Euro 2016 – Previews
Our football scribe takes a look at Wednesday’s Euro 2016 semi-final between Portugal and Wales.
What a truly bizarre semi-final we have in-store here. Sub-plots abound in a fixture that very few would have dared anticipate in their pre-tournament configurations.
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Euro 2016 Quarter-Finals: Germany vs Italy Preview
Germany and Italy will lock horns in Bordeaux on Saturday night in what looks a mouth-watering encounter.
The Germans have not beaten the Italians in eight attempts at World Cup and European Championships.
In their most recent competitive encounter Mario Balotelli inspired the Azzurri to Euro 2012 semi-final victory and six years earlier late goals from Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero knocked the Germans out of their own World Cup, also in the semis.
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Our football scribe takes a look at Wednesday’s Euro 2016 semi-final between Portugal and Wales.
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The Germans have not beaten the Italians in eight attempts at World Cup and European Championships.
In their most recent competitive encounter Mario Balotelli inspired the Azzurri to Euro 2012 semi-final victory and six years earlier late goals from Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero knocked the Germans out of their own World Cup, also in the semis.
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Find out who our soccer scribe is backing to win Friday’s Euro 2016 quarter-final tie between Wales and Belgium.
Wales will take on Belgium in Lille on Friday night in the quarter-finals of the European Championship. These teams were pitted in the same group in qualifying for the tournament with Chris Coleman’s side taking four points from the Red Devils, who failed to score against the Welsh across 180-minutes.
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Euro 2016 Quarter-Finals: Poland vs Portugal Preview
Portugal and Poland square off in the first Euro 2016 quarter-final at the Stade Velodrome this Thursday.
The Euro 2016 quarter-finals will get underway with dark horses Poland taking on Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal on Thursday evening. Poland advanced to the last eight via a penalty shoot-out against Switzerland, whilst Portugal conjured up a last-gasp extra-time winner through Ricardo Quaresma to break Croatian hearts last Saturday.
This encounter has all the ingredients to be a humdinger, but just which team has the guts and determination to come out on top?
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The Euro 2016 quarter-finals will get underway with dark horses Poland taking on Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal on Thursday evening. Poland advanced to the last eight via a penalty shoot-out against Switzerland, whilst Portugal conjured up a last-gasp extra-time winner through Ricardo Quaresma to break Croatian hearts last Saturday.
This encounter has all the ingredients to be a humdinger, but just which team has the guts and determination to come out on top?
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Euros 2016 Round of 16: Wales vs Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland will be looking to continue their fairytale story when they take on Wales this Saturday.
Michael O’Neill’s fairytale story makes Wales look like pre-tournament favourites in comparison. Despite only falling by one goal to Poland in the first game, they were badly played off the park in what looked to be the greatest display of sheer footballing superiority in the first round of fixtures (see Spain vs Czech Republic).But his side regrouped and registered a much deserved 2-0 victory over a beleaguered Ukraine outfit.
