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IT WAS GREAT SHAKES IN THE FIRST-HALF BETWEEN DENMARK VS ENGLAND YESTERDAY, WITH HARRY KANE SCORING AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY AT 18 MINS., AND THE DANISH TEAM PROVING JUST HOW FEISTY THEY WERE WITH AN UNEXPECTED LONG-RANGE GOAL FROM MORTEN HJULMAND AT 34 MINS. BUT IN THE SECOND-HALF ENGLAND LOOKED A LITTLE TIRED, AND ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 28 EXCITING FURTHER SHOTS DURING THE MATCH, WITH 12 SHOTS ON TARGET, (BETWEEN BOTH TEAMS), NOTHING ACTUALLY REACHED THE BACK OF THE NET. (BUT LOT’S OF ACTION TO FEAST YOUR EYE’S UPON NEVERTHELESS!) IT MUST BE HARD TO CONSISTENTLY PLAY AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME, REST, TRAIN AND REPEAT! FATIGUE IS BOUND TO SET IN EVENTUALLY (NO MATTER HOW MUCH PICKLE JUICE ONE DRINKS!) BUT THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO – AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE ENGLAND...

IT WAS ALBANIA WHO STARTED THE CROATIA VS ALBANIA MATCH YESTERDAY, WITH A SUPERB GOAL FROM QAZIM LACI AT JUST 11 MINS. INTO THE MATCH, WITH AN EXHUBERANCE OF ACTION ENSUING, WITH 22 SHOTS FOR CROATIA, AND 10 SHOTS ON TARGET, INCLUDING ANDREJ KRAMARIC’S SUPERB GOAL AT 74 MINS. AND A FURTHER 15 SHOTS, INCLUDING 7 SHOTS ON TARGET WITH AN EXCITING LATE FINISHER FROM ALBANIA’S KLAUS GJASULA AT 90 +5 MINS., (SLIGHTLY EARLIER, AN OWN GOAL FROM  GJASULA, MEANT THAT CROATIA WERE  2 – 1 UP AND ONTO A WINNER! BUT GJASULA EARNT HIMSELF REDEMPTION WITH THE UNEXPECTED STOPPAGE-TIME GOAL SENDING THE ALBANIA FANS WILD IN THE PROCESS.) THIS EXCITING MATCH RESULTED IN A 2 – 2 DRAW. IT WAS EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT STUFF RIGHT TO THE LAST!  ALBANIA WILL NOW PLAY SPAIN ON MONDAY 24 JUNE AT 20....

EVERYONE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CRISTIANO RONALDO WHO WON THE DAY IN THE PORTUGAL VS CZECH REPUBLIC MATCH LAST NIGHT, BEING HIS SIXTH HISTORIC APPEARANCE AT THE EUROS N’ALL. BUT FOLLOWING SEVERAL GREAT ATTEMPTS (AND SOME EXTREMELY FANCY FOOTWORK), HE SOMEHOW COULDN’T REACH THE BACK OF THE NET. iT WAS CZECHIA’S LUKAS PROVOD WHO SCORED THE FIRST GOAL OF THE MATCH AT 62 MINS., FOLLOWED BY AN UNFORTUNATE OWN GOAL FOR CZECH’S ROBIN HRANAC AT 69 MINS., AND THEN WITH A BOLT FROM THE BLUE, YOUNG FRANCISCO CONCEICAO’S (21 YRS) SCORED A MAGNIFICENT LATE GOAL AT 90 +2 MINS., CULMINATING IN A 2 – 1 WIN TO PORTUGAL IN A THRILLING MATCH!  PORTUGAL WILL NOW PLAY TURKEY ON SATURDAY 22 JUNE AT 17.00, AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC WILL PLAY GEORGIA ON THE SAME DAY AT 14.00. EUROS 2...