Former head coach of the Romanian national team Cosmin Contra has told what he expects from his country's national team at Euro 2024. Recall, at the group stage of the tournament, the Romanians will play in Group "E" with Belgium, Ukraine and Slovakia.
Cosmin Contra"It is clear that we are not favorites in this group, but for me the first match, with Ukraine, is very important. If we start the tournament well, things can become much easier and we can count on getting out of the group.
At the same time, we must understand that Belgium is the absolute favorite in our group, and Ukraine is a much higher ranked team than us from all points of view. In addition, the Ukrainians will have an additional motivation, let's call it patriotic motivation, because there is a war going on in Ukraine.
So we are not the favorites in this group. But we were in exactly the same status before the start of the Euro 2024 qualifying cycle, and in the end we won our group. So not much can happen. Now it is important that all the players are in the best shape for the match with Ukraine. And if we get a positive result in this game, we will have a much better chance of qualifying for the group stage," Agerpres quoted Contra as saying.
