Appearing for the first time in a European Championship, and 58 years after its sole participation in a World Cup, Chris Coleman’s team arrives in France sitting on a 2nd place on Group B, only 2 points behind Belgium and leaving behind the higher ranked Bosnia & Herzegovina. In an Euro2016 where, besides the first …
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Team Preview — Russia
After three disastrous years, shadowed by the extremely costly Italian coach and successive disputes with several players, and in danger of failing to qualify after a home defeat to Austria (who would win the group), Fabio Capello was replaced in office by Leonid Slutsky, that accumulated the position with the CSKA coaching job. Since then, …
Team Preview — England
Despite a perfect qualification (10j, 10v, 31GM, 3 GS) and always being identified as one of the teams to go far in any competition it enters, the truth is that since 1968, England has only once reached the semi-finals of a European Championship. If we combine this with the fact that only once in its …
Team Preview — Switzerland
After missing all international competitions between 1966 and 1994, the swiss national team has been present in the last 3 World Cups and 5 out of 7 Euros (one as a host). Since replacing Ottmar Hitzfeld, after an elimination in the 2016 World Cup Round of 16 by Argentina, Vladimir Petkovic’s path has not been …
Team Preview — Albania
Albania debuts in the final stages of international competitions, after a 2nd place in Portugal’s qualifying group, ahead of several more experienced teams like Serbia and Denmark, a journey clearly marked by the geopolitical episode in the match in Serbia, with an administrative win by 3–0, and the surprising victory against Portugal 1–0 in the …
Team Preview — Romania
The squads of Hagi, Monteanu and Raducioiu are long gone and after the golden age of Romanian football between 1984 and 2000, in which they were present in 3 World Championships and three Euros, in the past 16 years they only attended the 2008 European tournament in which they failed to win a game (1L, …
Team Preview — France
We start our analysis of the Euro 2016 teams with Group A and the host nation. With a good record while hosts, winning Euro 84 and 98’ World Cup at home, Les Bleus are the clear favourites to win a group that opposes them to Switzerland, Romania and Albania. The team managed by Deschamps shows …
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