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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Georgina Turner

The opening ceremony


Uefa round up some elderly supporters and ask them for a number...

Well, that haka we were promised [and secretly looking forward to, let's be honest here] never materialised, but we did have children, flags, balloons, and, erm, old men singing a strange song - all the perfect ingredients for a decent opener, you might say.

By the way, Sweden v Denmark finished 1-1, as I predicted, so I'm £13 up and England have a chance to take the initiative in group A...

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