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  Spanish National team may not be the favourites to win the UEFA Euros 2020, but this won’t stop them from trying to achieve what they aim for The current Spanish team is far away from the quality and calibre of the team that won 2008 and 2012 Euros, and certainly with new set of young players they were counted out to be the least favourites to win the title as the Champions of Euro 2020. But the performance against Croatia was a statement of intent by the Spanish side, that they are here to fight, they may not be the favourites to win to title but nevertheless this is not going to stop them to go hard in the tournament and fight for the price. Three Reason why Spain should not be ruled out as potential title contenders for Euros 2020 1.   Luis Enrique and his project Luis Enrique a name which all the Spanish and Barcelona fans are well aware of took charge of the National team in 2018-19, his first match in charge was a victory against England in the UEFA Nations League at

 Possibilities are endless for Sergio Ramos after his departure with Real Madrid and many clubs will be interested to get his services  On 17th of June 2021, Real Madrid officially announced that their Club Captain, Sergio Ramos will be leaving Real Madrid, the sight of Ramos giving his speech at the podium was emotional one for every Real Madrid fans, Mr.Real Madrid would be a befitting title for the contribution Ramos has made to this club, and he will surely be missed by the fans and Real Madrid in coming years. But this did not come as a surprise as both the player and club were on different pages when it came to his contract, Ramos was on his last year of contract and wanted another 2 years of renewal, on the other hand the Club was reluctant on that stand and offered only 1 year of a contract, this was revealed by Ramos in the press conference after his farewell. "The first thing I want to say is that I never wanted to leave. My purpose was to continue here, the club offered

 Roberto Manchini's Italy Made A Statement With A 3-0 Win over Turkey In the Opener of EUFA Euros 2020 Failing to qualify for the Worldcup in 2018, and now to be a contender for the Euros 2020, Italy have come a long way. And the credit for this turnaround goes to Roberto Manchini. The 3-0 win over Turkey extended the Azzuri's unbeaten streak to a 28 games, a massive confidence booster for the squad and with the win the matches coming ahead will be more interesting by this Italian side. The Italian media back in 2018 when the team failed to qualify for the World Cup summed as "the end" and many of them headlined their articles as "the Apocalypse". Though times for the Italian side but on came Roberto Manchini and the project which he undertook and shaped is now bearing fruit at last. Manchini notably is has won silverware with Man City and Inter, he also won Coppa Italia with Fiorentina and Lazio, to speak highly of his managerial stint he also did not have

 Barcelona Are Active In The Transfer Window, even bagging Players & Deals that too without spending a dime Barcelona without a doubt needs a boost to its current squad of players and so to much surprise to many of the Barca fans, Barcelona have been active in the summer window and what's more surprising is that, Barca are getting players for free. Yeah it may seem strange to you, but until now the players Barcelona have had deals done are free agent (players who are out of contract thus the suitors of these players do not need to pay the club from which the player is coming). Do remember Barcelona are in one of the worst economically hit clubs across the Europe due to the Global Pandemic, with debts over $1 billion over Barcelona which are due to pay. So a move like this does make sense for Barcelona board, Newly appointed President Juan Laporta after his victory did assure Barcelona fans of some major summer signings, well this is not exactly the plan many thought of.  Being

  Pep Guardiola's Man City will be Up Against Thomas Tuchel's Chelsea In the UEFA Champions league Final In a season where all the teams across Europe have been hit hard by the Injuries and the changed pace of the games, with matches week-after-week. A little time to prepare, but where the players struggled for fitness and game, the football fans had it all covered as entertainment continued for them with so much football up for grabs, Team across Europe fought it hard in the most decorated European club football competition, the Champions league and out of which the two English Club have emerged tall above all, Chelsea and Man City have made it to the Final of the UEFA Champions league. Man City V Chelsea UEFA Champions League Finals 2021 Both the teams have grown into a better team after the second half of the season, remember Chelsea sacked their club legend Frank Lampard mid-season and appointed Thomas Thuchel who was sacked by PSG at the start of the season. Looking back a

  Harry Kane Is Looking For Champions Football & Trophies, Hinting A possible Exit from Spurs If Tottenham Hotspurs have made their identity and mark in the English Football, Harry Kane was a major part of that success and identity without a doubt. He may be the only reason Spurs fans realistically think they could win a title why? because they have Harry Kane. Every time they face Arsenal in North London Derby who will turn up and take the mantle, Hary Kane yet again. He has cemented his name amongst the great of the English football too, so do not just consider him as successful player for just Spurs, He is seventh in the league of legends who have scored the most goals in Premier league amongst the likes of W.Rooney , S.Aguero and Henry. He has 165 goals to his name and all the glory. But it seems there is more to Harry Kane that meets the eye as he is considering a move away from Spurs following the recent disappointments and lack of success. Harry Kane has come out in public a

 Juventus Scrapped out a win from the clutches of Internazionale at home to keep their Champions league football hope alive for next season Derby d'Italia lived upto its hype when Juventus hosted the Serie A Champions Internazionale a match which was crucial for the Bianconeris to stay in the fight for top 4 place in league table to qualify for the Champions league. The game had goals, Red Cards, Late Drama, the game had it all. But it was Juventus who came on top with a late penalty goal by J. Cuadrado in he 88th minute which proved to be the match winner and maybe have kept Juve's hope bright for a positive top 4 finish until the end of the season. The game plan for Pirlo's team was to come out and attack Inter and so they did with few good chances falling to them but Juve failed to capitalize them until Darmian fouled Chiellini in the box which was spotted by VAR and after an on field review by the Ref Juve were awarded a Penalty. Up stepped C. Ronaldo who's initial