IFFHS DAILY EURO 2020 STATISTICS
Picture : Christian Eriksen's accident at the match Denmark - Finland (AP)
IFFHS - 12/06 - EURO 2020 STATISTICS
*Finland became the 34th country to take part in the Euro final tournament.
Picture : Finland's winning goal by Pohjanpalo (AP)
*For the first time in the history of Euro final tournaments, a match was interrupted and finished after long break (about 1.5 hours lasted the break caused by Сhristian Eriksen accident in the game Denmark – Finland).
*Lukás Hrádecky (Finland) is the third goalkeeper in the Euro history to save a penalty on debut appearance in the European Championships. He followed Przemyslaw Tyton (2012, Poland, vs Greece) and Trols Rasmussen (1988, Denmark, vs Spain).
*Russia's 0-3 defeat against Belgium is the biggest losing margin for a national team playing at home in the history of the Euro.
*Belgium got its 11th win in 11 games of Euro 2020 including qualifiers, repeating identical Italy's run.
*Thomas Meunier (Belgium) is the first ever player to score a first-half goal as a substitute in the Euro history. (picture AP)
*Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) - (picture AP) - has increased his number of goals for the Belgium national team to 62. This is the third highest tally among the participants in Euro 2020 after Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, 104) and Robert Lewandowski (Poland, 66).
*Yury Zhirkov became the oldest player of Russia (including USSR period) to appear at Euro (age: 37 years 296 days). He surpassed Sergey Ignashevich who played on Euro 2016 at 36 years 342 days.
Kiefer Moore secures a point for Wales , after the opening score of Breel Embolo for Switzerland (pictures AP)