Category: EURO 2024

Spain midfielder Pedri is set to miss the rest of Euro 2024 after suffering a knee ligament sprain in Friday’s quarter-final victory over Germany. The Barcelona playmaker had to be substituted after just eight minutes in the clash in Stuttgart, which Spain won 2-1 after extra-time. In a statement on Saturday the Spanish football federation […]

Europe’s best strikers are vying for individual honours as well as team success as they aim to top the scoring charts at Euro 2024. The quadrennial continental tournament is currently taking place in Germany with many of the world’s top marksmen on show and battling it out for the Golden Boot. Cristiano Ronaldo became the […]

All Euro 2024 roads lead to Berlin as the remaining teams do battle to be crowned the best in Europe. The top two teams from each group of four – there were six groups in total – qualified for the last-16, along with the four best third-place teams. The Euro 2024 tournament fixtures now follow […]

England have the chance to make the last four of Euro 2024 as they take on Switzerland in the quarter-finals on Saturday evening in Dusseldorf. Gareth Southgate’s side squeezed past a defiant Slovakia team last week, coming from behind to eventually win 2-1 courtesy of a dramatic 95th-minute equaliser from Jude Bellingham and an extra-time […]

Germany’s exit from Euro 2024 signals a pivotal moment, particularly for Barcelona. The impending retirement of key players like Manuel Neuer, Thomas Muller, Ilkay Gündogan, and Toni Kroos from international football could reshape dynamics at both club and national levels. For Barcelona, in particular, this shift brings potential benefits that could significantly impact their upcoming […]

The Netherlands looked a different animal when they faced Romania in the last 16 of Euro 2024. Bar a shaky opening 15 minutes, the Dutch were completely dominant in Munich, with Cody Gakpo popping up with the opener and Donyell Malen adding some gloss to the scoreline with his late brace. It was the perfect […]

Six and out. Cristiano Ronaldo’s sixth and last European Championships came to an end as Portugal paid for an impotence that stemmed from affording their captain privileged status. They went out on penalties, Joao Felix rolling his spot kick against the foot of the post as everyone else scored, but after a second successive stalemate, […]

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 […]