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Euro 2024 talking points: Predicting the final; should extra time be scrapped?
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Sunday, 07 July 2024 08:58
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsEuro 2024 is down to the final four teams, but we can all enjoy another round of fixtures before the winner is crowned on July 14.So far, the tournament in Germany has been full of surprises, but what has stood out from the quarterfinals as Portugal and Germany fell to leave France vs. Spain on one side of…
Retiring Kroos pens emotional post after Euro exit
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Sunday, 07 July 2024 08:10
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsGermany great Toni Kroos officially bid farewell to football on Sunday, two days after his team's dramatic loss to Spain in the quarterfinals of the European Championship.Mikel Merino's game-winning goal in the last minute of extra time handed Spain a 2-1 victory that knocked out the host nation and ended Kroos' playing career."So that's it," Kroos wrote in…
Bellingham hails advice as England beat pen woe
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Sunday, 07 July 2024 08:12
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsJude Bellingham has revealed how advice from Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink guided him through England's penalty shootout win against Switzerland and banished "awful memories" of the nation's past failures.The Three Lions have exited seven tournaments on penalties -- including losing the last Euros final to Italy -- as well as defeats in 1990, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2006 and 2012.However,…
Source: Man Utd close in on 40m striker Zirkzee
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Sunday, 07 July 2024 08:10
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsManchester United are closing in on a deal for Bologna striker Joshua Zirkzee, a source has told ESPN.United have reached a broad agreement over payments relating to Zirkzee's representatives, which had been a stumbling block, and will now seek to reach a deal with Bologna.Zirkzee has a release clause of 34 million ($43.5m) in his contract which is…
Deschamps: Mbappé has made enough history
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Sunday, 07 July 2024 08:12
EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsFrance manager Didier Deschamps has come to the defence of his captain and star player Kylian Mbappé amid criticism of the striker's Euro 2024 performances.Mbappé, 25, has scored just once in the tournament -- a penalty in the final group game against Poland -- with France reaching the semifinals despite not scoring a goal from open play.Deschamps substituted…
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