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How England, France and Portugal can progress in Euro qualifying preview

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How England, France and Portugal can progress in Euro qualifying preview With seven matches kicking off in European Championship qualifying tonight, there are five sides capable of mathematically guaranteeing their place at next summer's finals.Among those are England, who missed the chance of booking their spot on Friday with defeat in the Czech Republic but can still d...

Euro U21 Best XI: Golden Boot favourite Waldschmidt among best group stage performers

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Euro U21 Best XI: Golden Boot favourite Waldschmidt among best group stage performers Now is the ideal time to take stock of this summer’s U21 European Championship, with the group phase done and dusted and the semi-finals confirmed. Here we run through the best WhoScored rated XI from the group stage of the tournament.Goalkeeper: Daniel Iversen (Denmark) - 7.14 rating Denmark ...

Germany dominate Euro U21 best XI after smashing Serbia for six

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Germany dominate Euro U21 best XI after smashing Serbia for six Goalkeeper: Kamil Grabara (Poland) - 8.14 ratingPoland secured a fine result to defeat five-time Euro U21 champions Italy 1-0 on Wednesday night. The result was largely possible due to the goalkeeping display of Kamil Grabara, who produced five saves and one successful high claim to cap a memorable ...

Team Preview: Can Ripoll maximise outstanding yet underachieving France U21s?

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Team Preview: Can Ripoll maximise outstanding yet underachieving France U21s? While France are among the favourites to lift the trophy this summer, somewhat unbelievably les bleus’ youngsters have qualified for the finals for the first time since 2006, with six failed attempts in between.They are the underachievers of youth level football, possessing outstanding young t...

Euro U21 star men - Group C (Croatia, England, France, Romania)

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Euro U21 star men - Group C (Croatia, England, France, Romania) Culminating our look at the star men from each group at the upcoming Euro U21 Championships we assess Group C, where England will face France along with the less fancied Croatia and Romania. The following are the highest rated players from each side based on performances in Europe’s top five l...

Who boasts the best squad eligible for the Euro U21 championships this summer?

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Who boasts the best squad eligible for the Euro U21 championships this summer? While nations across the continent are kicking off their qualifying campaigns the U21 tournament lineup has already been established, with some notable omissions in the form of Portugal and Netherlands.While there a number of players eligible (born on or after January 1st 2016) for the finals in Ita...

Netherlands future shines bright after dominating last two World Champions

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Netherlands future shines bright after dominating last two World Champions It’s been a torrid few years for the Netherlands as far as their national football team is concerned, failing to bridge a generational gap of top class stars. That is, it seems, until now after the Orange conquered World Cup winners France last night having thumped the 2014 champions Germany i...

The decisive Nations League matches to keep an eye on this weekend

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The decisive Nations League matches to keep an eye on this weekend If there were any still questioning the implementation of the UEFA Nations League and whether it would serve up anything other than glorified friendlies, the final countdown to the competition should have allayed any such fears. With a number of mouth-watering and decisive matches to look forward to...

UEFA Nations League round-up: Sunday's star players assessed

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UEFA Nations League round-up: Sunday's star players assessed There were eight UEFA Nations League matches on Sunday as the second round of fixtures kick off. Here, we run through the best performers from the day’s action.Ukraine 1-0 Slovakia: Mykola Matvyenko - 7.58 ratingUkraine followed up their hard-fought 2-1 win at Czech Republic last week with a 1...

Nations League round-up: A and B best XIs dominated by Switzerland and Wales

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Nations League round-up: A and B best XIs dominated by Switzerland and Wales As fans around Europe slowly get to grips with the concept of UEFA’s new Nations League format, there was some understandable apprehension as to just how seriously the matches would be taken, particularly by the elite sides in League A.It’s fair to say that the first big game of the tour...