The latest report of the European preliminary round: the second in the world dropped points, Croatia advanced, and the Netherlands played crazy 6-0
The final round of European Championship qualifiers is contested. France, ranked No. 2 in the world, have dropped points, the only time they have dropped points in so many group stage games. This match against Greece may not have been taken seriously enough, and the French team was not excited enough to play at the level it should have. When Mbappe did not start, although Muani scored the first goal for the French team, Greece scored two goals in a row to overtake the score, leaving the French team in trouble for a while. Fortunately, Mbappe, who came on as a substitute later, assisted Wesley Fofana to equalize and seal the final result at 2-2. At the last moment, the French team had a chance to kill, but unfortunately it was unlucky, and the goal frame saved Greece. Although Greece have long since failed to qualify for the European Championships, they had a very good attitude in this game, they took the game very seriously, and the celebrations after the goal were like winning the championship. Rounding out this group were France and the Netherlands. Greece can only play in the play-offs.
Croatia's ability to advance depends on this final round of matches, which is a do-or-die battle, and the Croatian players did not let the accidents happen, beating Armenia 1-0 with home advantage. If it weren't for the Armenian goalkeeper's 11 saves, Armenia would have been blown out long ago. Either way, it would be perfect for Croatia to win the tournament and qualify for the European Championships. Croatia's promotion means that Wales in the same group will not be able to directly enter the main stage of the European Championship and can only play in the play-offs.
The match between the Netherlands and Gibraltar is irrelevant, after all, the Netherlands have already qualified. This allowed the Dutch players to play a little more relaxed. As a result, the Netherlands completely kicked this fish-belly team, shooting 23 times and scoring 6 goals. And Gibraltar had 0 shots on goal all time, which is a shame. Gibraltar, ranked 198th in the world, has lost all 8 group games, conceded 41 goals and scored 0 goals, which is unbelievable, and is definitely the worst team in this European qualifiers, San Marino has scored 3 goals, and Liechtenstein has scored at least 1 goal. A team like Gibraltar is being used by other teams. The Netherlands' results in the European qualifiers this time are not bad, with 6 wins and 2 losses in 8 games, and both losses were lost to the championship favorites France.