Sunday Express

GROUP B: DENMARK, FINLAND, BELGIUM, RUSSIA GROUP C: HOLLAND, UKRAINE, AUSTRIA, N MACEDONIA

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DENMARK

Manager: Kasper Hjulmand

Star man: Christian Eriksen (Inter Milan) One to watch: Joakim Maehle (Atalanta) Previous best:

Winners, 1992

Verdict: Can escape the group this time.

HOLLAND

Manager: Frank de Boer Star man: Gini Wijnaldum (Barcelona) One to watch: Memphis Depay (Lyon, right) Previous best: Winners, 1988 Verdict: Should make the knockout stages easily.

FINLAND

Manager: Markku Kanerva Star man: Teemu Pukki (Norwich, right)

One to watch: Daniel O’shaughness­y (HJK Helsinki) Previous best: First appearance

Verdict: Group stage.

UKRAINE

Manager: Andriy Shevchenko

Star man: Oleksandr Zinchenko (Man City) One to watch: Mykola Shaparenko (Dynamo Kiev) Previous best:

Group stage

Verdict: Group stage only.

BELGIUM

Manager: Roberto Martinez Star man: Kevin De Bruyne (Man City)

One to watch:

Eden Hazard (Real Madrid)

Previous best: Runners-up, 1980 Verdict: One of the teams to beat.

AUSTRIA

Manager: Franco Foda Star man: David Alaba (B Munich, right)

One to watch:

Sasa Kalajdzic (Stuttgart) Previous best: Group stage Verdict: Tough to reach the knockout stages.

RUSSIA

Manager: Stanislav Cherchesov

Star man: Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco)

One to watch: Igor Diveyev (CSKA Moscow) Previous best:

Winners, 1960

Verdict: Home games will be vital to any success.

NORTH MACEDONIA Manager: Igor Angelovski Star man: Goran Pandev (Genoa)

One to watch: Eljif Elmas (Napoli) Previous best:

First appearance Verdict: Huge underdogs who have done incredibly well to get here.

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