Platini or Ronaldo: Starsport Brings The Best Euro Action

THE STAR, Monday 7 June 2021
Platini or Ronaldo
These two exceptional players
lay claim to being the king of
the European
Championships. Both are
tied on nine goals as the
all-time top scorer, and
while Ronaldo may just
break the tie in this Euro
campaign, Platini fans can
make a good case as the
1984 winner is an untouchable
icon. After all, he scored all nine
goals in one single competition.
> Story on Page 30
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THE STAR, Friday 11 June 2021
June 11 - July 11
French
revolution?
Euro 2020 finally kicks off today as world
champions France seek a rare double a year after
the tournament was delayed by the pandemic. Les
Bleus’ deadly strike force makes them the
favourites to win a third European crown. However,
top-ranked Belgium and a youthful England side will
be major threats. >24-27
Blind says Henderson: Immobile

Dutch team Booing ready
are just players taking to shake
like the a knee shows off
heroes from racism still an World Cup
2014 >24 issue >25 demons >26
SUNDAY STAR, Sunday 13 June 2021
Highly sound advice: A plane flies overhead trailing a message that suggests that most of Croatia’s goals are scored from the left ahead of England’s match today.— AFP
English
hoodoo
ENGLAND start their Euro 2020 campaign
today with a revenge mission against Croatia,
who beat Gareth Southgate’s men in the
World Cup semi-finals in Russia three years
ago. But there’s a hurdle in the Three Lions’
way. In nine attempts, they have never won
an opening match at the tournament – not
even at Wembley in 1996. That’s an indicator
of why England have never won the European
Championship. >34
l Patience pays off handsomely for

Italians against defensive Turks. >35
l Total commitment – Holland out
Don’t chicken out!: England’s Harry Kane trying to run away from Kieran Trippier as he attempts to hit him with a
to restore past reputation. >33 rubber chicken during a training session at St George’s Park yesterday. — AP
Pure pyrotechnics
A fireworks display is triggered over the Olympic Stadium in Rome during the opening
ceremony of Euro 2020 ahead of the first match between Italy and Turkey on Friday. — AFP
RESULT
> Group A
ITALY 3 TURKEY 0
fixtureS
TODAY
Group D
> England vs Croatia (9pm)
Group C
> Austria vs N. Macedonia
(12am, tomorrow)
> Holland vs Ukraine
(3am, tomorrow)
TOMORROW
Group D
>Scotland vs Czech Republic
(9pm)
Group E
>Poland vs Slovakia
(12am, Tuesday)
>Spain vs Sweden
(3am, Tuesday)
THE STAR, Monday 14 June 2021
Painful wait: Denmark
players form a circle
around Christian Eriksen
as paramedics attend to
him after he collapsed on
the pitch during the
Group B match against
Finland at the Parken
Stadium in Copenhagen.
— AFP
Euro l Eriksen sends

greetings to
teammates.
l Inter Milan doc:

Eriksen didn’t have
Covid-19.
l Denmark
Euro 2020 is still reeling after Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed and postpone training
had to be revived by medics on the pitch during his country’s defeat to Finland. session.
Hours after the incident, the Danish federation confirmed that he is stable and
recovering at the hospital.
This one’s for you,
Chris: Belgium forward
Romelu Lukaku running
straight to a television
camera and saying “I
love you” to Denmark
midfielder Christian RESULTS
Eriksen after scoring > GROUP A
against Russia. — AFP WALES 1 SWITZERLAND 1
> GROUP B
DENMARK 0 FINLAND 1
BELGIUM 3 russia 0
fixtureS
TODAY
GROUP D
>Scotland vs Czech Republic
(9pm)
GROUP E
>Poland vs Slovakia
(12am, tomorow)
>Spain vs Sweden
(3am, tomorrow)
TOMORROW
GROUP F
>hungary vs portugal
(12am Wednesday)
>france vs germany
(3am, Wednesday)
THE STAR, Wednesday 16 June 2021
See me fly: Spain’s Marcos

Llorente jumps over Sweden
goalkeeper Robin Olsen during
their Group E match at La Cartuja
Stadium in Sevilla. — AFP
Pitch im-perfect
It was a painful start for Spain in their Euro 2020 campaign as poor finishing saw
them end up with a 0-0 draw against Sweden. Coach Luis Enrique, while rueing the
missed chances, pointed his fingers at the ramshackle La Cartuja Stadium. ‘The
pitch didn’t help us, I saw players of the highest quality struggling to move the ball
around and in the dressing room the players were complaining about it too,’ he says.
‘We need to have better conditions to play our brand of football better.’ RESULTS
> GROUP D
SCOTLAND 0 CZECH REP 2
> GROUP E
POLAND 1 SLOVAKIA 2
SPAIN 0 SWEDEN 0
fixtureS
TODAY
GROUP B
Finland vs Russia (9pm)
GROUP A
Turkey vs Wales
(12am, tomorrow)
Italy vs Switzerland
(3am, tomorrow)
TOMORROW
GROUP C
ukraine vs n. macedonia (9pm)
GROUP B
denmark vs belgium
(12am, Friday)
holland vs austria
(3am, Friday)
Eriksen says ‘I’m

When nothing goes your way
A combo of pictures shows Scotland’s goalkeeper David Marshall
conceding a second goal to Czech Republic during their Group D
match. — AFP
fine’. >25
THE STAR, Thursday 17 June 2021
Holland can
expect thriller
with Austria.
>24
Defender’s nightmare: Germany’s

Mats Hummels deflecting the ball past
goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to score an
own goal in the match against France at
the Allianz Arena in Munich. Top right:
Hummel’s expression said it all for the
Germans. — AFP
Tangled up
in Les Bleus
THE once mighty Teutonic football army are in disarray after Germany suffered their first-ever opening loss in the European
Championship in a 1-0 defeat to world champions France. A desperate Joachim Loew insists they can fix the problems and
Your pain, our gain: France’s Lucas Hernandez
celebrating with Adrien Rabiot. — AFP
bend the team back into shape. As for France coach Didier Deschamps, he still sees room for improvement. >26
RESULTS
> Group F
HUNGARY 0 PORTUGAL 3 CR7 in
seventh
FRANCE 1 GERMANY 0
FIXTURES
heaven
TODAY
> Group B
Denmark vs Belgium
(12am, tomorrow)
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo
> Group C
celebrating after scoring
Ukraine vs N. Macedonia (9pm)
against Hungary at the
Holland vs Austria
Puskas Arena in Budapest.
(3am, tomorrow)
He became the European
TOMORROW Championship’s all-time
> Group D leading scorer with 11 goals,
Croatia vs Czech Republic two more than French great
(12am, Saturday) Michel Platini. — AFP
England vs Scotland
(3am, Saturday)
> Group E
Sweden vs Slovakia (9pm)
Danes can still be

a bane for Belgium
without Eriksen. >25
Great Italian job

RESULTS
> GROUP A
ITALY 3 SWITZERLAND 0
TURKEY 0 WALES 2
> GROUP B
FINLAND 0 RUSSIA 1
FIXTURES
TODAY
> GROUP D
Croatia vs Czech Republic
(12am, tomorrow)
England vs Scotland
(3am, tomorrow)
>GROUP E
Sweden vs Slovakia (9pm)
TOMORROW
> Group E
Spain vs Poland
(3am, Sunday)
> Group F
Hungary vs France (9pm)
Italy players celebrate their second goal in the 3-0 win over Switzerland. The Azzurri became the first side at Euro 2020 to reach the last 16. — AP Portugal vs Germany
>See Page 26 (12am, Sunday)
Be Scot-on,
WHENEVER England and Scotland lock
horns on a pitch, the cagey approach
associated with international football
often goes out of the window and
today’s Euro 2020 clash at Wembley
will be no different. Victory for the
Three Lions in the Group D clash
would seal their place in the last 16
with one game to spare, while
defeat for Scotland would leave
their hopes in tatters. >25
Beware the bravehearts: England coach Gareth Southgate arriving at his team’s training session at the Tottenham
Hotspur ground in London yesterday. Inset: Marcus Rashford (left) and Jadon Sancho breaking routine. — AFP/Reuters
l A tale to Czech out – how striker Schick went from outcast to breakout star. >24
l Bale’s international goal drought continues but he remains the Welsh wonder. >27
o b ly
Falling flat: England’s Harry Kane reacts
b
after missing a scoring chance against
W
Scotland at Wembley. — Reuters
Kane
He is England’s captain, chief goalscorer and talisman – yet
all that attributes came to naught against Scotland. If Gareth
Southgate and his men are to have any chance of going deep
into the tournament, their No. 9 will need to rediscover that
lost verve, or make way for someone who still has it. > 38
An Axel-lent Locatelli Gilmour is

recovery. comes of Scotland’s new
>36 age for Italy. glamour boy.
>37 >38
RESULTS
> GROUP D
CROATIA 1 CZECH REP 1
ENGLAND 0 scotland 0
> GROUP E
sweden 1 SLOVAKIA 0
fixtureS
TODAY
> GROUP A
Italy vs Wales
(12am, tomorrow)
Switzerland vs Turkey
(12am, tomorrow)
TOMORROW
> GROUP C
ukraine vs austria
(12am Tuesday)
N. MACEDONIA vs HOLLAND
(12am Tuesday)
> GROUP B
RUSSIA vs DENMARK
Swede spot
(3am, tuesday)
Slovakia goalkeeper Martin Dubravka fouls Sweden’s Robin Quaison to concede a penalty during their finland vs belgium
Group E match in St Petersburg. Emil Forsberg converted for the win. — Reuters (3am, tuesday)
To Christian,
You better believe it!: Denmark
players celebrate after the win
over Russia in their last Group B
match in Copenhagen. Right: An
ecstatic Andreas Christensen
after scoring the third goal in the
4-1 win. — AFP / AP
with love
DENMARK were on their way out of Euro 2020 after losing influential midfielder Christian Eriksen
to a cardiac arrest. But like the toughest Vikings, they tore up the script to secure a last-16 spot
RESULTS
> GROUP B
russia
FINLAND
1 denmark
0 BELGIUM
4
2
with a fairy-tale 4-1 win over Russia. Coach Kasper Hjulmand hailed his brave team for fulfilling a
promise to win the game for Eriksen. “We’re thinking about Christian all the way,” he said. >26 > GROUP c
N. MACEDONIA 0 HOLLAND 3
UKRAINE 0 AUSTRIA 1
FIXTURES
TODAY
> Group E
Slovakia vs Spain
(12am, tomorrow)
Sweden vs Poland
(12am, tomorrow)
> Group F
Germany vs Hungary
(3am, tomorrow)
Portugal vs France
(3am, tomorrow)
Time to unleash
that Red Fury. >24
Revenge plot
A silhouette shows France’s Presnel Kimpembe (left) speaking with Karim Benzema (centre) and Paul Pogba during a training
session ahead of their last Group F match against Portugal today. France lost to Portugal 1-0 in the 2016 final in Paris.
Germany’s just
Inset: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo stretching with his teammates. — AFP getting started. >25
High
Suspenseful: Germany defender Mats Hummels’ header hits the bar during the Group F match against Hungary at on
Thrills and
the Allianz Arena in Munich. — AFP
goals
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo
leaps as he runs onto the
spills ahead
pitch for the Group F match
against France at the
Puskas Arena in Budapest.
He converted two penalties
in the 2-2 draw to tie Iran’s
Ali Daei as the all-time top
scorer in international
football by moving on to 109
goals. — AP
RESULTS
WHAT a knockout of an ending to the Euro 2020 group stage. Fans were treated to 18 > GROUP e
goals in the last four matches as Spain, Sweden, France, Germany and Portugal SLOVAKIA 0 SPAIN 5
SWEDEN 3 POLAND 2
completed the last-16 list. Now, the spectacular is assured in the second round as there
are two blockbusters – England vs Germany and Belgium vs Portugal – to keep the > GROUP f
PORTUGAL 2 FRANCE 2
pulses racing. >25-27 GERMANY 2 HUNGARY 2
We won’t turn turtle!
Keeper Neuer won’t

make it hands down
for England. >27
Goals finally flow

like Cava for
Enrique’s Spain. >25 France supporters dressed as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and wearing
masks of striker Kylian Mbappe jump outside the Puskas Arena. — AFP
My time to shine: England’s Harry Kane leading

his teammates in training as they prepare for their
match against Germany on Tuesday. — Reuters
Knockout Kane
England captain Harry Kane is unperturbed by criticisms of his form following below-
last 16 FIXTURES
today
par displays in the first round, saying he wanted to make sure he was peaking at the holland vs czech rep
(12am, tomorrow)
right time. ‘I know, especially the first two games, I could have played better. For me, belgium vs portugal
(3am, tomorrow)
it’s about trying to peak at the right time and the right time in tournament football is tomorrow
the knockout stages,’ says Kane. > 33 croatia vs spain
(12am, Tuesday)
france vs switzerland
(3am, Tuesday)
I will follow you

Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku (right) says Portugal’s
Cristiano Ronaldo is his major source of inspiration
and motivation. — Reuters/AFP
Drop Leroy, that’s

the sane thing to do,
Loew told. >32
THE STAR, Tuesday 29 June 2021
Orange
squashed
Holland manager Frank de Boer holding his head after the 2-0 loss to the Czech Republic at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium in Budapest. Right: A crestfallen Cristiano Ronaldo after
Go defy history!
Portugal’s 1-0 loss to Belgium. — AP / AFP
RESULTS
>LAST 16
HOLLAND 0 CZECH REP 2
BELGIUM 1 PORTUGAL 0
FIXTURES
TODAY
ENGLAND vs GERMANY
(12am tomorrow)
SWEDEN vs UKRAINE
(3am tomorrow)
It’s gonna be a stretch: England players warming up during a

training session ahead of their last-16 clash with Germany today. — AP
Kyrgios vows to
MANAGER Gareth Southgate said be better player
England’s past defeats to Germany and person. >21
at major tournaments have no
bearing on today’s Euro 2020 last-
16 game and his players will go into
the match focused on their own
performance. The former defender, Tough tusk for England?:
Yashoda, an elephant oracle,
who missed the crucial spot-kick in picking the Germany flag to predict
the winner of today’s last-16 clash
the Three Lions’ Euro 96 loss, said: at Wembley. — Reuters
“I don’t need to demystify it. The Selangor coach
history is an irrelevance for them.” Neitzel has
>25 a Giant plan. >22
Black
& Bleu
and Sommer of France’s discontent: Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer running off with
teammates to celebrate their progress into the quarter-finals after saving Kylian Mbappe’s (top left)
penalty in the shootout. — AFP / AP
Red-hot
A DRAMATIC tale of two strikers caps an astounding
day at Euro 2020 which saw 18 goals scored in two
last-16 clashes. France’s golden boy Kylian Mbappe
turned villain as his miss in the shootout against
Switzerland cost Les Bleus a place in the quarter-finals.
Spanish hitman Alvaro Morata, who was earlier vilified
by some fans and media, redeemed himself with a
strike against Croatia in extra time that inspired the Red
Do the flamenco: Spain’s Alvaro Morata celebrates after scoring his side’s fourth goal against
Fury to a crazy 5-3 win. >25-27 Croatia. — AP
Headed for
a downfall
RESULTS
>LAST 16
CROATIA 3 SPAIN 5
(aet, 3-3 after regulation time)
FRANCE 3 SWITZERLAND 3
(aet, Switzerland win 5-4 on penalties)
Archer Khairul
A France supporter
goes topsy turvy will have a female
while cheering with sidekick
a group of fans
during the last-16 at Olympics. >23
clash with
Switzerland in
Bucharest, Romania.
Hurray of a
It turned out to be a start for
bad omen as Les
Bleus went on to
Murray at
lose in a penalty Wimbledon. >22
shootout. — AP
THE STAR, Monday 5 July 2021
Two Harrys and a Henderson: England midfielder Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane (left) and Harry Maguire
(inset) celebrate after scoring the team’s four goals during their quarter-final match against Ukraine at the
Coming of age
Olympic Stadium in Rome. — AFP
QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS
Harry Kane believes England’s greater experience at major tournaments is paying off VS
after the team thrashed Ukraine to reach the Euro 2020 semi-finals. The captain
believes the success of English sides in top-level European club competition in the 1 2
CZECH REP DENMARK
past three years is an indication that they can end a 55-year wait to win a major (Schick 49) (Delaney 5,
tournament ahead of their clash against Denmark on Wednesday. > Pages 26-29 Dolberg 42)
VS
0 4
UKRAINE ENGLAND
(Kane 4, 50, Maguire
46, Henderson 63)
SEMI-FINAL FIXTURES
TOMORROW
ITALY vs SPAIN
(3am Wednesday)
WEDNESDAY
ENGLAND vs DENMARK
(3am Thursday)
Danish
delight
Denmark players and staff
celebrate their quarter-final victory
over the Czech Republic at the
Olympic Stadium in Baku. — AFP
THE STAR, Tuesday 13 July 2021
The winning hand: Italy

goalkeeper Gianluigi
Donnarumma is hugged by
teammates after saving
England’s last penalty by
Bukayo Saka as a
dejected Jordan
Pickford looks on.
Right: England coach
Gareth Southgate
consoling Raheem
Sterling. — AP /
AFP
True
gladiators
FINAL RESULT
VS
1 1
italy ENGLAND
Bonucci (67) Shaw (2)
(Italy win 3-2 on penalties)
Italians do it better!: Italy coach Roberto Mancini and his players celebrate with the trophy. — AP HOW THE SHOOTOUT WENT
ITALY’S success can be a great lesson in overcoming adversity. The Azzurri went a goal down after Berardi Kane
just two minutes, had to deal with a massive and intimidating home crowd, and even missed first in Belotti Maguire
the shootout of the Euro 2020 final. It was advantage England all the way, and yet the host still blew Bonucci Rashford
it. “Sorry for England, it isn’t coming home. The cup will be winging its way to Rome and all Italians Bernardeschi Sancho
can savour it,” said veteran defender Leonardo Bonucci. >22-23 Jorginho Saka
We light the torch TO our 10-day countdown. >27


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THE STAR, Monday 7 June 2021

StarSport brings the best Euro action

Blind says Henderson: Immobile

l Patience pays off handsomely for

Euro l Eriksen sends

l Inter Milan doc:

See me fly: Spain’s Marcos

Eriksen says ‘I’m

Defender’s nightmare: Germany’s

Danes can still be

Great Italian job

An Axel-lent Locatelli Gilmour is

We won’t turn turtle!

Keeper Neuer won’t

Goals finally flow

My time to shine: England’s Harry Kane leading

I will follow you

Drop Leroy, that’s

It’s gonna be a stretch: England players warming up during a

The winning hand: Italy

We light the torch TO our 10-day countdown. >27

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