EURO 2020 Group E Analysis

The comprehensive analysis of EURO 2020 Group E, with Spain, Sweden, Poland, and Slovakia all looking to take their place in the next round.

Spain

Spain will be hoping the debacle of the 2018 FIFA world cup after exiting the tournament in group stage. Spain has under perform in major tournament since winning two euros and the world cup between 2008 to 2012.

Manager Luiz Enrique named a squad without a Real Madrid player for the first time in history.

They qualified for Euro 2020 winning their qualifying group F winning 8 and drawing 2 ahead of Sweden, Norway, Romania, Faroe Island, and Malta.

Squad

Goalkeepers: David de Gea (Manchester United), Robert Sanchez (Brighton), Unai Simon (Athletic Bilbao).

Defenders: Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City), Eric Garcia (Manchester City), Jose Gaya (Valencia), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Pau Torres (Villarreal), Diego Llorente (Leeds),

Midfielders: Rodri (Manchester City), Pedri (Barcelona), Thiago (Liverpool), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid), Pablo Sarabia (Paris Saint-Germain). Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Fabian (Napoli), Dani Olmo (RB Leipzig).

Forwards: Adama Traore (Wolves), Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad), Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid), Ferran Torres (Manchester City).

Sweden

Sweden were hoping to have a great tournament until their star player Zlatan Ibrahimovic who returned from international retirement was ruled out of the competition with a knee injury.

Sweden were in the same qualifying group with Spain, finishing second in the group behind Spain.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Robin Olsen (Everton), Karl-Johan Johnsson (København), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Gençlerbirliği).

Defenders: Victor Lindelöf (Manchester United), Marcus Danielson (Dalian Yifang), Martin Olsson (Häcken), Emil Krafth (Newcastle United), Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), Pontus Jansson (Brentford), Andreas Granqvist (Helsingborg), Filip Helander (Rangers), Mikael Lustig (AIK).

Midfielders: Dejan Kulusevski (Juventus), Sebastian Larsson (AIK), Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria), Kristoffer Olsson (Krasnodar), Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), Ken Sema (Watford), Viktor Claesson (Krasnodar), Jens-Lys Cajuste (Midtjylland), Mattias Svanberg (Bologna), Gustav Svensson (Guangzhou).

Forwards: Alexander Isak (Real Sociedad), Robin Quaison (Mainz), Marcus Berg (Krasnodar), Jordan Larsson (Spartak Moscow).

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Poland

Coached by Portugal great Paolo Sousa who was appointed in January, Poland will be expecting attacking football as that was one of the reasons of sacking the previous manager. With their stay player Robert Lewandowski firing for both club and country this season, the expectation from the supporters will be high.

Poland qualified for the tournament by winning group G of the qualify stage ahead of Austria, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Israel, and Latvia.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus), Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham), Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna).

Defenders: Kamil Glik (Benevento), Tomasz Kedziora (Dynamo Kiev), Kamil Piątkowski (Rakow Czestochowa), Tymoteusz Puchacz (Lech Poznan), Jan Bednarek (Southampton), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Paweł Dawidowicz (Verona), Michał Helik (Barnsley), Maciej Rybus (Lokomotiv Moscow).

Midfielders: Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), Przemysław Frankowski (Chicago Fire), Kacper Kozlowski (Pogoń Szczecin), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Lokomotiv Moscow), Kamil Jozwiak (Derby), Mateusz Klich (Leeds), Karol Linetty (Torino), Jakub Moder (Brighton), Przemysław Płacheta (Norwich).

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Arkadiusz Milik (Marseille), Dawid Kownacki (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Karol Swiderski (PAOK), Jakub Swierczok (Piast Gliwice).

Slovakia

After reaching the last 16 in Euro 2016, Slovakia will be hoping to do better this time around. This is their second major tournament since becoming an independent nation.

They qualified for the tournament through the playoffs beating the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Marek Rodak (Fulham), Dusan Kuciak (Lechia Gdańsk), Martin Dubravka (Newcastle).

Defenders: Milan Skriniar (Inter Milan), Tomáš Hubočan (Omonoia), Dávid Hancko (Sparta Praha), Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin), Lubomír Satka (Lech Poznań), Denis Vavro (Huesca), Martin Koscelník (Liberec), Martin Valjent (Mallorca)

Midfielders: Ondrej Duda (Köln), Róbert Mak (Ferencváros), Vladimír Weiss (Slovan Bratislava), László Bénes (Augsburg), Marek Hamsik (IFK Göteborg), Jakub Hromada (Slavia Praha), Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli), Patrik Hrosovsky (Genk), Juraj Kucka (Parma), Lukas Haraslín (Sassuolo), Tomas Suslov (Groningen), Jan Gregus (Minnesota).

Forwards: Róbert Bozeník (Feyenoord), Ivan Schranz (Jablonec), Michal Duris (Omonoia).

Fixtures

14 June:

Poland vs Slovakia – 5pm (St Petersburg)

Spain vs Sweden – 8pm (Seville)

18 June:

Sweden vs Slovakia – 2pm (St Petersburg)

19 June:

Spain vs Poland – 8pm (Seville)

23 June:

Slovakia vs Spain – 5pm (Seville)

Sweden vs Poland – 5pm (St Petersburg)