{"id":301240,"date":"2023-12-03T08:46:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=301240"},"modified":"2023-12-03T08:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:46:25","slug":"england-return-to-cursed-stadium-for-euro-2024-opening-match-against-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/england-return-to-cursed-stadium-for-euro-2024-opening-match-against-serbia\/","title":{"rendered":"England return to ‘cursed’ stadium for Euro 2024 opening match against Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"
England will return to the 'cursed' Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen next summer when they try and usher football home at Euro 2024. <\/p>\n
Gareth Southgate's side discovered their fate on Saturday evening, when they were drawn in a group with Slovenia, Denmark, and Serbia. And after the Three Lions open their campaign against Serbia at the Arena AufSchalke – which might ring some bells for football fans.<\/p>\n
England have already graced the stadium in Gelsenkirchen during their 2006 World Cup campaign. On that occasion, it was the last dance for Sven Goran Eriksson's Golden Generation. <\/p>\n
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England were dumped out of the tournament by Portugal in a game that has gone down in infamy on these shores. The Three Lions crashed out on penalties, again, with only Owen Hargreaves getting his shot on target.<\/p>\n
However, the match is best remembered for Wayne Rooney's red card after he appeared to stamp on Ricardo Carvalho. And as Rooney made his way off the pitch, then-Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo aimed a wink in the direction of the referee. <\/p>\n
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Rooney, writing for The Sunday Times in 2020, revealed: "I knew it was a red card and back in the dressing room I watched the rest of the game on a little TV, thinking: 'If we win this, I\u2019m suspended for a World Cup semi-final and final and if we lose it\u2019s my fault'.<\/p>\n
"It was the worst, weirdest feeling I\u2019ve had in football. I had my phone in my hand and I was getting all these messages about Ronaldo.<\/p>\n
"Of course, when he ran over to ask Elizondo to send me off I pushed him away. In that moment I couldn\u2019t believe what he was doing. But sitting in that dressing room gave me time to calm down and think.<\/p>\n
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"I put myself in Ronaldo\u2019s shoes. Would I do the same? Probably. Would I be in the ref\u2019s face to make sure he got sent off? If he deserved the red, if it would help us win \u2014 yes, no question. I\u2019d do it tomorrow."<\/p>\n
England will hoping to lay that ghost to rest on June 16, before they square off with Denmark in the second game. Southgate's side will complete their group against Slovenia.<\/p>\n