It’s always fun to make predictions, and picking the winners and losers of the 2020 European Championships is no different.
So, with that said, let’s give it a try.
Group winners: Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, England, Spain, France
Group runners-up: Switzerland, Denmark, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal
Group top 3rd place finishers: Germany, Croatia, Wales, Sweden
Round of 16 winners: Denmark, Italy, Czech Republic, England, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain
Quarterfinal winners: France, Italy, England, Belgium
Semifinal winners: Belgium, France
Euro 2020 Champion: Belgium
Player of the Tournament: Kevin DeBruyne (Belgium)
Best Young Player of the Tournament: Phil Foden (England)
Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament: Hugo Lloris (France)
Top Goal Scorer of the Tournament: Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
One of my all-time Arsenal players, Olivier Giroud, returns to Emirates Stadium on Tuesday. This time as a player for the competition, Lille. Giroud scored 105 goals in 253 appearances for the Gunners.
Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard on Man City’s punishment. “In terms of how I feel, I potentially could be affected if you like, I wouldn’t want individual players to give stuff back, that wouldn’t be right. But the club, they have to be stripped.”
