While England, Spain, Denmark and Italy all played all three of their group matches on home turf, others had to travel thousands of kilometres between games. Wales played their first two matches in Azerbaijani capital Baku before a near 4,000-kilometre (2,480 miles) trip to Rome to face Italy. An exhausted side, who reached the semi-finals in 2016, were then thrashed 4-0 by Denmark, who had played all their group games in Copenhagen, in the last 16 in Amsterdam. Due to travel restrictions, Welsh fans from the UK could not even attend that tie, while the Danes were roared on by thousands of supporters. You know that when the games are tight in the knockout phase, it's a big advantage to play at home."

Source: Daily Nation July 05, 2021 01:52 UTC