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What awaits Tartan Army, Dragons and Three Lions?

England’s Jack Grealish takes part in a training session. afp JUSTIN TALLIS

It is safe to say that the 2020 Euro Championships which began last night will be like no other.

It’s a year late for a start and is taking place across the continent for the first time in nine different countries and 11 cities. The fact that it is being played at all is a minor miracle.

Owing to Covid-19, preparations have been rushed and with no clear favourites, the tournament is wide open.

Fans of the British Isles teams will recall that in 2016, four of the five nations qualified with only Scotland missing out.

This time Scotland made it for the first time since 1996, along with England and Wales, but alas the two Irish teams fell by the wayside.

Welsh fans will look back fondly on the 2016 tournament in which the Dragons…

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