This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE After the 1-1 draw two days ago in the Stadio Olimpico, Italy and Yugoslavia faced each other again in a replay to decide who would…
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This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE In the Stadio San Paolo, Naples, three days ago, a whole nation had held its collective breath. Italy and the USSR were still goalless after…
The 1968 European Championship looked very different to its modern-day equivalent. Back then, rather than the bloated jamboree involving more than 20 countries, it was very much a mini-tournament. After a protracted…
The story of the European Championship’s emergence to global prestige starts with humble beginnings and a dream. International football, in and of itself, had only been in existence for just under a…