Romania and Slovakia deliberately drew to move on?

TPO - EURO 2024 is entering its final matches in the group stage. To preserve their hopes of advancing, it is entirely possible that teams will agree to shake hands with their opponents.

It was Group E, where for the first time, all four teams had three points before entering the final match. At this time, Romania, Belgium, Slovakia and Ukraine all had one win and one loss.

All 4 cannot know their fate yet. But with the situation in the remaining groups, they can calculate to find the most favorable way to continue...

In Romania's case, they only need a draw with Slovakia for both teams to advance to the next round. In the match at the same time, Belgium must defeat Ukraine. Once the two teams draw, Ukraine will be eliminated because in terms of secondary indicators, they are at the disadvantage due to conceding the most goals.

Ukraine is at a disadvantage because it has conceded 4 goals, the most in Group E.

According to former Romanian player Danut Lupu, he is confident that his juniors in the national team have a plan to join hands with their opponents.

“We will qualify with a draw with Slovakia,” said the 57-year-old. “It’s all settled, it would be a shame if we didn’t go through. Why take the risk? It would be a shame! At that level, the players are so compatible! Why take the risk? Why put yourself at risk.”

It is not clear whether Slovakia will accept Lupu's offer or not, but according to former player Valentin Mihaila, the two sides will not cooperate together.

“You can’t go into a game with that kind of a draw,” explained Slovakia international Mihaila. “If it had been 0-0, we would both have qualified. Yes, it would have been a nice scenario… but I don’t want to calculate it.”

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Source: https://tienphong.vn/romania-va-slovakia-co-tinh-thu-hoa-de-dat-tay-nhau-di-tiep-post1649422.tpo