The European Championships are quite famous for garnering on-field surprises. Take for example Greece’s 2004 final win against hosts Portugal or Portugal themselves going on to win the title in 2016 having won none of their group stage fixtures. However, there’s another kind of satisfaction in witnessing the rise of a star – a certain player who impresses against all odds with his personality and playing style. EURO 2020 provided us with a host of names who are worthy future superstars. Some of them have already impressed on the club stage, while others have become overnight sensations. From an 18-year-old …
Read More »Forza Italia: results of Euro 2020
Euro 2020 ended with a dramatic victory for the Italian national team in a penalty shootout. The English received a painful blow, losing the final match in London in front of their fans. Nevertheless, the last European Championship turned out to be interesting, full of exploits, emotions and different life situations. This tournament will go down in history. Next, we will summarize the results of Euro 2020 and highlight its main points. Top scorer The situation with the best scorer of the tournament turned out to be ambiguous. Both Cristiano Ronaldo and Patrick Schick scored five goals each. At the …
Read More »Denmark beat the Czech Republic and reached the semi-finals of Euro 2020
In the match of the 1/4 finals of Euro 2020, the Danish national team beat the Czech national team. The game was held at the Olympic Stadium in Baku (Azerbaijan) and ended with a score of 2:1. Denmark midfielder Thomas Delaney opened the scoring in the 5th minute of the match against the Czech Republic. Jens Larsen from the corner of the field executed a feed to the centre of the Czech penalty area, from where Delaney struck a header — the ball after bouncing off the lawn flew into the corner of the goal. The striker of the Danish national …
Read More »Belgium knocked out European champion Portugal from EURO 2020
Belgium beat Portugal in 1/8 of the European Championship and reached the quarterfinals, playing with Italy. Torgan Azar scored the only goal. Portugal resigned as European champion in the first round of the playoffs, and Cristiano Ronaldo remains the top scorer of the Euro so far. Portugal had the advantage for most of the first half: they had a lot of possession of the ball and often went to someone else’s goal. The most dangerous moment happened in the 6th minute: Diogo Jota ran down the left flank into someone else’s penalty area and shot from a dangerous position but did …
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