The first international break of Euro 2020 qualifiers are nearly over and now we know the mascot for next summer's tournament.
The standout qualifier came on Sunday as Holland hosted rivals Germany - and that's where the mascot for Euro 2020 was unveiled.
Known as 'Skillzy' the mascot is a freestyle fanatic and he showcased his repertoire of skills prior to the Dutch's 3-2 home defeat at the Johan Cruyff Arena.
Accompanied by two of the world's leading freestylers, Liv Cooke and Tobias Becs, Skillzy showed off a few moves to the 55,000 spectators inside the iconic Amsterdam stadium.
'Being able to take the beauty of freestyling, street football and panna to football fans all over Europe is a really special opportunity,' said Cooke, an English former world champion and Together #WePlayStrong ambassador.
'Whether it's playing in the park or on the world stage, whether it is football or freestyling, it's about expressing yourself with the ball at your feet.'
The 2020 tournament, which runs from June 12 until July 12, is the first European Championship to be played under a new format with group games spread across several countries.
Wembley is one of 12 venues across Europe hosting Euro 2020 games. England's national stadium will have three group games, a last-16 tie, both semi-finals and the final.
anuragnandella
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not good
lodging
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Looks like an animated version of Zlatan in a Netflix kids movie.
Shrivastava
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Should have used gritty
Fatherof
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He does look absolutely horrendous, Mascots should imo be some sort of animal or made up creature not a weird morphed human
deduce
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Enjoy the football... and the nightmares of Skillzy just staring at you at 3am while you can't move for fear and he's like "look how many keep ups I can do tho"
Sedoso
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Had to make him look like a Fortnite character for the kidzzz
Armstrongrno
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It looks quite nice If he pulls off some neat tricks with the ball as well I'm sold as world politics
Humphreyes
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They really thought it was a great idea? Oh well. I hardly notice those mascots at the tournaments anyway
Nicholasly
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Why do we still need mascots?
iunderstand
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Has there ever been a tournament mascot that everyone didn't hate on?
ficcdkorsu
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At this point UEFA should do a collab with Nintendo for Pokémon, even they have better ideas.
Don't you insult Pokemon 😂😂
sevilla
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Oh it's gonna be a cat or a bird or a- WHAT!?
dossier
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More like skilazy, why are they using that guy from LazyTown for this? Just use an animal like everyone, very lazy from UEFA, I'm disappointed.
egyptiane
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I'd rather pull out of that tournament if that's what Euro 2020 is gonna look aswell
Stuartkoob
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Just cancel the competition already
illusion
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And you know they paid hundreds of thousands for him to be created.
continuebe
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Fact: The rapper Stormzy came up with the name for the mascot. It's the nickname he uses when he plays FIFA online.
yummyy
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At this point UEFA should do a collab with Nintendo for Pokémon, even they have better ideas.
unhappy
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They should have just made a different colored Gritty and called it a day.
airopeek
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Why didn't they just use Springy, the Springfield Spring?
Oliverkiss
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I like it better when Mascots are animals
Rivergad
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UEFA should offer up a mascot who is real and reflects reality. Something like Terry, the middle-aged dry alcoholic who can only play football for 10 minutes before he has to take a rest.
LoveHardy
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Anyone wanna take a bet on some kind of Fortnite advertising being tied in with this
ointmentae
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Looks like a nonce
idleness
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Human mascots are horrifying. Why not use an actual human, spare us the nightmare fuel
VanishPrasad
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They're all cute and funny
nisaekmopy
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why does he look like Cristiano Ronaldo?? are they giving us a hint?🤔
he doesn't look cristiano at all.
KINGLMD10S
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why does he look like Cristiano Ronaldo?? are they giving us a hint?🤔