You know it's the close season when you're watching Soccer Aid at the weekend in an attempt to fill that lonely gap of no football.

Ronaldinho, Jermain Defoe and Dimitar Berbatov may have had the edge in the charity match at Old Trafford but fear not, for the real deal starts on Friday.

Yes, Euro 2016. It's this week.

And France's Olivier Giroud isn't holding back - he's going to dye his beard red, white and blue if his country go all the way and win the title.

Talking of embarrassing things, organisers messed up in the Copa America clash between Mexico and Uruguay - playing the Chile national anthem instead of the visitors'.

And continuing on that musical embarrassment theme, former Hamilton Accies striker Carlton Morris has had his Norwich City initiation and has performed in the world's biggest boyband.

Instead of playing the Uruguayan national anthem before kick off, organisers played the Chilean national anthem instead.

Former Hamilton Accies' striker Carlton Morris (fourth from left) has plans for an alternative career.

Patrick Kielty...Jamie Theakston...Ronaldinho...

....he pretty much ran the show.

But Sam Allardyce showed One Direction's Niall who's boss.

Then England's Jermain Defoe stole the show...

"I have to keep my beard until the EURO so that if we win I can dye it red, white and blue."

The invasion has started.

Inverness Caley Thistle's Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo turns 26 today. He was born in 1990. Many happy returns!