Episode 2074: German Heart, English Grit, Belgian Brains, Spanish Spark, Italian Soul
What a night of football, the best of the tournament so far. Yes we’ve got Euros fever, and there’s only one cure – more Euros.
Here’s how Karim Benzema bagged a brace after a VAR check. #PORFRA #GERHUN #EURO2020 #RTEsoccer
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Great goals, own goals, penalties, crazy keepers, nervy strikers, cocky pundits, stupid fans, famous flops and some huge games to come. We talk to James Horncastle about the party atmosphere in Rome, super Lukaku, if there’s enough controversy for Italy to win the thing and to Miguel Delaney about England-Germany, the Morata mystery and Spain trying to try.
The group stage was brilliant, and had classic storylines, goals and games. It is also the highest scoring Euros group stage ever. But the closest thing to a surprise was Spain finishing second. At 16 teams, the real Euros start now – and there’s a splithttps://t.co/AuD8LNhlel
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Plus there’s bloopers, Rio Ferdinand’s dander, Ronaldo’s golden boot and dark memories of Euro 2012.
Cristiano Ronaldo makes no mistakes from the spot against Hugo Lloris, a keeper with a poor penalty record for club and country. Plus, a look back at the straight right from Lloris on Danilo that led to the spot-kick. #PORFRA #GERHUN #EURO2020 #RTEsoccer pic.twitter.com/pnfTiEmrRh
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