“RONALD KOEMAN HAS HAD A DIFFICULT START TO HIS SECOND STINT IN CHARGE OF THE NETHERLANDS”
JUNE 14 - JULY 14
The compacted Euro 2024 qualifying schedule means the majority of teams looking to book a place in Germany next summer will learn their fate before the end of 2023. This is all part of the knock-on impact of holding the 2022 World Cup within the domestic European calendar, meaning UEFA have squeezed all qualifying matches into a reduced format with the 20 automatic qualifier spots set to be all wrapped up by late November. Should they fail to progress via the normal route of finishing in the top two places in their respective qualifying groups, the only remaining option for sides looking to keep themselves on course will be the complex means of a UEFA Nations League backdoor alternative to the play-offs, with Ronald Koeman’s Netherlands potentially finding themselves
