1. More than 88% of Polish Jews were murdered on its soil in the Holocaust. In general, more than half of the six million Jews who were murdered were Polish Jews. Three million were slaughtered, murdered, burned alive. This country was the center of the great extermination of Jews in the Second World War: the Nazis established extermination camps on its land such as Sobibor, Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Majdanek, and others. Today it is used as a pilgrimage site, thousands of young men flock to this journey every year, so as not to forget what the Jews went through during the Holocaust.
Poland is a symbol of genocide. A massacre of unprecedented proportions was carried out on its land. It doesn’t matter who was at its head, it doesn’t matter the fact that she wants to repair relations – what she is doing these days is a disgrace, perhaps an unforgivable act that it is doubtful that Israel should be silent about. It requests that Israel, a country that defended itself during the murderous massacre by Hamas on October 7, not host games in Europe on its soil, because it is committing genocide (the Israeli teams in Europe – Maccabi Tel Aviv, Maccabi Haifa and Hapoel Beer Sheva, announced yesterday that they will host on Poland the games in Europe, due to the war in Israel, the one that started with a mass slaughter by Hamas).
Yes, you read that right. Poland, the country on whose soil approximately three million Jews were murdered, of which only 380,000 Jews survived out of the 3.3 million who lived there, claims that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It is true, the forces of Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, it was an occupied country that tried to free itself from the German yoke and yet – Jews were murdered there and it seems that it has not learned anything since then – at least not in terms of what it transmits to the world.
“Israel has committed war crimes,” one of the websites said. “Its entry into Polish territory could encourage terrorist incidents and endanger the residents.” That is, it is important for Poland to protect its citizens, as it certainly did in World War II. The Football Association must not be silent about such a move – it must issue an urgent condemnation notice from the Polish Football Association. She must be very busy, after yesterday’s loss to the Netherlands and the fact that she will probably be eliminated in the early round (after the loss to the Netherlands, Austria and France are waiting for her).
2. And there was also football yesterday. England beat Serbia (here you can read why it can win this year’s Euro), although Germany looks like a favorite and we are waiting to see how the French will look on the field), and the one who stood in the goal for Serbia was Fedraj Rajkovic. When you see the game yesterday, you understand why Maccabi Tel Aviv, who discovered him, made such a big move to bring him to Israel. He was sold to Reims for 4.5 million euros, and it seems that today he is worth much more.
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According to Transmarket’s estimate, Rajkovic’s value is around 10 million euros and if he continues this upward trend, the Mallorca goalkeeper may double his value. Yesterday he faced respectably against players like Bellingham, Saka, Foden and Kane. Yesterday, the former approached the Serb during the match and told him how it was possible that he was scoring against him after only three games. Raykovic answered the media: “He told me that because he didn’t score against me in Real Madrid’s matches against Mallorca, he remembered me from there.” Rayković’s path is still open – he is 28 years old and aims to reach a bigger team than Mallorca. And rightly so – he managed to exhaust England’s attack twice yesterday Many and kept his cool, except for one move that ended the game.
3. Tonight the eyes will be on the French team – which will play against Austria, which is considered one of the least flashy teams in this Euro. The fresh colors are considered senior candidates to win this Euro and it will be interesting to see if Kylian Mbappe will step up and be able to carry the team, offensively of course, on his shoulders.
This triangle, of England-Germany and France, according to the betting agencies, may bring two of them together. It depends on a few things, because if England and Germany finish as home, they could meet in the final. A meeting between England and France will only be possible if one of them finishes second at home. Still, it’s still too early and it’s not allowed to eulogize teams like Spain, Portugal and Italy, who aim to go as far as possible and possibly win the Euros, contrary to expectations and betting sites.
Germany’s victory in the opening game proved how determined and hungry they are coming. The team, which arrived this time older and more experienced, must go all the way this year and it seems that its squad, in addition to the fact that the Germans have had success this year in Europe (see Dortmund, Bayern, Leverkusen), should give them some advantage. On the other hand, we must not forget how the winner of the World Championship, Argentina, started the last tournament – a loss to Saudi Arabia that almost caused them to be relegated and made them reset and start the tournament again – until the big win.
4. I don’t know about you – but after such a great opening of this Euro, it will be very difficult to go back and see the Israelis in the Toto Cup in July. In the meantime, you have to enjoy what you have.
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