This Sunday, Spain, Scotland and Turkey secured qualification for the final stages of the 2024 European Championship, along with Portugal, Belgium, France and hosts Germany.
Two days after the Portuguese, Belgians and French sealed their qualification in Group A by winning 1-0 in Norway, with a goal from Gavi (49 minutes), a result that eliminated the Scandinavians, Erling Haaland and the Benfica player Fredrik Aursnes, and also qualified for Scotland.
In Group D, Turkey also secured their presence in Germany 2024, beating Latvia 4-0 at home with goals from Yunus Akgün in the 58th minute, Cenk Tosun in the 84th and 90+2, and Kerem Aktürkoglu in the 58th minute . minute. 88.
Spain, European champions in 1964, 2008 and 2012, will appear for the twelfth time, and eighth in a row, Scotland, which has never reached the group stage, will appear for the fourth and second in a row, and Turkey, semi-finalist in 2008, the sixth and third of ‘flurry’.
The top two from each of the ten groups qualify for the final stage, while the remaining three places come from the ‘play-offs’, which compete for the four best placed in each of the three main competitions of the League of Nations (A, B and C) that do not receive direct approval.
The final phase of the next European Championship will take place in Germany, from June 14 to July 14, 2024.
Source: DN
