Time for the Turniermannschaft as Nagelsmann’s Germany look to take control of Euro 2024 again 

On Saturday, the tournament returns with the weight and nerve-twitching tension that makes knockout football so damn addictive. It returns with the host nation in the prime time slot.

G'LUCK GERMANY: Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann and assistants Sandro Wagner and Benjamin Gluck. Photo credit: Nick Potts/PA Wire.

You’ve to roll out of the cot early to beat the cheese and fruit vendors to Barbarossaplatz.

Friday morning hadn’t yet fully broken but the stalls were already heaving as locals on two wheels or two feet made their way towards work and then the weekend in sudden yet blissful quiet.