Day: June 16, 2024
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Lars Sivertsen and Troy Townsend to discuss England’s opening match and more
On the podcast today: England beat Serbia 1-0 with Jude Bellingham’s goal set up by Bukayo Saka. A win is the main thing for England, but there’s plenty to think about for Gareth Southgate.
Elsewhere in Group C, Slovenia and Denmark draw as Erik Janza’s fine finish cancels out Christian Eriksen’s opener, a magical moment three years after his cardiac arrest on the field at the last Euros.
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, was speaking at the close of a summit for peace in Switzerland. Also: Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has described the introduction of daily “tactical pauses” in military activity in a part of southern Gaza as “unacceptable”, and the original multi-coloured dancefloor used in the 1977 film, Saturday Night Fever, has been sold at auction.