Euro 2020's official mascot is a terrifying humanoid called Skillzy, with a"z", obviously, to get down with the kids.
The mascot is expected to appear prominently before matches and then disappear at kick-off, so he really has been modelled on Bale.There's a pattern at international tournaments. The minnows are dragged out to ridicule Singapore football's failure to qualify for anything of note. The national sport of Finland is pesapallo - a combination of ball-batting team games and American baseball.
First, Croatia and the Czech Republic are in the same group. And second, Gareth Southgate still retains the air of a nervous accountant insisting that one's life savings should go into something with zero risk. So the narrative will constantly reference his last Euro game, his last Euro goal and so on, right up until Portugal are knocked out or when Ronaldo makes a comeback at Euro 2024, aged 40, because he was designed in a lab to make regular men feel inadequate.Speaking of ageing legends, Germany coach Joachim Loew will be stepping down after Euro 2020.