MIDFIELDER burst onto the scene as a prodigiously talented teen, but was back to the drawing board after a disappointing spell at Swansea. He has now bounce back to become a key man for his country once again at Euro 2020.
THE Three Lions topped Group D with wins over Croatia and Czech Republic and must now face Germany in the last-16. And while a supercomputer has predicted England beat their old rivals, it also reckons Southgate and Co will suffer final heartbreak.
SUPERSTARS Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe swapped shirts at the end of Portugal vs France and were in high spirits after helping their teams qualify. Ronaldo also broke the record for international goals scored on a historic night for the forward.
SANCHES HAS caught the eye of ex-club Bayern who reportedly want to re-sign him following his stunning displays for Portugal at Euro 2020. The Bundesliga champs sold the midfield ace to Lille in 2019 but can exercise a buy-back clause in the deal to bring him back to the Allianz Arena.
ITALY became the first team to qualify for the Euro 2020 last 16 with a 3-0 win over Switzerland on Wednesday, June 16.
WITH the Three Lions set to play arch rivals Germany in the Euros last 16 at Wembley next Tuesday, Neville selected a defensive 5-2-3 formation.
SINCE a certain match in 1966, England have faced the Germans four times in the knockout stages of a major tournament — and been defeated every time. Now Gareth Southgate has a shot at redemption after missing his penalty in the Euro 96 semi-final.
WITH the knockouts getting going on June 26, the race for the Golden Boot is also starting to hot up.
EIGHT teams are set to head out of Euro 2020 at the group stage.
CRISTIANO RONALDO dragged Portugal back off the ropes to keep their Euros title defence alive. But VAR and Spanish referee Antonio Lahoz did their best to upstage the tournament’s biggest star as Group F drew to a thrilling close.
FORMER Ghanaian international is heading back to the Bundesliga side more than a decade after he left Hertha to join Tottenham. Boateng came through the youth set-up at Hertha before breaking through into the first team in 2005.