Euro 2020: BBC pulls in more than 20m viewers for England’s Germany win June 30, 2021 More than 20m people tuned into the BBC yesterday to watch England’s 2-0 victory over Germany at Euro 2020. The historic clash attracted a peak audience of 20.6m viewers, representing more than 80 per cent of audience share. The bumper numbers mean almost a third of the UK population settled in for the game, which [...]
England 2, Germany 0: England rip up the script on night of release for fans and Gareth Southgate June 29, 2021 For England, matches against Germany have historically been about pain, injustice, recurring nightmares and inferiority. At Wembley, in front of the biggest sports crowd the UK has witnessed since before the pandemic, they rewrote the script. This time around it was about joy, deserved victory, resilience and glorious possibility. But more than anything it was [...]
England will beat Germany 2-1 tonight and make it to Euro 2020 final, analysts predict June 29, 2021 England will take down Germany in tonight’s match, and even make it to the Euro 2020 final, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. The Germans will be hoping for a repeat of their famous victory over England in the semi-final of Euro 1996, but Goldman Sachs’ analysts do not see it happening. After sneaking into [...]
Exclusive: Most Brits expect England to beat Germany at Euro 2020 and avenge previous major tournament defeats June 29, 2021 Most Britons expect England to overcome Germany when they clash at Euro 2020 on Tuesday, according to a City A.M. poll. Germany have inflicted some of England’s most painful major tournament defeats, eliminating them in 1990, 1996 and 2010. But a slight majority of 52 per cent believe Gareth Southgate’s team will avenge those defeats [...]
How Germany are using data science at Euro 2020 and why it won’t help them in a penalty shoot-out against England June 28, 2021 It’s hard to tell whether Pascal Bauer is being modest about his own work or afraid of giving too much away when he talks about Germany’s Euro 2020 showdown with England. As a senior data scientist for German football federation (DFB), he has an important role in preparing the team for matches like tomorrow’s last-16 [...]
Goldman Sachs analysts: England will beat Germany in Wembley showdown and progress to final June 25, 2021 Analysts at Goldman Sachs have predicted that England will beat Germany in their crunch Euro 2020 last-16 match at Wembley on Tuesday. After sneaking into the second round following a 2-2 draw against Hungary on Wednesday night, Germany will face England for a place in the quarter-finals. The Germans will be hoping for a repeat [...]
Exclusive: Report ranks England among the worst teams left at Euro 2020 – but last-16 opponents Germany have been one of the best June 25, 2021 England are one of the worst performing teams left in Euro 2020, according to data analysis shared with City A.M. Gareth Southgate’s side, who face Germany in the second round on Tuesday, rank 16th out of 24 teams based on performance in the group stage. England have a lower rating than Turkey, Poland and Slovakia, [...]
Euros 2020: BBC receives thousands of complaints over airing Christian Eriksen collapse June 24, 2021 The BBC has received over 6400 complaints for its coverage of Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsing during the Euro 2020 match against Finland earlier this month. Eriksen received CPR on the field in Copenhagen after suffering a cardiac arrest and collapsing as he chased the ball. Doctors resuscitated the footballer on the pitch with a [...]
Uefa chief Ceferin hails ‘correct decision’ as away goals rule is scrapped from European club football June 24, 2021 European football is breaking with more than 50 years of tradition and scrapping the away goals rule. Uefa has used the away goals rule to separate teams who finished level after a two-legged tie since 1965. Instead, from next season Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League ties that finish level will go straight [...]
Euro 2020 rainbow row: Hungarian prime minister backs out of attending tonight’s match June 23, 2021 Hungarian prime minster Viktor Orbán will no longer attend today’s Euro 2020 match between Hungary and Germany in Munich. This follows a row over lighting Munich’s stadium in rainbow colours to protest anti-LGBTQ+ legislation passed in Hungary last week. Yesterday, Uefa rejected a request from Munich city council and LGBTQ+ activists to light the Allianz [...]