Tag: Euro 2016

This year’s Euro 2016 predictions are a little tricky to make after Spain’s spectacular implosion in Brazil two years ago and a general evening out of the playing field. World…

Roy Hodgson has selected his 26-man provisional England Euro 2016 squad on Monday which will be reduced to the mandatory 23 a week on Saturday, the day after the Three Lions…

Euro 2016 is upon us and if you are wondering about your travel, accommodation and require a general guide to France, here at Soccerlens we have you covered. Omio, a…

The Three Lions manager Roy Hodgson has announced his 26-man preliminary England Euro 2016 squad for the Euro Championships in France to be held next month. Hodgson has surprised everyone…

The first game of the 2016 European Championships kicks off at 20:00 CET on Friday 10 June when France take on Romania in the Stade de France, Paris. One month…

The cacophony of thousands of fans, effused nationalistic pride and the ardent support of one’s country are vital ingredients to any European Championship. However, as we have witnessed with recent…

The new Croatia Euro 2016 Kits, both home and away prepared by Nike in collaboration with the Croatian Football federation, draw inspiration from the Croatia 1998 France World Cup kit. Here is…

The final international break of this season is almost upon us and it presents a great chance for the Euro 2016 hopefuls to establish their credentials ahead of the tournament…

The much anticipated Euro 2016 will kick off at the Stade de France on June 10, 2016. England will play their opening match against Russia before Roy Hodgson’s face Wales in Lens…

England will face England, Russia Slovakia and Wales at Euro 2016 after the draw was completed moments ago. Roy Hodgson’s side will kick off their campaign on Saturday 11 June…

The last stage for qualification into next summer’s European Championship in France came to an end last night with the identities of all the 24 participating nations now being known….

For the Euro 2016 edition, UEFA have decided to increase the number of participating teams to 24, giving the competition a grand scale allowing the small nations like Slovakia, Albania…

After two years of huffing and puffing eight national teams now face the knock-out drama of the play-offs to decide the last four nations for France, Euro 2016. It will…

The European Championship qualifying is drawing to a close during this international break from club competition. The final games of qualifying are set to take place on Tuesday, and after…

Spanish influence in European football is anything but new. Over the past few years, we have witnessed domination in European football by the Spanish clubs which has been in full…

England manager Roy Hodgson’s future at the helm of the national team will be in jeopardy should he lead his team to another disappointing campaign at next summer’s Euros, according…

The 2012 European Championships will kick off this summer in Poland and Ukraine. The Euro 2012 betting hugely favours Spain and Germany, but beyond the favourites and indeed beyond the…

With Euro 2012 just round the corner, the footballing world will have their eyes on Ukraine and Poland this summer. With Europe’s leading nations competing in June and July, fans…

While watching David Silva and Spain dismantle a dogged and compact Scotland on Wednesday, it struck me: this was hardly Spain’s best outfit and they were dominating. Silva cemented his…

Jack Wilshere is the future. The chosen one, he’s the face of English football for the twenty-first century. Miraculously, he remains somewhat personally underexposed for the amount of hype that…

Jermaine Pennant wants to play for Ireland and doesn’t mind saying so. It doesn’t sit well with Liam Lawrence that he’s saying so. Is there anything wrong with Pennant’s attitude?

I have followed England in the last six major tournaments we have played in stretching back to the European Championships held here on home soil in 1996. During that time…

Stuart Fuller, from the blog The Ball is Round goes back to the end of the 1970’s for an international at Wembley Stadium. I am a difficult person to buy…

In 2002 the promise of Sven Goran Eriksson’s bright new era was scythed down by what would become familiar stumbling blocks: the quarter finals of a major tournament and defeat…

An astonishing leaked interview with former England boss Steve “Umbrella” McClaren has made it clear to British football authorities that the man they entrusted with England’s dismal Euro 2008 qualifying…

When it comes to the annals of English football history, it’s unlikely Steve McClaren’s tenure in the hotseat will get a particularly favourable write-up. Somewhat tactically naive, unable to motivate…

Football is cruel. Italy, winners of a penalty shoot-out in the World Cup Finals in 2006, were dumped out of Euro 2008 after losing on penalties to Spain. Defeat, on…