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Milik the Perfect Foil for Poland's Potent Attack at Euro 2016

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Milik the Perfect Foil for Poland's Potent Attack at Euro 2016 With Euro 2016 just days away, football fans are beginning to unveil their dark horses for the tournament. With four of the six third placed teams progressing to the last-16 stage of this summer’s European Championship, a number of the lesser known nations are presented with the chance to snea...

Spain to Win and Muller Top Scorer in Euro 2016 Top Tips

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Spain to Win and Muller Top Scorer in Euro 2016 Top Tips For the first time ever, the hosts, the world champion and the European champion are the three favourites ahead of Euro 2016. France, Germany and Spain, in order of the plot, and in order of the bookmakers’ outright winners.WINNERS – France 4.00, Germany 4.50 and Spain 6.50 on Bet365, bu...

Strong Euro Showing Would See Rodriguez End Poor Season on a High

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Strong Euro Showing Would See Rodriguez End Poor Season on a High For a number of players, Euro 2016 is the ideal opportunity to end a particularly disappointing season on a high note. Wayne Rooney endured an underwhelming campaign for Manchester United, but would receive a hero’s return should he captain England to their first European Championship. Similar...

Italy's Questionable Decision to Hand Motta the Iconic Number 10

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Italy's Questionable Decision to Hand Motta the Iconic Number 10 Restraint is a sign of maturity. A frequent piece of advice to people who have trouble controlling their temper or are struggling to shake that habit of putting their foot in their mouth is to count to 10 before opening it. Unfortunately, it’s the No.10 that is causing so much heated debate at...

Key Man Chiriches Crucial for Dark Horse Romania in France

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Key Man Chiriches Crucial for Dark Horse Romania in France Tottenham fans will feel they are all too familiar with the exploits of centre-back Vlad Chiriches. While he arrived in 2013 with a a weight of expectation as one of the seven players signed following the departure of Gareth Bale, the defender ultimately struggled with the physical rigours and the s...

Nolito Can Be Spain's Secret Weapon in Pursuit of Euro 2016 Glory

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Nolito Can Be Spain's Secret Weapon in Pursuit of Euro 2016 Glory Prior to Spain’s 6-1 trouncing of South Korea on Wednesday, the Taegeuk Warriors had gone 891 minutes without conceding a goal. Of course, the meeting with Spain was always going to pose a significant threat for South Korea, but they were blown away when the two teams met in midweek. Vicente D...

Can Giroud Handle the Pressure of Leading France at Euro 2016?

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Can Giroud Handle the Pressure of Leading France at Euro 2016? Earlier this week, France head coach Didier Deschamps was forced to defend striker Olivier Giroud. “It’s definitely a minority (of fans) and it’s obviously unfair,” Deschamps said after the Arsenal striker was booed by a contingent of the fan base in their 3-2 win over Camero...

Europe's In-form Players Ahead of Euro 2016

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Europe's In-form Players Ahead of Euro 2016 With Euro 2016 kicking off in a little over a week, fans are understandably excited for the summer tournament's beginning. The hopes of nations are resting on a number of key players coming into France 2016 and with that in mind, we at WhoScored pick out five players whose form has picked up at just...

Why a Three-man Midfield is Crucial for England at Euro 2016

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Why a Three-man Midfield is Crucial for England at Euro 2016 There is something very depressing about the way the process repeats every time a tournament comes round. The period of friendlies before the event itself is not even a phony war - it’s worse than that. Roy Hodgson, hopefully, knows what he’s looking out for and keeping his mind clear, f...

Italy Future Bright Despite Underwhelming Current Crop

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Italy Future Bright Despite Underwhelming Current Crop Fourteen different nationalities were represented. Slovenia, Japan, Colombia and Brazil, France, Argentina, Montenegro and Ghana, Serbia, Switzerland, Mali, and Greece, Portugal and Croatia. One was conspicuous by its absence: Italy. The fans who bought tickets to watch Inter play Udinese at San Sir...