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28th Jun 7:45 am
The last-16 meeting of England and Slovakia in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday will be refereed by Umut Meter of Turkey. He has dished out 10 yellow cards in two games at Euro 2024, including four in the Falcons' shock 1-0 win over Belgium. His other outing saw six players yellow-carded as Austria defeated Poland 3-1.
28th Jun 7:42 am
Slovakia defender Milan Skriniar believes his side are capable of beating England in their Euro 2024 last-16 clash in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday, despite the Falcons having not won in six previous meetings with the Three Lions. "If we play as a team like we did in qualification and in the group, I believe and I hope that we can beat them," he told reporters.
28th Jun 5:26 am
Antonio Rudiger has trained with Germany on Friday, as he bids to overcome a thigh injury to feature in the last-16 clash with Denmark in Dortmund on Saturday. The tournament hosts already have one change to make in central defence, with Nico Schlotterbeck replacing the suspended Jonathan Tah.
28th Jun 3:15 am
Phil Foden has returned to the England camp following the birth of his third child and is expected to resume training on Friday, meaning that he will be firmly in contention to feature against Slovakia in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday.
28th Jun 3:08 am
Belgium ace Kevin De Bruyne is confident that his side can reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 by beating neighbours France in Dusseldorf on Monday. With the Red Devils having struggled during the group stage, the Man City star said: "This is only about getting into the next round. We can make it."
27th Jun 3:59 pm
Joao Palhinha has given his backing to Portugal team-mate Antonio Silva to bounce back from his error-strewn display in the 2-0 defeat to Georgia. Palhinha said: "Footballers go through these moments. Antonio has a lot of potential. This is not going to affect his growth. In fact, it will give him more strength to continue growing as a player and I have no doubt that our dear Antonio will be ready to give his all in the next game."
27th Jun 2:41 pm
Spain may have been the only side to have won all three group games but head coach Luis de la Fuente is taking nothing for granted against surprise package and debutants Georgia, who qualified by beating Portugal 2-0. "We will have to give our best version to have a chance of going through," De la Fuente said. "The security of having qualified, with the motivation that comes from beating Portugal, make them more dangerous."
27th Jun 12:31 pm
Ondrej Duda scored his 14th international goal to help Slovakia qualify for the knockout stages of the European Championship for only the second time in their history, and he is looking to inflict more damage on last-16 opponents England. "The English have quality, but every opponent they have played were able to torment them," he said.
27th Jun 11:01 am
France's William Saliba has responded to Wout Faes's claim that Belgium are not scared of Les Blues. "We are not afraid of Belgium, we are not afraid of anyone. If Faes is not afraid, good for him, we will see on Monday," the centre-back told reporters.
27th Jun 10:00 am
"We need these fans, we need them against France. We just need them. I don’t know what else to say. We gave it our all during the three matches, everybody wanted to win the matches." Kevin De Bruyne calls on Belgium's fans to stick by them following their lacklustre Group E campaign.
27th Jun 7:38 am
Declan Rice and Kieran Trippier did not train with the main England squad on Thursday and followed their own individual programmes. Both players are still expected to be available for Sunday's game with Slovakia.
27th Jun 5:21 am
England defender Luke Shaw has revealed he will be available for Sunday's Euro 2024 last-16 encounter with Slovakia. The Manchester United left-back has been out with a hamstring injury but could now feature in the knockout clash in Gelsenkirchen.