The draw for the 2024 European Championship has ended, and the only highlight may be the group of deaths. Spain, Italy, and Croatia are in the same group, and they can indeed collide to create new sparks, even though these teams have frequently faced each other in recent years. In addition, with the uncertainty of Albania, it can be said that the promotion situation of this group is difficult.

However, overall, the grouping results of this European Championship were relatively mediocre, with not many stories worth telling. In fact, this situation is also normal. It should be noted that the scale of the European Championship has reached 24 teams, and basically, teams of different grades and levels are clearly divided, organized, and evenly distributed among each group, so it is rare for strong teams to cluster together. If it weren't for Italy's unexpected fall into the fourth tier of this European Championship, there might not even be a group of deaths.

Speaking of the scale of the European Cup, in fact, since 2016, the quality of the European Cup has started to deteriorate, with more and more second rate teams qualifying for the main matches, which has to some extent affected the excitement of the European Cup. However, from another perspective, with more participating teams, the European Championship has become more diverse, after all, European football belongs to all European teams, not just those strong teams. So it's hard to say that expanding the army is a bad thing, and the European Championship is not just a football tournament, but also a grand football festival or football carnival. Since it's a holiday, the livelier the better.

Moreover, it was the expansion of the European Championship to 24 teams that gave rise to a new football program, which has continued for two consecutive seasons. The protagonist of the program is British football.

It's like this, since 2016, there has been a fixed reserved program for the European Championship - the group stage, where two British teams must be in the same group and play the English derby. In the 2016 European Championship, England and Wales were in the same group. It is worth mentioning that this is Wales's first time playing in the European Championship, and on their first European tour, they met their brother team in the group stage. In the end, Wales lost 1-2 to their big brother England. But Wales finished better than England, they were the biggest dark horses of that European Championship, reaching the semi-finals. However, England was knocked out by Iceland and was eliminated from the round of 16.

This reserved program will continue for the 2021 European Championship. This time, England and Scotland were in the same group, and the two teams eventually drew 0-0. Although England's European Championship was unstoppable, they were at a loss when facing Scotland. This is also the subtlety of the British derby, right.

Unfortunately, this reserved program, which has maintained two editions of the European Championship, was finally discontinued in the 2024 European Championship. In Group C, where England is located, the three opponents are Slovenia, Denmark, and Serbia, and there are no more British brother teams to play against. I don't know if England will feel lonely this time.

In fact, this European Championship, the British team really encountered some difficulties. Although England and Scotland advanced, Wales was stuck in the playoffs and their fate was uncertain.