7:00 AM ET Italy have been aggressive and attack-minded at the Euros so far, and it’s paying off with a flurry of goals. Matteo Ciambelli/DeFodi Images via Getty Images In any given European club season, it can take weeks or even months to get an accurate read on a given team, its strengths and its weaknesses.
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5:30 AM ET As we have seen over the past 18 months, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the global financial market, clubs will have to get creative if they are looking to move players on, or bring in new arrivals. 2 Related The transfer rumour mill is still turning but it
3:30 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent The ball looped over Italy manager Roberto Mancini on the touchline, and with hands still in the pockets of his smart suit, he brought it down with a flick of his designer shoes. Azzurri-legend-turned-assistant Gianluca Vialli, watching from the substitutes bench behind, rocked with laughter. Italy are having a great
5:29 PM ET The Euro 2020 group stage is almost halfway through, with 16 of the 24 nations going through to the knockout rounds. Euro 2020: News and features | Live on ESPN | VAR watch The top two teams in each group qualify, along with the best four of the six third-placed teams. At
6:53 PM ET For all their neat and intricate passing, if Spain are to be judged as real Euro 2020 contenders, they must solve their problem up front. They have had 28 attempts through their opening two matches and have just two points and one goal to show for their efforts. On Saturday evening in
3:32 PM ET Germany are back. In the most rambunctious, direct way, putting four past defending champion Portugal in a 4-2 win at Euro 2020. Overcoming their own new-found insecurities, square-pegs-in-round-holes and a one-goal deficit summoned up by a lung-busting Cristiano Ronaldo effort. It’s too early to crown them even as legitimate contenders, but it’s
10:55 AM ET Antoine Griezmann rescued a point for France as they came from a goal behind to draw 1-1 with Hungary on Saturday. Attila Fiola put Hungary ahead at the end of the first half and left France scrambling to find a goal. France coach Didier Deschamps will be frustrated with the result as
12:33 PM ET Denmark‘s Christian Eriksen has been released from hospital after undergoing a successful operation, the Danish Football Association confirmed in a statement on Friday. Eriksen was admitted to hospital after he collapsed due to cardiac arrest in the 43rd minute of Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 game against Finland on June 12. He was
6:42 PM ET LONDON — England reached the 2018 World Cup semifinals by scoring just three goals from open play. Gareth Southgate and his coaching staff offset this issue by developing a sustained and inventive threat from set pieces, chiefly through mastering the adaptation to VAR quicker than most other countries. The rich array of
1:31 PM ET The world’s oldest international fixture has never felt more alive. On Friday night in Euro 2020 Group D, England face Scotland at Wembley, the 115th edition of a rivalry dating back to 1872. – Euro 2020 on ESPN: Stream LIVE games and replays (U.S. only)– Euro 2020: What teams need to do
5:49 PM ET Memphis Depay has always wanted to be the headline act. He failed to achieve that at Manchester United, but his starring role with Lyon is now expected to earn him a summer move to Barcelona. First, though, he has the chance to claim centre-stage with Netherlands and he did just that during
4:17 PM ET We needed just two minutes to find out how Denmark would react against Belgium, a match played five days after their talismanic midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed after suffering from cardiac arrest in their Euro 2020 opener against Finland. It was uncharted territory for all involved. Denmark forward Yussuf Poulsen said on Wednesday
3:25 PM ET COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Ulrich Ammundsen was stunned and confused about what he had seen and what he was feeling and what he was supposed to do. Christian Eriksen, the star player for Denmark, had collapsed on the field just before halftime of the team’s game against Finland. Watching from the stands, Ammundsen
6:11 PM ET Rob DawsonCorrespondent It’s time to talk about Italy. After beating Switzerland 3-0 in Rome on Wednesday night, Roberto Mancini’s men are the first to book their place in the knockout rounds of Euro 2020 but they are already looking like a team who believe they can go an awful lot further than
3:05 PM ET There were question marks over both Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey heading into Euro 2020. Was Bale still the inspirational force he was in 2016? Was Ramsey going to be fit enough to warrant his spot in the Wales team? Against Turkey on Wednesday, they laughed in the face of their doubters
8:55 AM ET What have we learned after the first round of games at Euro 2020? Gab Marcotti offers up his impressions of the tournament so far. France stars put on a blue-collar display against Germany France are so much more talented than the competition, there are really only two ways they can be stopped:
7:04 PM ET How some things change in football. Back at the 2014 World Cup when Germany knocked out France in the quarterfinals, Mats Hummels was the game’s lone goalscorer. On that night in Rio de Janeiro, it was the German defender who broke French hearts despite Les Bleus dominating the game and creating the
3:25 PM ET Another day and another record for Cristiano Ronaldo. Just when the sands of time appear as though they are running out on the Portugal forward, he scores two late goals in a 3-0 Euro 2020 win against Hungary to remind the world that he still retains the incredible ability to put the