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The Euro 2016 minute: beware the Azzurri

Tell him he’s Pellè.
Tell him he’s Pellè. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

1. Belgians busted

Italy: ridiculed and vilified beforehand; resolute and victorious after. Sound familiar? Andy Hunter watched them beat Belgium 2-0.

Read the match report

Heads up!
Heads up! Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA

2. Football Daily

AC Jimbo and co look back on all the latest action, including the Republic of Ireland’s Swede and sour day.

Listen here

Ciaran Clark after his own goal.
Ciaran Clark after his own goal. Photograph: BPI/Rex/Shutterstock

3. Spain leave it late

All that possession and it took Gerard Piqué being thrown up front as an emergency striker to beat the Czech Republic.

Here’s Sid Lowe

Biggest fingers in the business.
Biggest fingers in the business. Photograph: Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images

4. Russia's final warning

Uefa has given Russia a suspended disqualification and fined them €150,000 for crowd trouble. Any further incidents will see Russia kicked out.

The full story

Trouble in Marseille.
Trouble in Marseille. Photograph: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP

5. Enter Ronaldo

Barney Ronay on Portugal’s Plan A (and B): just give the ball to Cristiano Ronaldo.

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Coming to an Iceland defence near you.
Coming to an Iceland defence near you. Photograph: Francisco Leong/AFP/Getty Images
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