Logic suggests that a quarter-final exit to Wales at Euro 2016 and a semi-final defeat to France at the 2018 World Cup should be followed by this talented group going all the way this time.
in perfect style. a hugely impressive win for italy. both they and this long awaited tournament are off to some start. andy swiss, bbc news. watching that game with interest were wales, who re in the same group, and they start off this afternoon against switzerland some 3,000 miles away in the sweltering heat of baku, the capital of azerbaijan. and that s where our wales correspondent hywel griffith is, taking the temperature of the squad ahead of the big kick off. chanting. commentator: what a goalfrom hell rotting kinder! fiee commentator: what a goal from hell rotting kinder! rotting kinder! five years ago, and i m fan rotting kinder! five years ago, and i m fancy welsh rotting kinder! five years ago, and i m fancy welsh team rotting kinder! five years ago, and i m fancy welsh team found i rotting kinder! five years ago, and i m fancy welsh team found its i rotting kinder! five years ago, and| i m fancy welsh team found its way to the semifinals of euro 2016, confounding expect
to address these, the pandemic would have left behind a lost generation in its wake. nikhil inamdar, bbc news, maharashtra. finally, as you ve been hearing, a year later than planned the euro 2020 football championship finally kicks off today in rome s stadio 0limpico as italy face turkey. the tournament is still expected to be big business. the last one, euro 2016, made european football s governing body uefa almost two billion euros in tv rights, marketing and sponsorship. that was a jump of a third on the previous euros. but how has the pandemic changed the finances for euro 2020? misha sher is global head of sport, entertainment & culture at the media planning agency mediacom worldwide. first off, the last 12 months has often felt like groundhog day living the same day over and over but explain why they ve
it s wales who begin their campaign first, against switzerland in baku tomorrow. hywel griffith is there. a very good evening to you. wales hoping to emulate that brilliant run to the semifinals at euro 2016. absolutely. when he speak to the players, if you of them still talk about 2016 as the best summer of their careers, the best summer of their careers, the best summer of their lives with his landing here in baku on monday, the city with the flame towers behind me, they have started to focus on tomorrow s task. like switzerland and group a where if they get three points they face a very good chance of going on to the knockout stages. but if they don t, then it s a very tough mountain to climb against turkey and italy later on in rome. some of the senior