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Chapter 102: One Night In Manchester
Chapter 102
One Night In Manchester

Prior to the Semi-final clash that was to take place between Scotland and Uruguay, the day before up in Sunderland would be the other and perhaps more hotly contested semi-final between the joint favourites France and Belgium in which it would the former that would win in squeaky 1-0 victory that many felt Les Bleus were lucky to get through and that it should've been that Belgian team to play in the final. Of course, that was not saying that this French team was any good, on the contrary, many still had them down as firm favourites to win the World Cup at Wembley with the next Semi-final with Scotland and Uruguay being nothing more than a foregone battle in which who would end up playing as the bridesmaid in the final which didn't go down well with either set of supporter when they heard that about their respected teams.

That being said, there was much riding on both these teams as with Scotland being the last remaining Home Nation found themselves getting attention from the majority of the British press that would have normally focused their attention on England but with the hosts along with Wales and Ireland both out, Scotland now had to fly the flag for Britain to try and make sure there was a British representative in the final. Yes, the dream of winning the World Cup - or any silverware - at Wembley had always been the dream of every single member of the Tartan Army and while perhaps there was a little regret the the ideal scenario of playing England in the final in rematch of 1966 and 1996 was no longer possible with England having lost out to France before with the Scots enjoying the fact that they had gone further than the Ault Enemy, they were a little uncomfortable of being adopted a the 'British' team to represent the rest of the UK which was something of an alien concept for many of them and some had to wonder if they were to win the World Cup at Wembley, would that fact taint it?

On the other end of the spectrum was Uruguay who in turn had added pressure to reach the final too in which as not only the last remaining South American country left in the tournament but also the last non-European team left, some were hoping that this could be the time in which there would be a South American country lifting the World Cup at long last after many years of European domination. That being said though, Uruguay's run to the final had been something of pure luck in which in both their games with Spain and Croatia, Uruguay had been victorious in two nerve shredding penalty shootouts which had gotten them this far yet despite being marked down as favourites, they were a team that had played two gruelling games both going the distance which meant that they looked to be an exhausted team but never was one to simply underestimate any South American team, mainly one that would fight to the last breath that was one certain Uruguay.

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Uruguay fans in Manchester prior to the game with Scotland

Of course, the Scots weren't thinking about how they were going to play against Uruguay but rather trying to get south for a huge game. With a short distance to travel from Scotland to Manchester and not having to worry about passports or visa checks, it wasn't a surprise to see the Tartan Army travel south in their thousands and the sight of many Scots swarming across Manchester did give the locals memories of when - by a strange coincidence nearly exactly ten years ago - Rangers fans came down - all one hundred and fifty thousand of them - to see their side play in the UEFA cup final in 2008 in pretty drab. It might've not been the best memories for the Manchester police in which following Rangers' victory, some of their supports got just had one too many that nearly caused a riot. Despite the Tartan Army's reputation being for the most part being sound, the sight of many police forces nearby did show that no one was taking any chances.

Of the one hundred and seventy thousand strong Scots here in Manchester, only fifty thousand had tickets for the semi final in Old Trafford, eleven of them would be playing and one of them, Gordon Strachan, had his own quite literally painful memories as those who remember history in which during the 1986 World Cup, Strachan was involved in a vicious tackle from Jose Baitista in which saw the Uruguayan player sent off within the first minute of the game and still is the fastest sending off in World Cup history. Though Scotland would get the last laugh to win and go through to the next round, the game was certainly one of the more infamous games that Scotland played in and interestingly encounters with Scotland and Uruguay were rare with their first meeting being in 1950 and on that occasion the South Americans would inflect the Scots their first World Cup defeat as they would eventual win the World Cup, however the Scots would get revenge four years later and knock the champions out. A rematch between these two small football mad nations had been a long time coming.

As well as the healthy amount of Scots that had descended on Manchester they were joined by many Scots living in Manchester with one of them being more famous than most, Sir Alex Ferguson. Like Strachan he had been there when Scotland last played Uruguay as the manager and had found the game to be a right horrid affair and through this World Cup, he had been trying to get support from the local population to get behind the Scots and make it the final; not the first time he had done it at Euro '96 when the Scots coincidently had also played their semi final here and won. Would lightning strike in the same place twice? From the VIP seats, Ferguson sat among various famous faces and watched Old Trafford bathed in blue from all around and feeling a sense of pride that, if all going well, his country would be playing in a second World Cup final since 1966 and the historic gravity of the situation was not lost on the traveling hordes of the Tartan Army.

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Just a small section of the mass amount of Scotland fans in Old Trafford awaiting for the game to begin
It would be an electric atmosphere as both sides emerged from the tunnel with the South American side dressed in their usual colours of light blue shirts and black shorts while the Scots would be playing in their away kit of yellow and dark blue, however many Scots weren't so keen on that away kit due to the fact the only game they had lost was when playing in that kit, then again it was Belgium and the only team to defeat them was that French team who had only sneaked past them. That said, there was the worry that whoever lost the game would play the Belgians in Liverpool for the third place play-off in which the Scots hoped that it wouldn't be a rematch with them. After a emotional rendition of both anthems being sung and the usual pre-match pictures being taken, the referee blew his whistle and the game began with the Scots showing some early promise by keeping the ball for a lot of the game and while they may had not been aiming for the target much to everyone's surprise, it would appear that the idea was to frustrate the Uruguayans and make them come at them in which would make them make a mistake and thus maybe a chance for Scotland to take the advantage.

After ten minutes of the first half, the game hadn't exactly gone off with a bang like when they last met and looked quite a tight affair in which no one wanted to screw up. The best chance of the game so far would fall to Uruguay in the sixteenth minute when Stuauni nearly scored from a corner in which he headed the ball to the top left of the goal but only managed succeeded in hitting the corner post in which the ball bounced over to Andy Robertson who quickly booted the ball up the field to get it away. Rather than fight back from that, Scotland seemed to cut a frustrated side in which Uruguay seemed to notice this and began to push the Scots back into their area and it was here that several challenges began to take place with a bad one coming in the twentieth minute when Graeme Shinnie made a tackle on Suárez - known to many as a true pantomime villain in the eyes of the Tartan Army and who had even brought along some disparaging banners calling the Uruguayan player 'Bugs Bunny' due to his infamous teeth - that sent the Uruguayan player flying and it looked to be a bad one that could've been a red card type challenge. Instead the referee would bring out a yellow card much to everyone's surprise and the Uruguay players felt some collusion was going on with the referee being Argentine...

However, some karma would come for Uruguay (if you did think of that) in the twenty-seventh minute when after a fairly tense period, Scotland captain Scott Brown would make a sliding tackle on Torreira which while looked to be a clean challenge, he landed in a bad way which saw the captain on the floor in pain and despite efforts from the Scottish medical team, it was clear that he couldn't play and, even if Scotland did make the final, he would play no part in the rest of the game as he was helped off limping all the way as Kenny McLean had to make a sudden change with the captain's armband going to Andy Robertson. Unknown to everyone then that even if Scotland were going to make the final, it would Scott Brown's final appearance in a Scotland shirt as his injury looked to be quite a bad one. What would Scotland do now?

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A long day ahead, two Scotland players during the semi final with Uruguay, note the away kit Scotland are playing in
There wasn't really anything to note in the first half other than the fact that both seemed more interested in cancelling each other out and many watching had to wonder when the goals would start flying in. The only thing that could be considered a highlight was the sound being heard of both sets of supporters trying to make themselves heard more and the Uruguayans were putting up a good show despite being outnumbered by the swarms of Scots that had taken many parts of the stadium. It would be in the thirty-fifth minute than Scotland's chance came in which Andy Robertson had the ball and crossed it over towards John McGinn who made a darting run towards the box and many in the stadium rose thinking something big was about to happen and McGinn would pass the ball over towards Ryan Fraser who found himself in a good area and slammed the ball into the top right corner and the stretched arms of Muslera couldn't keep the ball out and Scotland were 1-0 up.

Old Trafford erupted and likely across Scotland similar reactions would have happened the moment that goal went in and while the game might had been something of a tense affair, The Scots were just happy to be in front and the Uruguay players looked stunned at what had happened. The game was going in favour of the Scots in which just six minutes later, Scotland tried again which another shot with Steven Naismith trying to score but unlike Fraser's shot which went on target, Naismith only succeeded in send the ball over the bar and out for a goal kick. The first nearly ended though in dramatic fashion when right into the last minute of three minutes of added time, Suárez nearly scored a dramatic last ditch volley from forty yards out and it came so close to going in but in the end hit the crossbar.

It would be the last kick of the first half and both sides went off with different emotions in which the Scottish players were without question the more happier and the Uruguay players were looking the more angry that they had let the Scots take the lead and the fact the majority of the crowd was rooting for the Scots must of felt like a home game for a host nation rather than anything which they likely would have felt the Scots had an unfair advantage that was looking to be tougher for them now that Uruguay was behind. In truth other than the goal, it had been a pretty poor game of football and many hoped the second half would be an improvement though as it was however as things stood, Scotland were just another forty-five minutes away from reaching the promise land of a World Cup final...

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Stuauni during the game with Scotland

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Both manager had a lot to say to their respected teams during the break and the main goal was, quite literally, get a goal soon as possible - one side to kill the game off for the good and the other to try and get back in the game and there was no prizes as to guesses who each these were aimed at. Indeed, this seemed to have an effect as both sides went out there with the start of the match being quite an dramatic end-to-end game which despite there being no goals being scored it was looking to be a more exciting half of football and it would be the South American side who nearly had the chance to claim first blood after just two minutes of play into the second half when Suarez curled the ball in from the left but Allan McGregor would get on the ball first and denied the Uruguayan player a goal.

It would then be in the fifty-second minute that the South Americans would make their first changed with Stuani coming off to be replaced by Maxi Gomez as what would seemed like a tacit change for them. The game enter then something of a tedious period some four minutes later in which no one seemed to be having a chance to get something to find the game's second goal that could ultimately decide the match. As it would become more apparent however, Scotland looked as though they seemed to think trying not to lose was more important than getting that vital second and the jeers that followed a bad pass that went off the field for a throw in pretty much described the scene as Uruguay were starting to smell blood in the water.

It was turning into a truly nerve shredding and ropey game for the Scots as they were looking more and more like a deer in the headlights while Uruguay looked like a side that was exhausted following their two penalty shoot out victorious yet the latter however seemed to be picking up some power from somewhere and as the game went on, seemed to look more fresher than the Scots and it was hard to tell who was the team that had played two games of extra-time until this point. There was one penalty call in the sixty-fourth minute which Scotland felt that they should've got after what looked like a tackle on Matt Phillips by Gimenez which the referee instead didn't think much of it much to the Scots' annoyance. As the game rolled into the final thirty minutes, some of the nervous Scotland fans were fearing that Uruguay were going to score sooner than later unless Scotland were to find the back of the net now though honestly that looked liked a longshot at this point.

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Fraser - the goal scorer - during the game with Uruguay
It did become noticeable that Old Trafford had started to sound more subdued the longer the score remained at 1-0 as it was a tense game for both set of supporters in which the clock seemed to tick slowly down if you were Scottish yet seemed to be ticking like no tomorrow if you were Uruguayan. It seemed there would be more painful memories with games involving Scotland and Uruguay from past games but not how some would've thought of it. Then finally in the seventy-third minute there would be a free kick for Uruguay with Suárez stepping up to take it some thirty yards away from the box. He would send it over the wall of Scottish players and looked like it was curling into the top left corner of the net and the noise from the South American faithful increased when they saw Allan McGregor failing to get his hands on it and much to his and much of the Tartan Army's horror, the ball ended up into the net and the Uruguayan supporters roared in delight that finally they had found the back of the net thanks to that man who the Scotland fans had no real love for.

1-1 it was and in all honesty, it had felt that a Uruguay goal had been coming for a long time by this point and Scotland could blame no one but themselves for failing to add to their lead. That said though, the equaliser did seem to wake up Scotland in which they would get a chance in the seventy-eighth minute when Scotland had won a corner and Naismith got his head on the ball from the resulting corner kick but his ball whack on the post and bounced out to go out for a goal kick. The goalposts for both teams seemed to be winning the man of the match awards the way this semi was going. To put it bluntly after that missed shot, neither side managed to find the back of the net and the full ninety minutes would come to an end and now both sides were to take part in more extra-time and there was a feeling that Uruguay's tails were up to go all the way...

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If one was to say that if whoever got to the final and played like this would argue that not only neither side had a chance but that they might as well hand the trophy to France. That was roughly what a furious Strachan had berated his players as he pulled them in for a team talk as he had no intention of seeing a smug Uruguay team winning here tonight as likely memories of his bad encounter with Uruguay in 1986 was likely fanning the flames for Scotland to put the South Americans out of the tournament. They simply had to win here if they wanted to be part of history, but speaking of which was the weight of history starting to weigh on their shoulders? This time, the Scotland team went out there and starting playing like they had nothing to lose and even though it made their defence look weak, they were willing to risk that to get a goal.

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One brave Scotland fan among a bunch of Uruguayan supporters
This risk would nearly backfire when in the ninety-seventh minute, Rodriguez would nearly take the lead by trying to score from a volley in which McGregor made a stunning save to deny Uruguay taking the lad. That moment would be the time in which Scotland finally seemed to fire on all cylinders as now Uruguay seemed to look frustrated and tired that this game had not been put to death and the men in yellow began pushing Uruguay back and the Tartan Army found their voice again roaring their team forward there was suddenly a strange sense of positivity in the air that dreams of Wembley were not the flights of fantasy. Despite their sudden positive play coming to nothing at the end of the first half of extra-time, the Scots who had a spring in their step knowing that if they kept this up then surely the game would be in their hands and thankfully for them, this play would carry on in the second period which only made hope in the hearts of many of the Scots that surely it was all or nothing. There would be some cruel joy in the one-hundred and ninth minute of the game in which Suárez would get a booking following a squabble involving him and McGregor over what seemed like a strange foul in which while McGregor had made a clean save, the hot-headed Uruguayan player thought otherwise but was shown yellow for causing the game to be delayed and the Scottish fans to revel in the moment.

The game then became a end-to-end encounter in which to say this was nail biting would be an understatement as there was perhaps by this point no nails left for anyone in Old Trafford. However, what happened next right into the dying moments of the game would be one of the most incredible endings for a World Cup match ever. With three minutes of injury time left and penalties liking looming, Scotland would win a free kick nearby the box in which would be floated in and a mad scramble followed in which the ball would be cleared away by Uruguay yet not for long in which the ball would end up on the feet of Andy Robertson who saw a gap opening up in the Uruguay defence decided to make a run up into the box to try and make a last ditch attempt at scoring and many of the Tartan Army held their breath thinking that this could be the moment but as he had made it into the box and was about to let one rip, he would be tugged back by the hand of Suarez who held onto Robertson's collar and dragged him to the ground in a horrendously last ditch attempt to stop the Scottish player yet what he had done was commit the most blatant foul ever at a World Cup and VAR was not needed as the Tartan Army roared for action and it was delivered.

Despite laughably trying to plead innocence, Suarez would see a red card and was given his marching orders and left in tears but worse was to follow for his country in which as the action had taken place inside the box it led for one thing only...penalty for Scotland! The Tartan Army roared in delight and some even passing out at the gravity of the situation that this surely was going to be the moment that Scotland would score the goal that would send them through. The man to take this vital penalty would be the team's penalty taker Robert Snodgrass who had not only the chance to write his name in Scottish football folklore but send his nation through to Wembley for the final yet it might have been the nerves getting to him as at the crucial moment, the weight of history seemed to be pressing down on his shoulders...

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Suarez walking off in tears following his red card

Everyone in Scotland seemed to be willing Snodgrass on and in truth it did feel like the last kick of the game even though there was about a minute of injury time left even if he was to score. The referee's whistle blew, Snodgrass made his run up to send the ball to the left...and Muslera saved it! What followed were cries of agony from the Scotland fans and roars of delight from the Uruguay fans in which they had avoided losing the game and to add more insult to injury for the Scots is that Suarez, who had been walking down the field following his red card and in tears, had turned to look to see the penalty and when he saw that it had been saved, he suddenly celebrated wildly and his tears seemed to magically disappear. The whole moment seemed to be a repeat of the infamous match between Uruguay and Ghana in 2010 in which Suarez had been the villain there and now it look as though lightning had struck twice and yet worse was to follow.

Rather than hold the ball for as long as possible, Muslera would waste no time in barking at the rest of the team to quickly get up the field in which in a matter of seconds, he quickly launched the ball up the field in which the crushed Scotland players were caught unaware and had to scramble to try and get the ball back in which Uruguay suddenly went on the counter and Scotland looked woeful at the back. This would lead for Matías Vecino racing up a field that was there for the taking with some Scottish players trying desperately - still in a state of shock from the penalty miss - failed to stop him before Vecino would then slip the ball up towards Stuani who would find himself going one-on-one with McGregor. There was no incredible effort here, just a cheeky dummy move on McGregor to make him fall over in which the Uruguayan forward would simply roll the ball into an empty net which right on the death, gave La Celeste the winning goal that would take them to the final.

Contrast of emotions could be seen for both teams; the Uruguayan players, others from the bench all piled on Vecino with Suarez getting involved in the celebrations while on the other end of the spectrum, the Scottish players were utterly crestfallen. All of them were lying on the ground utterly devastated and unable to move in which the referee had to go as far as to try and convince them to get up so that he could restart the match for the final moments of game time to be played but the Scottish players seemed too numb to carry on. Before anyone knew it then, the final whistle would be blown and Uruguay in the most dramatic of circumstances had reached the final and Scottish hearts were crushed in the most traumatic way possible in which in the most typically Scottish way possible, they had snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

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A reaction following the winning Uruguay goal that says it all
There would be no Wembley dream for the Tartan Army or any British side in the final for that matter though from grief turned to anger quickly in what would be a rather sorry state of affairs in the aftermath. The Uruguay players were celebrating with their fans yet that man, Suarez, would pour salt in the wounds by running in front of a section of devasted Scottish fans and began placing has hands to his ears as if he was saying 'I can't hear you' and this didn't go unnoticed by many in which some angry Scottish players rushed up to confront him in which some Uruguay players rushed in as well to help their comrade and what can be described as a mob scene of finger pointing, shoving and lots of arguing took place in which the referee pretty much lost control of the end and for Scottish manager Gordon Strachan, the whole scene seemed to bring back memories of the last time they played Uruguay and deep down he knew that despite the Tartan Army always wanting to have no rivals other than say England or Wales to some extent, it was clear that some bad blood was starting to be formed with Uruguay.

Thankfully there were riots in the streets of Manchester following the game though there were isolated incidents of some scuffles between fans though the Tartan Army would all have to make the long journey up the road though many would put their anger on Suarez who they blamed for preventing that shot to happen though even if he hadn't intervened then there is no guaranteed that the goal would have happened anyway but nonetheless, there was a feeling someone had to be blamed for Scotland's downfall and Suarez would be the villain of the piece in which much like with Ghana in 2010, he had become something similar for Scotland in 2018 with even one Scottish newspaper in the wake of the game calling Suarez as 'the most hated man in Scotland more so than any gangster or politician that ever has been'.

There would be some consolation for Scotland however in which a few days later in the final, Uruguay would lose 2-0 to France in which the latter would collect their second World Cup and winning much like how many predicted though the day before, Scotland would end up on the losing side in the third place play-off in a rematch with Belgium by the same score line coincidently enough. Yes, Scotland had gone further than the rest and took some joy that they had gone further than England on their own backyard yet there was a sense of regret that they had missed out on going to Wembley and while it would be unlikely if they could win it, that dream of winning a World Cup at Wembley would remain just a dream. With that though, the 2018 World Cup was over yet Euro 2020 was around the corner and it was going to be a unique tournament to say the least however for perhaps all very different reasons in ways that would seem unthinkable once this World Cup ended....

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Final results of the Knockout stage of the 2018 World Cup

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And there you have it...yes, big shock in which there is no Scottish appearance in the 2018 World Cup final here unlike in the old TL in which looking back on that TL, Scotland winning it then does work as 'book end' moment for it being the last chapter yet could be considered ASB no matter how better the Scottish or any British team is here and since we are about to go into new ground that wasn't there in the old TL, it would seem likely right IMO for them to go out in the last four in perhaps a very Scottish way possible as honestly, somethings never change. In case your wondering, the shirt pull incident here is largely based on the moment in the Euro 2020 final which happened with Saka if you remember then and lets face it, who else better to do it that Mr Suarez himself? :p

So as you can see with the final, the game is pretty much the same as the OTL result with France and Uruguay here with Les Bleus winning the WC here which brings them level with OTL so if you're French, you'll likely be happy that nothing has changed here and let's face it, that French team deserved to win it that year let's be honest. Funny thing with England here is that at this point they have performed better than most of their appearances compared to OTL when here however is a bizarre situation in which they perform worse than OTL 2018 WC (unless you count Euro 2000 ITTL) which is kind of funny when you think about it. So anyway, we have now gotten to the point in which the old TL ended and next we are heading into new ground which will be Euro 2020!

I did think about trying about the Nations League here but honestly I just find that a bit tedious really, maybe I might come back to it later on, so for now we shall go into Euro 2020 and a few differences with not only results but certain teams and stadiums used, can you guess what I might mean by that? Thank you for supporting me to this point and now we move onwards for a brave new world in the next update, until then, catch you all later! :)
 
Chapter 103: A Strange New World - 2020 European Championship
Chapter 103
A Strange New World


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After how the 2018 World Cup had ended in something of a disappointment for all the Home Nations involved, there was some hope in which Euro 2020 would bring a bit of change in which other than being the second twenty-four team edition, this was to be a tournament unlike any other. As part of the European Championship's sixtieth anniversary, it had been proposed a few years ago during a time of the 2008 Global Recession that instead of having one of two nations host a major tournament that instead costs could be shared by having the tournament take place across the continent in several countries at many iconic stadiums from Wembley Stadium, Stadio Olimpico, Hampden Park and the Amsterdam Stadium just to name a a few. Of course, some argued that this as just some attempt for UEFA to make more money yet the idea caught wind with many nations all wanting to take part in this one off special edition for the European Championship with the Home Nations being no exception.

Of course, Wembley Stadium would be included as too was Hampden Park due to their historical connections for the game in general and the Irish would get involved too by including Dublin's Aviva Stadium which had been in mind for a Republic of Ireland team to play there yet now would be home to a united Ireland team which at least those in the north would feel some inclusion though sadly the Welsh bid of using the Millennium Stadium would fail which meant that they would be the only Home Nation without a 'home' stadium though there was one catch to all this and that was even for those who had won a bid to include a stadium for the list didn't mean automatic qualification which meant that these nations all still had to qualify and there was an embarrassing scenario of having a tournament taking place on home soil yet the hosts would not be taking part in!

As it would turn out thankfully for the Home Nations, they'd all qualify meaning that neither of them would miss out on the party though both Scotland and Ireland would have to sneak their way via the play-offs after both sides suffered rather difficult groups such as Scotland ending up in third place behind Russia and a top notch Belgium side while the Irish had an equally hard run for qualification falling third behind Germany and the Dutch. That said though, via through a new play-off system both the Scots and Irish made it through and all was set for Euro 2020 to take place, that said by the time they did take part in those play-offs, the world had been turned on its head beyond the world of football. In March 2020, the world would find itself in worldwide lockdown thanks to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in which all sports had to be halted and even when some sports did return such as football there were no crowds as this was done to prevent the spread of the virus taking place.

As it happened, Euro 2020's planned schedule of games were originally to take place during that summer of 2020 however with the pandemic still at its peak and the uncertainty of how long it might last for, it was decided to postpone the tournament for the following summer though would still be called Euro 2020 despite many thinking it should be titled Euro 2021 instead. As of a result, Scotland and Ireland's qualification game would take place in November 2020 and at a time of great uncertainty and fears regarding the pandemic, the qualification of them and all of the Home Nations taking part was a great welcome to all though the format of the tournament of the of it being hosted across the continent which while might have looked reasonable at the time now looked horribly unsuitable for the idea that fans flying across the continent would lead to a major spread of the virus which meant that many stadiums wouldn't even be a quarter full with most having less than ten thousand at a game.

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Scotland players celebrate following their qualification for Euro 2020

There were calls to instead have the games hosted in one country like always in order to keep it focused on one location yet UEFA were determined to keep the tournament going ahead with its planned locations though this did come under some serious questioning about safety. Despite all these issues, Euro 2020 was about to finally take place after a year's delay and the Home Nations were about to take part in a tournament unlike any other...

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After their triumph run at Euro 2016, Welsh hopes were running high for a repeat of that summer of defending their crown though there was a difference in which following the 2018 World Cup, Chris Coleman would step down from his position as the Welsh manager - going down as perhaps the greatest Welsh manager of all time - and the search to fill his boots would take place. In the end, the FAW would appoint Ryan Giggs in the role as manager and he would perform a successful campaign in qualification in getting Wales to Euro 2020 however he would take no part in coaching Wales a major tournament for as on November 3rd 2020, Giggs would be arrested on assault charges and it was clear that his position as Welsh manager would do so instead his assistant manager, Rob Page, would became the caretaker manager.

Wales though would have more problems to deal with as they would find themselves in a tough group featuring Switzerland, Italy and what many considered to be the dark horses of the tournament, Turkey. As it would turn out despite many fearing the worse for Wales, the Dragons would actually finish in second place in following a draw with Switzerland in their opening match, they would follow up with a 2-0 victory over Turkey in which the latter would have a shocking campaign by finishing rock bottom with no points despite many predicting they would do well and their flop run would actually help both Wales and Switzerland in getting four points apiece which booked their place in the next round with Italy winning the group outright. All in all, a pretty successful run for Wales so far in defending their Euro crown...

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Final results of Wales' group at Euro 2020

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Group D was perhaps the one that gained the most attention in the British press for it would see England and Scotland in the same group together and it meant that it would be a group along with Croatia and Czech Republic but the added fact that all games would be played at both Wembley and Hampden though the big encounter between the British teams would take place at Wembley in the second match in the group. Before that, England and Scotland would have to take on Croatia and Czech Republic respectably in their own backyards which getting a result was considered to be hugely important before that major clash at Wembley between the two rivals. England would start life in a fairly lacklustre game in which the Three Lions would struggle to a 1-0 victory - thanks to a goal from Raheem Sterling - which at he very least got them maximum points going into the next game while Scotland would have a more eventful game for sure the following day.

This would be a big test for Scotland's new manager Steve Clarke who had taken the job following Gordon Strachan stepping down from the Scotland job yet many of the Tartan Army were all wanting him in the job following a remarkable domestic run in which he managed to have an unlikely Kilmarnock reach third place in the Scottish Premiership and while their qualification run might have been a ropey one to say the least with them winning all their games with only three losses (two to Belgium and one away to Russia) they had managed to get there and many would breath a sigh of relief that they wouldn't have the embarrassment of missing out on a tournament hosted in their own backyard. The game is perhaps more remembered for the surprised dropping of Che Adams who had been important for the team yet it seems that this was due to a health scare.

Lyndon Dykes would open the scoring but it would Schick who would put the Czechs level yet that man was to have a bigger say in the second half. The game itself is perhaps most famous for the second Czech goal from Schick who would score an utterly outrageous goal from near the half way line (nearly fifty yards in fact) that caused Scottish goalkeeper David Marshall to get caught up in the netting when trying to run back for it. Nonetheless, it meant that Scotland were losing 2-1 and looking to be getting off to a bad start. Thankfully Scotland's new captain in Andy Robertson would spare Scotland's blushes by netting a goal with less than fifteen minutes left which in the end was all that Scotland needed to hang on to a 2-2 draw. An entertaining game all round yet a game some would say Scotland didn't play at their best.

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The infamous goal scored by Schick with Marshall caught off guard
Nonetheless, Scotland did knew that if they were to beat England at Wembley then they would be surely going through and in truth it had been a long time since the Tartan Army had seen a victory at Wembley and surely this was the time that Scotland would get it given how recent history had shown that Scotland had troubled England many times whenever the two faced each other at a tournament. What followed was a Scotland team that played far better and put England to shame yet sadly couldn't find the winner that many felt Scotland deserved but nonetheless they manage to hold onto a 0-0 draw in which Scotland fans would treat as a victory much to the bemusement of the English and the rest of Europe. However while Scotland may had not gotten the win they had hoped for, they knew a victory over Croatia back at Hampden for their final group match would pretty much confirm their place in the knockout stage.

Speaking of which, both Croatia and the Czech Republic had not done well as they would have hoped in which both sides, mostly the Croatians, would complain that in the game between England and Scotland that the two teams had colluded so that the result would benefit both sides and make life hard for the other two in the group. However this was seen as just as being bad losers in which prior to that Wembley game, Croatia and the Czechs would play out in a 1-1 draw at Hampden earlier in the day which in hindsight ended their own hopes before the British teams had kicked a ball and when this was pointed out by Scotland captain Andy Robertson and perhaps much of the Scotland fans on Twitter, the Croats and Czechs went silent on the matter. With that, the final group games would see England take on the Czechs while Scotland would play Croatia in which the latter had come to regard the Scots as something as a bogey team as they never really had the best luck when playing them and the fact that they would be playing in Scotland's backyard didn't help matters either.

England in their game would win 1-0 to win the group and eliminate the Czechs while Scotland would fall behind at first to Croatia after less than twenty minutes though it would be Callum McGregor that put Scotland level before the break which they knew another draw might not be enough to send Scotland through even as a best third place ranked team due to results elsewhere. In the end shortly into the second half, John McGinn would come the hero for Scotland by netting the second goal to put them in front to complete the turnaround and they would hang on for grim life from a Croatia assault to win 2-1 and shock many by knocking out a poor Croatia side out in which like Turkey many felt could be seen as a dark horse and thus they would finish on the bottom with one point. With that though, the two British rivals would join the Welsh into the next round and now many wondered how well the Irish would do...

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Final results of England and Scotland's group at Euro 2020

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When the idea to have the Irish stadium of choice be placed in Dublin, it wasn't something that went down well with many in the north as it would be southern favoured at first though this all changed following the reunification of the two Irish teams meant that it would represent now both sides of the border and to help as a compromise, Northern Ireland would be the location for the Irish training camp which at the very least those in the north did feel somewhat included in the big party. That said though, it was very much as possibility that the Irish government were planning to pull out of having Dublin host its intended games due to Covid-19 outbreak in Ireland and it was stated that had the Irish team not qualified then it was likely that this would have happened. Thankfully this never did happen as Ireland would get there and thus Dublin would welcome Europe for its own Irish welcome.

The Ireland would be joined by fellow hosts Spain, Sweden and Poland, the latter being the team that Ireland would face first in their opening match at a hardly full yet passionate crowd cheering them on. It would something of a strange game in which Ireland would get off to the strangest start in which Poland scored first...in the wrong net thanks to an own goal which gave the Irish the lead going into the break. Yet Irish delight wasn't to last too long Poland would score within a minute from the restart to put the Pole level. Thankfully soon enough it would be Kyle Lafferty who would fire Ireland back in front again which proved to be the winning goal that they needed to get their campaign up and running and next up would be another game at Dublin to play Sweden.

The game itself would end up being a tight affair in which the game remained goalless throughout though the Irish knew a draw for them would pretty much put them through to the next round regardless but sadly they were to be dealt with a terrible blow in which they gave away a penalty to Sweden which was then scored and despite an Irish onslaught to try and rescue a point, it was no good as Sweden held on to a 1-0 victory and now Ireland faced a daunting trip to Seville to take on Spain in which they knew that they needed a result of some kind to save themselves and hoped that Sweden would do Ireland a favour by defeating Poland in case the latter won and leapfrogged Ireland in the table.

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Irish joy following their opening victory over Poland in their opening match
As it would turn out in Seville with pretty much all the odds stacked against them, the Irish actually didn't do too bad were only down to a late goal in injury time at the end of the first half and news was soon heard by the small Irish supporters in Spain that over in Dublin that Sweden were leading 1-0 and as things stood, the Irish would be going through in perhaps second place and leaving Spain in difficult position should the Irish get a goal back and hold on for a draw. Sadly for them though, it all went wrong as Spain would get a further two goals in which the Irish could not come back from and sadly they would lose 3-0 while Sweden would end up doing their deal by beating a poor Polish team 3-2 yet now all the Irish had to do by ending up in third place was hope that results would go their way and that they would have a chance to go through...

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The final table for the best third-place ranked teams at Euro 2020
Sadly unlike in Euro 2016 in which they managed to squeeze their way through, Ireland would just miss out on a place in the next round thanks to a lack of goals scored with the game with Spain being somewhat the killer by losing three goals which pretty much was the downfall of Ireland's chances and thus there would be no Irish side joining their fellow Home Nations into the knockout phase which many felt was a disappointment but now they would have to focus on qualification for the World Cup next year. Plus many of their fans knew it could have been worse and there might have been no Irish team at Euro 2020 to begin with...

Now there were only three and all roads now lead to Wembley for the final and they all hoped that they would get there but alas thirteen other teams all wanted to have a say in that but as they say, it was good to dream in what was a really strange tournament for all concern and so it might have been good just to take it all in for what was really a once in a lifetime event that a tournament like this would never happen again but now, it was time for knockout stage football...A strange new world Indeed.

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Final results of Ireland's group stage at Euro 2020

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Well then, this is all very strange in which not only is this the first true 'new' chapter of the redux so far but this is going up not on the usual Wednesday update but rather on a Monday though there is a reason for this. I'll be heading away on a wee holiday up at Blair Athol that day so it might be as well if I could upload this chapter up earlier than usual so at the very least you get a new update for this week and you'll noticed that not only is that Wales and England's results remain the same as OTL and Scotland doing better here (still had to include that Czech goal though!) but that Ireland are here too!

You'll also notice that Dublin is back to being a host city again in which as we know was supposed to happened but didn't happened both due to the pandemic and of that neither Irish team qualified. So yeah, here they do qualify here and thus Dublin fulfils its original role in the group stage and for the upcoming knockout game that I'm sure you'll know what it is. So with the third place ranking all different here, we get a different knockout stage here as follows with these fixtures:
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Belgium vs Portugal

Italy vs Austria

France vs Ukraine

Scotland vs Spain

Sweden vs Finland

England vs Germany

Netherlands vs Switzerland

Wales vs Denmark
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So who will win and why? Find out next week when program returns to regularly scheduling so hope you enjoyed this update and until then, catch you all later! :)
 
Belgium vs Portugal

Italy vs Austria

France vs Ukraine

Scotland vs Spain

Sweden vs Finland

England vs Germany

Netherlands vs Switzerland

Wales vs Denmark
 
Belgium 1-0 Portugal
Italy (a.e.t.) 2-1 Austria
France 3-2 Ukraine
Scotland 2-3 Spain
Sweden 1-0 Finland
England 2-0 Germany
Netherlands 0-2 Switzerland
Wales 0-4 Denmark
 
Chapter 104: Taming The Spanish Bull
Chapter 104
Taming The Spanish Bull

When it came to the knockout stage, it all look quite difficult paths for the remaining Home Nations in which England would take on the Germans in Dublin, Wales would travel to Amsterdam to take on Denmark and finally Scotland would be playing Spain in Copenhagen. On the first day of the knockout games, Wales would go up first to play Denmark but sadly even before they kicked a ball, it seemed that the whole continent was backing the Danes though for different reason. The reason being was one of their players in Christian Eriksen collapsed during his country's opening match with Finland due to a cardiac arrest which saw the match suspended until later on the day but nonetheless the event shocked many in which out of sympathy for Denmark, they would end up becoming the country's favourite dark horse team to go all the way to create a fairy tale ending.

Denmark would get out of their group second place behind Belgium and they would end up playing Wales with perhaps huge will power backing them on, they would utterly crush the Welsh 4-0 which saw the latter lose their European crown in spectacular fashion and that there would be no repeat of 2016 here. Two days later would see Scotland go up next playing Spain who perhaps to no one's surprise were considered favourites to win this game though that said their recent performances since winning Euro 2012 had all been rather lacklustre to say the least in which Scotland manager Steve Clarke noticed and was wanting to try and exploit it which could be key for Scotland to go through. The Tartan Army would follow Scotland to the Danish capital though due to Covid restrictions and the problems of how Scotland fans had ignored rules by having about over twenty thousand fans descend on London when there were only two thousand tickets for Scotland fans.

This time, there was a more hard line approach by the Scottish government which there was a clap down on how many Scotland fans were heading to Denmark and while they did managed to prevent a further tartan invasion of the Danish capital, there were still many keen members of the Tartan Army who all went to Copenhagen in the hope to see their team go on for victory. Of course, not many in the media gave the Scots much of a chance and mostly the Spanish press who all seem confident that while they were sure the Scots would put up a fight, Spain would win in the end. Only way to know was when the two teams would face off though compared to years ago in which Scotland teams would have struggled with certain Spanish teams over the years, there was a feeling that this side wasn't quite the same but beatable. Now was the test...

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Spanish fans in Copenhagen for the game with Scotland
From the off as many expected, Spain would start the game attacking from the off holding much of the ball yet Scotland were doing their best to hold off Spanish attacks however as the minutes went by the early exchanges were making it look as if Scotland had no intention of pressing high when Spain's back four had easy possession and for Steve Clark and the lucky members of the Tartan Army there, this wasn't a good image to look at. Nonetheless, trying to hold together for the first twenty minutes was going to be important for Scotland. However, just five minutes in, Andy Robertson would get the first booking of the game for a foul on Morata and it would be a freekick to be taken by Spain as Sarabia would curl in a free-kick from outside the penalty area on the right. There would be some uncertainty among the Scottish defenders, who eventually clear the ball away but it is not a good look and for the next minutes Spain look by far the better team.

Spain would get a big chance at goal when in the sixteenth minute, Laporte would take control of possession in the central position inside Scotland's half after Spain spread play, finding Pedri ahead of him, midway inside opposition territory to the left. The Spanish player then angled a superb low pass onto the run of Koke, who bears down on goal and is denied by the David Marshall with his feet in which the latter is trying to live up to the big gloves left over by Allan McGregor. However, by the twentieth minute in which Clarke had been hoping that Scotland would still be in the game had come and past and the game despite Spain's big threat going forward had failed to find the back of the net and the score was still 0-0 and in all that time Scotland had barely gotten close to scoring.

However, just a minute later, a Spanish player - Unai Simón - would find the back of the net...in the wrong net! Simón was unable to control a back pass from Pedri that was played from near the centre circle, bouncing beyond the goalkeeper and into the net and against the run of play, the Scots who have done frankly nothing in the game are ahead and the small number of the Tartan Army are in full voice now! It was a cruel feeling that Spain had been doing everything and yet from a mistake of their own find themselves behind. The goal though has breathed new life into Scotland as just five minutes later, Lyndon Dykes gets a good chance to get something in which after holding off Eric García on a tenacious, bustling run inside the penalty area on the right, he finds himself in a great area to shoot in which he does though sadly for him he blasts the ball just wide. As bad of a miss as it is, it is at least far better than what has been seen with Scotland so far.

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Picking the ball from out of the net from that bad own goal that puts Scotland 1-0 up

The game seems to have turned on its head in which while Spain aren't suddenly playing terribly after that horrendous own goal but the current of nerves and tension can be felt rippling through the team over since then and not just because they're 1-0 down but because the blight of missed chances that they have done and instead Scotland are starting to ask questions of them by getting a few shots themselves with Lyndon Dykes, John McGinn and Callum McGregor all getting their own chance to score yet not being able to take them. In fact, the game is turning into something of an opening contest in which both sides could be up by two or three more goals had both sides been better on target however by the thirty-fifth minute, Spain seem from somewhere get their head together and start to put Scotland under pressure once more.

Then it happens in the thirty-eighth minute. Teamwork and persistence pay off as starting with quick, intricate passing between Koke, Pedri and Sarabia, advancing inside the penalty area from the right. Gayà eventually drills in an angled shot from the left of the danger zone that is parried by Marshall who can't do much to stop the ball and Sarabia blasts the ball into the net from close range to put La Roja level. After how badly they let themselves down for letting that own goal from happening, one can say that Spain deserve that and now Scotland's best hope is to try and hold off any more waves of Spanish attacks to try and take the game to half time with the score still level. There really isn't much to say as despite many chances from Spain (a running theme of the game) and Scotland getting the odd chance here and there, the latter hold on to keep the score level by the time half time arrives.

An action packed half ends with relief for Spain and Scotland though perhaps for different reasons. Sarabia capitalising on a prolonged spell of pressure to draw his side level following that highly unfortunate own goal that gave Scotland an early lead while for Steve Clarke, he was quietly happy that his team had remained on level terms with Spain despite the fact that he would admit that his side had been lucky and knew that they would have to do better for the second half though as he glanced up at the cheerful Scotland fans who perhaps felt a little more confident that he was, maybe he was overthinking things too much...?

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Steve Clarke watches on during Scotland's game with Spain

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The second half wouldn't see much change for the most part though it did see a change with Billy Gilmour - who had missed the last group match due to catching Covid- would come on as a substitute to replace Stuart Armstrong and given how well he had done in the game with England many of the Tartan Army hoped for more from the young man. For the early moments of the second half, Spain went on applying pressure and that was obviously a big problem for Scotland who just can't carry the ball and were making a lot of mistakes in transition. Spain would take a few freekicks thanks to some rather dodged defending from Scotland but yet nothing seemed to come from any of Spain's attempts going forward.

In the fifty-seventh minute, Spain win a corner kick and the ball is headed on goal by Azpilicueta but what looks like to be the goal that puts Spain in front is averted as Marshall would just about get a hand on it to send it over the bar and that was about the best chance of the second half so far and Scotland had been let off the hook there. From the bench, Steven Clarke breathes a sigh of relief, a rare bit of emotion shown by a man in which never seems to show any though as he looks over at his Spanish counterpart in Luis Enrique, he is looking more active in which he reacts like much of the Spanish fans when that save happened. So much so that it seems that he is warming up substitutes in which he hopes to make an impact.

Speaking of substitutes however, Scotland's own substitute in Gilmour who was making his presence felt in which in the sixty-sixth minute with the game still level, he gave Scotland's first chance of the half in which Gilmour would drive in a powerful effort that Simón would excellently work to keep it out at his near post and diving to stop the shot from creeping past him by palming it down into the turf, up and away. It might have counted to nothing but it did show that Scotland were still in the game and far from out of the game. Spain would make their changes in the seventy-first minute in which García and Sarabia would be replaced by Torres and Olmo respectably in which now gave Spain more fresh legs going forward.

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A look of frustration as Spain can't seem to get in front

Scotland would play deep in which two minutes later, Grant Hanley would end up getting a yellow card following a tackle on Koke which gave Spain yet another free kick though like with all the others before, nothing happens with it and Scotland manage to get it clear. Sensing frustration of how two faced Scotland seemed to be of either playing deep and looking weak or going forward and looking strong, Clarke knows that a level of being even is needed and he would make a change within the final ten minutes of the game in which Lyndon Dykes would be taken off and replaced by Kevin Nisbet in an attempt to try something different to try and make a rare Scottish attack which frankly by this point seems more rarer than finding the Loch Ness Monster.

Torres nearly does score just a minute later from Nisbet's introduction yet it is another big save from Marshall in which the game seems to be a classic game of the goalkeeper having a crazy game and if Scotland were to get out of this with a victory then all credit would have to be with the man standing between the Scottish sticks. A series of fouls from both sides take place as with extra time now looking more likely with the score still level in which now it is case of whoever was to score now would more or less have won the game and move into the last eight. A final yellow card of the second half would fall yet again for Scotland with it being Stephen O'Donnell following a foul on Morata and the two men briefly have a little scuffle in which tensions are clearly being felt of how the game has gone.

There is however one incredible moment right at the death for Scotland when with a minute to go before added injury time, Scotland win a corner and Gilmour would be the one to get his head on the ball and aim it at goal in which for a split second it looks Scotland might snatch victory at the death yet to his and his fellow countrymen's horror, the bar hits the crossbar and goes out for a Spanish goal kick. The look of agony of the young man's face really says it all. As it happens, it is ultimately the final act of the second half and with that the game will now have to play a further thirty minutes and while both sides don't seem happy at this game going on any further for different reasons, only Clarke seems the happier one as his plan of taking Spain all the way looks to be paying off...now he just needs someone to be the hero.

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Gilmour during the game with Spain

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Following both teams getting into a huddle prior before extra-time can begin, the Scottish players go over to their fans calling on them to support them even more loudly with for the Tartan Army no matter the size will have no trouble with doing. Amazingly, Scotland start off the better team as Spain look rather frustrated at how nothing has worked for them and the Scots would get the first shot on target in the ninety-sixth minute when Nesbit looks certain to score as the ball falls to him at close range following a penalty area scramble. Simón somehow is equal to his strike, stopping the finish at full stretch – first with an arm, then his knee. The Spanish goalkeeper preventing a shock Scottish lead though does argue at his teammates to wake up and get back into the game.

Spain do get a great chance four minutes later in which Morata swirls the ball into the box yet it is cleared away by Scott McTominay to prevent Spain taking the lead themselves. The game is nearing the end of the first half in which despite those two attempts on goal, there has been nothing really to speak about however it is hear that Scotland win a free kick from a foul on McGinn and it is is placed on the right in which McGregor will take it. He kicks the ball into the penalty box in which there is a mad scramble to get it yet it finds the boot of Gilmour who with the sweetest volley you are likely to see, sends it past the hands of the keeper and into the roof of the net to give Scotland the lead and the Tartan Army go wild as if they have won the game!

Spain are stunned as all that time on the ball and looking for the most part the better team as backfired in their face and now have no one to blame but themselves for their failure to make their dominance count. With that slender lead, Scotland now only have to do now is hold on to and Spain wouldn't have time to make an effort as the first half of extra-time ends and the next fifteen minutes will be a tense one for all. Spain would floor players forward yet Scotland now hold their ground with perhaps all the team 'parking the bus' which will not look good for a neutral perspective but for the Scots is what they need to hang on and after much tension in the air, the Tartan Army can't bare to watch until the final whistle is blown in which to the shock of many, Scotland are the 2-1 victors over Spain are in the last eight!

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McGinn's look of joy following Scotland's successful victory over Spain
The Scottish players are on cloud nine as they have managed to tame the Spanish bull while the Spanish are left looking shellshocked at how they have let this happen in which in the wake following the defeat, much of the Spanish press lambast the Scottish tactics of playing rough or anti-football ways to win though others look at those words as excuses in which for all the chances Spain had to win, they had no one but themselves to blame for their failure to advance and it is clear that this Spanish team has a long way to go if they had any hopes of being a major footballing nation once more. The Scottish media though lapped it up by revelling in their underdog status and that they had nothing to lose in which Euro 2020 was wide open now.

Funnily enough, the day after the game in which the game was played and the Scottish press went to town basking in the glory, they would would make mock commiserations to the England team who the day after Scotland's game would be playing the Germans in Dublin which they suspected that with it being the Germans they were facing and in hostile Irish environment in which would no doubt be rooting for a German victory that England would have no chance. In the end though, the Three Lions would have the last laugh as they would end up putting the Germans to the sword 2-0, much to the dismay of a mostly Irish crowd watching the game in the stadium, and would join their fellow British neighbours in the next round.

As the remaining games in the last sixteen followed, the tournament seemed to get more open with many shock results in which to give a few examples, a few hours after Scotland's victory, Ukraine would stun World Cup winners France by knocking them out on penalties while the following day in Scotland's own backyard at Hampden Park would see Finland get the better of Sweden to progress and even the Swiss had managed to stun a rather lacklustre Dutch side to progress. With all this happening, it was no surprise that everyone would think that this was there year and Scotland would no doubt suspect the same when they saw the draw for the last eight...

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And now here we are with our first true update of Euro 2020 in which I will say was actually quite harder than I thought to write as it can be quite a grind and I'm sorry we butterfly that amazing OTL game with Spain and Croatia here but we still have the shock with France going out which is pretty much the same as the OTL game with the Swiss. You'll notice that England and Germany play in Dublin which is actually was the original planned venue of choice for that game to take place but once the Irish pulled out, it moved to Wembley instead though the game is pretty much the same though with a crowd wanting England to lose compared to what we saw at Wembley IOTL. Hey, at least we can't say that England want have the advantage of playing all their games at Wembley unlike OTL, haha! So anyway, the Quarter-final list as we have here for Euro 2020:
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Belgium vs Italy

Ukraine vs Scotland

Finland vs England


Switzerland
vs Denmark
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So who will win and why? Find out next time and until then, catch you all later! :)


 
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