After what has so far been yet another largely forgettable campaign for the individual talents of current Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney, many have once again sought to criticise the 30-year-old striker for his seeming inability to reproduce his best form out on the pitch. For one reason or another, the former
Although very few of us within the European footballing community ever really expected Iceland to make a name for themselves across the Euro 2016 qualifying stages this season, Lars Lagerback’s boys have nonetheless achieved the seemingly impossible by guaranteeing a place at the competition next summer. The likes of Eidur Gudjohnsen, Hermann Hreidarsson and Brynjar
After narrowly missing out on automatic qualification to the Euro 2016 finals in France next summer, Republic of Ireland boss, Martin O’Neill, has a difficult task on his hands in steering his side to victory this term. The Irish face 2014 World Cup representatives, Bosnia & Herzegovina, on route to achieving entry to the tournament
Despite witnessing neighbours Spain go through their very own major renaissance period, a time of indisputable dominance at the top of the international scene, as well as a somewhat dramatic fall from grace last time out at the 2014 World Cup – Portugal have nonetheless remained firmly in the shadows of their local rivals for
Every team eventually gets found out somewhere down the line. Such is the unforgivably testing nature of the modern game, especially within the competitive and popular realm of international football. Euro 2016 therefore offers Spain that all important chance to prove themselves once more after failing dramatically to reach the knock-out stages of the 2014
Whilst Euro 2012 may have produced a rather long and relatively successful route to the final for the Azzurri, Italy have nonetheless been rather disappointing on the international scene of late. Both the 2010 and 2014 World Cups have to go down as respective disasters for Antonio Conte’s current side – so where the team
Just what seems to be going wrong with the Dutch national side at the moment? After current Manchester United boss – Louis van Gaal – led the Netherlands to a relatively successful stint at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil, his successors have seemingly enjoyed a much less profitable spell in charge of the
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