With France-Germany and the debut of Portugal, Group F of the Eurocup gets underway: time, TV and formations

After several days of action in the Eurocup, the Death Group with the last two world champion teams facing each other and the debut of the defending team of the title. For the first date of Group F, France Y Germany face in the Allianz Arena from Munich, while the Portugal from Cristiano Ronaldo makes his debut against Hungary in the Puskás Arena de Budapest.

France, due to his status as current world champion and the level of his extensive squad, is one of the great favorites for the European football classic against a Germany who won the 2014 World Cup and aspire to demonstrate their hierarchy as in every major event.

With Kylian Mbappé as the highest star and powered by the return of Karim Benzema, the cast led by Didier Deschamps will try to impose conditions with your 4-4-2 in front of the painting that dismisses Joachim Löw. The German coach faces his last championship after 15 years in office and comes rehearsing with a 3-4-3 relatively flexible, where collective work stands out.

In both teams there may be asymmetries in the occupation of spaces and different offensive variants to surprise one or the other team, the truth is that Blues Y The team they always guarantee a show.

Even if Germany It has been a headache for France in the world championships, winning twice in the semifinals and once in the quarterfinals, the last games have resulted in victories for the Gauls: 2-1 in the UEFA Nations League in 2018 and 2-0 in the semifinal of the last European Championship.

Probable formations:

France: Lloris – Pavard, Varane, Kimbembe, Hernández – Kanté; Pogba, Rabiot-Griezmann; Benzema and Mbappé. DT: Didier Deschamps

Germany: Neuer – Ginter, Hummels, Rüdiger – Kimmich, Gündogan, Kroos, Gosens – Havertz, Müller – Gnabry. DT: Joachim Löw

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (ESP).

Stadium: Allianz Arena (Munich)

Hour: 21:00 CET / 19.00 GMT

16:00 Argentina and Uruguay

15:00 Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Venezuela

14:00 Peru, Colombia and Ecuador

13:00 Mexico City

TV: DirecTV Sports y TNT Sports (Argentina)

PORTUGAL-HUNGARY

Portugal begins this Tuesday the defense of its continental title in Budapest, where opens the considered Death Group from Eurocup in view of Hungary. This game in the stadium Puskás Arena will be a great show, since it is the only venue where the UEFA authorized full capacity and more than 60.000 aficionados in the stands.

Those led by Fernando Santos, captained by Cristiano Ronaldo, seek to revalidate their status as current European champion with a team that maintains experienced players, such as CR7, Pepe, José Fonte and Moutinho, but that has also added new talents such as Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Ruben Dias, Ruben Neves Y Joao Felix, among others.

The Portuguese box arrives in the Hungarian capital with the loss of Joao Cancelo, Manchester City star, who tested positive on his last antigen test despite being previously vaccinated against the COVID-19.

His rival, meanwhile, appears in the Eurocup with the loss of his most talented and overflowing player, the young Dominik Szoboszlai, who could not recover in time from his abductor injury and was left off the Italian’s payroll Marco Rossi. Your goal will be to score some points in an area where you are surrounded by heavy weights.

Probable formations:

Hungary: Gulácsi – Kecskés, Orbán, Szalai A. – Bolla, Kleinheisler, Nagy, Schäfer, Fiola – Szalai Á. y Varga R. DT: Marco Rossi.

Portugal: Rui Patricio – Nelson Semedo, Dias, Pepe, Guerreiro – Danilo, William Carvalho, Bruno Fernandes – Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo and Diogo Jota. DT: Fernando Santos.

Referee: Cuneyt Cakir (ENG).

Stadium: Puskás Arena (Budapest).

Hour: 18.00 CET / 16.00 GMT

13:00 Argentina and Uruguay

12:00 Chile, Paraguay, Bolivia and Venezuela

11:00 Peru, Colombia and Ecuador

10:00 Mexico City

TV: DirecTV Sports

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