Tenor Andrea Bocelli sang “Nessun dorms” —- an aria which became iconic among football fans following the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
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The 30-year-old was a free agent after leaving Liverpool and seemed on his way to Barcelona until PSG swooped and blew the Catalan giants out of the water with their offer to the Netherlands captain
Then, Group Stage will bring more top-class action with matches such as Belgium vs. Russia and England vs. Croatia on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
The Euro tournaments begins with the group stage matches, which will all air on the SuperSport dedicated Euro 2020 channel, SuperSport EURO2020 (DStv channel 203 and GOtv channel 32, available on the DStv Confam and GOtv Max packages) and simultaneously on these channels, SuperSport Premier League (DStv channel 203, available on the Compact package) and SuperSport Football (DStv channel 205 and GOtv channel 31, available on the DStv Yanga and GOtv Jolli packages)
La Roja’s preparations for the tournament have been hit with Sergio Busquets testing positive on Sunday.
But the game was once again marred by supporters booing the Three Lions for taking the knee.
The game finished scoreless as the teams get set for the start of the Euros.
The 24 competing teams have been divided into six groups, with the Group F being labelled the “Group of Death” for containing three former Euro champions — Germany, France, Portugal — and two-time FIFA World Cup runner-up Hungary.
The midfielder has one senior cap for Denmark, which came in October last year in a friendly against Faroe Islands.
The 29-year-old, who often plays second fiddle to Manuel Neuer in Joachim Low’s Mannschaft setup, played the full 90 minutes in Sunday’s 2-1 defeat to Celta Vigo, which ended Barcelona’s La Liga title hopes.
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said Monday that leagues across Europe were ready to return to action behind closed doors in a bid to limit the damage caused by coronavirus.
Mick McCarthy is no longer manager of the Republic of Ireland, with Stephen Kenny taking over “with immediate effect,” the Football Association of Ireland has said in a statement.
The governing bodies had originally agreed a suspension last Friday until early April
The European governing body held a teleconference on Tuesday with all 55 associate members, as well as a representative from FifPro
The Italian Football Federation has called for the postponement of Euro 2020 to give time to complete the Serie A season, which has been suspended because of coronavirus.
And German coach Joachim Loew described it as the group of death
The victory ensured that Germany clinched their place at Euro 2020, qualifying for the finals for a record 13th time in a row
With one round of games remaining, Belgium have a maximum 27 points and second-placed Russia 21, both sides having booked their places at next year’s 24-nation tournament
Spain dominated the opening 20 minutes and looked set to easily book their berth in next year’s finals but Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen pulled off a string of superb saves as his side grew into the game.
In the process they denied their opponents Ireland the chance to book their place early.