England has put their chance of
securing a top-seed place at next summer’s European Championships in jeopardy
by suffering the shock defeat against the Czech Republic. Football fans around
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Although England should qualify in the
top spot from Group A for the finals, the slip-up in Prague could still have
serious consequences for manager Gareth Southgate and his team.
They are no longer guaranteed one of
the six top seedings if they win all of their remaining games and could even
face the prospect of being placed in the same group as world champions France
or Belgium, who are one of the tournament's favorites.
England’s nightmare scenario would be
to miss out on a top seeding and be drawn from pot two in a group with either
France or Belgium and Portugal, who could find themselves in pot three if they
fail to beat Ukraine on Monday night.
The six top-seed places go to the
countries that finish top of their qualifying groups with the best records.
Belgium, Italy, and Spain all have 100 percent records, while Ukraine has not
lost a game but host Portugal next.
The final two Euro 2020 seeds are
likely to be contested by England, who face Bulgaria in Sofia on Monday night,
Holland or Germany and Turkey or France.
Should teams finish top of their
groups with identical records then the final top seeds will be determined by
goal difference. England currently has a plus 14 goal difference, ahead of
France (plus 13), Turkey (plus five), Holland (plus 11) and Germany (plus 11).
After traveling to Bulgaria, England
complete their qualifying next month with a home game against Montenegro and a
trip to Kosovo, who are still competing for second place in Group A and scored
three goals against Southgate’s side at Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium
Failure to win all of their remaining
three games would almost certainly result in England missing out on one of the
six top seeds when the finals draw is made on November 30, but three victories
may still not be enough.
The situation will further infuriate
Southgate, who only last month warned of the need for his team to finish
qualifying with a 100 percent record.
Writing in the matchday programmed
ahead of last month’s game against Bulgaria at Wembley, Southgate said: “The
seeding for Euro 2020 will be decided by your record in the qualifying
campaign, so every game is important. If you look at the other groups, there
are some teams with a 100 percent record, but we really have to take it a step
at a time.”
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