against Azerbaijan (5-0) in the afternoon and Georgia (3-1) in the evening. The Spaniards lost Gavi, victim of a serious right knee injury, but did not tremble against the team led by Willy Sagnol. It was a French player who opened the scoring, since Robin Le Normand scored his first goal for Spain (4th). Khvicha Kvaratskhelia equalized straight away (10th) but Ferran Torres put his team back in front on the scoreboard (55th), before a csc caused by Lamine Yamal (77th).

An assist for Ronaldo?

Portugal, which was already assured of being one of the top seeds in the Euro draw, completed its 10 out of 10 against Iceland (2-0). Bruno Fernandes opened the scoring (37th), before a goal from incoming Ricardo Horta on a strike from Cristiano Ronaldo which thus transformed into a decisive pass (66th). The five-time Ballon d’Or did not score and leaves Romelu Lukaku alone as the top scorer in the qualifiers with 14 goals, which is a historic record (Kylian Mbappé, at 9 points, can still catch up with him).

The Euro qualifiers conclude on Monday and Tuesday and all the qualifiers will be known, as well as the 12 play-offs for the month of March, which will make it possible to establish the hats for the draw on Saturday December 2. England is almost guaranteed to be the sixth team in pot 1. The Three Lions must not lose heavily in North Macedonia on Monday (8:45 p.m.) to avoid being caught by Denmark and Turkey, who will need the take away very widely.

The top seeds in the draw: Germany, Portugal, France, Belgium, Spain (while waiting for England)

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