In order for coach Marco Rossi's team to definitely go on, the English should have defeated Slovenia.

The English national team played a goalless draw with the Slovenian team on Tuesday in the last, third round of Group C of the European Football Championship in Cologne, thus both teams advanced to the round of 16, and the Hungarian national team's place in the top 16 will be decided on Wednesday's game day.

In order for coach Marco Rossi's team to definitely go on, the English should have defeated Slovenia. However, Gareth Southgate's students were able to create very few chances against the heroically defending rival, although they won their group with this 0-0 draw.

Denmark finished second in the group of four after also playing 0-0 with Serbia in Munich. The Serbs were thus eliminated, and Slovenia moved on in third place.

Thus, the Hungarian national team can primarily enter the top 16 if Turkey scores a point against the Czech Republic on Wednesday. Another possibility in the Romania-Slovakia match is a large-scale - at least four-goal - Slovakian defeat, but the probability of this is low.

Result, group stage, 3rd round, group C:
England-Slovenia 0-0
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Cologne, 41,536 spectators, v.: Turpin (France)
yellow card: Trippier (17th), Guéhi (68th ), Foden (77th), and Janza (22nd), Bijol (72nd)

England:
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Pickford - Walker, Stones, Guéhi, Trippier (Alexander-Arnold, 84) - Gallagher (Mainoo, on break), Rice - Saka (Palmer, 71), Bellingham, Foden (Gordon, 89) "Kane."

Slovenia:
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Oblak – Karnicnik, Drkusic, Bijol, Janza (Balkovec, 91) – Stojanovic, Cerin, Elsnik, Mlakar (Gorenc Stankovic, 86) – Sporar (Celar, 86), Sesko (Ilicic, 75 .)

The first quarter of an hour of the match was filled with soft play, while the Slovenians seemed somewhat more enthusiastic, while the English seemed a little defocused. In the 20th minute, Saka was able to pass into the goal from close range, but the shot was disallowed due to an offside. In the continuation, England tried to put pressure on the rival, but could not effectively outplay the closing Slovenian team.

After the turn, the island team tried to switch to a higher tempo, which pushed the opponent in front of their goal more and more often and for longer periods. Slovenia put the vast majority of their strength into defense and looked set to preserve the goalless draw. In the end, none of the ever-increasing English attacks hit the target, and the Slovenians advanced from the group stage of a major tournament for the first time in their history by gaining one point.

MTI

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