Euro 2024: Luke Shaw returns to England training, Scotland fallout, Varga update – live news | Euro 2024

Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer hit back in their “war of words” with England’s camp using their Vacation is Football Podcast. to say the following:

Lineker: “I actually thought he responded well with a bit or two there, but it’s not easy when they throw something like that at you.”

Shearer: “We’ve both been there as England captains when you’ve sat in front of the media when England haven’t played well at all, or you as an individual.

“And I would answer the question in exactly the same way as England captain as Harry did yesterday. He just said they have a right to an opinion, I understand they have a job to do too – and we do, we have to say it.

Lineker: “Can you imagine if we went ahead and said ‘well, I thought they played really well’?” We’d lie to begin with because they didn’t play well and Harry knows they didn’t play well. And there’s a part – which, you see, I understand – where he said “they have responsibilities as ex-England players and they should know, they know what it is”. It’s not like they won anything’ or words to that effect.

“Okay – and he’s absolutely right. But I will say one thing: the last thing in the world we want to be is modest and critical. We want the England team to perform well on the field, the best appreciation of all is when England play well and we’re excited and enthusiastic about them and say ‘that performance was great, that performance was great’. We don’t want to be critical. But we have to be sometimes. We have to say – but we also did it in a balanced way.”

Shearer: “I don’t have a problem with what he said. And I wouldn’t take back anything we said. They were really poor and I think the vast majority of journalists and the country – and even the guys in the team themselves will know – they were terrible against Denmark.”

It was a painful goal for Scotland were the first team sent home. Details on when that flight might be are still awaited.

Looking forward to today’s big game, from which Italy demands a result.

Although Spain’s 1-0 win looked marginal on paper, Bastoni admitted it was “a letdown”. Italy will be more imposing against possession-hungry Croatia, he suggested, although a side trained in Spalletti’s fluid style will not knock them out of the park. “It’s something you did about 50 years ago,” said the Inter defender. “You left a tag on someone, you kicked them. You need to take the sting out of the opponent with your approach. It’s about courage and bravery.”

Some reactions to Germany’s tie with Switzerlandas ensured by Niclas Füllkrug’s late goal, according to Reuters.

Manuel Neuer: “You should never write off a team, especially ours, especially with the changes we were able to make. The players who turned up were a breath of fresh air and the result feels a bit like a victory. The Swiss did well, they were always tight and pressed us.

Joshua Kimmich: “We weren’t as good in the 90 minutes (as in the first two games) and I think a draw was a fair result. We can be happy with the point.”

Maxi Bayer said the halftime message from coach Julian Nagelsmann was to move the ball faster: “Let the ball go faster to make the gaps bigger, that works better in the second half. The Swiss are a good opponent, they didn’t make it easy for us.”

Alan Shearer made additional remarks to those who seem to have disturbed Harry Kane. These are from The Athletic:

“It’s not about abandoning Harry. Instead, you get legs around it – running away from the ball. I don’t care how experienced you are, all players need a little help from time to time and I’m sure he and Gareth will be analyzing Thursday’s performance. Harry is brilliant at reaching deep – he loves to do it – but he did it too much against Denmark. The problem is that he gets on the move and gets in the way of his own players when he gets into midfield areas.

“If he’s going to drop deep, we know he needs runners in front of him. How many times have we seen him pick out passes for Son Heung-min to go beyond him in a Tottenham Hotspur shirt? The same has been true for Bayern Munich this season, with Alphonso Davies’ goal against Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final the best example.

That’s why I think Anthony Gordon would be very good on the left of attack and (Bukayo) Saka will stay on the right. Then you have pace on either side with both players looking to run in behind. It might suit Harry’s game better and create more balance in the team because Phil Foden is a fantastic player, but he’s much more likely to drift inside and get to the ball himself.”

According to PA Media

Luke Shaw is back in England training as all 26 players take part in training ahead of Euro 2024 clash with Slovenia.

Gareth Southgate’s side have four points from their opening two matches and face Slovenia in Cologne looking to secure top spot in Group C.

Shaw has not featured since picking up a hamstring injury playing for Manchester United in February but was a surprise inclusion in Southgate’s squad for the finals.

He has been working on an individual program in a bid to get fit for the match and was on the grass with his team-mates at Spa & Golf Resort Weimarer Land, England’s training base.

Southgate has some selection headaches for the match in Cologne as he is still trying to get the balance right for his squad.

Trent Alexander-Arnold started both games in midfield but struggled at times, while getting the best out of Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka and Harry Kane in the same XI proved problematic.

WSL News.

Everton are ready to sign Nigeria striker Tony Payne and Spain midfielder Inma Gabbaro, both from Sevilla.

The duo are believed to be on course to complete their move to the WSL club, where they were highlighted at the start of the year as key targets for this summer’s transfer window. They have been with Sevilla since 2018 and 2019 respectively.

Johnny Bennett connects: “As an Englishman, a fan of Grant Hanley, Kenny McLean and Angus Gunn (ie Norwich City) with a Hungarian wife and children, and as a resident of the city of Budapest, I obviously have divided loyalties.

“But isn’t it a bit rich of the Scots to complain about not being awarded a penalty after Armstrong lunged through the ball at Orban and grabbed his shirt when another tackle at the other end left a Hungarian striker in hospital with a broken face?

“In my humble opinion, Scotland has only itself to blame for starting so well and then faltering as badly as its southern neighbours. At least Hungary did.”

Some news from the Copa America:

According to PA Media:

Hungary striker Barnabas Varga broke several facial bones and suffered a concussion during his country’s 1-0 win over Scotland. The Ferencvaros striker required lengthy treatment on the pitch after colliding with Scotland goalkeeper Angus Gunn in the second half of their Euro 2024 match in Stuttgart on Sunday night.

The Hungarian players quickly signaled that the 29-year-old was in trouble and after six minutes of treatment, Varga was carried off the pitch on a stretcher as the sheets were raised to shield him from view.

The Hungarian Football Association released an update on Varga’s condition late Sunday evening. X’s statement read: “Several bones in Barnabas Varga’s face were broken during the collision during the match and he also suffered a concussion. Surgery is most likely expected.

“He spent the night in the hospital in Stuttgart. The whole team is rooting for him!”

Wonderful photo essay by Tom Jenkins here.

Let’s go to England’s camp where the team that said last week it didn’t pay attention to the coverage at home, uh, kicks back at critics at home.

If Hungary go through, they are likely to be without a striker.

In Sunday’s other game, the hosts showed both their weakness and their determination.

And so in a sense it was a kind of mockery: a stress test in laboratory conditions, with qualifications already secured, but with a number of flaws that required verification by a strong Swiss country to be uncovered. How would this team – which until recently was very bad – handle their first major setback, their first indifferent crowd? How would this defense fare against a team that isn’t afraid to run against them? And what happens if you really, really need a goal in the 91st minute?

Was it a penalty? Personal opinion: in the Premier League this would have been the case, but the expediency of UEFA means that play continues after the referees have waved play on, and the doubt should be greater.

Their hearts were broken, grief, sorrow. Ewan Murray was our match reporter.

Scotland huffed and puffed. Hungary’s game usually broke down 25 yards from goal until stoppage time when a basketball game broke out. Steve Clarke and the Tartan Army will be hurt by what happened here, but the harsh reality is that over the course of three games they have looked below par. Scotland promised it had learned the lessons of the euro three years ago. Identical return of points, one, raises questions about this.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2024/jun/24/scotland-crash-out-of-euro-2024-football-daily Listen Ewan Euro 2024 Daily too.

Jonathan Wilson on a night when the party is over.

“No Scotland, no party,” they sang. Let’s see about that.

Good morning. Well, unless you’re Scottish and enveloped by an all-too-familiar sense of, well, failure. The group stage proved the enemy once again and a valley of tears deeper than the valley of Leven was washed away. Germany will be much quieter without them; could not move for Scots in the host cities and beyond. But the show goes on and there’s a big game later today with Croatia vs Italy. The last stand of Modric and co? Or the elimination of the defending champion?

All this and more to come before the Group B final gets underway. Join us.