“Not easy. There’s no point me saying it is”.
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“It means we must be fully concentrated from the first game”, Loew said.
He added: “I think we have to show real signs of progress, an England team performing better than in the past two tournaments and playing better”.
Roy Hodgson hailed next summer’s match with Wales as a tie to “excite the imagination” after they were drawn in the same Euro 2016 group. There is a good chance we will get one of those because three of them are in the same pot together. The last time in the Euros we bombed but I don’t see that happening this time.
“It’s a great feeling”.
Chris Coleman had hoped to avoid England but was sanguine.
The Three Lions, meanwhile, will open their campaign in Marseille against Russian Federation and will also face Slovakia in Group B.
Roy Hodgson admits it will be hard to leave Jamie Vardy out of the England squad for Euro 2016 if he maintains his current form.
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque says Turkey and Croatia are both sizeable hurdles in Group D. After defeating Bosnia & Herzegovina in the playoff, Ireland will believe they can beat anyone on the continent, while Ibrahimovic will be looking to leave his mark on what will likely be his last European Championship.
“The opening match is a mouth-watering fixture against Poland. There are different styles and teams in our group”. Robert Lewandowski was the top goalscorer in the Euro qualifiers, with 13 goals in 10 matches.
Then on Thursday 21 June, they will take on Germany at the Parc des Princes in Paris. We know all the strengths of Zlatan. “Obviously we also respect our opponents”, Loew said.
Trust us to draw England in the so-called “group of death” first time! And Ireland are certainly a team who play with a lot of emotion, and who are strong with their team spirit and great intensity.
The British nations will clash in Group B while World Cup winners Germany head Group C.
But their opening game will be against Poland at the Stade de Nice on Sunday 12 June. “I said before the draw it could be really tough, tough, or ok”. I think Belgium are among the favourites. “The atmosphere in those games will be incredible”.
The countries met for the first time since 2008 in November 2015, Belgium coming from behind to defeat Italy 3-1 in a Brussels friendly.
Republic of Ireland completes the group.
England was drawn against Wales in the group stage of the 2016 European Championship on Saturday.
Martin O’Neill’s team will play Belgium, Sweden and Italy.
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If England finish second in the group, they will face the runners up in Group F, featuring Hungary, Iceland, Portugal and Austria.
