Reaction in the Spanish media to last night’s stalemate:
AS English (@English_AS)
📰 A goalless siege
75% possession and 953 passes counted for nothing as Spain drew blanks with Sweden in their opening #Euro2020 group match #ESP #SWE
Tuesday's front page
June 15, 2021
✍️https://t.co/549ixYVX6a pic.twitter.com/82BixerSlR
MARCA in English (@MARCAinENGLISH)
A disappointing night 🤦♂️ https://t.co/ITLaDxMIwR
June 14, 2021
And here’s that latest Eriksen story in full:
“Interesting to see everyone assume the opponent for the winner of the England group will be ‘Germany or Portugal’,” writes vsbain67 BTL. “The idea it might be France seems not to have occurred to anyone. I am expecting the German team to play well here but there are conditions: the right formation and a defence that can hold the line. They still have one of the best set of players.”
I can also see Hungary throwing the odd spanner in the works here too. They may be injury-depleted and the technically weakest side in the group, but they’ll arguably be more boosted by home advantage than any other side and have improved since Euro 2016, where even then they were no pushovers. My top unorthodox, left-field predictions so far are Hungary to progress, Austria to top their group and Croatia to go out. What are yours?
And some England mulling from Barney Ronay, on Harry Kane’s misalignment and misfiring under the system played against Croatia. Personally, I felt England looked well balanced on Sunday yet at the same time failed to get the most out of their attacking resources. Dialectics innit? And on Kane’s particular toils, Barney writes: “At times Kane seemed to be coming deep to pass to himself, only to find that he, Harry Kane, was nowhere to be seen.”
A Christian Eriksen update, from PA Media:
Christian Eriksen has revealed he feels “ fine – under the circumstances” in hospital as investigations into his collapse during Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 match continue.
The 29-year-old midfielder posted a photograph of himself smiling and making a thumbs-up gesture on his official Instagram account on Tuesday morning accompanied by a message of thanks.
He wrote: “Big thanks for your sweet and amazing greetings and messages from all around the world. It means a lot to me and my family.
“I’m fine – under the circumstances. I still have to go through some examinations at the hospital, but I feel okay. Now, I will cheer on the boys on the Denmark team in the next matches. Play for all of Denmark.”
And here’s some hot, hot content around today’s action. First up, Andy Hunter on Cristiano Ronaldo getting the audience he deserves in Budapest (even if, as he says, the murky politics of Hungary’s unsavoury PM have something to do with the large crowd permitted). Competing in his fifth Euros, Ronaldo needs one goal to become the tournament’s record scorer:
Andy’s been busy, because he’s also been chatting with Jürgen Klinsmann about Euro 96, Germany’s current situation, memories of Manchester and more:
Meanwhile Paul Doyle runs the rule over France, arguing that they’re even stronger than in 2018 but have their flaws.
Morning everyone and welcome to day five of Euro 2020. Today’s matches complete the first round of group fixtures, with the holders Portugal travelling to Budapest to face Hungary in front of a large crowd at the Puskas Arena, followed by perhaps the starriest match of the group stages, with the winners of the past two World Cups facing off in Munich. France are undoubtedly favourites, given the foibles and failings of the late Jogi Löw period and some embarrassing German results in recent times, though Les Bleus have been doing their best to summon up the spirit of 2010 with a bit of reported intra-squad mither.
And what of yesterday’s action? There was an unmistakeable sense of teams living up to stereotypes, with Scotland stumbling with the help of a freak/genius goal and Spain having 102% possession against Sweden and still not scoring. All of which bodes well for a sprightly and impressive Slovakia, who deservedly beat a flat Poland and could cause Spain some problems.
Anyway, we’ll bring you all the latest as we count down to today’s matches, and much more. Don’t go anywhere.
And why not start the day by pouring the latest Euro 2020 Daily into your ears?
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