TV view: Roy Keane proves a diamond amongst the cheerleaders
Roy Keane represented the only form of real entertainment in the 90-minute pre-match package, writes Ian Whittell.
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SUBSCRIBEBritish - make that, English - television coverage of the Euros semi-final with Denmark may have been predictably overwrought, bordering on the hysterical, but at least it confirmed one irrefutable fact.
The most entertaining individual of this highly entertaining tournament has not played for one of the 24 teams but has been sat in the ITV commentary studio.
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