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  1. Thank you and goodbye!published at 15:45 27 June

    That is all from us for today. As always thank you for joining us and for all of your contributions.

    It might be a rest day at Euro 2024 but there has still been plenty to unpack!

    If you have missed any of today's headlines then check out the links below:

    We will be back tomorrow to talk all things football, so see you then!

  2. Same shirt, different game!published at 15:41 27 June

    England

    So, we were just having a look through some photos from England's group games and is it just me, or is there a common theme in all of these pictures?

    When you listen to athletes and coaches in any sport, one of the words they like to use is 'consistency'. Well, maybe that applies to everything for England manager Gareth Southgate, who by the look of things, loves a particular white shirt!

    So, I've got to ask:

    • Has the England boss travelled light?
    • Is this a superstition he simply cannot or will not break?

    Either way, it's hard to top the famous waistcoat era isn't it?

    England manager Gareth Southgate standing in a stadium wearing a white shirt and navy blazer coach.Image source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    England manager Gareth Southgate during England's opening Group C match with Serbia

    England manager Gareth Southgate has a wide smile on his face.  He looks like he's about to high five someone.  He is wearing a white shirtImage source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    England manager Gareth Southgate during England's second Group C game against Denmark

    England manager Gareth South gate looks focused.  He is pointing with both hands to people in the crowd.  This is during his sides match against Slovenia at Euro 2024Image source, Getty Images
    Image caption,

    England manager Gareth Southgate gestures to the crowd after his teams Group C draw against Slovenia

  3. England's chances of reaching the Euro 2024 finalpublished at 15:38 27 June

    Euro 2024 - The Stats - Who will win the tournament?

    Two young England fans proudly showing off their England badges on their shirts.  They are in a stadium in Germany preparing to watch their team play at Euro 2024.  Both boys have a look of happiness and excitementImage source, Getty Images
    Greennote Final stats - Showing Spain as 27% favouritesImage source, Gracenote

    England are also third favourites to reach the final, after Spain (27%) and the Netherlands (25%). England's chance is 22% according to Gracenote's forecast.

    We have also calculated the chance of all the possible finals happening. Spain v England (5.7%) and England v Germany (5.0%) are both in the top five most likely Euro 2024 finals.

    The favourite is a repeat of the 2010 World Cup final between Netherlands and Spain but this only has a 7% chance of coming to fruition.

    England are the fifth favourites to win Euro 2024, behind Spain, Germany, Netherlands and France. Gracenote's forecast gives England around a 10% chance of winning the competition.

    Gracenote stats showing England has a 9.9% chance of winning the eurosImage source, Gracenote
  4. 'Silly' not to think about winning Eurospublished at 15:34 27 June

    Trent Alexander-Arnold kicks a footballImage source, Getty Images

    Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold has been on the couch for today's edition of the Lions' Den.

    Alexander-Arnold started England's opening two games of Euro 2024 in midfield but lost his place in the starting XI for the goalless draw against Slovakia.

    "I think for us as players it will be silly of us, coming out here without the thought of winning a trophy in our head," Alexander-Arnold said.

    "That's something you have to have and use as motivation.

    "If you look throughout the whole team there are a load of winners, all at different levels, ages and experiences and we have to draw on that."

  5. England's chances of reaching the Euro 2024 semi-finalspublished at 15:30 27 June

    Euro 2024 - England stats - Semi finals

    Simon Gleave
    Head of sports analysis, Nielsen Gracenote

    England manager Gareth Southgate (Side profile)  during the Euro's in Germany.  He is gesturing to the crowd displaying a thumbs up with both hands.Image source, Getty Images

    England are also third favourites to reach the Euro 2024 semi-finals, again behind Spain and the Netherlands. Gracenote's forecasting model calculates the chance of England reaching the last four at 40%.

    The most likely semi-finalists are Spain, Netherlands, England and Germany according to Gracenote's simulations. The forecast suggests that we should expect two of those four not to make it though."

    Check out which other counties have a good chance of making it to the semi finals.

    Green note semi final statsImage source, Gracenote
  6. Who could England face in the semi-final?published at 15:25 27 June

    Austria boss Ralf RagnickImage source, Getty Images

    England would face one of Romania, Netherlands, Austria or Turkey should they reach the semi-finals.

    In the round of last 16 Romania play the Netherlands and Austria face Turkey to set up a quarter-final.

    The winner of that game would then face England.

    So how have each team done so far?

    • Romania finished top of Group E and qualified for the last 16 for the first time since Euro 2000.
    • The Netherlands, who won the competition in 1988, qualified as one of the best third-placed sides after Austria topped Group D with France in second.
    • Ralf Rangnick’s Austria won two of their three games to finish top of the standings and be labelled the competitions' biggest dark horse.
    • While Turkey qualified in second from Group F with six points.

  7. England's chances of reaching the Euro 2024 quarter-finalspublished at 15:21 27 June

    Euro 2024 - England's stats - Quarter finals

    Simon Gleave
    Head of sports analysis, Nielsen Gracenote

    The england squad lined up for a picture before competing in Euro 2024.  The team are wearing all white with blue trimmingImage source, Getty Images

    England are third favourites to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2024 after being matched with Slovakia in the last 16.

    The chance of England progressing from this match is 73% according to Gracenote's forecasting model which is based on our men's world ranking.

    England's chance is only bettered by Spain (80% to knock Georgia out) and the Netherlands who are given 76% chance of progressing at Romania's expense.

    Gracenote's world football ranking uses similar methodology as Fifa's women's world ranking. The most likely quarter-finalists are Spain, Netherlands, England, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Italy and France according to the Gracenote forecast. However, the forecast also suggests that there will be two or three surprise teams in the last eight.

    Check out the quarter-final stats below.

    Greennote Euro 2024 stats which are England focused.  The stats show England have a 73% chance of making it to the Quarter finals of the competitionImage source, greennote
  8. Italy or Switzerland in quarter-finalpublished at 15:17 27 June

    Italy win Euro 2020Image source, Getty Images

    Should England beat Slovakia in the last 16, they will then have to beat reigning champions Italy or Switzerland for a place in the semi-final.

    But Italy have looked far from defending champions so far in this tournament.

    They had to come from behind against Albania in their opener and were then deservedly beaten by Spain, before securing last 16 qualification with a last minute winner against Croatia.

    The Three Lions have come up against Italy four times since the Euro 2020 final defeat at Wembley and have won two, drawn two and lost one.

    Meanwhile, Switzerland finished second to Germany in Group A and have progressed to the last 16 for their third successive European campaign.

    England are undefeated in their last 13 meetings with Switzerland, with the last victory in March 2022 in a friendly.

  9. Southgate 'oblivious' to critcisimpublished at 15:14 27 June

    Alex Howell
    BBC football news reporter at the England camp

    Gareth Southgate folds his armsImage source, Getty Images

    Before Tuesday's game against Slovenia, England manager Gareth Southgate spoke about there being a reset within the camp following performances that hadn't lived up to the expectations against Serbia and Denmark.

    He also said he was "oblivious" to criticism from high-profile ex-England players, including pundits working on the BBC.

    Yet by full-time, a section of England fans at the Cologne stadium expressed their own frustration at another below-par game, jeering Southgate and launching a handful of plastic cups in his direction.

    Southgate then said in various post-match interviews that the reaction of media and fans was "creating an unusual environment" which is "causing an issue for the group".

    The team around one England player told BBC Sport after the first two games there was a belief among some members of the squad that the fringe players who hadn't played could have made a difference to performances and the difficulties the team were having.

    Both captain Harry Kane and Southgate admitted there was confusion around England's deficiencies.

  10. Get Involvedpublished at 15:11 27 June

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    It's great to see one nation from under St. George's flag playing some entertaining football. Hopefully the second one will catch up and rise to the occasion soon.

    Rumcajs

  11. Georgia party in Germanypublished at 15:08 27 June

    In March, the streets of Tbilisi in Georgia became the centre of an impromptu procession to celebrate the countries success as they qualified for their first ever major tournament.

    Fast forward three months and the the good times just keep on coming for Georgia fans.

    After overcoming the odds to stun Portugal 2-0 in their final group-stage game, they have reached the last 16 of Euro 2024 and will write a new chapter in their nation's history.

    So, what does this mean? Another impromptu party in the streets, of course!

    This time though it is in Germany.

    Georgia fans celebrate in Germany
    Georgia fans celebrate in Germany
    Georgia fans celebrate in Germany
    Georgia fans celebrate in Germany
    Georgia fans celebrate in Germany
  12. Postpublished at 15:07 27 June

    There has been football fever on the streets Andrew, just not in England.

  13. Get Involvedpublished at 15:01 27 June

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    The insipid performances may explain the virtual absence of any football fever on the streets. No bunting on houses or flags on cars... nothing.

    Andrew Bowan, Chester

  14. How do England stack up in attack?published at 14:56 27 June

    So, you've got an idea of how things have shaped up so far in defence for England - using Opta's data across a variety of different metrics - compared to the other 23 nations involved in the group stage of Euro 2024.

    Now we turn to the attack and it's a mixed bag.

    Again, let's get the ball rolling with what England have done well.

    England are second in the rankings when it comes to 10+ pass sequences (68) - only Germany (72) have a better record.

    They are third in total passes (1,862).

    In the average possession category, England are fourth (58%) and they also sit fourth for build up attacks (16).

    Interestingly, Germany are ranked number one in each of those four categories but have also delivered with goals and top the charts for most scored (8), whereas England are tied 16th in that metric, scoring just two.

    England are tied for 21st in direct attacks (1) and are 20th for total shots (29).

  15. Get Involvedpublished at 14:52 27 June

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    Harry Kane missesImage source, Getty Images

    My problem with the England games is there isn't enough goalmouth action. If fans thought they were going for it more, the results would be acceptable. Bar 20 minutes in the first game I don't think they have gone at teams with energy.

    Anon

  16. How England have fared defensively?published at 14:48 27 June

    For any number lovers out there, you've come to the right place!

    Opta have been crunching the Euro 2024 group stage data and we have pulled out some of the key attacking and defensive metrics.

    Let's begin with defence and start with a look at the positives for England.

    Gareth Southgate's side rank top of all the 24 teams involved for expected goals against (1.15) - we all love a bit of xG data, right?

    England are tied second across three categories - goals against (1), clean sheets (2) and direct attacks against (1) - Italy top that last one with zero.

    At the other end of the scale, England are bottom of the rankings for tackles (24) with Georgia (63) topping that metric.

    The Three Lions are ranked 19th when it comes to possession won (104) - Scotland (83) are 24th.

  17. Get Involvedpublished at 14:44 27 June

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    Before the tournament started, all the concern was about the defence being England's Achilles heel. No one is even talking about that now. It's all about how do we get the best out of the team in attack. I know which problem I'd rather have!

    Paul

  18. Rooney 'shocked' at Chilwell omissionpublished at 14:40 27 June

    Ben ChilwellImage source, Getty Images

    Wayne Rooney has questioned Gareth Southgate's decision to pick just one natural left-back in his squad for Euro 2024.

    The England boss selected Luke Shaw, who is not yet fully fit, and thinks Chelsea's Ben Chilwell should have been included to give the side more balance.

    Shaw has yet to feature in Germany with right-back Kieran Trippier filling in on the left.

    Chilwell was left out of the squad after an injury-hit season that restricted him to 12 Premier League appearances.

    "I was very surprised and really shocked that Ben Chilwell didn’t get picked just for balance of having a left footed player there," said Rooney on the Football Daily Podcast.

    "You’re talking about Ben Chilwell who’s playing at Chelsea and he’s played well for England in the past.

    "Do you play Tripper or [Joe] Gomez there? Do you bring Kyle Walker across?

    "There’s so many imbalances about the team. Phil Foden, should he play on the left, or right, or as a 10? There’s so many questions about that."

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  19. Get Involvedpublished at 14:36 27 June

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    Man City are going to buy Mark Guehi aren’t they? Impressive lad.

    Chris, South Croydon

  20. Postpublished at 14:31 27 June

    Marc Guehi in the press conferenceImage source, Getty Images

    That is all from England centre-back Marc Guehi.

    For those of you that didn't watch the live stream, the 23-year-old spoke with such assurance and maturity throughout.

    A future captain in the making for club or country.