This article is part of the Guardian’s Euro 2020 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 24 countries who qualified. Still, qualifying for the Euros was achieved without too much trouble, although the team rarely looked entirely convincing. Four players from the World Cup final starting XI have now retired – Danijel Subasic, Ivan Strinic, Mario Mandzukic and Ivan Rakitic. “New kids take some things for granted, they need to change their attitude towards the team and us elders,” he said. IconLook no further than Luka Modric: this is still pretty much his team and that’s not always a good thing.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2021 22:52 UTC