The Euro 2020 Fiver: hope, hubris, resignation and despair

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And so to Rome. And then Baku, and then Copenhagen, and we’d love to keep this up for all 51 games of the European Championship, thus fulfilling our word count for today’s Fiver without breaking into a thought never mind a sweat. But we really don’t want to get on the wrong side of The Man, especially while he’s engrossed in The Brewdog Guide to Employee Morale. Besides, today is about happiness and positivity – it’s Euros Day, the start of an international tournament like no other.

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