Top Spiel
The second day of a Euro is the guarantee of seeing your day punctuated by the rhythm of the foot-ball, with an hour’s break between the three matches. On break, Hungary was a good part of the match lost against Switzerland (1-3). Announced as a scratch in the competition, with their last two surprising tournaments, the Magyars foiled – like their star and precocious captain Dominik Szoboszlai – and woke up too late, against the supposedly divided Helvetii, but above all incisive. In Group B, Spain defeated an ambitious Croatia but surprised by the new style of play of the Roja (3-0). The big favorites of the group were then able to admire the start of the match completely missed by Italy, which however logically overthrew a breathless Albania (2-1), but close to a draw.
Paris Saint-Germain fans may have it bad, they who have never seen the Spanish midfielder as efficient on a football field as this Saturday during Spain-Croatia (3-0). Huge, the former Naples player literally won the Roja by delivering an assist for Álvaro Morata then scoring a superb goal. Luis Enrique, out !
Largely outnumbered at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund against 50,000 Albanians all kuq e zi dressed, the Italian supporters made a brave face against bad luck by having a bite to eat with their Adriatic neighbors before the match. Or rather, an Albanian supporter was seen provoking the fans of the National, smashing a regiment of Barilla pasta in plain sight. Enough to break spaghetti purists into a thousand pieces, those for whom wasting food is not an empty word. Result: Barella’s goal and Italy’s victory. Karma struck.
Nedim Bajrami will perhaps remain in the history books for a while. While in sixteen editions of the Euro, no goal had been scored less than a minute after kick-off, the Sassuolo midfielder only needed 23 seconds to take advantage of Federico’s passivity Dimarco and recover a hot ball, before making it bear fruit under the nose of Gianluigi Donnarumma. If the joy was short-lived for the Albanians, this express but intense part of pleasure will have its merits throughout the ages.
Say “Käse”: Spanish grandpa and grandson
One is 32 years old and has already won everything in his career, the other has not yet celebrated his seventeenth birthday and has just become the youngest player to play a match at the Euro. And yet, the two Spaniards shone during the victory of the Roja against Croatia: the full-back scored (again) and proved that the present was written well with him, while the second brought his carelessness. Nice sharing of values.
Everyone was starting to find the time a little long in Paderborn, then Marcus Thuram arrived. And the press room at the Home Deluxe Arena listened to what he had to say, with a certain pleasure and also understanding that something rare, even special, had happened. So, on Saturday June 15, two days before seeing the Blues (really) rock their Euro against Austria, the Inter striker was the first to take a clear position against the National Rally. How did this message get across within the group? It is too early to tell. The FFF in any case communicated on the evening of Thursday, to join “the necessary call to vote, a democratic requirement”but also so that “its neutrality as an institution, as well as that of the national selection for which it is responsible, is understood and respected by all”. Before continuing: “It is therefore appropriate to avoid any form of pressure and political use of the French team. » A way, undoubtedly, to ensure that Didier Deschamps, expected at a press conference on Sunday, is not too bombarded with questions on this subject.
On the other side of the wall:
Marcus Thuram’s call was not in vain, since around 200 rallies took place across France to demonstrate against the rise of the far right, when Florent Manaudou described political life as reality TV. Internationally, two Swedes detained in Iran have been released and will be able to return to their country, while one of them, a European diplomat, was imprisoned for espionage. Otherwise, Kate Middleton made her first public outing in six months and the announcement of her cancer, on the occasion of the King’s birthday. On the Sarthe side, the 24 hours of Le Mans started at 4 p.m. and will end tomorrow at 4 p.m…. in exactly 24 hours. When in Top 14, La Rochelle qualified for the semi-finals after its victory against Toulon.
Coming into play to force Hungary’s equalizer against Switzerland, striker Martin Ádám (29), who has a few pawns in South Korea after having broken everything at Paksi FC, is an atypical character. Already because with his visible paunch, he looks more like a Sunday footballer than a supersub in international competition, but also because his overall appearance gives him the appearance of an experienced lumberjack, straight from his log house in the heart of wild Alabama. What was he doing during the last Euro in front of Hungary’s matches? He was descended from the binouzes of course, he’s the one who said so.
Little Italy masters Albania
By Florian Cadu, Alexandre Lazar, Julien Faure, with Clément Gavard in Paderborn
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