In the early morning of the 26th, the penultimate match day of the final round of the European Cup group stage ended. England in Group C drew 0-0 with Slovenia, and Denmark drew 0-0 with Serbia with the same score. In the Group D match that ended earlier, the Netherlands lost 2-3 to Austria, and France drew 1-1 with Poland. So far, 11 seats in the top 16 of the European Cup have been confirmed. France, Spain, Germany and Portugal form the death zone, and they are also the 2nd to 5th teams in the list of winners of this European Cup. This means that these favorites to win the championship may stage a good show of fighting in the quarter-finals.

As the group stage progressed to the final round, each team also began to fight hard for the right to qualify from the group. The best performance on this match day was undoubtedly the Austrian team coached by Rangnick. In fact, after defeating Poland in the last round, they were not under too much pressure to qualify. However, facing the Dutch, Austria played beautiful football. After leading three times, they finally turned the advantage into a winning advantage. With 6 points in hand, they finally beat France and the Netherlands and stood out as the first in the group. This has to be said to be a small upset.
In another game, the French team still did not play well against the Polish team that had been eliminated in advance. Although Mbappe finally broke his European Cup goal drought, this goal was not enough to help the French team win the game. A 1-1 draw ensured that the "Gallic Rooster" could enter the top 16, but Deschamps' team had to enter the "death half" guarded by Spain, Germany and Portugal, which was really not an ideal result.
Group C also had unexpected things happen. England, which was criticized in the previous two rounds of games, continued their sluggish performance. After a 0-0 draw with Slovenia, they only scored 2 goals in the group stage, which is definitely unsatisfactory. Although the "Three Lions" are still the most optimistic favorites to win the championship and they are in the other half of the relatively weaker zone after advancing, if they are still in this state in the knockout stage, they may be eliminated by their opponents in the first round.

Compared with the dull game, it is also a brainstorming question for Denmark and Slovenia, which have the same points, to rank higher. Because the two teams have the same record, goal difference, and goals in the group stage, and both have 6 yellow cards and 0 red cards. In the end, Denmark ranked second because of its better performance in the qualifiers. In the qualifiers, Denmark and Slovenia both had 22 points, but Denmark had 1 win and 1 draw against Slovenia, and had an advantage in the mutual record. This has also become the situation so far in this tournament that the first qualification must "trace back" the qualifiers to determine the group ranking.
After this "super match day", 11 seats have been confirmed for the top 16 of the European Cup, including Germany (first in the group), Switzerland (second in the group), Spain (first in the group), Italy (second in the group) in Group B, England (first in the group), Denmark (second in the group), Slovenia (third in the group), Austria (first in the group), France (second in the group), the Netherlands (third in the group) in Group D, and Portugal (first in the group) in Group F. It is worth mentioning that France, Spain, Germany and Portugal form the "death half". As the teams ranked 2nd to 5th in the current European Cup championship list, such a matchup situation indicates that these strong teams may stage a focus duel in advance in the quarter-finals, and the game will be very exciting. On the other hand, the defending champion Italy and England, which ranks first in the championship list, have relatively good luck. They will have less competitive pressure in this half, but once they cross the first round of the knockout stage, the two teams will directly face each other in the quarter-finals, and then we will see who is in better shape.