Five years ago, Portugal was crowned European Champion, beating France in the final match in Paris with a score of 1: 0.
In the final tournament of the European Championship, 24 teams are divided into six subgroups of four each. The two best teams will automatically qualify for the first round or the eighth final of the elimination tournament, as well as the four best third place winners.
A total of 51 games will be played in this European Championship. When there were 16 more teams in the tournament, 31 matches had to be played.
Composition of the Belgian national team for the final of the European Championship:
goalkeepers: Tibo Kurtou (Real Madrid, Spain), Simon Minolie (Club Brugge, Bruges), Matcs Selss (Strasbourg, France);
defenders: Toby Alderveireld (Tottenham Hotspur, England), Dedrik Boyta (Berlin Hertha, Germany), Jason Denajer (Lyon Olympique, France), Jan Vertongen (Lisbon Benfica, Portugal), Thomas Vermalen (Kobe) Vissel, Japan), Timothy Chestnut (City of Leicester, England), Thomas Mennier (Borussia, Dortmund, Germany);
midfielders: Jannik Karasko (Madrid “Atletico”, Spain), Nasser Shadley (Istanbul “Basaksehir”, Turkey), Leanders Dendonker (Wolverhampton “Wanderers”, England), Kevin de Brujne (Manchester City, England), Torgans Azar Dussmund “Borussia”, Germany), Dennis Praet, Yuri Thielleman (both – Leicester City, England), Hans Vanaken (Bruges “Club Brugge”), Axel Witzel (Dortmund “Borussia”, Germany), Eden Azar (Madrid) Real “, Spain);
Attackers: Mish Bachayay, Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace London, England), Jeremy Dock (Stade Rennais, France), Romel Lukac (Inter Milan, Italy), Dris Mertens (Naples, Italy), Leandro Trossar (Brighton and Hava’s Albion, England).
The composition of the Russian national football team for the final tournament of the European Championship:
goalkeepers: Yuri Dupin (Kazan “Rubin”), Matvey Safonov (“Krasnodar”), Anton Shunin (Moscow “Dynamo”);
defenders: Georgiy Jiki (Moscow’s “Spartak”), Igor Diveev, Maria Fernandes (both – Moscow’s CSKA), Roman Yevgenyev (Moscow’s “Dynamo”), Vyacheslav Karavaev (both – St. Petersburg’s “Zenith”), Fyodor Kudr Turkey), Andrei Semyonov (“Akhmat” in Grozny);
midfielders: Dmitry Barinov, Rifat Zemaletdinov (both Moscow Lokomotiv), Maxim Muhin (Moscow CSKA), Alexander Golovin (Monaco, France), Danil Fomin (Moscow Dynamo), Roman Sword (Moscow Spartak) , Daler Kuzyaev, Magomed Ozdoyev, Yuri Zhirkov (all – St. Petersburg “Zenith”), Denis Cherishev (“Valencia”, Spain);
attackers: Artyom Juba (St. Petersburg “Zenith”), Alexei Jonov (“Krasnodar”), Denis Makarov (Kazan “Rubin”), Alexei Miranchuk (Bergamo “Atalanta”, Italy), Anton Zabolotny (Moscow CSKA), Alexander Sobo “Spartak”).
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