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England draw Croatia in Euro 2020 group stage

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Portugal lifting the trophy in 2016 Saturday's draw for Euro 2020 showed up some big matches for England and Wales. Because of the nature of next year's tournament with 12 host cities, some countries like England was automatically drawn in the group that featured their cities as hosts, which means that they would play all their home games at Wembley meanwhile they had a possibility of Scotland joining them because of the playoff path. If Scotland does they get face play their games in Glasgow. All roads to Wembley on the 12th July begin in Rome with Turkey taking on Italy at the Stadio Olimpico the month before. Northern Ireland in the playoffs All that's left to handle in the qualifying phase is the playoffs. There are 4 playoff paths, which feature 4 teams. The structure is that of a cup semi-final, and final. So, for example, Playoff A features England's conquerors 4 years ago Iceland, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. Iceland face Romania and Hungary take on...