Euro 2024 group stage draw: Compelling draw with Spain and France handed tough groups
Competing teams learn their fate ahead of Germany's showpiece summer tournament
Saturday afternoon saw the completion of the Euro 2024 group stage draw, with the competing nations finding out who they will face in the preliminary stage of the tournament.
Germany will play host to the event after the 2020 edition saw the competition travel around the continent to celebrate a UEFA centenary.
With most fans preferring as single host-nation in order to confidently book their travel, travel packages will now go on sale with teams likely to press forward with their accommodation plans after the draw.
Spain enter Euro 2024 with the success of the women's team firmly at the forefront of their mind, with the subsequent controversy having infiltrated all areas of the federation.
Luis Enrique is no longer the coach, and the team aren't necessarily seen as one of the favorites to win the tournament.
One of the more peculiar aspects of international tournaments has been the development of the England national team under Gareth Southgate.
After underachieving for years, it's now widely accepted that England stand alongside France as the team with the best individual talent heading into tournaments, whether that be the World Cup or European Championships.
The reality is that a group consisting ofEngland, Denmark, Serbia and Slovenia should be relatively straightforward for Southgate's charges, especially with Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham set to play a starring role.
France expect to reach a third successive international final with Kylian Mbappe leading their attack, and they too will hope for a fairly easy path through to the knockout stage.
They have been preliminarily drawn alongside Austria and the Netherlands, both teams they
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