PARIS (AP) With the European Championship group stage over, UEFA proudly flagged up a statistic on Thursday: no team won all three games.
Not World Cup holder Germany and certainly not two-time defending European champion Spain, which only advanced to the round of 16 as a group runner-up.
The lack of walkovers and dead-rubber group games provides some vindication for UEFA after eight teams were added to make its showpiece a 24-team event.
Here is an overview of the group stage as the continental championship takes a pause before resuming Saturday:
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HISTORY MAKERS
Part of the joy of the expanded European Championship was the appearance of five new teams.