Ibra, you again. Weren't we supposed to see each other again? After 12 years, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Sweden meet Italy again in an official match after the 1-1 draw at Euro 2004. Yes, it's true, in the middle there is one of the many anonymous friendlies played by the national team in recent years, finished 1-0 for the blues. But our thoughts go back to that Sweden of Euro 2004 not so much for Ibra's heel equalizer, with a martial arts blow but, more than anything else, for Porto's clamorous biscuit between Denmark and Sweden (finished 2-2) which allowed the two northern European national teams passed the round at the expense of the Azzurri.
After this dutiful digression on the recent past of the challenges between Sweden and the national team, let's see what are the other national teams in Italy's group for the next European Championships in 2016. The ballot box was partially benevolent given that Italy took the Belgium between the first tier national teams and theIreland among those in the bottom tier (the Green Army national team was in the blue group at Euro 2012). A very balanced but not impossible group for the Azzurri. We remind you that in these European championships, the first to 24 teams, the knockout phase starts with the round of XNUMX. Therefore, third place in the group could even be enough to go through. A feat, therefore, far from impossible.
Let's take a look at the six groups of the next European championships in France 2016. Certainly the most interesting group is that of Spain. The outgoing European champions will meet opponents in group D that are anything but soft such as Croatia, the Czech Republic and Turkey. In Group C, Germany meets Poland again, their opponents in the Euro 2016 qualifying group.
GROUP A – Albania, France, Romania, Switzerland
GROUP B – England, Russia, Slovakia, Wales
GROUP C – Germany, Northern Ireland, Poland, Ukraine
GROUP D – Croatia, Czech Republic, Spain, Türkiye
GROUP E – Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Ireland
GROUP F – Austria, Hungary, Portugal, Iceland
