History in the Making: 3 Momentous Events to Anticipate at the UEFA European Championship 2020-2021

While it feels as though it has been a long time in the making, we are once again drawing tantalisingly close to the start of the next UEFA European Championship. 

For those who have been following these games for many years already, the upcoming matches will represent something of a homecoming – but that’s not to say the events will be commonplace. In fact, that could not be further from the truth. Given the wealth of epoch-making moments we can anticipate from the moment the first coin is tossed, the only thing we can expect this year is the unexpected. 

Read more about three unprecedented moments to expect in the UEFA 2020-2021.

Finland Will Play in Their First Major Tournament 

We all remember that earth-shattering moment when Finland scored a 3-0 win over Liechtenstein back in the fall of 2019. At that moment, history was in the making as they made it through qualifiers as Group J’s runner-up, and landed themselves comfortably within Group B, alongside Denmark, Belgium and Russia. 

The journey may have been a long once for this team, but it is clear already that the hopes of their national supporters – not to mention the eyes of bookies and pundits around the world – are trained firmly on this team as the date of their first match, Saturday 12th June, draws ever closer. 

In fact, for our Finnish readers you can keep up to date with the championship and betting odds right here, where all the latest revelations from the EUFA is being compiled together. 

UEFA President Michael Platini Promises a ‘Romantic’ Celebration

Believe it or not, the European Championship will this year celebrate six decades on this planet – and, as anyone who has followed the highs and lows, successes and defeats, for anywhere near that long will attest, it is high time we begin to celebrate it in a way that truly lives up to its distinction.

As such, the Championship will take an unprecedented tour of the continent – a tour than Platini himself described as fittingly ‘romantic’. Beginning in Italy, the championship will stop by in sixteen cities across Europe before celebrating the semi-final and final in London’s Wembley stadium. 

As a result, this pivotal event will make waves across Europe, and once again serve to unite millions of football fans who have waited almost two years to see yet another climactic end to the championship. 

VAR Will Make its Debut at the UEFA

While video assistant referee (VAR) has long-since made its mark (whether you deem it positive, or wholly negative) on the beautiful game, and many of us are now used to its small interruptions during the course of a game, it remains very new to the world of football – so new, in fact, that we have yet to experience it within a UEFA European Championship. 

Of course, pundits, players and fans alike are already shuffling to the edges of their seats in anticipation of the potential controversies this tech could stir up over the course of the championship. 

Of course, it lies within the fundamental nature of football that players and fans will never know quite what to respect from any given game, but the significance of the upcoming games cannot – and will not – be underestimated by anyone planning on tuning in this summer. Watch this space, and look forward to a championship that is sure to go down in history.