European Championship guide: Monday 18 July

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European Football Championship, matches in group D.

What: Iceland – France.

Where: New York Stadium, Rotherham.

When: Monday at 21.00.

TV / radio: SVT1 / SVT Play / SR P4 Radiosporten.

+ That’s how it went in the European Championships 2017

Iceland: Last in the group behind Austria, France and Switzerland.

France: Second in the group and then the knockout of England in the quarterfinals.

+ Best European Championship results

Iceland: Quarterfinals 2013.

France: Quarterfinals 2009, 2013 and 2017.

+ Keep an eye on

Iceland: Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir. The 27-year-old midfielder has a past in both Eskilstuna and Rosengård but now belongs to Bayern Munich. Since she debuted in the national team as an 18-year-old, she has been given. It will be a thriller which team will accompany France to the quarterfinals, Viggósdóttir is one of the most important players for Iceland to get there.

France: Grace Geyoro. The 25-year-old midfielder has started both matches for France and got a slightly sensational start to the tournament when she scored a hat-trick in the first half of the European Championship premiere against Italy (5-1). Started his career as a goalkeeper to help his brother improve his finishes. It was not long before she left the posts and in 2012 she was discovered by PSG, as a 15-year-old, a club she still plays for.

+ Prerequisites

France has already won the group and is ready for the quarterfinals after two straight victories against Italy and Belgium (5-1 and 2-1). Iceland reaches the quarterfinals if they win against France. Iceland also reaches the quarter-finals in the event of a draw as long as Italy-Belgium also play 0-0 or 1-1. If there are 2-2 or more goals scored in a draw between Italy and Belgium, Iceland must win against France to reach the quarterfinals.

What: Italy – Belgium.

Where: Manchester City Academy Stadium, Manchester.

When: Monday at 21.00.

TV / radio: SVT Play / SR P4 Radiosporten.

+ That’s how it went in the European Championships 2017

Italy: Last in the group behind Germany, Sweden and Russia.

Belgium: Third in the group behind the Netherlands and Denmark.

+ Best European Championship results

Italy: Silver 1993 and 1997.

Belgium: Group Games 2017.

+ Keep an eye on

Italy: Cristiana Girelli. The 32-year-old striker, in Juventus on a daily basis, is one of the stars in Italy – who has not made it loose so far in the tournament. Italy must win to reach the quarterfinals and then Girelli needs to wake up to life. Enormous will, strong personality and good technology. Has, just like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, been a guest in the extremely popular Italian music competition “Sanremofestivalen”.

Belgium: Janice Cayman. Belgium has the chance to advance from the group stage for the first time ever in the European Championships, expect that 33-year-old striker Cayman, who since last summer is the one who has made the most international appearances for Belgium, is justified. In Lyon since 2019 and has won the Champions League on two occasions. When she made her 112th international appearance in June last year, she invited 112 girls to celebrate the day by playing football.

+ Prerequisites

Italy is ready for the quarter-finals if they beat Belgium while Iceland does not beat France. Belgium will reach the quarter-finals if they win against Italy while Iceland does not beat France. Belgium is eliminated if they lose or if they play 0-0. If Belgium plays 1-1 and Iceland loses, then Belgium and Iceland will be separated according to the following steps: total goal difference, total number of goals scored, minimum number of yellow and red cards, maximum Uefa coefficient before the EC draw (based on the countries’ results in the EC 2017, WC 2019 and the qualifier for EC 2022). If Belgium draws with more goals in the match than 0-0 and 1-1, while Iceland loses, then Belgium is further

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