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Star Man Chiellini Exorcises Personal Demons as Italy Overcome Spain

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Star Man Chiellini Exorcises Personal Demons as Italy Overcome Spain “Giorgio! GIORGIO!” shouted Antonio Conte from the sidelines. “Get over there!” he pointed. Before following his coach’s instruction, Chiellini turned to Graziano Pellé and said: “Watch this! I’m going to follow up the rebound and score.” Pell&e...

Poland Progression Built on Solid Defensive Foundations

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Poland Progression Built on Solid Defensive Foundations Ultimately, it took a moment of magic to break down a staunch Poland defence. Xherdan Shaqiri’s goal of the tournament contender - a bicycle kick from the edge of the 18-yard box - saw Poland ship their first goal of Euro 2016. That it took 351 minutes to find a way past the White and Reds is ...

Half Time Switch Fixes France But For How Long?

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Half Time Switch Fixes France But For How Long? All of a sudden, a huge weight has lifted from France. “Libérés” – freed – was the simple headline on the cover of Monday’s L’Equipe with, tellingly, the photo below of Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud celebrating the former’s equaliser. Th...

One way traffic expected as Iceland aim to frustrate England

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One way traffic expected as Iceland aim to frustrate England We’re back in action in our betting tip battle against Bookmaker Ratings, today tipping off against BR journalist Pavel Lokhovinin ahead of England’s match-up with Iceland.With a point awarded for any correct tip and WhoScored still out in front, we’re aiming to stretch our lead wi...

Morata Familiarity of Italy Defence Vital in Spain's Pursuit of Victory

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Morata Familiarity of Italy Defence Vital in Spain's Pursuit of Victory While Euro 2016 continues towards the quarter-final stage, rumours of Alvaro Morata’s future rumbles on. Having been bought back by Real Madrid from Juventus to either develop at the Bernabeu or be sold at a higher price, it remains to be seen, but having since impressed in France, there will ...

Why Conte should make room for under-appreciated Insigne

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Why Conte should make room for under-appreciated Insigne Lorenzo Insigne was on the pitch for little more than quarter of an hour. But it was enough for La Gazzetta dello Sport to make him Italy’s Man of the Match against Ireland. The pink rubbed its eyes and wondered if what they were seeing was real. It wasn’t so much that this was the first...

Gomes offers glimpse of Portugal’s future beyond Ronaldo

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Gomes offers glimpse of Portugal’s future beyond Ronaldo In the Portugal squad it is hard to look past Cristiano Ronaldo. He is their talisman and the one player that is shouldering the hopes of an entire nation as they look towards winning their first ever major tournament. At 31, there will be a time in the not too distant future when Portugal will have...

Euro 2016's Notable Trends Following the Group Stages

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Euro 2016's Notable Trends Following the Group Stages The real Euro 2016 now begins. The tournament has been stripped down to its old number of 16 teams and, unlike a largely forgiving group stage, every match will now have immediate consequence. That is not to say, however, that there has been no significance in the opening round. You only have to loo...

La Liga Out in Front of Top Rated Leagues Represented at Euro 2016

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La Liga Out in Front of Top Rated Leagues Represented at Euro 2016 With the group stages complete following a third round of fixtures just as packed with late drama as those beforehand, the final standings have taken most by surprise. The likes of England, Spain, Belgium and Portugal all failed to win their groups, leading to something of an uneven draw for the kno...

Euro 2016 Team of the Group Stages

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Euro 2016 Team of the Group Stages Following the culmination of the group stages of Euro 2016, WhoScored.com formulates their team of the round using their unique rating system.Michael McGovern (WhoScored.com Rating 7.44) – Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland secured a place in the next round of Euro 2016 on account of being one t...