Euros 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny both featured for France as they beat Ireland 2-1 to seal their place in the quarter-finals, with Oli putting in a great shift.

Stoke’s Xherdan Shaqiri has defended Granit Xhaka after the Arsenal midfielder blasted his penalty wide, costing his country a place in the quarter finals.

Things have, perhaps not unexpectedly been a bit quite over the last few days. With no actual football to talk about and the UK tearing…

Aaron Ramsey has made it through to the quarter-finals of the Euros with Wales but they needed an own goal to seal the win over Northern Ireland.

Granit Xhaka and his Switzerland team-mates have been knocked out of this summer’s European Championships, following a nerve-racking defeat on penalties against a well-drilled Poland side in the first knockout fixture of the tournament.

Mesut Ozil and new boy Granit Xhaka have been named in the top ten best performing players at this year’s Euros so far.