A captain’s armband causes excitement, Turkey says embarrassingly goodbye to the tournament and Jogi Löw is already thinking of Hungary. That and more in the EM check of the stern.
This is how the EM matchday went
All results, goal scorers and tables of the European Championship matchday for reading in stern-Ticker.
That’s what the EM is talking about
Not only the 4-2 victory of Germany against overwhelmed Portuguese attracted a lot of attention, also the captain’s armband worn by Manuel Neuer in the game. He had actually dared to wear a model in rainbow colors. This in turn not only caused verbal derailments at the lowest level on the plan, the Uefa also checked at least briefly whether the German keeper could continue to wear the colorful armband. New may, as the DFB then confirmed. The rainbow armband was rated “as a symbol of the team for diversity and thus for a” good cause “,” it said. Much fuss about nothing.
Loser of the day
Three defeats in three games, just one own goal when conceding eight: Nothing is easy to talk about – for Turkey the European Championship ended prematurely after embarrassing appearances in all games. Correspondingly disappointed, the protégés of coach Senol Günes – accompanied by whistles from their fans – fled to the stadium catacombs immediately after the final whistle. “We didn’t show the necessary character and fell short of our expectations,” said Günes, who was responsible for the performance of his team, but ruled out a voluntary resignation after the game.
Winner of the day
What criticism did they have to take, and a bad team spirit had also been attested to them: The previous EM was not Switzerland’s tournament – until yesterday, Sunday. In the convincing 3-1 victory over Turkey, the highly talented Swiss showed their offensive power for the first time and with four points as third in the table can still hope to make it to the final round.
“We have quality in our team. We always believed in that,” said Xherdan Shaqiri, who was the evening’s match winner with two goals. The 29-year-old ex-Munich player has entered the top scorer list at four major tournaments in a row.
The EM-Moment
And the Germans?
After the strong 4-2 victory over defending champions Portugal, they enjoyed a well-deserved day of relaxation in the team quarters in Herzogenaurach. One person, however, looked ahead despite international hymns of praise for the appearance of the DFB-Elf on Saturday: Trainer Jogi Löw, whose thoughts were already about the next opponent Hungary (Wednesday, 9 p.m. / ZDF and MagentaTV).
“There are no days when you go down completely as a coach. Of course, such a success gives you a certain boost. We have it in our own hands. Now we have to improve against Hungary.” All the more eagerly new information is awaited, such as Mats Hummels (patellar tendon), Ilkay Gündogan (calf) and shooting star Robin Gosens (adductors) who put away the injuries from the game on Saturday.
On the regeneration day, Güdogan was already sitting next to his colleagues on the bicycle ergometer. Gosens was with his right knee open during the stability and yoga exercises. “I’ve been hanging around with my adductor pain for a while,” said the Atalanta Bergamo winger. Löw is careful, he classifies muscular problems as “always dangerous”.
That’s up for today
In three out of four games at the European Football Championship on today’s matchday, it is still a matter of progressing. Ukraine and Austria fight in a direct duel for second place in Group C (6 p.m. / ARD and Magenta TV). In the parallel game between the Netherlands and North Macedonia (MagentaTV), however, it is no longer about anything in terms of sport: The Oranje team is already in the round of 16, North Macedonia has no chance of advancing. Still, the game will be emotional for the team: Idol Goran Pandev announced that he would wear the national jersey for the last time today.
In group B, the Belgians who have already qualified for the round of 16 will meet Finland (9 p.m. / MagentaTV). In the parallel game, Russia faces Denmark (ARD and MagentaTV). After two losses to Finland and Belgium, the Danes still have a chance to finish second in the group: if they beat Russia by two goals and the Finns lose to Belgium.
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