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Wales Look to Fill Ramsey Gap Against Portugal

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Wales Look to Fill Ramsey Gap Against Portugal Every decision feels like a big one in a major championship finals, and more so as one starts to reach the business end. Chris Coleman, universally lauded for his work with Wales at Euro 2016 - and deservedly so - has a biggie on his plate ahead of Wednesday’s semi-final. If the shape of and p...

Peerless Pepe Essential in Portugal's Euro 2016 Progression

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Peerless Pepe Essential in Portugal's Euro 2016 Progression It’s somewhat remarkable that, despite failing to win a match inside 90 minutes, Portugal were the first team to secure a place in the semi finals of Euro 2016. A penalty shoot out win over Poland on Thursday night guaranteed their successful progression to the next round of the competition fo...

Portugal Must Find Correct Midfield Balance Without Carvalho

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Portugal Must Find Correct Midfield Balance Without Carvalho This is a Portugal side that seems determined to be counter-intuitive. They have two players in Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo who have, over their careers, become noted for their reluctance to track back and yet Portugal in the knockout stages have looked as defensively resolute as anyone – and t...

Cagey affairs expected in this weekend's Euro 2016 quarter finals

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Cagey affairs expected in this weekend's Euro 2016 quarter finals With a clash of the titans on Saturday and a David vs Goliath story to round off the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, we’re previewing this weekend’s action with the return of our Bookmaker Ratings battle.Looking ahead to Germany’s meeting with Italy up against ESPN journalist Gabriele Ma...

Can Umtiti end week to remember on a high?

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Can Umtiti end week to remember on a high? It’s been quite the week for Samuel Umtiti, and one that the 22-year old will hope ends on a high as France aim to put an end to Iceland’s remarkable Euro 2016 campaign.Having agreed a deal to make the move from Lyon to Barcelona for a fee of €25m, the defender will link up with his...

Four Key Battles as Germany Face Off Against Italy

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Four Key Battles as Germany Face Off Against Italy It’s a quarter final match up that some would suggest deserves to be the final showpiece of Euro 2016. For all of Germany’s obvious dominating talent, Italy’s team spirit to match their unwavering willingness to work tirelessly for their manager Antonio Conte promises to make for a...

Griezmann Redeployment Provides France Best Chance of Progression

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Griezmann Redeployment Provides France Best Chance of Progression After the interval in France’s 2-1 win over Republic of Ireland last weekend, it was more a case of when, not if, the hosts would overturn the one-goal deficit. France looked poor and lacked imagination prior to half time as they struggled against the Boys in Green. Yet a change in shape and p...

WhoScored's 4-Fold Accumulator for Euro 2016 Quarter Finals

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WhoScored's 4-Fold Accumulator for Euro 2016 Quarter Finals Poland vs Portugal - full match previewKicking off the quarter-finals, newcomers to this stage Poland face perennial qualifiers for the last eight Portugal. Fernando Santos’ men indeed enter the game as favourites despite having not won a match in 90 minutes thus far. Both have star men who we...

The Four Key Angles to Determine Euro 2016's Semi-finalists

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The Four Key Angles to Determine Euro 2016's Semi-finalists Poland vs PortugalA huge opportunity for one of these sides, heightened by the feeling there’s not that much between them. On the face of it, in fact, they’re quite similar in make-up. Poland have a balanced squad behind one big star in Robert Lewandowski. Portugal have a slightly better...

Defensive Resilience Key in Iceland's Incredible Euro 2016 Story

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Defensive Resilience Key in Iceland's Incredible Euro 2016 Story Following England’s thoroughly underwhelming exit at the last-16 stage of Euro 2016, fans were quick to make their thoughts known on the manner of the 2-1 loss to Iceland. Humiliating, embarrassing and shameful were among the most used adjectives to describe England’s lacklustre display ...