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Hazard Return to Form a Timely Boost for Belgium

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Hazard Return to Form a Timely Boost for Belgium When Belgium’s Euro 2016 squad was announced on Thursday morning, the notable absentee was Vincent Kompany. The Manchester City centre-back was ruled out of the tournament with a calf problem last week, but that was ultimately confirmed when Marc Wilmots named his team. His absence is a blow, ...

Lack of Italian Striking Talent a Concern Ahead of Euro 2016

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Lack of Italian Striking Talent a Concern Ahead of Euro 2016 Luca Toni threw himself into his seat in the dug-out at the Bentegodi. As he leaned back and stretched out, he brought his hands to his face as if to wash it of tears. One of his teammates gamely slapped his thigh as if to say: ‘You did it! The rest of your life starts now.’ But the emot...

Italy's Lack of Top Striking Talent a Concern for Euro 2016

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Italy's Lack of Top Striking Talent a Concern for Euro 2016 “We don’t have strikers used to playing at the top level, used to handling the pressure. People like Inzaghi, Del Piero, Totti or like me. That’s depressing.” To an extent, it’s difficult to disagree with Luca Toni’s comments on Italy’s current striking pred...

Player Focus: Should Hatem Ben Arfa go to Euro 2016?

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Player Focus: Should Hatem Ben Arfa go to Euro 2016? Some things never change. As Hatem Ben Arfa responded to questions in the media area of the Allianz Riviera after his match winning performance on Friday night, the Nice midfielder was interrupted by a tap on the shoulder. It was from the hand of Saïd Chabane, the president of Angers, whose tea...

Player Focus: Konoplyanka Crucial as Ukraine Look to Finish the Job

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Player Focus: Konoplyanka Crucial as Ukraine Look to Finish the Job A comprehensive 2-0 win over Slovenia on Saturday evening put Ukraine firmly in the driving seat to progress to Euro 2016. Goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Evgen Seleznyov mean Mykhailo Fomenko’s side hold all the cards as Tuesday’s second leg meeting nears. However, a place at next summ...

Team Focus: Belgium Not Yet Transcendent but Among Euro Favourites

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Team Focus: Belgium Not Yet Transcendent but Among Euro Favourites Plenty still claim that international friendlies are meaningless, but you’d have had a job on your hands telling that to Belgium fans last week. The King Baudouin Stadium has been the venue for significant outpourings of joy in the past few years - most recently after the 3-1 victory over Isra...

Player Focus: Ibrahimovic Must Transfer Club Form to Country Against Denmark

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Player Focus: Ibrahimovic Must Transfer Club Form to Country Against Denmark Arguably the pick of the European Championship play-off encounters is the renewal of a battle between Scandinavian pairing Sweden and Denmark. Pride is on the line over the two-legged affair as well as a place at France next summer, with both teams desperate to avoid missing out on the chance of par...

Player Focus: Exploring England's Left-back Options

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Player Focus: Exploring England's Left-back Options The second international break of the season has finally drawn to a close and many fans are breathing a huge sigh of relief that domestic duties will resume this weekend. England, as one might expect, breezed through their final two qualification games, putting five past Estonia and Lithuania withou...

Team Focus: Spain Must Maintain Newfound Vigour at Euro 2016

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Team Focus: Spain Must Maintain Newfound Vigour at Euro 2016 It was quite a claim - and quite a concern - for a Spanish side that have gone through something of an identity crisis of late. It was also an indication of the crossroads the defending European champions are at.“To choose just 23 players for Euro 2016 will be a problem,” manager Vicente...

Team Focus: Fierce Competition Apparent as France Brush Aside Denmark

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Team Focus: Fierce Competition Apparent as France Brush Aside Denmark Didier Deschamps came close to his Aimé Jacquet moment but the worst, it appears, has since passed. The run of three defeats in four games that led into the last international window hadn’t put the former Juventus, Monaco and Marseille boss in any serious danger - and he hadn’t ha...