France, Italy and Portugal go for the comeback, with a low-pair of Spain-pais reserved

Disoriented Eurocup 2024the world runner -up France This Sunday needs a comeback to leave a footprint to relaunch its career just over a year of the next World Cup, when you receive Croatia after having fallen 2-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinals of the Nations League. The same must do Italia -What visits Germany– y Portugal -What receives a Denmark-, while the rematch of Space vs Netherlands It is with a reserved prognosis. From 15:45, Televisa ESPN and the platform Disney+.

Only a blunt triumph in Stade de France, on the outskirts of Paris, will serve to avoid the depression of the Gallic team just before starting the classification for the 2026 World Cup.

Accumulating errors in defense and poor attack, France left a worrying image on the return after half a year outside the team of his captain Kylian Mbappé.

Redemption will necessarily come from an awakening of the offensive sector, in interruption for a year. On the paper, the association between Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé, transfigured in recent months and becoming the best European scorer of 2025 (22 goals), has no equivalent.

But the DT Didier Deschamps He did not achieve Croatia to find the right formula to get the maximum of his two jewels. Yeah Luis Enrique He came to convert Dembélé into a lethal weapon in attack in the PSG, the player maintains poor statistics in the French team (6 goals in 54 presences).

In addition Mbappé, who only scored two goals with the selection in 2024 (one of penalty in the Eurocup), You must recover your role as leader after having managed to give your best level at Real Madrid.

Meanwhile, in Dortmund, one of the European football cribs, two selections will collide four times world champions: Germany Receive a Italia After winning 2-1 in the first leg, played in Milan.

The Azzurra will not be able to count on the defenses Riccardo Calafuri y Andrea Cambiasoinjured, while the left end of Lazio Magnati Zaccagniin the bank in the first leg with a slight pubalgia, it is available for the return.

Also aspires to a comeback, but at home, Portugalled by an infinite forty as Cristiano Ronaldoinvisible in the first leg despite playing 90 minutes before Denmarksuperior but only imposed by 1-0.

Finally the queen of the continent Spacecurrent European champion and the League of Nations, receives in Valencia to Netherlandsbetter in the first leg but suffered the final draw 2-2 in the last sigh (90+3) with a rocker of the revulsive Mikel Merino.

Spain avoided its first defeat from the friendly lost against Colombia in London just a year ago and also the first setback in this League of Nations, where its group concluded with an almost perfect balance of five wins and a draw.

France – Croatia (0-2 IDA)

Portugal – Denmark (0-1)

Spain – Netherlands (2-2)

– Semifinals June 4 and 5

Italy the Alemania – Denmark O Portugal

Netherlands or Spain – Croatia or France

Note: The winner of the German-Uitalia tie will be the host of the ‘Final Four’.