Talk about the draw, the qualifiers and eventual tournament in this thread. AD has lined up possible horror- and dream scenarios. Draw is December 02, 2018 https://www.ad.nl/nederlands-voetba...ting-en-de-horrorloting-voor-oranje~a781b59f/ Dé horrorloting: Nederland Duitsland Servië Roemenië Macedonië En dan de droomloting: Nederland IJsland Israël Litouwen Gibraltar
That 'horror group' pretty much sums up my own feelings. Despite being in the C, D and E groups those balkan countries are always dangerous opponents. And we might be recovering, but we're still vulnerable at times, as demonstrated on monday
Quite frankly, I wont mind drawing Germany again. I think they are more afraid of us now then we are of them
And for the 100th time we have the toughest draw The #Euro2020 draw from most difficult to easiest for the top seeded teams (based on average ratings of their best 4 opponents):1. Netherlands (TOUGHEST DRAW)2. Spain3. Italy4. England5. Croatia6. Poland7. Switzerland8. Portugal9. France10. Belgium (EASIEST DRAW)— Simon Gleave (@SimonGleave) December 2, 2018 It stinks
Was hoping for a better draw but should be easy to finish top 2. Was hoping to maybe visit Holland for the fixtures in October or November. Problem is the weather kind of sucks in those months. Would have been nice to have a warmer climate to go check out instead of Belarus or Northern Ireland
I think this is a really good Euro 2020 draw for Oranje overall. It's challenging enough (Germany is still top team in the world in spite of their current challenge, Belarus and No. Ireland are banana-skin type opponents) that would make Koeman's team honest and focused... but I don't think there is any imminent danger of finishing outside the top 2. BTW, qualification will start with two home matches in March, first Belarus then Germany a few days later.