The Latest: Llorente returns to Spain's Euro 2020 squad
___The opening match of the coronavirus-delayed European Championship has started. ___The Stadio Olimpico is almost at the maximum capacity of 16,000 allowed for the opening match of the European Championship. Most of the Turkey fans are sitting in the northern end of the stadium where Lazio supporters usually gather. There seemed to be almost as many Turkey fans as Italy supporters a couple of hours before kickoff. ___Kevin De Bruyne has not traveled to St. Petersburg with the Belgium squad for Saturday’s European Championship game against Russia.
wftv.comChampions League: Madrid in trouble despite late fightback
(AP Photo/Martin Meissner)With one point from its opening two games, Real Madrid is facing another fight to preserve its proud record of qualifying for the knockout stage in all of its seasons in the Champions League. Heading into the 87th minute against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Madrid was losing 2-0 and on course for four straight losses in the Champions League for the first time. Madrid is in bigger trouble, though, in its 25th campaign in the Champions League, in which the team has never been eliminated in the group stage. Defending champion Bayern Munich is having no such trouble, with a 2-1 victory at Lokomotiv Moscow extending its winning run in the Champions League to 13 games. However, Jota scored in the 55th for a historic goal for Liverpool and substitute Mohamed Salah converted a stoppage-time penalty.