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• Euro 2024 social round-up: What might have been for Wimbledon, UEFA turns 70

  Day two of Euro 2024 picked up the excitement where it left off, with a historic round of games on Saturday.

  Switzerland joined Germany level on points at the top of Group A with an impressive 3-1 win over Hungary before Spain cruised to a 3-0 victory over Croatia in their Group B opener with three first-half goals.

  Italy's European Championships title defence got off to a perfect start as they bounced back from conceding the earliest goal in the tournament's history (23 seconds) by beating Albania 2-1.

  While the football continued to entertain, there was also plenty of action on social media. Here's a pick of some of the best posts.

  What might have been for Wimbledon

  AFC Wimbledon's official X account drew plenty of attention as the admin latched onto the hype over Jamal Musiala, following the Germany international's magical display against Scotland.

  Musiala grew up in England, and represented AFC Wimbledon, via the Corpus Christi Primary School, in the EFL Utilita Kids Cup.

  It's clear from the highlights of that match, in which Musiala scored a hat-trick and left defenders mesmerised - a bit like he did on Friday - that he was a special talent.

  Embolo back on the scene

  Breel Embolo endured an injury-hit campaign for Monaco, but he is back to fitness in time to feature for Switzerland, for whom he remains a crucial player.

  And after coming on as a second-half substitute, Embolo sealed the three points as the Swiss beat Hungary 3-1 in the first game of the day. 

  As the official Euro 2042 X account pointed out, Embolo has now netted in successive Euros tournaments for his nation.

  Birthday boy

  Pascal Gross is a newcomer to Germany's squad, and came on for his major tournament debut during Friday's 5-1 thrashing of Scotland.

  The Brighton midfielder then celebrated his 33rd birthday on Saturday, with Germany's official X account sharing the celebrations.

  That big win over Scotland, and his Euros bow, was surely a great way to welcome in his 34th year.

  UEFA turns 70

  Gross was not the only one celebrating a birthday on Saturday.

  Indeed, UEFA marked the 70th anniversary of its founding, which came on June 15, 1954.

  "It's a story of devotion, dedication and dreams..." shared the governing bodies' official X account.

  Barcelona show pride of record-breaking youngster

  Spain got off to the perfect start in the so-called 'group of death' with a rampant 3-0 win over Croatia on Saturday.

  But, when the team sheets came out before the game, all the headlines quickly turned to Lamine Yamal, who became the youngest-ever player to appear at the Euros at 16 years and 338 days.

  After an impressive performance by the youngster, Barcelona were quick to remind fans where he came from with a post on X: "He's very good... and he's ours."

  Van Dijk, Simons and De Ligt put to the test

  The Netherlands are yet to open their campaign in Euro 2024, but put aside their preparation to take some time to answer questions from young fans.

  Xavi Simons was quizzed on which defender scares him the most - fellow Dutchman Virgil van Dijk - while the captain and Matthijs de Ligt rated their chances of winning the tournament.

  Final preparations

  England open their campaign when they take on Serbia in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday, and on Saturday, Gareth Southgate's team ran through their MD-1 training session.

  All 26 players were involved in the session, with England allowing their fans to watch on live via a post on X.

  Only part of the session was broadcast, however, so any Serbia spies could not garner too much information about Southgate's tactics ahead of the Group C clash.

• England's Super 8s fate rests in Scotland's hands after Namibia win

  England's hopes of making it to the Super 8s are still alive after a 41-run victory on DLS over Namibia on Saturday.

  The rain heavily delayed the start in Antigua, reducing the match to a 10-over-a-side game.

  Despite the must-win nature of the match, England's openers got off to a slow start with Jos Buttler bowled for a duck while Phil Salt was dismissed for just 11.

  Harry Brook was the star with 47 not out, with Jonny Bairstow's 31 adding to their cushion, though Ruben Trumpelmann finished strongly for Namibia with a 2-31.

  With England finishing on 122-5, Namibia were set a target of 127 on DLS, and their chase got off to a steady start, but by the halfway point, Namibia still needed 92 runs from 30 balls.

  Shortly after, Niko Davin retired with 18, and two big catches by Brook took out Michael van Lingen (33) and David Wiese (27) ensured England eased to victory.

  Now, England need to hope that Australia beat Scotland in their Group B match, otherwise, the holders will be going out in the group stage.

  Data Debrief: England's hopes stay alive

  Brook was the standout performer for England on both sides today, stalling Nambia's admittedly slow chase, while contributing the most to their run chase with a knock including four fours and two sixes.

  It is his largest run total at the World Cup so far, more than doubling his tally from their defeat to Australia (20).

• Kane dreams of Euro 2024 success as England captain aims for 'pinnacle' moment

  Harry Kane dreams of winning a major tournament with England to mark "the pinnacle of anyone's career", with the Three Lions star hoping to end his trophy drought at Euro 2024.

  Bayern Munich striker Kane will lead his country out once more when Gareth Southgate's side open their European Championship campaign against Serbia on Sunday.

  Having fallen short in the delayed Euro 2020 final against Italy, as well as World Clup semi-final elimination to Croatia in 2018, Kane is without international glory – and his lack of club success is much discussed, too.

  Kane acknowledged his own shortcomings as the England captain aims for national success in Germany.

  "I love playing for my country," he said at Saturday's pre-match press conference. "It means the world to me every time I step out onto the pitch wearing that shirt.

  "To win a major tournament with England would be the pinnacle of anyone's career. That's the aim.

  "For me personally, the trophies haven't quite happened yet, but it just makes me more determined and more hungry to go out there and do that.

  "It starts with this summer, where we have a good opportunity. We have a lot of hard work in front of us, but that opportunity is there and I'm looking forward to making it happen."

  Kane is England’s record goalscorer overall (63 goals) and their most prolific player at major tournaments (12 goals at World Cup/Euros).

  He scored or assisted in all seven of his starts in qualifying (eight goals, two assists) and heads into this tournament after a fine club season with Bayern.

  The former Tottenham forward scored 36 goals in 32 Bundesliga games for the most prolific debut campaign in the competition's history.

  Yet international success is all that matters over the next month for Kane.

  "Every tournament brings different expectations," Kane added. "We've earned the right to be classed as one of the favourites.

  "In past tournaments, we've done a lot of things well and done the country proud but, ultimately, we're here to win it and there'll be nothing better for us and the nation itself than if we do that."

  As for his own success, individual achievements are far from Kane's priority.

  "Back in 2018, the Golden Boot was an amazing achievement, but that's always a consequence of winning games and trying to win the European Championship, which is what we're trying to do," he said.

  "If I win the Golden Boot along the way, fantastic as I'm helping my team.

  "We have some great goalscorers in the team, players who are on form, who've had fantastic seasons, so now it's about taking that into a major tournament."