In the early morning of March 25, Beijing time, the first round of the group stage of the Euro 2024 qualifiers continued. Four groups and eight matches were played today. After some fighting, France beat the Netherlands 4-0 at home and Greece beat Gibraltar 3:0 away; Group E, Czech Republic beat Poland 3:1 at home, Faroe Islands drew 1:1 away to Moldova, Group F, Sweden lost 0:3 at home to Belgium, Austria beat Azerbaijan 4:1 at home; In Group G, Montenegro narrowly beat Bulgaria 1-0 away and Serbia beat Lithuania 2-0 at home.
In Group E, the Czech Republic and Poland are the two most competitive teams in the group, and today the two teams are directly engaged in the "top of the table". Less than half a minute into the opening game, the Czech Republic had a chance on the right sideline in front, Cao Farr threw a powerful "grenade" in front of the goal, and Korejc snatched a head hammer at the front of the penalty area, and the Czech Republic opened the scoring 1-0. Just one minute later, the Czech Republic quickly counterattacked on the left side of the front, Yurášek overtook the bottom cross, Konakara followed up with a volley from the back row, and the Czech Republic scored two goals in the opening two minutes to make a dream start 2-0. After leading by two goals, the Czech Republic played steadily, Poland did not have many chances, Yibian played again in the 63rd minute, Klar burst into the left side of the box with a precise cross in front of the goal, Kucha grabbed a point to push the goal, and the Czech Republic led 3-0. At the end of the game, Poland had a corner kick on the left side, and in the scuffle in front of goal, Skorash swept the ball in front of the goal from the right back post, and Simanski blocked the ball into the net, Poland pulled a goal back 1-3. There was not much time left in the game, and in the end Poland lost away from home.
The schedule for the first round of the European Qualifiers was interesting, with the two strongest teams in the group basically going straight to each other, as did Group F and Group B, with Sweden hosting Belgium and France hosting the Netherlands. Sweden became the only one to lose at home in the strong conversation, and in the 34th minute, Belgium patiently looked for an opportunity on the right side of the front line, and Lukaku nodded in a two-man bag to score in front of the 45-degree angled goal on the edge of the Lucbaggio penalty area, Belgium opened the scoring 1-0. Only 3 minutes into the opening game, Luc Baggio took the ball on the right side of the penalty area, this time chose to break into the box and cross the ball, Lukaku grabbed the point to block the ball into the net, and the two assisted the goal to score twice, Belgium 2-0 lead. In the 81st minute, a change made a pie, Bacyoko crossed through the bag into the box, and Romelu Lukaku, who was unguarded at the back point, still ate the cake firmly and pushed an empty goal to score a hat-trick as Belgium won 3-0 away to Sweden.
Belgium have Romelu Lukaku's hat-trick, and France's new captain Kylian Mbappe also came to the "3 fires", 2 shots, 1 pass and 3 goals. Less than 2 minutes into the opening game, the French midfielder countered with a broken ball, Muani cut diagonally on the left side of the arc, Mbappe followed up with a precise cross at high speed on the left side, and Griezmann who followed in the back row scored with his left foot, France opened the scoring 1-0. Just six minutes later, France had a free kick on the right side of the pitch, Griezmann headed the diagonal ball in front of the goal, and in the scuffle he crashed the ball into the net in Palmecano to give France a fantastic start to the game 2-0. In the 20th minute, Chuameni dribbled the ball into a scalpel straight and Kylian Mbappe scored a super one-handed shot into the box at high speed, giving France a 3-0 lead. In the 87th minute, the Dutch central midfield made a mistake, Mbappe broke the ball and counterattacked, swung the defender into the right side of the box and volleyed again, Mbappe scored twice, France sealed the victory 4-0. In stoppage time, Verhorst scored a chance for the Netherlands to score a face-saving goal, but Depay failed to score and the Netherlands lost 4-0 away.
In terms of the standings, France and Greece are big wins in Group B, with France beating Greece in the group of death with a goal difference, and the Netherlands at the bottom of the group. Group E also led the group, with Moldova and the Faroe Islands tied for second place in a draw. Belgium are also a good starter, but they have scored one goal less than Austria and can only finish second. Group G, Serbia, Montenegro all won, Serbia 1 goal difference advantage topped.