Fixtures decided for Euro 2008

Koen Freriks

3 maart 2006, 17:39

England have scheduled their fixtures for the Euro 2008 qualifiers in Austria-Switzerland.

The Three Lions were drawn against Croatia, Russia, Israel, Estonia, Macedonia and Andorra in Group E, and some papers have claimed it is an easy draw for England.

The fixtures could not be decided at first, but now the issue has been resolved thanks to some further talks between all the countries at the UEFA headquarters.

The road to the finals will start on September 2nd against Andorra, before England move onto play Macedonia just four days later. The final game will be on November 21st 2007 against Croatia.

"Reaching an agreement between seven countries was never going to be easy but it was clearly worth having a second attempt today, No country gets everything they want but overall we think this is a balanced schedule which will give the England team a very strong chance of qualification," said FA executive David Davies.

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