{"id":25028,"date":"2024-06-10T16:56:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=25028"},"modified":"2024-06-10T16:56:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T20:56:21","slug":"belgium-heavy-favorites-to-win-group-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/soccer\/belgium-heavy-favorites-to-win-group-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium Heavy Favorites to Win Group E"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Belgium lucked out with the draw for Euro 2024 facing the two lowest ranked teams in the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Slovenia, Romania) at the tournament. There\u2019s no question the Red Devils are the class of the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>group, but don\u2019t forget, they crashed out of Qatar 2022 by finishing third and not advancing out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of the group stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group Winner: Belgium -275<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This may be the golden generation\u2019s final opportunity to win Belgium\u2019s first international trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since taking over as manager, Domenico Tedesco\u2019s side has been impressive going unbeaten<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>during qualifying. Romelu Lukaku netted a Euro qualifying record 14 goals but is also joined by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>some young stars up front in J\u00e9r\u00e9my Doku and Johan Bakayoko. Belgium, ranked #4 in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>world, should have no problem winning this group, but when it comes to winning it all, the road<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ahead won&#8217;t be easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Key player: Kevin De Bruyne<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin De Bruyne is the engine for this side and has the most assists of any player in Europe\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>big five leagues in all competitions since the start of last season. De Bruyne has dealt with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>recent injuries but if he\u2019s conducting things on the pitch, Belgium will have a shot against all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>comers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group Winner: Romania +600<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Romania returns to the dance after failing in qualification in 2020. They were well organized in<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>their matches staying undefeated with 6 wins and 4 draws. Romania\u2019s coach is more about<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>defense and if this squad plays well in the final third, they could cause some problems. This<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>defense surrendered just 5 goals in qualification and will rely heavily on center-back Radu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dragusin, who is considered the nations best player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group Winner: Ukraine +650<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite what\u2019s happening politically in the country, Ukraine qualified for a fourth straight Euro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>tournament but had to do it the hard way, going through a playoff. And what was even more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>impressive, Ukraine had comeback wins against Bosnia and Iceland to secure their spot. If they<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>can get results against the lower ranked Romania and Slovenia, Ukraine should go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winning the group won\u2019t be easy but an upset here, and they could get that top spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Group Winner: Slovenia +1000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slovenia makes its second appearance at the European Championships, 24 years after making<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>its debut. Slovenia looks to make history advancing past the group stage for the first time ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were eliminated in 2000 and two World Cup tournaments in the first round. They do have<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>some momentum winning seven of ten qualifying games in a competitive group and are led by<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benjamin Sesko who netted 5 goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium lucked out with the draw for Euro 2024 facing the two lowest ranked teams in the world (Slovenia, Romania)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":25029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[207],"class_list":["post-25028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-euro-2024"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25030,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25028\/revisions\/25030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}