Paris (AFP)
The France team will face Denmark, Russia and Iceland at the end of March in the first round of the Euro Hopefuls, the draw made on Thursday having offered an affordable group with a view to qualifying for the final tournament played from May 31. in Hungary and Slovenia.
Semi-finalist in 2019, for his first appearance in the finals since 2006, the selection led by Sylvain Ripoll fell with Denmark on the possibly less upscale opponent of hat 2, in which the Netherlands also found themselves , Italy or even Portugal.
Enlarged to sixteen teams, the U21 Euro will hold its group stage from March 24 to 31, 2021 also in Hungary and Slovenia, before a "Final-8" bringing together the first and second groups from May 31 to June 6, 2021, date of the final in Ljubljana.
The Bleuets are coming out of a successful qualifying phase, with nine wins against a single defeat, with prominent individuals such as Jules Koundé, Dayot Upamecano, Houssem Aouar, Jeff-Reine Adélaïde and Odsonne Edouard.
The Danes finished at the top of their qualifying group with a total of eight wins and two losses.
The Spaniards won the last edition in 2019, facing Germany in the final.
Composition of the groups for the first round of the Euro des Espoirs (24-31 March 2021):
Group A: Germany, Netherlands, Romania, Hungary
Group B: Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovenia
Group C: France, Denmark, Russia, Iceland
Group D: England, Portugal, Croatia, Switzerland
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