This news article covers two major sporting events: Lewis Hamilton's surprise switch to Ferrari and England's run to the final of the European Championship. Hamilton's move to Ferrari is compared to Lionel Messi joining a Premier League giant, while England's campaign is highlighted for its dramatic moments and narrow miss of winning the trophy.
Nobody predicted Lewis Hamilton would join Ferrari . The story was so big that it booted out all the football news on Deadline Day back on February 1. The football equivalent would be Lionel Messi joining Manchester United or Liverpool after he left Barcelona. Hamilton, who endured a largely disappointing final campaign at Mercedes, signed a multi-year contract and will be Charles Leclerc ’s team-mate, with Carlos Sainz forced out to join Williams.
The 39-year-old is set to drive an older Ferrari F1 car at their test track in Fiorano, before pre-season testing on February 26-28 in Bahrain and the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on March 14-16. Mercedes announced later in the year that Italian teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli will replace Hamilton at Mercedes.England marked Gareth Southgate’s final tournament as Three Lions boss with another trip to the European Championship final but failed to take the all-important last step, in a repeat of their disappointment from Euro 2020. England fell to Italy on penalties four years ago and came close to taking it to another shoot-out this time round, until Mikel Oyarzabal netted in extra-time to secure the trophy for Spain. It was a goal that cancelled out Cole Palmer’s dramatic late equaliser off the bench and sealed Southgate’s future in the process, with the 54-year-old stepping down from the role two days after the final. Despite the defeat, the tournament was filled with memories that will last a lifetime for supporters across the country. Ollie Watkins’ last-gasp winner against Netherlands, Jude Bellingham’s stunning overhead kick to level the game in injury-time against Slovakia and Bukayo Saka’s late heroics against Switzerland. England walked a fine-line between disappointment and glory – but ultimately fell on the wrong side of the final once agai
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