A chorus of boos erupted upon the final whistle in Turkey’s home away from home, as Baku bore witness to a series of performances that only the Turkish lira can rival in terms of national embarrassment. The Turkish provided an abject and soulless performance that would see most of the players get abuse at their…

Summer had well and truly arrived in Rome as Italy took on Wales under the sunny skies of the Stadio Olimpico. It was Italy that led Group A with a spot in the knockout stages already guaranteed. Meanwhile, a Welsh draw would secure them a top two spot, however, if Gareth Bale and co could…

As the final whistle pierced the drone of chatter inside the Estadio de la Cartuja, the Spanish players looked to the sky and puffed out their cheeks once again. Another uninspiring draw in Seville means that it’s the first time since 1996 that the national side haven’t won either of their opening two group games…

On May 29, a Chelsea team led by German manager Thomas Tuchel and a German triumvirate of Antonio Rüdiger, Timo Werner and Kai Havertz defeated Manchester City in the Champions League Final in Porto, stifling a Portuguese contingent of Bernardo Silva and Rúben Dias, whilst their compatriot João Cancelo remained on the bench. On June…

The games played in Budapest at full capacity are reminding us of pre-COVID times gone by, where crowds were raucous and the 12th man. With a partisan atmosphere and the crowd cheering every block and positive Hungarian play, they pushed a spirited, aggressive Hungary team to frustrate the world champions and gain their first point…

Heading into this crucial game at Hampden Park, Croatia had never lost their second game at any of their last 10 major tournaments, the World Cup and European Championships. In those 10 games, they’ve won six, drawn four and Czech Republic were gonna be number 11.   The Czechs had the upper hand in the…

England, Scotland and Wembley. A concoction, which has previously made for some of the most explosive and memorable football derbies to date. Instead, during their first competitive encounter since Euro 96’, the game ended in extremely anticlimactic fashion, given the great expectations when the group was first drawn.   The opening minutes initially signaled for…

As the camera panned to Swedish fans on the 40th minute, they were seen enjoying a couple of beers in the stadium in the manner of which one watches a cricket game, a stop-start sport attended more for its ´day out feel rather than the games themselves, well at least the fans were having a…

Between Austria’s 11 starters for their match at the Johan Cruyff Arena, they had just 23 league goals between them. The Netherlands meanwhile, had 42 goals between Memphis Depay and Wout Weghorst alone. This stat is perhaps the best summary of Thursday evening’s game in group B.   Though Franco Foda’s Austrian side pressed high…