Georgia have crushed all expectations, beating one of Europe’s most talented squads on the way to the Round of 16. However, their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula ran aground against the most c...

England deservedly went behind in the first half against a proactive Slovakia team. The Three Lions continued to show weak possession play throughout the game, with no clear plan. An overhead kick fro...

A machine must face a true test to see if its recalibrations have fixed its faults or if it will fall apart at the first sign of stress. The Germans are not completely in the image of its past, but th...

Holes can be traditionally found in Swiss cheese, but it was the Italian midfield that adopted such vacant spaces. On either side of Nicolò Fagioli, a versatile attack was able to drop in, connect and...

Heartbreak for Ukraine, sheer relief for Belgium, despite both teams finishing with four points. Ukraine’s approach without the ball effectively restricted Belgium’s attacking solutions, but their fai...

A heavily rotated Portugal setup to rest for the round of 16, and a defensively solid, quick-to-counter Georgia took advantage of their opponent’s relaxed frame of mind to advance out of the gro...

Austria defeated the Dutch with a well-executed modern football game plan that targeted the exact issues that were on display earlier. Overloading a mostly man-marking midfield gave them a serious upp...

England were once again unable to demonstrate an ability to create chances against a compact defensive shape in this match where they dominated possession and territory. However, Gareth Southgate’s sy...

France took on Poland in their final group game with both sides’ fate largely decided. Poland had nothing to play for as they were already out and France were through, though they did need a goo...

Spain sorted out their top task in the Group of Death before the beginning of this fixture. Even though a second string selection stepped onto the field for this formality, the players put on a profes...