Innholdsfortegnelse for Issue 730 i Match of the Day Magazine

THE MASCOT THIS PAW-SOME St. Bernard pup is called Maddli. She’s named after Switzerland’s first pro women’s player, Madeleine Boll! THE HOST CITIES GAMES TAKE PLACE ACROSS EIGHT CITIES – Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lucerne, St. Gallen, Sion, Thun and Zurich. Switzerland’s biggest stadium St. Jakob-Park, in Basel, will host the final! THE LANGUAGE NOPE, ADAM HASN’T SNEEZED... it’s the Swiss German greeting for ‘Hello’. Switzerland has three official languages – German, French and Italian! THE BALL PLAYERS WILL be ballin’ out with the epic adidas Konketis. Look closer and you’ll spot a little landmark from each host city on the ball. Nice! THE FINAL LOCK IN Sunday 27 July to find out who’ll lift the trophy! Will it be current champs England…favourites Spain… or someone else? THE TEAMS SIXTEEN NATIONS…

THE STRONG ONE! GEORGIA SAYS: “It's either Bronzey or Lauren James. But if it’s shoulder-to-shoulder, LJ’s winning for sure. Lucy’s on the floor, haha!” THE LOVES A CELE ONE! GEORGIA SAYS: “It has to be Chloe Kelly – for that t-shirt off moment in the Euro 2022 final!” THE SLEEPY ONE! LOTTE SAYS: “If you’re talking about naps, Georgia can nap anywhere – but Khiara Keating is the sleepiest!” THE MAGICAL ONE! GEORGIA SAYS: “I’d go with Tooney or Jess Park – the two little dribblers!” THE ANGRY ONE! LOTTE SAYS: “All of us! We’re all such competitive people. If you’re losing in training, then you’re fuming!” THE LOUD ONE! GEORGIA SAYS: “That could be me!” LOTTE SAYS: “You don’t have a volume button! GEORGIA SAYS: “Even if I’m just…

CALLING ALL collectors! Thanks to Topps, we’re offering THREE MOTD mag readers the chance to win 100 Official Women’s Euro 2025 Sticker Collection promotional packs each. That’s a whopping 300 stickers for each winner! What are you waiting for? Get entering! Q For your chance to win, answer this question! What is the England Women’s nickname? A The Tigresses B The Ewes C The Lionesses HOW TO ENTER BY EMAIL Send to 16018@motdcomps.co.uk and put the code 16018 in the email subject line. Don’t forget to include your answer, name and contact number. BY TEXT Text COMP [space] then MOTD16018+ either A, B or C [space] plus your name and contact number to 66644. Text entry cost will be however much your mobile phone company charges for one standard…

GROUP A SWITZERLAND FACT FILE MANAGER Pia SundhageCAPTAIN Lia WaltiNICKNAME Red CrossesFIFA WORLD RANKING 23 STAR PLAYER LIA WALTI Club Arsenal Age 32Position Midfielder THIS LEDGE Gunners midfielder is still one of the top playmakers in the world. Walti’s big-match experience will be vital for the hosts this summer! EUROS RECORD TOTAL APPEARANCES 2 (P6 W1 D2 L3) BEST PERFORMANCE GROUP STAGE (2017, 2022) LAST EUROS GROUP STAGE STRONGEST LINE-UP THERE’S PLENTY of excitement around the host nation this summer, with fans hoping the team make history in only their third appearance in the Euros. They’ll back themselves to get out of this group, but after that it could be a challenge! MOTD MAG PREDICTS QUARTER-FINALS NORWAY FACT FILE MANAGER Gemma GraingerCAPTAIN Ada HegerbergNICKNAME The GrasshoppersFIFA WORLD RANKING 16 EUROS…

MARIO KART WORLD NINTENDO SWITCH 2 MARIO’S BRAND-NEW game has huge 24-player races, loads of exploring and the chance to drive around as a Moo Cow. Here we go! IN A WORD… YAHOO! NINTENDO SWITCH 2 OH – AND the console you play Mario Kart World on is new, too. The new Switch has a bigger screen, top graphics and more epic games on the way! IN A WORD… FUTURISTIC! POKEMON LEGENDS Z-A NINTENDO SWITCH & SWITCH 2 WE’RE BUZZING for a new Pokémon adventure. This one has new ways to travel, catch Pokémon and battle. Plus, watch out for all the Mega Evolutions! IN A WORD… LEGENDARY! FC 26 PLAYSTATION, XBOX & SWITCH THERE HASN’T been an official announcement for the next FC yet, but there’s loads of chat…

KEEP THIS PAGE with you all summer – and update it when deals go through! MY TEAM’S SUMMER TRANSFER BUDGET UNDER £10m ❑ £11m-£29m ❑ £30m-£49m ❑ £50m-£79m ❑ £80m-£99m ❑ £100m+ ❑ YOU'RE THE PUNDIT! THESE ARE three of the biggest deals of the summer so far. Do you think these guys will be a hit or a miss? FLORIAN WIRTZBayer Leverkusen to Liverpool£116m 23-year-old German attacking midfielder RAYAN CHERKI Lyon to Man. City£33m 21-year-old French attacking midfielder TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD Liverpool to Real Madrid£10m 26-year-old English playmaking right-back Find all the latest transfer rumours at bbc.co.uk/sport/football/gossip…