Euro 2024 kicks off on Friday in Germany as the continent's footballing heavyweights prepare to fight it out over the next month with the aim of taking the crown away from reigning champions Italy.
Euro 2024 kicks off on Friday in Germany as the continent's footballing heavyweights prepare to fight it out over the next month with the aim of taking the crown away from reigning champions Italy.
Euro 2020 was delayed by a year because of the pandemic, finally taking place in 2021 in front of limited crowds. Germans are hoping for a repeat of 2006, when many fell in love with their national team again after a period in the doldrums similar to what they have experienced in the years leading up to this competition.Philipp Lahm, the captain of Germany's 2014 World Cup-winning team and now Euro 2024 tournament director, also hopes the competition will bring people together at a time of division and disunity across the continent.
However, there are good reasons why France and England are so strongly fancied to raise aloft the Henri Delaunay trophy on July 14. England have never been European champions, although they came mightily close in 2021 when they lost the final on penalties to Italy.
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