Former Romania striker Adrian Ilie told what he expects from the match between his country's national team and Ukraine in the 1st round of the group stage of Euro 2024, which will take place tomorrow in Munich.
Adrian Ilie"All teams participating in Euro 2024 will have a fear not to lose the match. Therefore, all the games will be balanced.
Belgium is of course the biggest favorite of the group. But also the Ukrainian national team has very high-quality players who play in strong championships and have a very good rating. But I think that with a good organization of the game and very good tactics we will be able to surprise the Ukrainian national team.
Friendly matches do not reflect what will happen at the Euros (in the friendly matches before Euro 2024 Romania played 0:0 with Bulgaria and Liechtenstein - ed.). But the opening match is very important. And you will see that Ukraine will not run to win immediately either. Because any missed goal can be fatal not only in the match. The European Championship finals are not qualifying matches, when you can change the scoreboard in the last 10-15 minutes," Ilie said on the Business Philosophy podcast.
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