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Albania's defeat and Croatia's draw with Italy ultimately eliminated the two teams from Euro 2024.
But a dynamic created in group E, combined with the elimination of the Rossoneri, risks bringing back the "biscuit" phenomenon, where two teams share a draw and qualify together.
It is about the Slovakia-Romania match, which if they share one point between them, will see themselves in the next round, regardless of how the Ukraine-Belgium match turns out. This is due to being ranked as one of the third best teams. Albania's loss to Spain left this possibility open.
Now the third place of Group E can qualify as neither Hungary nor Croatia can reach this group on points.
In the event of a draw between Slovakia and Romania, the Slovaks would remain in third place with four points and zero goal difference, which mathematically gives them the possibility of being one of the four best third-placed teams in the six European groups.
If either of the two teams wins, the loser would not be eliminated outright pending the completion of the rest of the group standings. Even in this way, each of the two teams has a chance to qualify, but with a draw they would be safe.
The accounts are clear as the teams are tied on 3 points. The two winning teams will go to the next round. If both matches were tied, it would be the Ukrainians who would be out and the group would be ranked as follows: Romania first, Belgium second and Slovakia third.
"Biscuit" is not unknown to a European. For this we have to go back 20 years and thus we will find the origin of this term in the world of football.
At the European Championship held in Portugal in 2004, Italy needed to beat Bulgaria and Denmark and Sweden not draw to advance.
The Italians did their homework and won 2-1. On the other hand, Sweden and Denmark drew 2-2. And so, Italy was eliminated.
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