What is happening at EURO 2020 on Thursday?
- Belgium came from behind to beat Denmark 2-1 and maintain their 100% record at EURO 2020. Goals from Thorgan Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne turned the match in their favour after Denmark went 1-0 after just two minutes.
- Debutants North Macedonia lost a second successive game, this time going down 2-1 to Ukraine following goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk. The result leaves North Macedonia rooted to the bottom of Group C.
- Netherlands vs Austria (21:00 CEST, Amsterdam)
What are today’s key EURO 2020 talking points?
The play was paused after 10 minutes in the Denmark-Belgium match to pay tribute to Danish star Christian Eriksen, who collapsed with a suspected heart problem in his country’s opening match against Finland. Players and fans at Parken Stadium rose to applaud Eriksen, who will be fitted with an implantable device to monitor his heart rhythm, the Danish soccer federation said on Thursday.
The issue of high-profile footballers like Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba moving bottles of Coca-Cola or Heineken — deliberately placed in front of the players at press conferences — is continuing to cause a stir. One expert told Cuffnews it showed the balance of power had shifted from sponsors to the athletes.
How do the tables look after today’s games?
What happened on Wednesday?
Italy became the first team to secure its place in the final 16 with a decisive 3-0 victory over neighbours Switzerland — a turnaround from their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, but that in itself was a shock.
Fellow Group A team Wales notched up their first win of the competition with a 2-0 victory over Turkey bringing its point tally to 4 while Switzerland and Turkey languish behind with 1 and 0 points respectively.
Russia, from Group B, boosted its hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages by beating Finland 1-0.
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