Anticipation palpable at official fan zone in Trafalgar Square as supporters gather to watch final of Euro 2020
With less than an hour to go before the kick-off of the Euro 2020 final, stepping out of Charing Cross station the anticipation was palpable.
Thousands of football fans, may cloaked in the flag of St George, roamed the streets of central London, screaming that football was coming home, chanting and clapping on cue to the sound of a foghorn: “England!” The air was close with the smell of smoke and beer. Some fans had clearly started early, staggering around and breaking bottles against lamp-posts, while mounted police stood guard around the fan zone in Trafalgar Square.
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