Euro 2024
The tournament’s
best pictures
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Albania started fast against Italy with
Nedim Bajrami scoring after just 23 seconds –
the quickest goal in Euros history.
Photo: Marvin Ibo Guengoer/
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Kylian Mbappé receives treatment
after breaking his nose against Austria.
The France forward played in a protective mask until the semi-finals.
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England start with a bang as Jude Bellingham heads in the opener against Serbia
after 13 minutes.
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A young pitch invader takes a selfie with Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo in their game against Turkey – a sweet moment spoiled by four other people running on to the pitch in the same game.
Photo: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian
Fans brought colour and atmosphere
to every Euro 2024 game; here, the Danish fans form a red-and-white wall for their match
against England.
Photo: Ronald Wittek/EPA
Hungary players and medics surround
Barnabas Varga after he was knocked out during
a nasty collision in the game with Scotland.
Photo: Petr Josek/AP
Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner celebrates
with head coach Ralf Rangnick after scoring against Poland. The dark horses topped
Group D but went out to Turkey in the last 16.
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Croatia’s Luka Modric is handed the player of
the match award moments after Mattia Zaccagni’s equaliser for Italy had put his team
on the brink of elimination.
Photo: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters
Group E was incredibly close, with all four teams picking up four points. Ukraine fought back
to beat Slovakia 2-1, but ended up bottom
on goal difference.
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Hungary’s Kevin Csoboth is mobbed
after scoring a last-gasp winner on the break
in Stuttgart. It sent Scotland home,
but Hungary ultimately did not get through either.
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Theo Hernández celebrates with goalkeeper
Mike Maignan after France beat Portugal on penalties in the last eight. Hernández converted the winning spot-kick after João Félix hit the post.
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Torrential rain pours off the roof in Dortmund during Turkey’s 3-1 Group F victory over Georgia.
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An England fan dozes off during the turgid goalless draw with Slovenia in Cologne.
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Germany were in trouble against Denmark
before Kai Havertz put the hosts in front
from the penalty spot.
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Romelu Lukaku of Belgium reacts after
a missed chance against Slovakia.
It was a bad day at the office for Lukaku,
who saw two goals disallowed by VAR.
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Nicolò Barella of Italy celebrates scoring
what proved to be the winner against Albania –
but it was the defending champions’
only win at Euro 2024.
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Jordan Pickford celebrates victory
in the quarter-final penalty shootout against Switzerland with team-mates Trent Alexander-Arnold, Kyle Walker and Ivan Toney.
Photo: Angelika Warmuth/Reuters
Spain’s players celebrate while England
look crestfallen after the final
at Berlin Olympiastadion.
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