Wipe the sweat off your palms, Portugal fans, your team survived the group stage.
The rematch of the Euro 2016 final between Portugal and France proved infinitely more entertaining five years later. Cristiano Ronaldo bagged a brace with two kicks from the penalty spot to tie the men’s all-time international scoring record and confirm Portugal’s place in the knockout stages.
Lackadaisical, idealess and without any clear attacking direction, Germany still managed to dramatically avoid an early Euro 2020 exit after Leon Goretzka’s 84th-minute strike salvaged a 2-2 draw with Hungary in Munich on Wednesday night.
It was never going to be easy in the group of death, but no one could’ve predicted Hungary’s ability to take points off both France and Germany to hugely alter the shape of the group.
La selección de España tuvo su mejor partido en lo que va de Eurocopa contra Eslovaquia, al vencerlos por 5-0 en un partido que lo tuvo todo: fallas claras, penales, autogoles, goles de dos sustitutos… Una auténtica locura.
Los españoles habían sido muy criticados por la prensa y el público en general, tras haber dado una imagen pobre y no ganar en ninguno de sus dos primeros partidos frente a Suecia y Polonia.
Poland bowed out in the group stage of a major tournament for a second straight time after suffering a 3-2 defeat to Sweden on Wednesday. In the most ironic fashion, the one thing the denied the Poles from glory was a pole.
Only a victory would do for Poland on Matchday 3. The game got off to the worst possible start by conceding one of the fastest goals in Euro history.
¡Gooooooooool de Suecia!
Just when it looked like Croatia was lacking the spirit and edge it showed in 1998 and 2018, just when it looked like Scotland might steal one and finally advance out of the group stage, Croatia’s talisman and captain stepped up. The record-setting Luka Modrić goal vs Scotland confirmed his side’s place in the last 16 of Euro 2020 and helped Croatia secure a 3-1 victory in the Group D finale on Tuesday at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
El plan de Escocia para seguir con vida en su primera Euro desde 1996 era simple en el papel: ganarle a Croacia en Glasgow, jugando en casa. ¿El gran obstáculo? Un tal Luka Modric.
Para combatirlo, Escocia tenía que bloquear su genio, amarrar su imaginación y encontrarle antídoto a su magia. Y no vamos a decir que no lo intentó, pero al final del día el "10" croata terminó desatando el mismo talento con que ganó el Balón de Oro 2018, dejando a Escocia varada en una orilla, abandonada a sus miserias.
England has finished top of Euro 2020 Group D with a 1-0 victory over the Czech Republic on Tuesday night at Wembley. That result means that the Three Lions will host the Group F runner-up next Tuesday in London. That’ll almost certainly be one of France, Germany or Portugal.
If France beats Portugal and Germany beats Hungary tomorrow, it’s Germany. Can England prevail?
Scotland scored in a major tournament for the first time in my 22 years on this planet. The Scots finally found the back of the net through Callum McGregor in their third, and final, game at Euro 2020 in a 3-1 defeat to Croatia. This Scotland goal vs Croatia was a historic moment for the small nation.
CALLUM MCGREGOR
On his WEAK foot he scores Scotland's first Euro goal in 25 years pic.twitter.com/X79Z63hoof
On Monday evening in Brasília, Lionel Messi became Argentina’s joint-most capped player by equaling Javier Mascherano’s total of 147. Messi’s journey with La Albiceleste began in 2005, when he was just 18 but already world-renowned as Barcelona’s youngest-ever scorer and Ronaldinho’s heir apparent.
But it was Messi’s fellow 33-year-old, Papu Gómez — receiving just his sixth cap and only third start — who proved the difference in Argentina’s 1-0 group stage victory over Paraguay at the Copa América.
Nunca una selección que perdió sus dos primeros partidos en la fase de grupos había clasificado a la segunda fase de la Eurocopa. Nunca. Hasta hoy.
Detrás del milagro estuvo Dinamarca, el equipo con más carga emocional en todo el torneo.