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Showcases in Saint Petersburg! After eight matchdays, everything is decided in qualifying Group I for the European Championship 2020. The national teams of Belgium and Russia are sovereign at the top of the table and the other group opponents from Cyprus, Scotland, Kazakhstan and San Marino are hopelessly behind.
Both teams secured in the completed games so the ticket for the Euro next year, so that in the duel on Saturday is only about the group victory. However, the guests have the much better cards due to the first leg and the better goal difference. Will the hosts manage to oust the Red Devils from the top of the table?
For the first time, the European Championship finals next year will not take place in one country or two, but in twelve cities. Distributed across Europe, the national teams compete to crown the European champion. For Germany, Munich applied with the Allianz Arena for participation and was also awarded the commission by the committee. The final will take place at London’s Wembley Stadium.
The teams highlighted in this article achieved the goal of qualifying for the finals at an early stage, allowing them to relax in the showdown this weekend. The kick-off in Gazprom Arena in Saint Petersburg will take place on Saturday at 17:00.
Russia:
Russia hosted the Football World Cup in 2018. Despite great criticism in the run-up to the tournament – because of the political situation – the Sbornaja trumpeted at their home tournament big.
After surviving preliminary round succeeded the team of head coach Stanislaw Tschertschessow in the second round the big surprise and they defeated Spain on penalties. Against Croatia, the Eastern Europeans then met in the quarterfinals but the end. Nevertheless, it was a successful tournament participation!
The good performance was to be confirmed in the UEFA Nations League and in qualifying for Euro 2020. In the newly founded tournament, the Russians started in league B and finished second behind the Swedes. The East Europeans thus secured the class. With a home win against the Northerners even the promotion to league A would have been possible, but the game ended with a goalless 0: 0. So the Swedes can compete in the next league in the highest league.
In Group I of the Euro-Quali Chertzhessov-Elf in the first match with the strong Belgians and conceded promptly a 1: 3 defeat. Then it went like clockwork. Seven wins followed and with a total score of 21 points, the Sbornaja is in second place in the group.
The lead on the Cypriots is a calming eleven points in two games to be played. Participation in the finals is thus secured and confirmed the upward trend in Russian football.
In the completed eight games, the Russians scored a remarkable 27 goals. Especially captain Artem Dzyuba from Zenit St. Petersburg with nine goals and Denis Cheryshev with five goals showed their goal hunger. The defensive in front of goalkeeper Guilherme left hardly chance to score the opposing attacker and conceded in the entire qualifier only four goals.
The team of coach Tschertschessow is after seven wins in a row certainly eager to let this series also against the Red Devils. At the end of the qualification, the Eastern Europeans will arrive at San Marino on Tuesday. It would be a big surprise if the Sbornaja there not also enters a threesome.
Belgium:
Although the Belgians have not yet recorded a title on their credit side, the Red Devils are currently perhaps the best national team. They are currently in first place in the FIFA World Ranking. Their superiority will also be demonstrated by the Western Europeans in qualifying for the European Championship next year. Together with the Russians, the Duivels dominate the qualification group I.
With a record of eight wins from eight games, the Belgians have a white waistcoat and are thus three points ahead of the worst adversary from Eastern Europe at the top of the table. Qualifying for the finals, the team of head coach Roberto Martinez so long in the bag.
Impressive is the goal difference of the Red Devils. The defense against goalkeeper Thibault Courtois allowed only one hit. An outstanding quota. The situation is similar on the offensive. With 30 goals, the Martinez-Elf scored by far the most goals of all qualifying teams. The 51 goals scored the most successful Belgian scorer Romelu Lukako also met six times in the qualifiers.
So far, the Belgians have participated five times in a European Championship finals. In second place they reached their best result in 1980, when the Red Devils lost to Germany in the final. At the World Cup last year in Russia, Belgium entered the race as one of the top favorites. In the semifinals, but came to France with 0: 1 and out in the end, it was enough after a victory over England, to third place.
Some coaches will envy Roberto Martinez for his squad. Just looking at the offensive lets you guess how much potential there is in this team. With Batshuayi, Benteke, the Hazard brothers, Lukaku, Mertens and Origi in his squad are offensive forces, all under contract with major international clubs and claiming all a place in the first eleven.
With two wins in the last two games in Russia and against Cyprus, the Belgians would play the perfect qualification. Incentive enough to knock everything out again in Russia or rather brave élan? What actors Martinez offers, does not really matter, since the power density within the team is so high that there is always a top-eleven in the field.
Russia vs Belgium head to head matches
21.03.19 EUR Belgium Russia 3 : 1
28.03.17 FI Russia Belgium 3 : 3
22.06.14 WC Belgium Russia 1 : 0
17.11.10 FI Russia Belgium 0 : 2
14.06.02 WC Belgium Russia 3 : 2