Football: Euro 2020 finally set for lift-off under COVID-19 cloud

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The delayed Euro 2020 tournament will finally get under way on Friday (Jun 11), a year behind schedule, with COVID-19 still set to cast a shadow ...

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Spain's preparations for the month-long tournament have been hit after two players, Sergio Busquets and Diego Llorente, tested positive for the virus, although Llorente on Thursday returned a negative test.of 17 reserve players, fearing a possible wider outbreak in the official 26-man squad. The clearest illustration of that is set to come from Budapest, where it is hoped the new Puskas Arena will be packed to capacity.

"All the other countries envy us," said a recent front page of French sports daily L'Equipe underneath pictures of Kylian Mbappe, Karim Benzema and Antoine Griezmann.

 

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