Internationals Archives: 06/2016

A Wojciech Szczesny-less Poland were knocked out of the Euros by Cristiano Ronaldo and co, but they needed penalties to do it.

Alexis Sanchez has posted pictures of his ankle after a terrible challenge in the Copa America final and they are not pretty at all.

Mo Marley has called up 20 players for the double-header to be played on the 12th and 14th of July at St George’s Park.

When the England manager calls and tells you you’re going to the Euros to represent your country even though you’ve played just five minutes of football all season, what do you do?

Alan Shearer has slammed England manager, Roy Hodgson, for picking Jack Wilshere to start in the Three Lions’ humiliating 2-1 defeat to Iceland.

After England’s embarrassing 2-1 defeat and elimination from the Euros at the hands of little ol’ Iceland, and Roy Hodgson’s resulting resignation, talk turned to who will take over; Ian Wright wasn’t impressed with one particular name thrown into the hat.

Daily Cannon spent Monday basking in the ambiance of Alexis Sanchez’s Copa America win with Chile, as well as sifting through the usual gossip.

Iceland have knocked England out of the Euros and progressed to the quarter-finals.

Hector Bellerin was, once again, an unused sub in Spain’s 2-0 loss against Italy in the Euros.

Alexis Sanchez admitted he was emotional following Chile’s second Copa America win in as many years and explained his injury.

Antoine Griezmann praised Olivier Giroud in France’s press conference, describing his efforts on the pitch as ‘unnoticed’ by many.

Mesut Ozil took to Twitter to congratulate Arsenal teammate, Alexis Sanchez, on his Copa America win.

Laurent Koscielny gave a long interview to l’Equipe prior to the 2016 Euros that the English media have only just picked up, here are some bits about defensive work and positioning.

Despite both Granit Xhaka and Mesut Ozil putting in a decent shift during the Euros so far, they also have something else in common: they’ve both missed penalties.

After Germany’s 3-0 win over Slovakia in the Euros on Sunday, Ian Wright revealed that he would have loved to play with Mesut Ozil and that he believes the midfielder can be the best no. 10 in the world.

Alexis Sanchez had to leave a Chile training session on Sunday before the Copa America final and it appeared the forward was still carrying his injury, despite featuring and winning!

Alexis Sanchez’s Chile have won the Copa America tournament for the second year running, beating Argentina on penalties in the final.

Before I start this I’m going to be honest – I couldn’t have cared less about what was going on in the world of Arsenal…

The cause, to me, is clear. It’s no coincidence.* Arsenal rarely get penalties in the Premier League, so it’s no surprise that they are rubbish…

Granit Xhaka has no plans to shirk his penalty taking responsibilities despite missing for his country and costing them a place in the quarter finals in France.