Euro 2020 Day 3 Roundup: England, Austria, Netherlands Win Group Openers : SOCCER : Sports World News

LONDON, ENGLAND – JUNE 13: Raheem Sterling of England celebrates with Mason Mount after scoring their facet’s first purpose in the course of the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Group D match between England and Croatia at Wembley Stadium on June 13, 2021 in London, England. (Photograph : Catherine Ivill/Getty Photographs)

England, Austria, and the Netherlands obtained their Euro 2020 campaigns off to a roaring begin as they recorded victories over Croatia, North Macedonia, and Ukraine, respectively. 

Motion resumes this coming Monday with Scotland taking over the Czech Republic, Poland squaring off with Slovakia, and Spain dealing with off with Sweden in a mouth-watering conflict between two European heavyweights.

England lastly gained the European Championships in its tenth try, beating Croatia, 1-0, on the Wembley Stadium on Sunday. Raheem Sterling confirmed his worth to the nationwide facet, scoring the sport’s solely purpose to present all three factors to the Three Lions, who avenged their painful defeat to Croatia within the 2018 World Cup semifinals.  

Three Lions Edge Previous Croatia

It was vindication for supervisor Gareth Southgate who made Sterling essentially the most skilled participant for England on this event regardless of the latter struggling for recreation time at Manchester Metropolis in latest months.

After solely scoring as soon as in his earlier 13 appearances for Man Metropolis and England, Sterling lastly discovered the breakthrough within the 57th minute towards Croatia, latching on to a unbelievable move by Kalvin Phillips, considered one of 5 England starters making their debut on this event. Sterling then slipped a shot previous Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livaković to attain the eventual match-winner. 

It is again to the drafting board for Croatians, who had their five-game unbeaten run initially of the European Championships ended. They may subsequent face the Czech Republic at Hampden Park in Glasgow. 

Alternatively, England will lock horns with Scotland in a much-anticipated conflict at Wembley this coming Friday.

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Austria and Netherlands file high-scoring wins

Supersub Marko Arnautovic helped spare Austria’s blushes, lifting his facet to an exciting 3-1 win over North Macedonia of their Euro 2020 opener on the Nationwide Area in Bucharest, Romania. 

North Macedonia got here oh so near recording a serious shock after Goran Pandev scored an sudden equalizer within the twenty eighth minute, his nation’s first-ever purpose in a serious worldwide event.

Austria, nevertheless, completed strongly within the latter levels of the competition, scoring two objectives within the recreation’s ultimate 18 minutes. Michael Gregoritsch gave Austria the 2-1 edge within the 72nd minute earlier than Arnautovic sealed the win with a late purpose within the 89th minute. Up subsequent for Austria is a matchup with the Netherlands on Thursday, whereas North Macedonia squares off with Ukraine on the identical day.

The Netherlands additionally survived a serious scare on Sunday as they edged previous Ukraine in a five-goal thriller in Amsterdam. Denzel Dumfries scored a dramatic header with 5 minutes remaining to present the Netherlands a 3-2 win, their first victory within the European Championship since 2008.

Frank de Boer’s males on their approach in direction of a formidable win after former Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum and goal man Wout Weghorst scored two successive objectives in six second-half minutes to present the Netherlands a 2-0 lead. 

Nonetheless, Andriy Shevchenko’s Ukraine facet mounted a stirring fightback with West Ham’s Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk, every scoring a purpose to make it 2-2.

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