"I did not expect this score in the Romania-Ukraine match. A surprising result was recorded for me."
Rauf Aliyev, former football player of the Azerbaijan national team, told Idman.biz.
He commented on the three matches that took place on the fourth day of EURO-2024. According to Aliyev, although he predicted that Ukraine would win in Group E, the Romanians' 3:0 victory was unexpected: "Many people were shocked by their defeat." Because Ukraine has a good team and its team includes legionnaires who play in strong clubs. That's why I thought that those players can easily beat the Romanians."
The veteran football player said that he did not expect the first team to lose in the Belgium-Slovakia (0:1) match: "Belgium has star players in its team. Although they scored goals, they were not counted after VAR. They could not use the resulting episodes either. The result was unexpected, as it was with the Ukrainian national team."
Stating that France is considered the favorite of EURO-2024, Aliyev expressed confidence that Didier Deschamps' team will have their say in the next matches: "But Austria also showed them "teeth". They fought hard. In terms of squad, France is very strong. Although the match was generally difficult, they won. The first matches are always a bit tense."
It should be noted that France, which is in Group D, won against Austria with a score of 1:0.
Banuchichek Huseynli
Idman.biz
