EURO 2020 group D Team analysis
The team and full squad analysis of EURO 2020 Group D, with England, Croatia, Czech Republic and Scotland all looking to take their place to the next round.
England
England manager will be looking to prove that he has the technical ability to guide the three lions to success having been in charge for five years now. They were knocked out of the last FIFA world cup in the quarter final stage by Croatia. Blessed with so many attacking talents, their only trouble will be at the back were they lack depth. England’s best ever finish in the competition is the semi-finals in 1996.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Sam Johnstone (West Brom), Dean Henderson (Manchester United).
Defenders: Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Ben White (Brighton), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolves), Reece James (Chelsea), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid).
Midfielders: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Declan Rice (West Ham), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds).
Forwards: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Man City), Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Phil Foden (Man City), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa).
Croatia
Croatia will look to qualify from the group along with England, they knocked the three lions out of the 2018 FIFA world cup in the quarter-final stage and eventually coming runners up losing to France in the final.
Croatia qualified for the tournament by winning group E ahead of Wales, Slovakia, Hungary and Azerbaijan, winning 5, drawing 2, and losing 1.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Simon Sluga (Luton), Dominik Livaković (Dinamo Zagreb), Lovre Kalinić (Hajduk Split)
Defenders: Domagoj Vida (Beşiktaş), Joško Gvardiol (Leipzig), Domagoj Bradarić (Lille), Mile Škorić (Osijek), Šime Vrsaljko (Atlético Madrid), Borna Barišić (Rangers), Duje Ćaleta-Car (Marseille), Dejan Lovren (Zenit), Josip Juranović (Legia Warsaw).
Midfielders: Nikola Vlašić (CSKA Moscow), Mario Pašalić (Atalanta), Ivan Perišić (Inter Milan), Mateo Kovačić (Chelsea), Luka Modrić (Real Madrid), Marcelo Brozović (Inter Milan), Milan Badelj (Genoa), Josip Brekalo (Wolfsburg), Mislav Oršić (Dinamo Zagreb), Luka Ivanušec (Dinamo Zagreb).
Forwards: Ante Budimir (Osasuna), Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim), Ante Rebić (AC Milan), Bruno Petković (Dinamo Zagreb).
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Czech Republic
Czech would be hoping to avoid what happened in the last EUROs in 2016 when they exited the tournament in the group stage collecting just one point. They were in the same group with England in qualifying group A, finishing in second place behind England and ahead of Kosovo, Bulgaria, and Montenegro.
Squad
Goalkeepers: Aleš Mandous (Sigma Olomouc), Tomáš Vaclík (Sevilla), Jiří Pavlenka (Werder Bremen).
Defenders: Ondřej Čelůstka (Sparta Prague), Vladimír Coufal (West Ham United), Tomáš Holeš (Slavia Prague), Pavel Kadeřábek (1899 Hoffenheim), Tomáš Kalas, (Bristol City), Jan Bořil (Slavia Prague), Jakub Brabec (Viktoria Plzeň), Aleš Matějů (Brescia), David Zima (Slavia Prague)
Midfielders: Tomáš Souček (West Ham United), Lukáš Masopust (Slavia Prague), Petr Ševčík (Slavia Prague), Adam Hložek, (Sparta Prague), Jakub Pešek (Slovan Liberec). Vladimír Darida (Hertha BSC), Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria), Alex Král (Spartak Moscow).
Forwards: Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), Tomáš Pekhart (Legia Warsaw). Matěj Vydra (Burnley), Michael Krmenčík (PAOK).
Scotland
Scotland qualified for EURO 2020 via playoff after finishing third in qualifying group I Wining 5 and losing 5, behind Belgium and Russia in a group that also included Cyprus, Kazakhstan, and San Marino. They will have to do better to get past the group stage.
Squad
Goalkeepers: David Marshall (Derby), Jon McLaughlin (Rangers), Craig Gordon (Heart of Midlothian).
Defenders: Kieran Tierney (Arsenal), Nathan Patterson (Rangers), Andy Robertson (Liverpool), Greg Taylor (Celtic). Liam Cooper (Leeds), Declan Gallagher (Motherwell), Grant Hanley (Norwich), Jack Hendry (Celtic), Scott McKenna (Nottingham Forest), Stephen O’Donnell (Motherwell).
Midfielders: John McGinn (Aston Villa), Callum McGregor (Celtic), Scott McTominay (Manchester United), David Turnbull (Celtic), Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), Ryan Christie (Celtic), John Fleck (Sheffield United), Billy Gilmour (Chelsea).
Forwards: Ryan Fraser (Newcastle United), Kevin Nisbet (Hibernian). Ché Adams (Southampton), Lyndon Dykes (QPR), James Forrest (Celtic).
Fixtures
Sunday June 13
England vs Croatia, London 2pm
Monday June 14
Scotland vs Czech Republic, Glasgow 2pm
Friday June 18
Croatia vs Czech Republic, Glasgow 5pm
England vs Scotland, London, 8pm
Tuesday June 22
Czech Republic vs England, London8pm
Croatia vs Scotland, Glasgow 8pm
