Manager Steve Clarke promised Scotland will be back at international tournaments after crashing out of Euro 2020 on Tuesday. Scotland were defeated 3 – 1 by Croatia at Hampden Park in their final Group D fixture of Euro 2020. As a result, Scotland finish bottom of the group with 1 goal and 1 point. Euro
Belgium On The Way To Euro 2020 Knockout Stages
Belgium showed their class in a 2 – 1 victory over Denmark in Copenhagen in their second game of Euro 2020. It’s the first game Denmark have played since Christian Eriksen collapsed with a cardiac arrest against Finland on Saturday. The Danish players were clearly up for the game, and scored after just 2 minutes
Euro 2020 – Spain and Germany Struggle To Compete
Last night, world champions France opened their Euro 2020 campaign with a 1 – 0 win against Germany. Their group also contains defending European champions Portugal, meaning Germany are underdogs. In 2014, when Germany were all conquering world champions, this was unthinkable. Similarly for 2010 world champions Spain, who laboured to a 0 – 0
Euro 2020: Italy, Belgium and England Stock Rising
After Portugal play Hungary and France play Germany on Wednesday, every team will have played one game at Euro 2020. After one round of fixtures, a clear favourite has yet to emerge. We are still waiting for that one team, one player, one moment to grab us. However, three teams have come out of the
Christian Eriksen Unlikely To Play Again After Cardiac Arrest
For a few minutes on Saturday, fans in Copenhagen and worldwide wondered if we had just watched Christian Eriksen die. We did. For a moment, we witnessed someone passing away. Danish Midfielder Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s Euro 2020 opener against Finland. As the medics attempted to resuscitate him, the gravity of
Euro 2020 Preview: Group E – Struggle For Fallen Giants Spain
Euro 2020 Group E might not have the most eye-catching fixtures, although there are some players to watch this summer. Spain, Sweden, Poland and Slovakia contest Group E for a chance to play in the knockout rounds of Euro 2020. Spain will be favourites, but only just. Poland and Sweden are roughly equally matched, while
Euro 2020 Preview: Group A – Italy Highlight Finely Balanced Group
All eyes will be on Group D (England and Scotland) and Group F (Group of Death) in Euro 2020. However, Group A is probably the most finely balanced. Italy are the favourites to top the group, but Wales, Switzerland and Turkey are all evenly matched. All four teams are more than capable of making an
Euro 2020 Preview: Group F – Group Of Death
Every international tournament has a dreaded group of death and this year, Euro 2020 is no different. All eyes will be on Group F in Euro 2020 as France, Portugal, Germany and Hungary battle for qualification. In one group we have France, the current world champions and Portugal, the defending European champions. As well as
Euro 2020 Preview: Group D – Enemies Old And New For England
Euro 2020 kicks off on Friday with England playing their opening game on Sunday and Scotland following them on Monday. The historic enemies will face each other on Friday the 18th of June at Wembley in a Group D clash. England and Scotland will compete to reach the next round of Euro 2020 with the
What next for Everton after Carlo Ancelotti?
Carlo Ancelotti has jumped ship early at Everton to manage Real Madrid for the second time in his career. This was always a risk for Everton, considering the type of manager Carlo Ancelotti is. Vastly experienced, he is not a ‘project’ manager anymore. His typical spell in any given job is around 18 months to