Italy national group chief Roberto Mancini said his group isn’t top picks in Group An after the draw for UEFA Euro 2020 on Saturday, considering it an “adjusted” gathering. The Azzurri left Pot 1 and drew Switzerland, Turkey, and Wales. They’ll open the competition on home soil against the Turks, in Rome on June 12. […]
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]]>Italy national group chief Roberto Mancini said his group isn’t top picks in Group An after the draw for UEFA Euro 2020 on Saturday, considering it an “adjusted” gathering. The Azzurri left Pot 1 and drew Switzerland, Turkey, and Wales. They’ll open the competition on home soil against the Turks, in Rome on June 12. Euro Cup fans around the world can buy Italy Euro Cup Tickets to enjoy its outstanding performances.
“All games are to be played. We are not the top picks, as every one of these groups play great football. The reality we are playing in Rome is a little bit of leeway, however, every match will, in any case, be troublesome. I need to single out Wales since they play amazing football and have a considerable lot of their players in the Premier League. They are strong and difficult to beat.”
“Nothing is to be underestimated. Possibly a portion of the top picks will go out right on time, however, in the event that you need to go right to Wembley, you have to beat everybody before you. We’re progressing admirably, however, there’s much more work to do and we have to improve a lot from here to the Euros. Presently I face a major issue trimming down my squad to only 23 players.”
Italy and Belgium were the main groups to fit the bill for the competition with an ideal record. The Azzurri completed their passing effort in style, crushing Armenia 9-1: The Azzurri passed up a spot at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, yet that opened the entryway for another age of stars to get their opportunity.
Nicolo Barella
Nicolo Barella, Nicolo Zaniolo and Sandro Tonali have become building hinder in midfield, and Federico Chiesa is one of the group’s most powerful advances.
Their chances were superior to those of Switzerland, who is in front of Italy in the most recent FIFA rankings. On paper, Switzerland (twelfth) and Italy (thirteenth), should fight for the lead position in Group some time Wales (22th) and Turkey (29th) battle for the third spot.
The Turks intrigued in qualifying, be that as it may, yielding only three objectives in 10 matches and completing only two focuses behind title holders France. Driven by Merih Demiral and Caglar Soyuncu, they have a gifted, youthful safeguard that should cause difficult issues at Euro 2020.
Ribs have a lot of individual ability also, with Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey fit for choosing matches without anyone else. Adolescents Harry Wilson, Ethan Ampadu, Tyler Roberts and Rabbi Matondo have star potential and enough ability to make a monster jump forward among now and the beginning of the competition.
Switzerland stands apart for its inside and out profundity and is driven by Nico Elvedi and Manuel Akanji. In Cedric Itten, Albian Ajeti, Breel Embolo, and Noah Okafor, they have four advances with huge amounts of upside and adaptability.
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]]>As you read this, Tottenham Hotspur is in a serious mess. They’re 30 points away from the Premier League summit and nine points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea. With a title dream gone with Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs’ ambition of finishing among the top four took a serious hit when it was revealed Harry Kane might not […]
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]]>As you read this, Tottenham Hotspur is in a serious mess. They’re 30 points away from the Premier League summit and nine points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea. With a title dream gone with Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs’ ambition of finishing among the top four took a serious hit when it was revealed Harry Kane might not feature again this season due to injury. You can buy England vs Croatia Tickets from our website, around the world to enjoy its terrific performances.
Spurs’ problems might soon become England’s when the campaign concludes. The Three Lions are due to challenge for a European title this year. But they risk doing that without their skipper and talisman. The English goal-machine is likely to still be recovering when the Euro 2020 commences in June.
Towards 2019’s end, Abraham had to make a major decision regarding his international career. The Chelsea striker was sought after by Nigeria [his fatherland], but he opted to represent England instead.
So far, Abraham had carried Chelsea’s scoring responsibilities with grace and efficiency. The 22-year-old has plundered 15 goals in all competitions to help Frank Lampard’s young side remain in contention for a top-four finish.
Without a doubt, Abraham has done well for himself and for his club. Importantly, Chelsea is reaping the fruits of their academy graduate. Compared to Alvaro Morata, on whom the West London club spent upwards of £60 million to sign from Real Madrid, Abraham has done brilliantly. The Spaniard managed 15 goals in 48 appearances in his first season [2017/18], Abraham has scored that many in 29 games.
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Bringing that form to the England squad is another matter; Southgate would be well wary of that. Experience has taught everyone that club form is usually scarcely reproduced with the national team. Someone like Lionel Messi will concur.
Abraham can also be considered a newbie in the English senior team. The Three Lions are blessed with a handful of truly impressive center-forwards. Surprisingly, Kane isn’t even the most prolific English striker in the league this season; Jamie Vardy is, with 17 goals. The Leicester hero simply can no longer be ignored by Southgate.
Marcus Rashford
Marcus Rashford has found some consistency in front of goal for Manchester United – the 22-year-old is already on 14 for the campaign. An outsider who’s pushing for inclusion in the England squad is Southampton’s Danny Ings. The former Liverpool man has as many League goals as Rashford.
On paper Abraham can be placed third on the strikers pecking order for England, considering Kane’s absence. Rashford and Vardy will battle for first and second.
It must be clearly stated that Kane isn’t completely ruled out for Euro 2020 just yet. If he eventually gets fit enough to compete it raises the question on which strikers can get on the plane to the Euros.
If Vardy, Rashford, and Ings, continue their rich vein of form the table would seriously shake if Kane returns to full fitness in April like is widely being anticipated. In that case, some of these strikers may not even get an invite to Euro 2020. Abraham would be related to getting an invite. Someone like Callum Wilson is out to of reckoning whether or not Kane makes it back on time.
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]]>The 3-Lions will face the Czech Republic and Croatia and the winner of the Path C play-off in the group stages at Wembley. England will face the Czech Republic, Croatia and the winner of the Path C play-off group, which features Scotland, Israel, Norway, and Serbia, in the Euro 2020 group stage. You can buy […]
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]]>The 3-Lions will face the Czech Republic and Croatia and the winner of the Path C play-off in the group stages at Wembley.
England will face the Czech Republic, Croatia and the winner of the Path C play-off group, which features Scotland, Israel, Norway, and Serbia, in the Euro 2020 group stage. You can buy England vs Croatia Tickets from our website, around the world to enjoy its terrific performances.
The Three Lions are the top seeds in Group D, meaning they will play all their fixtures at Wembley – the remaining fixtures in the group will take place at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
Gareth Southgate’s side will start their campaign with a tense fixture against Croatia, hoping to shed the scars of their World Cup semi-final defeat. They will then face the winner of Path C, before finishing the group stage against the Czech Republic, who England thrashed 5-0 at Wembley during qualifying before suffering defeat in the reverse fixture.
However, a similar situation to the World Cup could arise with England set to meet the runners up in Group F if they top the group themselves. That would mean a round-of-16 tie against one of France, Germany or Portugal, which Southgate will be keen to avoid.
Group
England, Croatia, Czech Republic, Scotland/Israel/Serbia/Norway
Fixtures schedule
Group
14 June 2020 – England vs Croatia (Wembley)
19 June 2020 – Scotland, Serbia or Israel (Wembley), England vs Norway
23 June 2020 – the Czech Republic vs England (Wembley)
Knockout stages
Round of 16
30 June 2020 – Group F runners-up Group D vs Winner of Group F runners-up (match 41) – Dublin
29 June 2020 – Group D runners-up vs Group E runners-up (match 43) – Copenhagen
Quarter-finals
July 3 – Winner match 41 vs Winner match 42 (match 45) – St Petersburg
July 3 – Winner match 39 vs Winner match 37 (match 46) – Munich
Semi-finals
July 7 – Winner match 45 vs Winner match 46 – London
July 8 – Winner match 48 vs Winner match 47 – London
Final
July 12 – London
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]]>Zlatko Dalic has urged Old Firm heroes Borna Barisic and Niko Katic to become Glasgow giants for his Croatia side this summer by helping them on the road to Euro 2020 glory in their adopted home city. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances. The […]
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]]>Zlatko Dalic has urged Old Firm heroes Borna Barisic and Niko Katic to become Glasgow giants for his Croatia side this summer by helping them on the road to Euro 2020 glory in their adopted home city. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances.
The Croatian national team boss led his nation to the 2018 World Cup final where they lost to France and is looking to go one better in the Euros. And as Dalic outlined his Euro 2020 vision in an exclusive interview with Record Sport, he insists Ibrox pair Barisic and Katic could have a huge part to play in his ambition.
Barisic is currently a nailed-on starter for Dalic who has challenged Katic to follow him into the full squad and add to the one senior cap he won in May 2017.
The Croatia boss admitted Katic would have made his squad for the final Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovakia due to injuries but his lack of game time at Rangers cost him.
But Katic won his place back in Steven Gerrard’s side after an injury to Filip Hollander and savored the sweetest moment of his Gers career when he headed home the winner in Sunday’s 2-1 victory over Celtic at Parkhead.
Barisic, who is settled in Glasgow despite Roma showing an interest, picked up the man of the match award and Dalic is planning a scouting mission to Scotland early this year and might take in the next Old Firm clash at Ibrox in March.
Croatia is in Group D along with England and the Czech Republic and Scotland – if they can get through the play-offs – will join them.
Croatia football manager Dalic talk about Borna Barisic
Two of their games will be at Hampden and Dalic said: “It would be so special for Borna and Niko to play for Croatia in Glasgow and that has to be their target.
“I watched them in the Old Firm game and was so pleased for both of them. It was a victory for Rangers but I can tell you we also celebrated in Croatia. I would love the Glasgow public to come out and support Croatia and hopefully, Borna and Niko can help us get some vital results if they play their part. Of course, Scotland could also be in our group and that would be incredible. But, regardless, it would be great for them to play for Croatia in Glasgow which has been their home for the last couple of years.”
“Borna Barisic is now the number one left-back in my team and I have watched Niko closely. I considered him for the last game but he wasn’t in the Rangers side but I hope he can maintain his level and he’s in my thoughts for the next game.”
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]]>England has put their chance of securing a top-seed place at next summer’s European Championships in jeopardy by suffering the shock defeat against the Czech Republic. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances.
Although England should qualify in the top spot from Group A for the finals, the slip-up in Prague could still have serious consequences for manager Gareth Southgate and his team.
They are no longer guaranteed one of the six top seedings if they win all of their remaining games and could even face the prospect of being placed in the same group as world champions France or Belgium, who are one of the tournament’s favorites.
England’s nightmare scenario would be to miss out on a top seeding and be drawn from pot two in a group with either France or Belgium and Portugal, who could find themselves in pot three if they fail to beat Ukraine on Monday night.
The six top-seed places go to the countries that finish top of their qualifying groups with the best records. Belgium, Italy, and Spain all have 100 percent records, while Ukraine has not lost a game but host Portugal next.
The final two Euro 2020 seeds are likely to be contested by England, who face Bulgaria in Sofia on Monday night, Holland or Germany and Turkey or France.
Should teams finish top of their groups with identical records then the final top seeds will be determined by goal difference. England currently has a plus 14 goal difference, ahead of France (plus 13), Turkey (plus five), Holland (plus 11) and Germany (plus 11).
After traveling to Bulgaria, England
After traveling to Bulgaria, England complete their qualifying next month with a home game against Montenegro and a trip to Kosovo, who are still competing for second place in Group A and scored three goals against Southgate’s side at Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium
Failure to win all of their remaining three games would almost certainly result in England missing out on one of the six top seeds when the finals draw is made on November 30, but three victories may still not be enough.
The situation will further infuriate Southgate, who only last month warned of the need for his team to finish qualifying with a 100 percent record.
Writing in the matchday programmed ahead of last month’s game against Bulgaria at Wembley, Southgate said: “The seeding for Euro 2020 will be decided by your record in the qualifying campaign, so every game is important. If you look at the other groups, there are some teams with a 100 percent record, but we really have to take it a step at a time.”
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]]>Tri-Angles Electronics (Pvt) Ltd – the official manufacturers and distributors of Hisense LED in Pakistan unveiled their plan for one of the most anticipated and mega football events, the ‘UEFA EURO 2020’ which is scheduled to kick-off from June 12, 2020, with the Final scheduled to be played on July 12, 2020. Football enthusiasts around the world can book Euro 2020 Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding matches.
Hisense Appliances and LED TV are the official global sponsors of EURO 2020, it aims to spread its strengthened on-field presence by promoting football in Pakistan. And to commemorate the initiative, Hisense unveiled its plan for the UEFA EURO 2020, which is set to create a unique opportunity for its fans in Pakistan to stay updated with the latest happenings and be a part of the mega football event.
It is pertinent to mention that the Chinese consumer electronics giant has previously also filled the position to be a Global Partner at the UEFA Euro 2016 and FIFA 2018 respectively.
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Chief Executive Officer, Hisense, Mr. Imran Ghani said, “It gives me immense honor and delight to announce our plan for the UEFA EURO 2020 in Pakistan – where the love and craze for football do not settle.
Hisense is privileged to strengthen its presence for promoting domestic football in Pakistan over the last few years and major contributions as sponsors in mega-event such as UEFA EURO 2016, FIFA WORLD CUP 2018 and now the UEFA EURO 2020.
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Adding to Hisense contribution towards the promotion of football in Pakistan, he added, “Until recently the Hisense LED TV Road to Euro cup 2020 has kicked off from three back-to-back campaigns namely with F5WC, FutGoal and Leisure Leagues. The objective of these collaborations is to promote domestic football and encourage new talent emerging from the grass-root level.
We are also in talks with Pakistan’s leading sports channel and will very soon make an announcement on our collaboration for the UEFA EURO 2020 as official media partners, so the viewers do not miss the live-action of the month-long mega event.”
As part of the major announcement and consumer promotions, Mr. Imran Ghani said, “Hisense will announce 3 lucky winners who will get a chance to win tickets of UEFA Euro cup 2020. Moreover, we will also send our Top 3 dealers who achieve the best sales”.
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]]>Danny is the utmost in-form striker in the country and must be careful about a place in England’s Euro 2020 squad, insists ex-Three Lions striker Darren Bent. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances. He has been in spectacular scoring form this season and continued […]
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]]>Danny is the utmost in-form striker in the country and must be careful about a place in England’s Euro 2020 squad, insists ex-Three Lions striker Darren Bent. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances.
He has been in spectacular scoring form this season and continued his run with a fine winning goal in Southampton’s surprise 1-0 win over Tottenham on New Year’s Day.
That strike, sending Toby Alderweireld back into 2019 with a flick over the defender’s head before finishing into the bottom corner, was Ings’ 13th in the league this season – outscoring some of the world’s best forwards including Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, and Mohamed Salah, while he is level with Lionel Messi.
The striker also played under Gareth Southgate at the Under-21 level, scoring four goals in 13 appearances, so there is a chance the Three Lions boss may consider him for upcoming pre-tournament friendlies against Italy and Denmark in March, and Austria and Romania in June.
Darren Bent talk
“I understand there are others out there – Tammy Abraham has done well, Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy obviously has retired but there’s talk of him potentially coming back for the Euro cup. But right now, Danny Ings has got to be in the conversation.”
“What I like about Danny Ings is he’s not one of these strikers who when your team has won 4-0 or 5-0 you score the fourth and fifth goals, which don’t mean anything, they’re irrelevant.”
“The hardest goal in football is the first once, and Danny Ings always seems to score them.”
“When games are tight, you need a striker who can just get something out of nothing, and his goal against Tottenham was absolute quality. He’ll always get that important first goal when games are tight and, for me, the way he’s playing, he’s not just scoring tap-ins, he’s scoring very good goals.”
“I’ve had a lot of fans laugh that off saying, ‘no chance, no chance’, but I think he HAS to be in the conversation. People are always saying the Premier League is the hardest league, the most competitive league in the world, and he’s already got 13 goals halfway through the season! For me, he’s got to be talked about for England.”
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]]>The Croatian football team will be based at St Andrews on Scotland’s east coast during Euro 2020, the Croatian Football Federation confirmed today. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances. The Croatian Football Federation delegation visited several potential camps around London and Scotland in early […]
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]]>The Croatian football team will be based at St Andrews on Scotland’s east coast during Euro 2020, the Croatian Football Federation confirmed today. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances.
The Croatian Football Federation delegation visited several potential camps around London and Scotland in early December, and after a detailed analysis, the federation’s leadership, headed by President Davor Sucker, decided in agreement with coach Zlatko Dalic that the Croatian team would be based at the Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews during Euro 2020.
A five-star luxury resort, Fairmont is set in idyllic greenery setting on the Scottish coast, with 212 rooms, 17 suites and two additional villas. The hotel is about 120 kilometers from Glasgow, where Croatia will play two group games at Euro 2020 and is only half an hour’s drive from the airport.
The World Cup runners-up will also train at the St Andrews University grounds, which have hosted the likes of Barcelona and Manchester United, among others. The training grounds are a 10-minute drive from the hotel and also have excellent conditions for training (fitness) and recovery, as well as leisure.
HNS president Davor Suker Talk
“We wanted the national team to have the absolute best conditions to stay during Euros, which is why we decided on St Andrews. We know from Russia the importance of having peace, nature and quality sports infrastructure, so we have chosen the hotel and grounds that are of the highest standard. that this is the best solution for the national team, “said HNS president Davor Suker.
“I thank the federation for truly analyzing and presenting all the options, and I am glad that we were absolutely in agreement that this was the best solution for the national team to stay at during Euros. We had great conditions in Russia and I believe that will be the case in Scotland. The camp is very important not only for training but also for creating a positive atmosphere and community, and this location offers us excellent conditions for all that,” coach Zlatko Dalic added.
Euro 2020 – Croatia schedule
14 June 2020 – 3 pm – England vs Croatia (Wembley, London)
19 June 2020 – 6 pm Croatia vs Czech Republic (Hampden Park, Glasgow)
23 June 2020 – 9 pm Croatia vs Norway, Scotland, Serbia or Israel (Hampden Park, Glasgow)
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]]>The UEFA dignitary who appeared on Romanian TV and said it would be great if they qualified for Euro 2020 rather than let the cat out of the bag. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances. The dome-shaped Romeo in Bucharest, fittingly resembling a circus […]
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]]>The UEFA dignitary who appeared on Romanian TV and said it would be great if they qualified for Euro 2020 rather than let the cat out of the bag. Football fans around the world can buy England vs Croatia Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances.
The dome-shaped Romeo in Bucharest, fittingly resembling a circus tent, hosted Saturday night’s draw and the city will also host matches next summer. The good wishes of Europe’s governing body aren’t encouraging news for Iceland, drawn to play the Romanians in a play-off semi-final in March, but does sum up this latest version of the European Championship. An unnecessarily complex and complicated carve-up aimed to please as many nations as possible.
Scores of delegates including Gareth Southgate and Ryan Gigs descended on the Romanian capital on a rainy eastern European evening but there was little of the anticipation you usually associate with a major draw.
Only 11 of the 36 countries represented 20 definite qualifiers and 16 play-off hopefuls didn’t have any idea of which group they would be in. It’s a result of UEFA’s decision to play Euro 2020 across many cities in different countries. Even the obvious ‘group of death’ containing holders Portugal, France and Germany lack normal jeopardy given that the four best third-placed teams will also go through to the knockout stages.
The irony is that England could be the biggest beneficiaries of all. They already knew they’d be playing all three of their Group D games at Wembley and Saturday’s selection of Croatia, Czech Republic, and the play-off winners out of Scotland, Israel, Norway and Serbia won’t fright Harry Kane.
Advantage for England
But this time England will have home benefit, first counter to Croatia on June 14, 2020 match. They beat the Czechs 5-0 at Wembley in March. Southgate’s only concern, being paired with France, was averted by Ruud Gullet pulling out the Croatian ball after some acrobatics and music from the Bucharest Symphony Orchestra which is the hallmark of a good UEFA draw.
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the draw is how the group positionings affect the knockout ties. In 2018, England benefited from finishing runners-up in their group to Belgium and had a relatively easy run to the last four as a result. History could repeat itself this time. If England wins Group D as they should, a last-16 tie in Dublin awaits against World Cup winners France or another toughie from their group; Portugal or Germany.
Gareth Southgate talk
“The two teams we see we’ve got (Croatia and Czech Republic), we have decent results and poor results against them, he said. ‘It’s nothing to be complacent about but everyone not in Group F will be pleased about that.”
“Croatia at Wembley is a brilliant opening game for the fans and the players. There is a contrast. They have hugely experienced players throughout the team. We are the other end of the scale. Very young, lots of energy but improving. It is a nice contrast. You can’t make up for losing a World Cup semi-final, unfortunately. We felt like that after beating them in the Nations League. It was nice to win but it didn’t redress it. But this is a really attractive fixture.”
“In the end, we want to win every game we play and have control of our destiny. Fortune will take you wherever it takes you,’ he said. At this stage, he is thinking of nothing but qualifying. ‘You need a strategy of getting out the group. There are three games, not one.”
Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic has lost some key performers like center-forward Mario Mandzukic since the World Cup final but still boasts stellar names Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Ivan Perisic, besides Liverpool’s Dejan Lovren.
‘England is now a fantastic team,’ he said. ‘It is not easy to play the first game at Wembley. But we reached the World Cup final so I always believe. I am optimistic. They are very potent in attack. In the next three, four, five years, they will be on top of the European game.’
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]]>5. Zlatan Ibrahimović – 19 goals The Swedish superstar is still going strong at the age of 38, though the former Manchester United man called time on his international career as arguably his country’s greatest ever player back in 2016. Football fans around the world can buy Euro 2020 Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding […]
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]]>5. Zlatan Ibrahimović – 19 goals
The Swedish superstar is still going strong at the age of 38, though the former Manchester United man called time on his international career as arguably his country’s greatest ever player back in 2016. Football fans around the world can buy Euro 2020 Tickets online to enjoy its outstanding performances.
Comfortably Sweden’s all-time great goal scorer following a 15-year international career that delivered 62 goals in 166 caps, Ibrahimović fired 19 goals during Euro qualifying as Sweden qualified for four successive finals between 2004 and 2016.
One of the greatest forwards of his generation, 11 of Ibrahimović’s qualifying goals would come as Sweden reached the 2016 finals, though, after a disappointing group-stage exit, he would retire from international duty at the conclusion of the tournament.
4. Hakan Sukur – 19 goals
Known as the ‘Bull of Bosporus’, Sukur broke several goalscoring records in a career that spanned more than two decades, including becoming the greatest goal scorer in the history of the Turkish national team during a memorable international career.
Sukur would net seven times as Turkey qualified for the 1996 championships in England, though failed to replicate that form at the finals as his side were eliminated without scoring a single goal.
Capped 112 times, Sukur would score 51 international goals, including a huge 19 in Euro Cup qualifying. His goals would help Turkey once again reach the finals in 2000, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Portugal.
3. Jon Dahl Tomasson – 19 goals
The Danish forward couldn’t buy a goal during a disappointing Premier League spell at Newcastle, though Tomasson was a different proposition in the red shirt of his national team.
He would fire six goals as Denmark qualified for the finals in 2000, while another haul of five saw them once again qualify for Euro 2004, where he was named in the team of the tournament.
A deep-lying forward, Tomasson’s best personal haul would be in qualifying for Euro 2008, though Denmark failed to reach the finals despite his eight strikes.
The former AC Milan striker would remarkably never go more than two qualifiers without finding the net, retiring from international duty in 2010 as his country’s joint all-time record goalscorer with 52 goals.
2. Robbie Keane – 23 goals
The talisman for the Irish for virtually the entirety of his international career, Keane would prove prolific at international level scoring 62 times for the Boys in Green. The joint-fifth highest European international goal scorer of all-time, Keane is also the second most prolific player in the history of Euro 2020 qualifying.
Despite the regularity of his cart-wheeling celebration in qualifiers, Keane would reach just two finals, in 2012 and 2016 where a place in the last 16 was Ireland’s best finish. His 23 goals would prove the benchmark, until it was surpassed by one man in September 2019…
1. Cristiano Ronaldo – 31 goals
One of the game’s all-time greats continues to set new records and landmarks, surpassing Keane to become the greatest goal scorer in European Championship qualifiers in September 2019. He achieved the feat in typical Ronaldo fashion, hitting four goals in a thrashing of Lithuania.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner further extended his record by scoring in October’s qualifiers with Luxembourg and Ukraine, the latter being the 700th goal of his illustrious career.
Another four goals over the latest international break mean Portugal’s all-time record goalscorer now has 99 goals in 164 caps for his national side, whilst he is quickly closing in on Iranian Ali Daei’s record of 106 goals as the greatest goal scorer in the history of international football.
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