“I am very proud to be a Ukrainian, to be of the same blood as those who are now giving their lives for our freedom. We need to talk about it, shout about it every day. This is the only way we can win”
Ukraine midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko on his war-torn country after they sealed their place at Euro 2024
History, they say, doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. And football is no different.
Three years ago, in our preview of Euro 2020, we admired France’s extraordinary strength in depth, and doubted
