Euro 2024: Football prediction Romania vs Ukraine stars speak out
Possessing quality players like Zinchenko, Mudryk or Dovbyk, Ukraine is confident that it will win 3 points on the opening day against Romania at 8:00 p.m. on June 17, at Allianz Arena.
Romania are coming off a strong start to their qualifying campaign, winning six and drawing four to leapfrog Switzerland to top their group and book their place at the Euro finals for the first time since 2016.
The strongest point of the yellow shirt team is the solidity of the defense, only conceding 5 goals in the qualifying round.
In friendly matches against Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Liechtenstein, Romania only conceded 1 goal.
Placed in group E with Belgium, Ukraine and Slovakia, coach Edward Iordanescu's team hopes to create a surprise if they continue to maintain their good form of recent times.
Since taking charge in 2022, coach Iordanescu has significantly improved Romania's position. However, their performance at major European tournaments has been quite poor.
Romania's win rate in Euro finals is just 6%, with only one defeat of England at Euro 2020 in 16 appearances.
In contrast to their opponents, Ukraine is in their fourth consecutive Euro. Despite losing eight of their eleven matches so far, the Eastern European team surprisingly reached the quarter-finals of the tournament held three years ago.
Coach and former famous striker of Ukrainian football - Serhiy Rebrov is proud to have many experienced students playing in top European leagues.
Captain Zinchenko made his name with Man City and Arsenal. Mykhailo Mudryk has progressed steadily at Chelsea.
Striker Artem Dovbyk had a brilliant season with Girona, scoring 24 goals in 36 appearances. Next to him is winger Tsygankov, who is being pursued by many big teams.
With strong offensive firepower and highly unpredictable stars, Ukraine will know how to neutralize Romania's defense system.
Force information
Romania: Fully staffed.
Ukraine: Vitaliy Mykolenko is injured so Zinchenko will be pulled from midfield to take on the role of left-back.
Expected lineup
Romania: Nita; Ratiu, Dragusin, Burca, Bancu; M. Marin, R. Marin; Man, Stanciu, Mihaila; Dragus
Ukraine: Lunin; Konoplya, Zabarnyi, Matviyenko, Zinchenko; Shaparenko, Stepanenko, Sudakov; Tsygankov, Dovbyk, Mudryk.
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