The defeat of Ukraine, the sensational defeat of Belgium, Mbappe’s injury and the riot of the British: how did the fourth day of Euro 2024 go?

France forward Kylian Mbappe suffered a broken nose and was replaced in the first round match of the Euro 2024 group stage against Austria. L’Équipe reports.

At the end of the match, Mbappe went on horseback and hit his nose on the shoulder of Austrian defender Kevin Danso. The French captain started bleeding and was taken off the field, where doctors treated him. Mbappe then returned to the game, but did so without the permission of the chief referee, for which he received a yellow card. After that, he was replaced, replaced by Olivier Giroud.

According to L’Équipe, after the match Mbappe was taken to the hospital by ambulance. He had a broken nose, but it was decided to refuse the operation; the striker returned to the national team, where he will continue treatment.

The meeting ended with the victory of the French team with a score of 1:0. The only goal was scored by Austrian defender Maximilian Weber.

The Ukrainian national team lost devastatingly to Romania

In the first match of the fourth match day of Euro 2024, the national teams of Ukraine and Romania met. The Group E meeting, held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, ended with a crushing victory for the Romanians with a score of 3:0. In the 29th minute, after an unsuccessful clearance by Ukrainian goalkeeper Andrey Lunin, Nicolae Stanciu scored with a long-range shot. In the 53rd minute, Razvan Marin completed his team’s counterattack with a precise shot, and the final score five minutes later was set by Denis Dragush, who scored after a corner kick.

After the game, the goalkeeper of the Ukrainian national team Lunin addressed the fans.

The goalkeeper noted that the team needs to prepare for the next match. In it, the Ukrainians will meet with the Slovak team. The game will take place in Dusseldorf on June 21.

The head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Sergei Rebrov, noted that until the first goal missed, his team controlled the course of the match. “There are mistakes that we make, and they were in the game against Romania. I think we weren’t aggressive enough in attack and didn’t create chances,” the specialist said.

The Slovakian national team sensationally defeated one of the Euro favorites – Belgium

The teams of Slovakia and Belgium met in a parallel match of Group E. The Belgians, considered one of the favorites of the tournament, lost sensationally – 0:1. The only goal was scored in the seventh minute of the match by forward Ivan Shrants.

At the same time, Belgium had several 100% scoring chances, several of which were missed by striker Romelu Lukaku. The forward scored twice – and both times the goals were canceled after VAR intervention. In the first case, Lukaku was offside, in the second, Lua Openda, who assisted him, played along with his hand.

The head of the Belgian national team, Domenico Tedesco, attributed the defeat to Slovakia to poor execution. “I can’t say that our team needs to improve a lot. We created a lot of chances and if we had taken them the game would have been much easier.

English fans found themselves in the spotlight: they attacked the son of the President of Serbia and broke alcocords

England fans have traditionally found themselves in the center of everyone’s attention. Before and after the match with the Serbian team, British fans managed to get involved in several high-profile stories at once.

On the eve of the game, the British arrived in Gelsenkirchen, choosing the Italian restaurant GE Piazza in the historical center of the city as their unofficial base. As a result, the fans set a kind of alcohol record: they drank a two-month supply of beer in two days.

The manager of the establishment said that this was the largest influx of visitors since 2006, when the England team played in Gelsenkirchen during the World Cup.

Before the match, another striking incident occurred involving the British. The Albanians, who have long been at odds with the Serbs, incited British fans to attack a bar where fans of the opposing team were located. As a result, the British lost the fight: the son of Serbian President Danilo Vucic was in the establishment in the company of 20 special forces soldiers in civilian clothes, who gave a tough rebuff to the British, putting them to flight. The Albanians decided not to get involved in the brawl and left the scene.

English fans hit the headlines once again, but this time after their 1-0 win over Serbia. One of the British fans got drunk at the match and fell asleep right at the Veltins Arena stadium.

He woke up at four o’clock in the morning to an empty arena. However, other fans, stewards and police officers did not notice the sleeping man.