Paint rude images into nice images

42 min • 12 juni 2021

Jimbo, Duncan Alexander and Sasha Goryunov react to the opening night at Euro 2020 and look ahead to Day 2.

Italy make dark horses Turkey look pony with a dominant display in Rome. James Horncastle joins us after the 3-0 win on Friday as the Azzurri shatter their own stereotypes with an adventurous performance.

Saturday’s a landmark day for followers of Finland, with their first ever game at a major tournament against Denmark. With a daunting fixture list, Ari Virtanen isn’t optimistic they can do an Iceland.

Plus netting, accreditation controversy and a bad day for Howard Webbs.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1a: The opening ceremony gets us underway (02m 00s)

• PART 1b: Turkey 0-3 Italy with James Horncastle (05m 00s)

• PART 2a: On This Day – Poland versus Howard Webb (13m 00s)

• PART 2b: Belgium v Russia preview (16m 30s)

• PART 2c: Denmark v Finland preview with Ari Virtanen (19m 30s)

• PART 2d: Wales v Switzerland preview (27m 30s)

• PART 3: The odds with Paddy Power (32m 30s)

• PART 4: Controversy between Azerbaijan & Russia (35m 30s)

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