IN THE FIRST game of the day in Amsterdam, Denmark booked their place in the quarter finals with a victory even more convincing than Meryl Streep’s acting. Taking hold of the game Kasper Dolberg ghosted by the Welsh defence and scored with a strike from outside of the box. The Welsh defence soon began creaking… Read more »
A BITTERLY disappointing batch of games only saw 18 goals across 4 games. In truth, the day’s action saw more up and downs than an afternoon on the rollercoasters at Universal Studios Orlando. The pre-game diplomatic row involving Hungary’s government added spice to the Germany game. However, Hungary’s homophobic authoritarian leader, Viktor Orban, decided against… Read more »
CRASHING OUT in a 3-1 loss, Scotland endured the sort of disappointment in a major tournament Ireland would sell their granny for a piece of. Scotland started the game brighter than a LED bulb but switched off for Croatia’s first goal from Vlasic which was more out of the blue than a movie from the… Read more »
GROUP D’s games had more action in them than the latest Fast and the Furious movie. Happy to time waste and play for the draw that would secure their place in the next round Russia were as eager to enter the Danish half as Melania Trump is to share a bed with her husband. Denmark… Read more »
PORTUGAL and Germany’s games lived up to the hype and was the sort of rewarding summer blockbuster Christopher Nolan wishes Tenet was. The stunning opening goal came from a Portugal counter attack that saw Ronaldo traveling quicker than a Japanese bullet train to catch up with play and send the ball into the back of… Read more »
THE most anticipated game of the day saw Scotland win 0-0. As a result, the English team will be beheaded at the Tower of London midday today. In perhaps the most moving scenes of the tournament so far, the English national anthem was drowned out by the boos of Scotland fans. In an act of… Read more »
TUNING IN later to watch the hotly anticipated clash between Scotland and England and wondering how you can outwardly show your support for the Scots? WWN has a comprehensive guide to Scotland-a-fying yourself below. The obvious: wear a kilt, deep fry a can of Irn Bru and communicate only using Braveheart quotes. Watch the ‘why… Read more »
IN the day’s first game it seemed one team was in a rush to get points on the board while their opponents look finished. What Russia v Finland lacked in anything resembling actual quality it more than made up for in geopolitical tension and acrimony. If you were a fan of bad tackles, injuries, fouls,… Read more »
YESTERDAY’S action was chock-a-block with highly contentious and controversial decisions and that was just Hungary’s passing of new bigoted anti-LGBTQ laws. Hungary’s anti-semetic and authoritarian PM Vicktor Orban blamed his country’s 3-0 loss on a George Soros funded conspiracy, a man he claims grew Cristiano Ronaldo in a lab in a vat of radioactive hair… Read more »
THE latest Euros action saw Scotland wishing they hadn’t bothered ending their 23 year wait for a return to tournament football. The worst self-inflicted defeat Scotland have endured since voting to remain part of Britain, the game will be remembered for striker Patrick Schick’s wonder goal which saw him lobbing the keeper from the halfway… Read more »