Soccer barely offers us a second to catch a breath at the most effective of instances, and the upcoming months will probably be no totally different because the European Championship kicks off in Germany whereas the US performs host to the Copa America.
Each tournaments are positive to be full of intrigue and drama. After final month’s Euro 2024 Particular (which you’ll be able to nonetheless purchase), on this situation we’ve taken a more in-depth take a look at the gamers that might gentle up the match, previewed the 2024 Copa America because the ten footballing nations of South America head north in what is going to function a helpful costume rehearsal for subsequent 12 months’s Membership World Cup and the primary occasion in 2026, and picked the brains of our community of consultants to get their predictions for each tournaments.
Jamie Evans, Managing Editor
THE WORLD THIS MONTH
14 Jim Holden Teaching, tradition and Coverciano
16 Euro 2024 squad watch
18 Keir Radnedge 74th FIFA Congress
20 Jonathan Wilson The ever-evolving Guardiola
21 Studies We Couldn’t Make Up
22 Obituaries
23 Ins & Outs
24 ESM XI
FEATURES
26 EyeWitness Aruba
30 Flip again the clock Wayne’s World: Rooney’s Euro 2004 breakout match
36 Euro 2024 50 stars to look at
48 Euro 2024 predictions
60 Particular Tribute Cesar Luis Menotti
COPA AMERICA
50 Match preview
52 6 of the Greatest Stars to look at on the finals
54 Group information
58 Match predictions
INTERVIEWS
64 FaceToFace Lewis Morgan
68 FaceToFace Ronwen Williams
99 My Greatest Sport Harry Kane
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
70 2027 World Cup hosts
71 European home season round-up
WORLD SERVICE
76 Africa CAF Champions League overview
78 Asia AFC Champions League overview
80 Oceania OFC Champions League overview
82 Argentina Copa de la Liga overview
84 India Tremendous League Assessment
86 Qatar Underneath-23 Asian Cup overview
88 CONCACAF 2026 World Cup qualifiers
90 Vanuatu & Fiji 2024 OFC Nations Cup preview
92 Nauru Soccer’s remaining frontier