Euros 2024: These are Hungary’s opponents in group A

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In the middle of June, the European championships will take place in Germany. Hungary is going to face Scotland, Switzerland and the host of the tournament in group A. How strong is this group actually and does Hungary have a chance to reach the last sixteen?

The first and potentially most difficult opponent to face is Germany. Of course, the development of the German national team in the last couple of years has been stagnating, but we are still talking about the host of the whole tournament and a team full of stars.

Besides a pretty good squad with some spectacular young players like Florian Wirtz or Jamal Musiala there is one of the world’s best coaches at the sideline as well with Julian Nagelsmann. Not bad, considering that he has been quite successful with Bayern Munich until they made the wrong decision to sack him after some less convincing performances.

And last but not least, Germany is the host of the tournament. A country that shows its passion for football every single weekend with mostly crowded stands in their impressive stadiums. We’ve seen in the past how such circumstances can help hosts to play on a higher level, and we can expect the same this summer with Germany. We just need to remember the last big tournament in Germany in 2006, which was a comeback of the German national team and a tournament to remember.

Scotland: Surprising qualification instead of Norway

The second opponent of the group stage is Scotland. As you may have already read in the subheading, this team managed to qualify for the tournament instead of Norway. This is already saying enough, since Norway has a highly-talented team with stars like Erling Haaland and Martin Ødegaard. A team, which is getting more and more difficult to beat.

Scotland managed to do that and get the job done. Directly behind the Spanish team, they managed to qualify for the football fest in Germany this year. And in this group they might feel the chance to get to last sixteen for the first time ever.

We don’t need to expect nice-looking football from Scotland, it’s more like hard workers defending their own goal. That’s how they only conceded eight goals during their qualification matches. But especially their midfield is full of some talented players playing in the Premier League. Their probably most important player is currently Scott McTominay from Manchester United, who was carrying the team during the qualification with a couple of heavily important goals.

Switzerland: Round of last sixteen is the minimum goal

Last but not least, the Swiss are going to face Hungary too. Another difficult opponent, who was having some problems during the last qualification round in a relatively easy group but needed to be taken seriously. After Germany, it’s believed that Hungary needs to beat the Swiss national team to get to the round of the last sixteen.

This will be a huge challenge, because Switzerland was playing a good role during each of the last tournaments, the World Cups as well as the European championships. Since 2014 they have been able to reach the next round in every single tournament, with the quarter-finals at the last Euros. 

Now their goal will again be at least the next round, maybe even a higher stage. And it looks like they have a good chance of achieving that. Their squad is again pretty good and balanced with many players out of the top five leagues in Europe, especially with two of the world’s best goalkeepers in the back.

Does Hungary have a chance to reach the last sixteen?

Hungary needs to be prepared for a fight in every single match of the group stage. Especially against Scotland and Switzerland, they need to be focused from the second one in order to get the needed points for the next round.

But the Hungarian team is a good one and has shown strong performances in the last couple of years, against some of the world’s best teams as well. That’s why they don’t need to be scared of anyone and still have a good chance to reach the next round if they are able to show everything they can.

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