Euro 2024: Tactical freedom, upsets and great goals light up thrilling group stage
The first stage of Euro 2024 came to a close late on Wednesday with a series of uninvited guests hurtling around on the turf of the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg, side-stepping security marshalls. Pitch invasions have been a sporadic theme in Germany through an event captivating a vast share of global TV audiences. It can look unruly. If it’s not rogue spectators, wanting to congratulate compatriots or merely to touch Cristiano Ronaldo, it’s plastic cups being thrown from the grandstands.


