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You will notice from that list of players that there is no Cristiano Ronaldo and no Kylian Mbappe.

There is no Harry Kane or Romelu Lukaku.

And there was certainly no obvious frontrunner for the player of the tournament, although Jamal Musiala continues to excel for hosts Germany.

The Athletic’s James Horncastle wrote about why the biggest stars at Euro 2024 have struggled to find their feet so far and it is brilliant — check it out below.

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In terms of goals, the group stage was dominated by players putting the ball in the back of the wrong net. There were seven own goals during those 36 group games.

Into the round of 16 now, only seven players have put the ball in the right net more than once. Only one player managed three group-stage goals, and he was joined at the top last night by one of Germany’s goalscorers:

Six England fans have been issued with football banning orders for disorder at Euro 2024.

Todd Hines (21), Liam Jackson (28), and Kyran Alcock (28) were given three-year bans, while Jack Hatton (27), Lewis Dodsworth (29), and Gary McIvor (38) were handed five-year bans. The men will unable to attend domestic matches and international matches until their punishment is served.

The bans were issued by Officers from the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) as a result of disorderly behaviour before England’s 1-0 victory over Serbia on June 16 at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.

Mick Johnson, head of the UKFPU, said: “This swift action from police forces and courts across the UK shows that there are consequences for supporters who are intent on causing disorder at matches, whether they are here in the UK or overseas.”

Read more below.

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Six England fans issued banning orders for disorder at Euro 2024

It is all fun and games looking at the knockout bracket, but spare a thought for those teams that have already jetted out of Germany.

With four third-place teams making it through, there was not much room for any shocks. There weren’t many major ones either. Croatia not making it through would be considered by many as surprising, but their squad is far from what it was once was.

Here are all the eliminated nations:

Here we are. Our Euro 2024 tournament bracket, and it is bang up to date.

The winner of this round of 16 tie will face Switzerland in the quarter-finals and then either Romania, Netherlands, Austria or Turkey in the semi-finals.

On the other side of the draw, hosts Germany were the first team into the last eight. Spain and Georgia play later today for the chance to meet them in the quarters.

Germany’s training has been disrupted by a scourge of mosquitoes at their Bavaria base, with players frequently questioned about the issue in this week’s press conferences ahead of the fixture.

One of the solutions has created a further problem; the area is being sprayed with cocoa fumes and while that is deterring the mosquitoes, it is also creating an unpleasant smell in the camp that is forcing the players back indoors.

Germany are based in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, at a base surrounded by a rural landscape. The combination of the woodland, the still conditions and the hot summer temperatures is attracting mosquitoes in unusual numbers.

“We have an abnormal plague,” said head coach Julian Nagelsmann earlier this week.

Stock up on on the bug spray, lads...

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Germany using cocoa to battle ‘abnormal plague’ of mosquitoes at Euro 2024 base

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Francesco Calzona will hope Euro 2024 goes better than the recent Serie A season with Napoli. He became their third head coach of 2023-24 when he took interim charge, job-sharing with his permanent role as Slovakia head coach.

Calzona could not save the sinking Napoli ship. They served up the worst title defence of any team in Serie A’s three-points-per-win history.

It is a team which sounds like the Slovakia group Calzona inherited in July 2022, which he described as a “depressed and passive team devoid of any trust in its abilities”. They were dumped out of Euro 2020 in the group stage after a 5-0 defeat against Spain.

Despite not winning in Calzona’s first five matches, Slovakia went on to win seven of 10 qualifying games. It is a team packed with experience: they were the oldest side in qualifying (29.9 years average age), with 11 of the squad featuring at Euro 2020 and six having been a part of Euro 2016.

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With the Euro 2024 group stage done, we’ve heard all 24 national team anthems three times. So of course, the time came to say goodbye to some.

Sadly, the strengths of the 16 teams in the knockout stages do not necessarily translate to the quality of their anthems. The Athletic has gone through all of them to provide our not-so-serious thoughts…

Record-scratch. Here we go.

Check out our piece below

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A glorious gut punch, pig heads on platters and acid jazz: The Euro 2024 anthems – rated

And the other three groups looked like this:

The good news is that we’ve got through a couple of rest days without European Championship football. We were back in action yesterday and now we’ve got three more days to look forward to.

Just in case you have forgotten anything that happened in the group stage, here is how groups A, B and C finished:

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Slovakia’s history at the European Championship is more confusing as, until 1992, they were joint with Czech Republic as Czechoslovakia. So, until Euro 1996, they competed as Czechoslovakia and enjoyed some success, coming third twice and winning the tournament in 1976.

Since competing as Slovakia, their first two European Championship qualifications came at the last two tournaments where a round of 16 exit against Germany was their best finish.

As Czechoslovakia:

Did not qualify for: 1964 (Spain), 1968 (Italy), 1972 (Belgium), 1984 (France), 1988 (Germany), 1992 (Sweden).

As Slovakia:

Did not qualify for: 2012 (Poland/Ukraine), 2008 (Austria/Switzerland), 2004 (Portugal), 2000 (Belgium/Netherlands) 1996 (England).

Welcome to The Radar — the Euro 2024 edition. There are 50 players, with at least one representative from each of the 24 nations that were competing in Germany. We’ve profiled established stars and rising talents, and hopefully got the mix just right.

There is a bespoke data visualisation for every player, with all our data correct as of Sunday, June 9. Just click to expand and collapse each card, and you can use the filters to sort players by nation, club or position.

You might also be interested from a club perspective, as your team might have been linked with a move for one of these players this summer. It’s been a huge undertaking from our brilliant team of writers, data experts, editors, designers and engineers, so thank you to everyone involved.

Check it out below - and enjoy!

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The Radar – The Athletic’s Euro 2024 scouting guide

Goalkeepers: Martin Dubravka (Newcastle United), Marek Rodak (Fulham), Henrik Ravas (New England).

Defenders: Peter Pekarik (Hertha Berlin), Norbert Gyomber (Salernitana), Denis Vavro (Copenhagen), Milan Skriniar (PSG), Adam Obert (Cagliari), David Hancko (Feyenoord), Vernon De Marco (Hatta), Sebastian Kosa (Spartak Trnava).

Midfielders: Matus Bero (Bochum), Juraj Kucka (Slovan Bratislava), Tomas Rigo (Banik), Patrik Hrosovsky (Genk), Stanislav Lobotka (Napoli), Ondrej Duda (Verona), Laszlo Benes (Hamburg).

Forwards: David Duris (Ascoli), Tomas Suslov (Verona), Ivan Schranz (Slavia Prague), Robert Bozenik (Boavista), David Strelec (Slovan Bratislava), Lubomir Tupta (Liberec), Leo Sauer (Feyenoord), Lukas Haraslin (Sparta Prague).

Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford (Everton), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal).

Defenders: Lewis Dunk (Brighton), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Man Utd), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle), Kyle Walker (Manchester City).

Midfielders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Kobbie Mainoo (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace).

Forwards: Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toney (Brentford), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).

The four quarter-finals are played in the usual 5pm BST/12pm ET and 8pm BST/3pm ET time-slots across Friday 5 July and Saturday 6 July.

The semi-finals are then at 8pm BST/3pm ET on Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 July.

Final-ly, the the tournament showpiece is played at 8pm BST/3pm ET on Sunday 14 July.

Today, England play Slovakia at 5pm BST, 12pm ET (which we will cover live here), followed by Spain vs Georgia at 8pm BST, 3pm ET. You will also be able to follow that one live with us.

Then on Monday:

And on Tuesday:

After which, we will have our quarter-finals lune-up.