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The results of the Euros’ round of 16 are in
#SUI vs #ESP #BEL vs #ITA #CZE vs #DEN #ENG vs #UKR
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) June 29, 2021
The quarter-finals of #EURO2020 is set. pic.twitter.com/BOYvcVTszq
Poll
Who do you believe is the favorite to win the tournament now?
This poll is closed
-
27%
Belgium
(175 votes) -
25%
Italy
(161 votes) -
11%
Switzerland
(74 votes) -
11%
Czech Republic
(71 votes) -
11%
England
(74 votes) -
5%
Denmark
(32 votes) -
1%
Ukraine
(9 votes) -
5%
Spain
(36 votes)
Sweden were eliminated by Ukraine 2-1 in extra time
⚽ #EURO2020 ⚽
— AS English (@English_AS) June 29, 2021
⚔️ #SWE #UKR 1 - 2
https://t.co/M7YcpQY1RG
Dovbyk scores the long-awaited goal for his team that will give them a card through to the quarterfinals. pic.twitter.com/klmg35GglD
Germany and Real Madrid maestro Toni Kroos fell to England 2-0
| Toni Kroos: "It was a tight game until they went up. We came out of a very tough group, and to go out now is bitter." #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/dl80BvhT40
— Madrid Zone (@theMadridZone) June 29, 2021
The Santiago Bernabeu is taking shape inside
| The Santiago Bernabeu today pic.twitter.com/p3JDp3M77h
— Madrid Xtra. (@MadridXtra) June 29, 2021
Pele sends a message to Mbappe (Via AS)
Keep your head up, Kylian! Tomorrow is the first day of a new journey, @KMbappe.
— Pelé (@Pele) June 28, 2021
A selection from Steven Mandis’ The Real Madrid Way
Di Stéfano used his elegant playing style, soccer intelligence, and leadership to integrate the players and teach them to value teamwork. His desire for self-improvement and professional pride set the team’s standard and became essential values of Real Madrid. Together with his gifted teammates, Di Stéfano invented modern professional team soccer and embodied all that is magical about it. The world-class players followed Di Stéfano’s lead because he was the undisputed leader, and also because these highly skilled players learned that eleven men, when given paint (the ball), could go on a canvas (the field) and paint a ninety-minute picture of imagination and beauty that expressed them. Anything less than ninety minutes of full effort and beautiful, exciting, and attacking soccer with elegance, style and class — whether the players were winning by several goals or losing — was considered an “unfinished painting” or disrespectful to the art and viewers.
Mandis, Steven G. “The Real Madrid Way: How Values Created the Most Successful Sports Team on the Planet.” Page 53. Dallas, Texas: BenBella Books Inc., 2016.