Euro 2024 preview: Progress of mid-tier nations emphasises how badly the modern FAI is doing business
Portugal looked sharp, particularly Bruno Fernandes and João Félix, but their dominance was evident across the pitch.
Ralf Rangnick has made Austria stronger than the sum of their parts. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images In the last Euros final, England took a 1-0 lead against Italy only to go into their shell. That attitude comes from the dugout. France were better than England in Qatar and now Southgate has been forced to move past Harry Maguire, Jack Grealish, Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson.
All this pre-tournament analysis could come unstuck. Any one from the Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Croatia and England is capable of staying the course.sent Irish football back to the mid-1980s, before Euro 88, before Joxer went to Stuttgart, before we reached a World Cup quarter-final in 1990. In the same breath, nobody can convince me that, with the right people in charge, Ireland cannot be better than Hungary, Ukraine, Scotland, Switzerland and even Austria.
AVEIRO, PORTUGAL - JUNE 11: Josh Cullen of Republic of Ireland tries to escape Bruno Fernandes of Portugal during the International Friendly match between Portugal and Republic or Ireland at Estadio Municipal de Aveiro on June 11, 2024 in Aveiro, Portugal.
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