Hello and welcome to our daily Euro 2020 blog and it is the calm before the last-16 storm.
The knockout stages get underway on Saturday and we will bring you all the latest news ahead of those matches.
England play Germany on Tuesday and await news on whether Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell can come out of quarantine to train in a bid to play against the German.
Meanwhile, Marcus Rashford says there is “no point fearing the past” as England face Germany in the last-16 of the European Championships with the players able to make “history” rather than be affected by it, writes Jason Burt.
The 23-year-old went on to point out that many of Gareth Southgate’s squad were not even born when the England manager missed his decisive penalty in the semi-final shoot-out against the Germans at Euro 96 and are unconcerned by previous disappointments.
“Some of the players weren’t even born!” Rashford replied when reminded of previous failings which includes the 1990 World Cup – when England also lost on penalties in the semi-finals – and added: “We are being put in a…
