Euro 2020: Meet France’s World Cup Winning Squad That Will Battle Portugal, Germany In ‘Group Of Death’

World Cup Champion, France will be battling the Euro 2016 defending champions, Portugal and Germany in the group stage of the Euro 2020 competition which will begin this month.

France is being revived with team players like Chelsea FC midfielder, N’Golo Kante, ending the season with Europe’s biggest club title.

France won the 2018 FIFA World Cup for the second time in history, beating Croatia 4-2 in a thrilling final in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium.

In Europe, Portugal in 2016 defeated the host, France by a lone goal to win the competition after an exhausting night at the Stade de France.

The Covid-19 pandemic paused footballing activities and the Euro 2020 competition was moved to 2021 summer.

The football event will kick off on June 11 and the squads for the 24 European teams must be finalised by June 1.

Portugal was drawn in Group F which is tagged the ‘group of death’, as World Cup champions, France, Germany and Hungary are all drawn together.

Portugal named their final squad on May 20 as they hope the 36year-old Cristiano Ronaldo will lead them to a second in a role.

Portugal Squad

Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes, Rui Patrício, Rui Silva

Defenders: Joao Cancelo, Nelson Semedo, Jose Fonte, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Nuno Mendes, Raphael Guerreiro.

Midfielders: Danilo Pereira, Joao Palhinha, Ruben Neves, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Moutinho, Renato Sanches, Sergio Oliveira, William Carvalho.

Forwards: Pedro Goncalves, Andre Silva, Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diogo Jota, Goncalo Guedes, Joao Felix, Rafa Silva.

France

The France squad was unveiled on May 18 and Real Madrid striker, Karim Benzema has returned after six-year.

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Mike Maignan .

Defenders: Lucas Digne, Leo Dubois, Lucas Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe, Jules Kounde, Clement Lenglet, Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Kurt Zouma.

Midfielders: N’Golo Kante, Thomas Lemar, Paul Pogba, Adrien Rabiot, Moussa Sissoko, Corentin Tolisso.

Forwards: Wissam Ben Yedder, Karim Benzema, Kingsley Coman, Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Marcus Thuram.

Germany

Germany revealed their Euro 2020 squad on May 19, with Thomas Muller and Mat Hummels included in the list.

Goalkeepers: Bernd Leno, Manuel Neuer, Kevin Trapp.

Defenders: Matthias Ginter, Robin Gosens, Christian Gunter, Marcel Halstenberg, Mats Hummels, Lukas Klostermann, Robin Koch, Antonio Rudiger, Niklas Sule.

Midfielders: Emre Can, Leon Goretzka, Ilkay Gundogan, Kai Havertz, Jonas Hofmann, Joshua Kimmich, Toni Kroos, Florian Neuhaus.

Forwards: Serge Gnabry, Thomas Muller, Jamal Musiala, Timo Werner, Leroy Sane, Kevin Volland.

Hungary

Hungary’s squad for the competition was announced on May 6.

Goalkeepers: Peter Gulacsi, Adam Bogdan, Denes Dibusz, Balazs Toth.

Defenders: Gergo Lovrencsics, Adam Lang, Attila Fiola, Willi Orban, Attila Szalai, Szilveszter Hangya, Endre Botka, Akos Kecskes, Bendeguz Bolla, Csaba Spandler.

Midfielders: Adam Nagy, Laszlo Kleinheisler, Filip Holender, David Siger, Dominik Szoboszlai, Loic Nego, Daniel Gazdag, Andras Schafer, Tamas Cseri.

Forwards: Adam Szalai, Nemanja Nikolic, Roland Sallai, Roland Varga, Kevin Varga, Janos Hahn, Szabolcs Schon.’