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With Euro 2020 kicking off in exactly one week, we re sizing up the field. Taking squad lists, player fitness, and other intangibles into the equation, here s how we think all 24 teams stack up heading into the competition.
1. France
Two years after hoisting the World Cup, Didier Deschamps stacked France squad looks poised to win it all again at the Euros, potentially capturing the country s first World Cup-European Championship double since 2000. Les Bleus are loaded from top to bottom, but most of the focus will be on France s electric attack now that veteran forward Karim Benzema was brought out of exile to join forces with superstars Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann.
Having masterminded a qualifying campaign which saw Wales finish as runners-up to Croatia but crucially above Slovakia and Hungary amid joyous scenes in Cardiff at the end of 2019, Giggs has been on leave from his role since November.
The former Manchester United star has been charged with assaulting two women and controlling or coercive behaviour. He denies the charges.
In Giggs’ place has come Robert Page, who had just taken over at Sky Bet League One club Northampton when Wales were enjoying themselves in France five years ago.
Page, a no-nonsense former defender and Wales captain, was on Giggs’ backroom staff and has overseen four wins in six games with Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal assistant Albert Stuivenberg by his side.