Euro 2024: Bauard calls for votes, sells light beer to Brits, a Dutchman suddenly marries… Behind the scenes of the Euros

So, the euro? Short stories that make up the legend

Pavard and Giroud call on the French to vote

“We must all vote”France defender Benjamin Pavard was asked on Friday about early parliamentary elections on June 30 and July 7 during Euro-2024. “If I had one piece of advice for the French, it would be to go and vote. It’s not normal for almost 50% (of Europeans) not to vote.”Scorer Olivier Giroud was added

Earlier in the day, striker Ousmane Dembélé and defender Ferland Mendy also encouraged the French to vote. The French Football Federation, for its part, is in the process of establishing representatives for the French team’s players and management at its consulate in Düsseldorf, a two-hour drive from Paderborn.

NETHERLANDS: He gets married “simultaneously” on his day off

Netherlands defender Matthijs de Ligt took advantage of the one-day holiday given to Dutch players before the Euros to marry his fiancée AnneKee Molenaar last week, ANP news agency reported on Friday.

The Bayern central defender (24 years old) married the young model and influencer in his village of Brugge, north of Amsterdam, on June 6, the day after the preparation match against Canada (a 4-0 win) at the Quyb in Rotterdam. “Given our busy schedule and our progress on the Euro, this was the only day I was sure to be free.“, declared De Licht, who was so married “Lightning Speed”.

“Light” pears (2.5%) for Serbia-England supporters.

Supporters of both teams can only buy low-alcohol beer for Sunday’s potentially dangerous match between England and Serbia in the first round of Euro 2024, police announced on Friday.

A 2.5% “light beer” will be served in the stadium, with fans limited to two drinks at a time, a police spokesman in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany, said.

The sale of regular beer with an alcohol content of 4 to 5% is prohibited. “Security Reasons”Spokesman said, British “used to”.

Shevchenko never forgot the war

Ukraine’s presence in the euro is a triumph against adversity, according to Andriy Shevchenko. “Let’s remind the world what we do”Said the Ukrainian football legend, winner of the Golden Ball in 2004.

Three years ago, during the previous Euro, Zbirna (“Choice”), the team then coached by Shevchenko reached the quarter-finals, losing 4-0 to England.

At the moment, the 47-year-old Shevchenko is no longer president of the Ukrainian Football Federation, and is experiencing great consternation and deep anguish among players marked by a conflict fueled by a Russian invasion of their country in February 2022.