Euro 2024 begins this Friday (14) with host Germany facing Scotland in the opening game. Considered one of the toughest national team competitions in the world, this year’s Euro will be without several star players.
From cuts due to injury, technical choice of coaches or even the non-classification of some teams, the Euro Cup it won’t have the likes of Haaland, Grealish, Hummels, De Jong and more. Here’s a full list of the most important names that will be missing out on the tournament.
– Mats Hummels (Germany) – technical option – De Jong and Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) – injury – Grealish, Rashford and Maguire (England) – technical option – David Alaba (Austria) – injury – Courtois (Belgium) – technical option – Haaland and Odegaard (Norway) – no ranking – Benzema and Lloris (France) – technical option
It is possible that one more big name will be added to this list. That’s because Robert Lewandowski is confirmed to be absent for Poland’s Euro opener against the Netherlands after suffering a rupture in the biceps femoris muscle. The team’s doctors have not yet confirmed his presence in the aftermath of the tournament.
See the Euro 2024 groups:
Group A
Scotland Hungary Switzerland
Group B
Spain Croatia Italy Albania
Group C
Slovenia
Denmark Serbia England
Group D
Poland Netherlands Austria France
Group E
Belgium Romania Ukraine
Group F
Turkey Georgia Portugal Czech Republic
Check out a photo gallery of the Euro 2024 mascot below:
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