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International Friendlies

Mexico 3-0 Panama: Lainez stars as El Tri cruise ahead of Gold Cup

Diego Lainez dazzled as Mexico returned to winning ways ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Panama in an international friendly in Nashville on Wednesday. The...

Mexico 0-0 Honduras: Tata Martino's El Tri fire blank in goalless friendly

Mexico fired a blank as El Tri were held to a 0-0 draw by Honduras ahead of the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup. Tata Martino's Mexico were taking to the field for...

United States 4-0 Costa Rica: Young USA side rolls to friendly win

A youthful United States side had no trouble with Costa Rica on Wednesday, rolling to a 4-0 friendly victory at Rio Tinto Stadium in Utah. USA head coach Gregg Berhalter made...

Fernando Santos: Portugal have many things to improve

Portugal boss Fernando Santos insisted his side have "many things to improve" despite securing a 4-0 win over Israel in their final pre-Euros warm-up game. Bruno Fernandes got on the scoresheet...

Portugal 4-0 Israel: Defending champions warm up for Euros with big win

Portugal warmed up for the start of the European Championship with a convincing 4-0 win over Israel. In their final friendly game before the delayed tournament gets under way, Fernando Santos'...

Deschamps confirms 'knock' for France star Benzema ahead of Euro 2020

France head coach Didier Deschamps confirmed Karim Benzema suffered a "knock" that will require further assessment after the world champions finalised their Euro 2020 preparations. Benzema was withdrawn during the first...

France 3-0 Bulgaria: Benzema injury overshadows comfortable Les Bleus win

France earned a 3-0 victory over Bulgaria in their final warm-up game ahead of Euro 2020 but face a nervous wait on Karim Benzema after his withdrawal through injury. Antoine Griezmann's deflected...

Spain 4-0 Lithuania: La Roja's youngsters cruise to dominant win

Spain's youngsters had no problems cruising to a straightforward 4-0 win over Lithuania on Tuesday as the Under-21s filled in for the senior side's final pre-Euro 2020 warm-up match due to coronavirus...

Chelsea keeper Kepa added to Spain back-up training bubble

Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga is the latest player to be called up to Spain's back-up training bubble ahead of Euro 2020. Spain's preparations have been thrown into disarray following Sergio Busquets'...

Spain call in veteran Raul Albiol as youngsters get chance to impress

Spain have added Raul Albiol to the group of players on standby to plug holes in Luis Enrique's Euro 2020 squad if COVID-19 strikes any further blows. Captain Sergio Busquets tested positive...