Below is the fifth installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “Footé in France” by O-Posts mainstay and top football writer, Adam Gray. The pressure may be on manager Vincent Del Bosque to deliver after Spain were eliminated from the 2014 World Cup at the group stage, but little could be derived from their friendly
The land of song are singing - they are the mighty Wales, They won their first Euro match, now their beer has booming sales! They played quite remarkably and so deserved their win. Now bring on their next game - they could win again. I also watched the mighty England - and they scored a
Below is the fourth installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “Footé in France” by O-Posts mainstay and top football writer, Adam Gray. Before he leaves for Chelsea and hands the reigns over to Giampiero Ventura, Italy coach Antonio Conte will be aiming to sign off on a high after two years in charge. Conte
It seems like before every major tournament, Spain have a plethora of talent to pick from. Euro 2016 is no different. Spain is so spoilt with talent that they could afford to leave out players like Isco, Santi Cazorla, Javi Martinez and Saúl Ñíguez, who broke into prominence with Atletico Madrid. Even though they couldn’t
Below is an infographic created by our friends at Sporticos, highlighting the jersey color that have brought out the most success and have proven to be the most fruitful throughout the Euro 2016 qualifiers. Check out more fantastic infographics by Sporticos on their website Follow Sporticos on Twitter @SporticosCom Like O-Posts on Facebook You
As sure as Stéphane Guivarc’h is now a swimming pool salesman, we will see a number of players emerge from relative obscurity at Euro 2016 and go on to secure giant transfers following their endeavours at the Championships. So looking beyond your Ronaldos and Pogbas, who are the key players to watch in France over
Below is the first installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “The Russian Review” by Russian football expert and sports journalist, Shaun Nicolaides. The miserable days with Fabio Capello at the helm are still fresh in every Russian football fan’s mind. Russia have endured a dismal few years on the international scene, and after a
The England football players have now all gone to France. To take part in the Euro 2016, they anticipate their chance. The boys stood at the airport - so smart and so proud. Wondering why there’s no cheering, coming from the crowd! Welcome to La-France - to all the national teams. And when you go
Below is the third installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “Footé in France” by O-Posts mainstay and top football writer, Adam Gray. In the 70 years since their first international match against Yugoslavia, the highlights of Albanian football have been triumphs in the Balkan Cup of 1946 and the Malta Rothmans International Tournament of
Euro 2016: a tournament that galvanizes sporting fans all over the world. Well, at least among followers of the beautiful game. Excitement is building in anticipation for the opening day of the tournament, which is just a couple of days away from commencing. So to celebrate this exciting event: we have cooperated with Poki, an
The article below is the third installment of a column related to everything Euro 2016 titled “Euro Vision” by respected South African sports journalist and ANN7 Prime Sports Anchor, Peter Stemmet. Euro 2016 kicks off on Friday and anyone with any interest in the tournament is making a prediction. Who will win? I will now
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Below is the second installment of a Euro 2016 column titled “Footé in France” by O-Posts mainstay and top football writer, Adam Gray. There is nothing quite like a major international tournament to throw into the limelight a few previously unheard of players for the biggest clubs to excitedly get their wallets out for. The
The countdown for the Euro 2016 has begun with teams having already submitted their final player-squad numbers for the month long tournament. This year’s competition- which will be the tournament’s 15th edition- will be hosted in France. La Furia Roja, Spain’s national team, are the current holders and will be looking to defend the much
Last week, I alluded to the chances of host nation France at this year’s European Championships. Let us explore, shall we? Les Bleus are always competitive on home turf. This is most notably demonstrated by victories in front of their own fans at Euro 84 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. The country also hosted
Below is the first article of a Euro 2016 column called “Footé in France” by O-Posts mainstay and top football writer, Adam Gray. Fernando Santos isn’t one for making sweeping changes. When he took over from Otto Rehhagel as Greece coach in 2010 he maintained the same core of players, and the defensive tactics that
The article below is the first installment of a column related to everything Euro 2016 titled “Euro Vision” by respected South African sports journalist and ANN7 Prime Sports Anchor, Peter Stemmet. The 2016 European Championships are upon us. On 10 June the 15th Euros will kick off and France will be hosting for the second
Roy Hodgson’s 26 man preliminary squad for Euro 2016 included five strikers with Wayne Rooney, Daniel Sturridge, Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and most surprisingly Marcus Rashford preferred to Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe. Unquestionably, Defoe had an outstanding season with the 33 year old netting 15 goals and playing the pivotal role in his side’s ultimate survival
Most Euro 2016 squad announcements over the past couple of weeks have passed by without much drama or even the hint of a surprise. However, Vicente del Bosque caught many people cold when he named his provisional Spain squad this week, particularly with the omission of Diego Costa. On the face of it naming just
England manager Roy Hodgson recently announced his 26-man provisional squad, and as always, surprise inclusions and exclusions were largely deliberated. Many observers, especially West Ham United faithful, have been voicing their unrest over Mark Noble being snubbed in favour of Jack Wilshere. The fact that the Arsenal midfielder has only played a handful of youth
A name that was missing from England’s provisional Euro 2016 squad on Monday morning will give a stark warning to a name that was included. Theo Walcott used Twitter to express his “disappointment” over being left out but it is that emotion that is becoming synonymous with a career that began with his surprise call
I am a magic genie - and I am an England fan, Please don’t ask me why, I’m told this by my Gran! I do live in a lamp - and I watch my large TV, But I am so dissolutionned, with the England football team - I’ll create some magic for free! But if
With just two months until the Euro 16 football tournament kicks off in France, football fans will be betting on another hugely exciting dose of sporting drama. Since Spain’s triumphant victory over Italy in the final of Euro 12, much has changed, and some of these upcoming friendlies could pose some interesting clues as to
Stories of football supporters being financially manipulated by footballing organisations are nothing new. Nor are they rare. But that does not mean they should become any less important as time goes by and fans across the globe are continually ripped off. The football fan is a rare breed. Loyalty to their chosen club far surpasses the
2016 will be a very interesting year for football fans, because the Euro 2016 promises to be one of the most competitive football tournaments that the football world has ever seen! Since the Euro 2012 many teams have progressed, while some have become weaker – which means that no one can say for sure who