MATT BARLOW: Albania have fuelled hope in a country with a passion for football but held back for generations, isolated from the world by the policies of Enver Hoxha's Stalinist regime.

Sarkic's twin brother Oliver played alongside him in Anderlecht's youth academy, and Matija had attended his wedding just one week ago.

Fans have insisted that Lionel Messi remains the greatest footballer on earth following a talismanic performance from the Argentina captain.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: From utter despair to potential stardom in just a few months, Nicolo Fagioli is the leftfield Euro 2024 pick now looking to emulate one of Italy's greatest players.

La Roja have won the tournament three times, but are considered perhaps surprising dark horses this summer, with the team still arguably in flux after the ageing out of their golden generation.

Just minutes into his first appearance at the Euros Fullkrug latched onto a loose ball and immediately fired off a rocket of a strike beyond Angus Gunn in the Scotland goal.

When the 20-year-old arrived in Madrid to join the Spanish giants, just under 12 months ago, the footballing world already suspected that he would go on to do great things in the game.

A VAR review revealed that the point of contact had been made just outside the 18-yard-line and the official overturned his decision to a free-kick on the edge of the box.

AADAM PATEL AT THE RHEINENERGIESTADION: For London-born Kwadwo Duah, this was the stuff of dreams having only made his Switzerland debut last week.

At 16 years and 338, the winger has broken yet another record as he's become the youngest player to feature in the Euros having been named in Spain's XI against Croatia.

Scotland must take points off the Swiss to have any hope of reaching the knockout stages

They shoot dark horses, don’t they? Just like Turkey at the last Euros, Hungary have been so widely tipped as  plausible outsiders that ­expectations have perhaps reached unreasonable levels. Like Turkey three years ago, Hungary began with a defeat and looked a long way from being a side capable of challenging.For Switzerland, the opposite is …

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Switzerland overcame Hungary 3-1 in their opening Group A clash in Cologne on Saturday.