Joy and sorrow: England’s Raheem Sterling scoring against Germany at Wembley. If England win against Denmark tomorrow, they will have played six of seven games at home while ousted Wales (below) have travelled to Baku, Rome and Amsterdam. — AP/AFP
LONDON: Euro 2020 has delivered more drama than even then-UEFA president Michel Platini could have envisaged when he announced the event would be held around Europe nine years ago, but it has still been slammed as a “joke” and “not really fair”.
The tournament has been played across 11 cities in 11 countries as the culmination of Platini’s plan for a continental-wide celebration of the championship’s 60th anniversary, albeit a year late due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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