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The Key Battles as France Open Euros Against Romania

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Jun 8 2016 17:25
The Key Battles as France Open Euros Against Romania We’re just days from the start of the Euros, with hosts France having emerged as favourites despite not playing a competitive match since being dumped out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals two years ago. Since then, however, Didier Deschamps’ squad has progressed, now with an enviab...
Categories: Euro 2016

The Top Tips in Each Group at Euro 2016

by Tancredi Palmeri at Jumatano, Jun 8 2016 12:02
The Top Tips in Each Group at Euro 2016 Euro 2016 is the first of its kind with 24 teams. With more teams able to progress from the group stage, the final round of matches will give headaches to those calculating what the best outcome would be in order to secure the best passage in the knockout phase. Compared to previous editions, the fa...
Categories: Euro 2016

Spain to Win and Muller Top Scorer in Euro 2016 Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Jumatatu, Jun 6 2016 16:29
Spain to Win and Muller Top Scorer in Euro 2016 Top Tips For the first time ever, the hosts, the world champion and the European champion are the three favourites ahead of Euro 2016. France, Germany and Spain, in order of the plot, and in order of the bookmakers’ outright winners.WINNERS – France 4.00, Germany 4.50 and Spain 6.50 on Bet365, bu...
Categories: Euro 2016

Can Giroud Handle the Pressure of Leading France at Euro 2016?

by Ben McAleer at Jumatano, Jun 1 2016 17:28
Can Giroud Handle the Pressure of Leading France at Euro 2016? Earlier this week, France head coach Didier Deschamps was forced to defend striker Olivier Giroud. “It’s definitely a minority (of fans) and it’s obviously unfair,” Deschamps said after the Arsenal striker was booed by a contingent of the fan base in their 3-2 win over Camero...
Categories: Euro 2016

Player Focus: Should Hatem Ben Arfa go to Euro 2016?

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Jan 18 2016 17:30
Player Focus: Should Hatem Ben Arfa go to Euro 2016? Some things never change. As Hatem Ben Arfa responded to questions in the media area of the Allianz Riviera after his match winning performance on Friday night, the Nice midfielder was interrupted by a tap on the shoulder. It was from the hand of Saïd Chabane, the president of Angers, whose tea...
Categories: Player Focus

Team Focus: Fierce Competition Apparent as France Brush Aside Denmark

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Okt 12 2015 17:05
Team Focus: Fierce Competition Apparent as France Brush Aside Denmark Didier Deschamps came close to his Aimé Jacquet moment but the worst, it appears, has since passed. The run of three defeats in four games that led into the last international window hadn’t put the former Juventus, Monaco and Marseille boss in any serious danger - and he hadn’t ha...
Categories: Team News

Player Focus: Diarra's Recent France Outing Marks Impressive Return to the Fore

by Ben McAleer at Ijumaa, Okt 9 2015 15:55
Player Focus: Diarra's Recent France Outing Marks Impressive Return to the Fore Lassana Diarra’s 34th French cap on Thursday night can certainly be considered a return from international wilderness. The midfielder’s start against Armenia was the first time he turned out for France since the October 12th 2010. It was almost five years to the day that Diarra last feat...
Categories: Player Focus

Team Focus: Still Many Questions For Improving France

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Sep 7 2015 11:20
Team Focus: Still Many Questions For Improving France “It’s a style that I don’t have yet.” Didier Deschamps’ words to describe his reasons for calling up Nabil Fekir for the first time, back in March, were unusually imprecise and vague. Fekir tends to have that effect on people. That particular blend of bewitching footwor...
Categories: Team Focus

Match Report: Lacazette Leads Hungry Reserves to Impressive France Win

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Mac 30 2015 14:19
Match Report: Lacazette Leads Hungry Reserves to Impressive France Win It had to happen somewhere, sometime, but here? That Alexandre Lacazette’s first goal for France was scored at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, the home of Lyon’s bitter rivals Saint Etienne (he was accordingly booed when he touched the ball in the early stages of Sunday’s game with De...
Categories: Match Report

Team Focus: France Flexibility the Key as Les Bleus Look to 2016

by Andy Brassell at Jumatatu, Okt 13 2014 12:19
Team Focus: France Flexibility the Key as Les Bleus Look to 2016 It is beginning to look like a model case study in perfect preparation. France is limbering up for Euro 2016, and things are looking good. If you thought getting set to host a tournament was all about an unseemly last-minute scramble of infrastructure tightening and agonising over selection, think a...
Categories: Team Focus