Spain (4-3-3): Unai Simón; Azpilicueta, Eric García, Laporte, Gayà; Koke, Busquets, Pedri; Ferran Torres, Morata, Sarabia. Subs: De Gea, D Llorente, Pau Torres, M Llorente, Moreno, Thiago, Sánchez, Rodri, Fabian, Jordi Alba, Olmo, Oyarzabal. Croatia (4-3-3): Livakovic; Juranovic, Caleta-Car, Vida, Gvardiol; Brozovic, Modric, Kovacic; Vlasic, Petkovic, Rebic. Subs: Vrsaljko, Brekalo, Kramaric, Kalinic, Budimir, Pasalic, Skoric, … Read more
Joao Palhinha and Manchester United’s Diogo Dalot make their full internatonal debuts for Portugal, having been picked ahead of Danilo and Nelson Semedo. The out-of-form Bruno Fernandes is again omitted. Belgium’s team is pretty much as expected; Thomas Vermaelen has been chosen as the third centre-back. Belgium (3-4-2-1) Courtois; Alderweireld, Vermaelen, Vertonghen; Meunier, Tielemans, Witsel, … Read more
Frank De Boer has named the expected side, with Malen retaining his place up front ahead of Weghorst. The Czechs make three changes to the side that started the defeat by England, There are three changes for the Czech Republic from the side who were beaten 1-0 by England. Captain Vladimir Darida has not recovered … Read more
Italy: Donnarumma, Di Lorenzo, Bonucci, Acerbi, Spinazzola, Barella, Jorginho, Verratti, Berardi, Immobile, Insigne.Subs: Sirigu, Locatelli, Belotti, Pessina, Emerson Palmieri, Chiesa, Cristante, Bernardeschi, Raspadori, Bastoni, Toloi, Meret. Austria: Bachmann, Lainer, Dragovic, Hinteregger, Alaba, Xaver Schlager, Grillitsch, Laimer, Sabitzer, Baumgartner, Arnautovic.Subs: Alexander Schlager, Ulmer, Posch, Ilsanker, Gregoritsch, Pervan, Baumgartlinger, Lienhart, Trimmel, Schaub, Schopf, Kalajdzic. Referee: Anthony Taylor … Read more
5.20pm BST17:20 19 min: Denmark win themselves a corner. Jens Stryger Larsen raises his right hand and sends the ball towards the far post, where Christensen wins another corner off Mepham. 5.18pm BST17:18 18 min: Dan James cuts inside from the left and unleashes a low shot. It takes a little deflection on its way … Read more
Slovakia (4-2-3-1): Dubravka; Pekarik, Satka, Skriniar, Hubocan; Kucka, Hromada; Haraslin, Hamsik, Mak; Duda. Subs: Valjent, Gregus, Weiss, Suslov, Benes, Kuciak, Hrosovsky, Hancko, Duris, Lobotka, Rodak, Koscelnik. Spain (4-3-3): Simon; Azpilicueta, Garcia, Laporte, Alba; Busquets, Koke, Pedri; Moreno, Morata, Sarabia. Subs: De Gea, P Torres, Marcos Llorente, Thiago, F Torres, Sanchez, Gaya, Rodri, Fabian, Olmo, Traore, … Read more
Czech Republic: Vaclik, Coufal, Celustka, Kalas, Boril, Holes, Soucek, Masopust, Darida, Jankto, Schick.Subs: Kaderabek, Brabec, Barak, Krmencik, Sevcik, Mandous, Hlozek, Vydra, Kral, Mateju, Koubek, Pekhart. England: Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Phillips, Rice, Saka, Grealish, Sterling, Kane.Subs: Henderson, Rashford, Trippier, Ramsdale, Mings, Coady, Sancho, Calvert-Lewin, White, Johnstone, James, Bellingham. Referee: Artur Soraes Dias (Portugal). Source … Read more
Tens of thousands of soccer fans packed the Puskas Arena in Budapest last week to attend Euro 2020 matches. It was the first full-house international soccer event in Europe in more than a year — made possible largely by Hungary’s adoption of government-issued immunity cards. The only one of the tournament’s 10 host countries to … Read more
10.15pm BST22:15 Right, that’s it from me. Stick around on site for all the reports and reaction. Thanks for your company and the deluge of emails – apologies for not getting round to them all. And for now, cheerio! 10.06pm BST22:06 There was a fair bit of ale spilled in the celebrations … Denmark fans … Read more
4.52pm BST16:52 For anyone wondering how the bracket is filled out by third-placed teams. Dale Johnson (@DaleJohnsonESPN) Hopefully this helps everyone understand how the best third-placed teams get their #euro2020 fixtures. It’s not as complicated as it looks, and will get a lot simpler as the possible combination of teams is reduced. More detailed permutations: … Read more