Nevertheless, Euro 2020 will not quite be the pan-continental party envisaged when, under former president Michel Platini, UEFA announced the format of Euro 2020 to mark the 60th anniversary of the competition. With group games at Wembley, and the incentive of the semi-finals and final being played at home too, England may sense this is their chance. France, after all, are the reigning world champions and aim to repeat their performance in 2000, when they won the Euro as World Cup holders. Portugal, who defeated France in the Euro 2016 final, will not give up their title easily, even with Cristiano Ronaldo now aged 36. Since making a mess of the 2018 World Cup, Germany have not had their problems to seek, including losing 6-0 to Spain and then being beaten at home by North Macedonia in World Cup qualifying.

Source: News 24 May 10, 2021 09:45 UTC