France - Romania 2:1
11th June2016 01:19:00 pm
France - Romania 2:1
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Dimitri Payet's splendid 89th-minute goal earned hosts France a 2-1 Group A victory against Romania in the opening game of UEFA EURO 2016. Though France were arguably superior for much of the tournament curtain-raiser – Antoine Griezmann struck a post and Olivier Giroud twice headed wide when unmarked at close range in the first half – Romania had
Team profile: Hungary
09th June2016 03:28:00 pm
Team profile: Hungary
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Once giants of European and world football, finishing runners-up in the FIFA World Cups of 1938 and 1954 and claiming three Olympic titles, Hungary failed to qualify for 14 successive major tournaments after reaching the 1986 World Cup but ended that miserable run by making it through to UEFA EURO 2016 via the play-offs. The golden age of
Team profile: Austria
09th June2016 03:04:00 pm
Team profile: Austria
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he halcyon days of Austrian football are in the distant past, with third place at the 1954 FIFA World Cup standing as a pinnacle of achievement. In all there have been seven World Cup appearances, the last of them at France '98, but just one until now at the UEFA European Championship – as co-hosts in 2008 when
Iceland team profile
07th June2016 04:55:00 pm
Iceland team profile
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A team on the rise, constructed on the foundations of the talented Under-21 squad that qualified for the 2011 UEFA European Championship in Denmark, Iceland made history by reaching the qualifying play-offs for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Led by former long-serving Sweden head coach Lars Lagerbäck they finished second in their qualifying group, missing out on a
Portugal team profile
06th June2016 03:00:00 pm
Portugal team profile
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Portugal ended a lengthy semi-final jinx for UEFA European Championship host nations when they made it through to the Lisbon showpiece in 2004, but defeat by Greece meant they became the only team in the competition's history to lose a final on home turf. Portugal have reached two semi-finals – at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and UEFA
Sweden
03th June2016 06:53:00 pm
Sweden
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Sweden is one of the two Scandinavian teams at Euro 2016. The blue-yellows finished third in their qualifying group, behind Austria and Russia. At the playoffs Sweden defeated their neighbors and rivals from Denmark. The team qualified for Euro for first time in 1992, when they were hosts of the tournament and reached the semi-finals. Will Ibrahimovic and
Team profile: Ireland
02th June2016 03:59:00 pm
Team profile: Ireland
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Ireland qualified for the Euro through the playoffs, where the team won against Bosnia. Without big names, the players of Martin O'Neill will be satisfied if they proceed to the knockout stage. An interesting fact is that all the players, expect the striker Robbie Keane, are playing in England. Alongside Keane, here are the veterans Shay Given and
Italy
01th June2016 04:54:00 pm
Italy
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The glorious Squadra Azzurra was close to the title in 2012, but lost the final from Spain. Antonio Conte's team qualified for UEFA Euro 20166 without a single loss. Experienced goalkeeper and defensive line were always the strongest positions in the team, but the strikers are problematic. No one of the selected forwards looks good enough to lead
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