Seven months after collapsing on the field during Denmark’s Euro 2020 match,star midfielder Christian Eriksen said he hopes to play in the 2022 World Cup,which begins in November in Qatar.
Messi broke his hoodoo,Italy had its renaissance,Sam Kerr went to another level and a 21-year-old from Melbourne became one of the biggest names in football.
Out of the ashes of defeat in soccer,black role models have brought Britain to the edge of a unifying national ‘moment’.
Several hundred people who gathered in front of the Manchester mural took the knee in solidarity with the players abused online.
England’s defeat at the Euro 2020 final triggers a fresh reckoning over race relations in football.
7News Australia has also been caught up in the furore after posting a story on Facebook following the Euro 2020 final with the comment:“Three black players failed in the penalty shootout”.
History will be made either way as England chase a first major title in 55 years and Italy look to break a European Championships drought almost as long.
More than any other major sport in England,football has drawn its stars from the working class and in Sterling the code unearthed a rare talent.
Christian Eriksen’s collapse on the pitch is just the latest ordeal for Kasper Hjulmand,who has been touched by awful events on the field before.
Denmark’s dream run continued as they booked a Euro 2020 semi-final spot on Saturday,inspired by a young,vibrant strikeforce who can still do further damage this summer.
Denmark won big to advance to the quarter-finals at Euro 2020 exactly two weeks after Christian Eriksen collapsed on the field,while Italy accounted for Austria to also advance.