Two great favorites, a couple of eternal contenders and a great 'cover': This is how the Euro Cup is

This Friday (21:00 hours), Germany and Scotland will give start to the Eurocopa 2024 with the inaugural party that will be contesting in Munich, in the Allianz Sand of the Bayern. From there it will mark a direct way to Berlin, where the next 14 July will be contesting the big final and will know to the new champion, or why no, to Italy again raising the trophy after his triumph in the edition of 2021, contested in this year because of the pandemia.

In that edition, like sucede in which it will open this Friday, the Italian group did not arrive between the favourite maxima, neither neither in these countries of 'second line' that also could opt by the title. For this Euro, France luce like the rival to win by all, standing out besides that the conjoint Frenchman arrives like the champion and runner-up of the last two World-wide, although with a premature elimination in 2021, in front of a Swiss that send to the ones of Didier Deschamps home in eighth of final after winning the batch of penaltis.

France and England, the two favourite maxima for the Euro 2024

Having to Austria, Low Countries and Poland like rivals of groups, in this order, France will have to show from the first minute his label of favourite maximum, one that when seeming only can him contest or equalise the selected of England, although 'Him Bleus' always having to Kylian Mbappé to mark the difference. By his part, the 'Lions' do not arrive with the same continuity that France to level of successes, but yes is a generation that arrived to semifinals and final in the World-wide 2018 and Eurocopa 2021, adding besides increasingly talent with names like the ones of Jude Bellingham or Cole Palmer.

The English team, almost to the same level that France, can say that has two names of level by position in almost all his eleven headline, having for now like big problem to solve the left side, where the Frenchmen yes that lucen to two names of very high level like Theo Hernández and Ferland Mendy. But to the margin of this punctual case, England will be able to try go through on of Slovenia, Serbia and Denmark with an attack comandado by absolute 'cracks' as Harry Kane, Bellingham, Palmer and Phil Foden, all footballers that allow to the English, beside other headlines as it Crimp, Walker or Stones, be that another big favourite to carry the title.

Two selections that also aspire to win the title

Already in a stair further down, if we want to situate to the teams in some levels, definitely the selections of Portugal and Germany are the names to consider, each one by distinct factors. The group luso arrives with one of the best generations of the last decade regarding talent and present, even being able to be better to which raised the title in France in 2016.

To a Christian Ronaldo that logically it is not the same of 8 years ago, but that yes that is in better moment that in Qatar 2022, will accompany him Bernardo Silva, Rafa Leao, Bruno Fernandes, Joãor Félix, Diogo Jota or Vitinha in functions of creation and attack, names more than sufficient so that Portugal was above other 'big' as the valid champion Italy, or Low Countries, for example. Also it has to add the change of trainer to Roberto Martínez that has begun with an almost perfect rhythm at the head of the Portuguese team.

By his part, Germany can assume a role of not being a possible surprise mainly by the factor of host. Perhaps if the team of Julian Nagelsmann played out of house, could not be taken in account of the same way, but is a point that can not minimise. The support of his compatriots can be vital to try forget the last failures and embarrassments to level of selection that has lived the German football, which have included the dismissal of Hansi Flick, now technician of the FC Barcelona, as well as the need to ask the return to the team of Toni Kroos, the one who finally accepted and will play the tournament to put end to his brilliant career like professional player.

Spain could be one of the big surprises of this Euro

To close this previous analysis of the Euro, and mentioning of course to other big teams like Croatia, Belgium, Italy, Low Countries, the selection of Spain seems to arrive like the big 'covered' of the tournament. The Spanish group will have a difficult proof in his group when having to share it with Croats and Italians, in addition to Albania, but a back classification to eighth would put to the Red already like an important candidate for, at least, be between the four better.

The style of game of Spain keeps on being a point that few teams can control, adding besides to some players with capacity to break parties as they are the cases of Lamine Yamal or Nico Williams, only for appointing a pair, as well as the good moment of players that could be keys like Dani Carvajal, Him Normand, Grimaldo or Rodri. The Red is not clearly between the 4 or 5 better teams if it analyses name by name or line by line, but has to his favour the factor of the very that know all his players, that Luis de la Fuente is a trainer that has given continuity to a lot of what carried to this team to play the semifinals of the Euro 2021.

Besides, it exists the point of not being inside the list of team with more pressure, can turn it into a very complicated rival to leave backwards. Spain clearly will need that his attack was to a big level, and especially not falling in despair if some rival, beginning with Italy and Croatia, does not offer him the necessary spaces to develop his best game.