Match day 1 of the EURO 2024 saw a galore of goals, from a six-goal thriller as an opener to Spain’s Lamine Yamal-Youngest debutant to the fastest goal in EURO history scored by Nedim Bajrami at the 23rd seconds in their match against the defending champions, Italy.
Football is a beautiful game, and we can't help but mention Eriksen’s emotional return after the incident that took him off the pitch at the last edition of the Euro. For minutes, not only was their match against Finland paused in EURO 2020, but the world of football paused and could only hope that he survived the cardiac arrest he had on the pitch, looking like he would never play football again. Three years later, Eriksen opened the scoring sheet for his country in this year’s tournament.
Mbappe got his nose broken and already asked for a mask idea on his official Twitter account; that should not distract us from Kante’s superb Man of the Match performance, even after he has left European football. England with a narrow win against Serbia, a win that saw Jude Belingham score and Cole Palmer leave on the bench, both in form players would need to fight for playing time. The biggest upset is Slovakia edging over Belgium in a 1–0 victory after Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku saw two of his goals get cancelled.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s appearance against the Czech Republic made it a record six Euro appearances for the former Balon d’Or winner. He made his debut in 2004 in Portugal, scoring his first goal against the same country he would set the record for six appearances with. With match day one over, the fun is far from over as we anticipate the new stories and shockers on the next match day. MATCH DAY 1 RESULTS
GERMANY 5-1 SCOTLAND
Hungary 1–3 SWITZERLAND
SPAIN 3–0 CROATIA
Italy 2–1 Albania
POLAND 1–2 NETHERLANDS
SLOVENIA 1–1 DENMARK
SERBIA 0-1 ENGLAND
ROMANIA 3–0 UKRAINE
BELGIUM 0–1 SLOVEKIA
AUSTRIA 0–1 FRANCE
TURKEY 3–1 GEORGIA
PORTUGAL 2–1 CZECH
