History Shows a Slow Start Is How Spain Like It Best at Euros

What really is the sign of champions? There seems to be some disconnect in consensus. Some think it’s a thumping display of superiority, dominating from start to finish and running up a score more befitting of a cricket match. Others believe it is the recording of victory when it was not truly deserved.  Those who hail Spain as Euro 2016 winners-in-waiting after their 1-0 win over Czech... 

England Must Be More Conservative or Face Being Picked off by Wales

Rivalries are the product of their circumstance. So while England and Wales haven’t always contested the fiercest of conflicts, the potential consequence of Thursday’s crunch clash has provided the fixture with a different dimension. Whether it lasts beyond Euro 2016 or not, this is undoubtedly a rivalry right now. The trash talk started almost as soon as both teams had completed their... 

Why England Stand Their Best Chance of Major Tournament Glory in a Decade

It can be difficult to gauge just how fair a chance England stand of winning any given major tournament. Whether it be the European Championship or the World Cup, hyperbole and pessimism warps judgement in equal measure. On the basis of preemptive predictions, the Three Lions are either winners-in-waiting or group-stage flops-to-be. This time is different, though. Nobody, not even Roy Hodgson, is certain... 

Could Euro 2016 Be to France What Euro 2008 Was to Spain?

On the lawn of the Chateau de Clairefontaine—where the French national team has its central hub—there stands a gigantic replica of the World Cup trophy. The players take no notice of it any more. It may stand as a tribute to the country’s greatest sporting triumph, but its pertinence has somewhat waned given that 18 years have now passed since it was lifted by Les Blues. It is, in... 

Is Spain Boss Vicente del Bosque’s Job the Toughest in International Football?

For most countries, 23 squad places are enough to provide national-team managers with every option, every trait they could possibly want during a major tournament. Some countries even struggle to fill that many spots with players of a suitable calibre. Not in Spain’s case, though. Manager Vicente del Bosque could do with double that number. Indeed, no nation is stacked with as many top-class... 

Is Marcus Rashford England’s Brightest Young Prospect Since Wayne Rooney?

Some players have that special something. It’s intangible, unquantifiable and difficult to completely grasp, but there is something that sets them apart from the rest. It’s what makes Marcus Rashford such an exciting prospect and why he’s going to the UEFA European Championship with England this summer. Indeed, the teenager completed his astonishing recent rise by making Roy Hodgson’s... 

Roy Hodgson Must Embrace England’s Attacking Identity at Euro 2016

As if Roy Hodgson needed further confirmation of his England team’s strengths and weaknesses, he got it within 13 minutes of Sunday’s friendly clash against Turkey at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. It only took that long for them to underline their potency in attack contrasted with their deficiency at the back.  It offered a glimpse into the kind of side England will most likely be... 

Roy Hodgson Must Deliver on England World Cup and Qualification Promise at Euros

Even by the standards of the 2014 World Cup, England’s Brazilian send-off was particularly bizarre. The competition witnessed cases of on-field biting, off-field protests and an annihilation of the host nation in the semi-final, but nothing was as surreal as the reception Roy Hodgson’s side received in Belo Horizonte. Having failed to make it out of the group stage, drawing their final... 

A Youthful, Attacking England Side Can Win the 2014 World Cup

Roy Hodgson must be tempted to switch off his phone, cut the cable to his broadband router and bury his head in a pillow until the World Cup begins. Everyone wants to lend the England manager a hand picking the 23-man squad that will join him on the flight to Brazil. Jose Mourinho says Hodgson should remain loyal to the players he used in the qualification campaign. “I think the players that... 

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