Author: Kevin FB

On Friday, France advanced to the Euro 2024 semifinals with a penalty shootout win over Portugal. But the win also came with an unusual historic milestone: With the victory, France becomes the first team in Euros history to reach the semifinal without any goals scored in open play. In five games so far in the […]

Euro 2024’s second quarter-final is another blockbuster tie which pits 2018 World Cup winners France against 2016 European Champions Portugal. Didier Deschamps’ men have managed to reach the last-eight without scoring a goal from open play. Two own goals and a Kylian Mbappe penalty have been enough to get them through testing matches against Austria, […]

From delirium to desolation. Seldom can a host nation have endured a more shattering comedown. With almost the last act of extra time, and with Germany already mentally preparing for the penalties that that they have turned into a national artform, Spain struck with the cruellest blow, with Mikel Merino rising high to head Dani […]

Turkey coach Vincenzo Montella said Friday Merih Demiral’s ban for making a controversial salute was “unfair” ahead of the team’s Euro 2024 quarter-final clash with the Netherlands. Defender Demiral was banned for two matches after making an alleged ultra-nationalist gesture in his team’s 2-1 last-16 win over Austria. During the celebrations of his second goal […]

The UEFA Euro 2024 tournament has reached the quarterfinals. This Friday, Europe’s prestigious international soccer tournament continues with a match between Portugal and France at 3 p.m. ET. There’s eight teams left in the Euro 2024 tournament: Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, England, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Turkey. Need help figuring out how to watch every […]

Josep Martinez will be looking to usurp Inter Milan goalkeeper Yann Sommer for a starting berth between the posts next season. The 26-year-old is currently finalizing his transfer from Genoa to the Italian champions. The Nerazzurri should announce the transfer in the coming hours. The Spaniard is a Barcelona youth product who also had a […]

The immigration boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s has transformed the European Championship into a more culturally diverse event than ever before. And as the ongoing 2024 edition reaches the quarter-finals, a number the teams remaining can trace part of their success to the performances of players with African heritage. Kevin Danso, more […]

Only eight nations remain at Euro 2024 and, somehow, England are still one of them. A date with Switzerland awaits Gareth Southgate’s side now after struggling through the group stage and mounting the very latest of late escapes in the last-16 against Slovakia, with an injury-time equaliser sending the tie to extra-time, where a goal […]