Euro 2024: San Marino drawn in Group H
The National of San Marino has known its near future, in the ambit of the agi qualifications European Championships of Germany 2024.
With the certainty of being included in one of the three groups made up of six teams (H, I and J) like Andorra and Liechtenstein, the Titans ended up in Group H..
Seeded is the Denmark, the only new one in the group of formations that make up the grouping with San Marino. More than one, in fact, the precedents with Finland, Slovenia and Northern Ireland. The Scandinavians crossed the Titans in qualifying for EURO 1996 and EURO 2012. If the first confrontation took place as a dowry, the network of Pier Domenico Della Valle (Helsinki, 1994), the last one – in Serravalle – is resolved in a 0-1. More recent precedents with Slovenia, between official matches and an international friendly. The latter, played two years ago at the Stozice Arena, ended 4-0 in favor of the hosts.
Four mirrored precedents with Northern Ireland, the last time faced in 2017 in Serravalle (0-3). With the Kazakhstan, the recent qualifying campaign for EURO 2020: in both cases there were four goals. If in Astana they were in favor of the hosts, in Serravalle the Titans took away the satisfaction of shaking the opponent’s net all with theacute by Filippo Berardi – in goal on Lunadei’s filter.
“We look forward to a group tough and full of extremely physical formationsqualities that we blow more than others”- comments hot from the Festhalle in Frankfurt Fabrizio Costantini, CT of San Marino. “At the same time it is a fascinating grouping. I like how Denmark and Finland interpret matches, perhaps different from what may be the most sought-after philosophy in Europe. Intensity and physicality are their main qualities and aiming for them does not mean inferior results: the fact that tried by the first and second draw range proves it. Thinking in terms of ballot boxes, perhaps we could have been luckier in pairing with the fifth: Northern Ireland are a very complicated team to play and on a technical and tactical level they are quite gifted. It will be essential for us to face the teams in the best moments – Costantini is desirable. Many of them set their national activity at different times of the year than ours, due to the climatic conditions of their countries. If crossing them at the ideal moment could give us a little help, on the other hand, facing them at the moment most favorable to them could generate significant problems.“.