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Wales Look to Fill Ramsey Gap Against Portugal

by Andy Brassell at Tuesday, Jul 5 2016 10:45
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...
Categories: Euro 2016

Peerless Pepe Essential in Portugal's Euro 2016 Progression

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jul 4 2016 14:55
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...
Categories: Euro 2016

Portugal Must Find Correct Midfield Balance Without Carvalho

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Jul 4 2016 11:34
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...
Categories: Team Focus

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

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jun 30 2016 15:58
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...
Categories: WhoScored Tipster

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

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Jun 30 2016 11:00
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...
Categories: Euro 2016

Gomes offers glimpse of Portugal’s future beyond Ronaldo

by Josh Wright at Friday, Jun 24 2016 16:11
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...
Categories: Player Focus

Ronaldo Must Improve Tournament Fortunes to Star at Euro 2016

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Jun 9 2016 15:54
Ronaldo Must Improve Tournament Fortunes to Star at Euro 2016 With Euro 2016 rapidly approaching, some are already turning their attentions to who will finish the tournament as top goalscorer. A total of 11 players across Europe’s top five leagues, the Eredivisie, Super Lig and Russian Premier League who scored 20 or more league goals last season will be...
Categories: Euro 2016

Six Main Storylines Set to Drive Euro 2016

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Jun 9 2016 10:30
Six Main Storylines Set to Drive Euro 2016 There are many elements that properly mark an international tournament, from the level of the football to the drama of the moments, but even they are elevated by one of the most important aspects of all: the quality of the storylines. Brazil 2014 stood out in this regard, with everything from the co...
Categories: Euro 2016

Tournament Focus: European Under-21 Championship Round-Up

by Josh Wright at Wednesday, Jul 1 2015 12:11
Tournament Focus: European Under-21 Championship Round-Up Another international tournament has finished and England have, somewhat unsurprisingly, underperformed. Following in the footsteps of the seniors at last summer's World Cup, Gareth Southgate’s men crashed out at the group stages, although some pride can be taken from the fact they were the on...
Categories: Tournament Focus

Match Focus: How the USA Can Stop Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal

by Graham Ruthven at Saturday, Jun 21 2014 12:00
Match Focus: How the USA Can Stop Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal A look of genuine disbelief spread across the face of defender John Brooks as he wheeled away in celebration on Monday night. This was his competitive debut for the USA and he had just scored a World Cup winner in their 2-1 victory over Ghana, four minutes from the end. Disbelief was an understandab...
Categories: Match Focus