Germany Euro 2016 team guide: tactics, key players and expert predictions

Edit The Guardian 05 Jun 2016
Germany have a magnificent squad but admit that ‘the game is undergoing a bit of a change and we’re still struggling to catch up’ ... He is also a good friend of Joachim Löw ... Related. Euro 2016 ... Often injured and written off by many as a technically limited one-dimensional striker, Gomez is back after a strong season at Besiktas that saw him win the honours as the leading scorer in the Turkish league as well as the championship ... Twitter ... ....

Jonas Hector: the unusual left-back who has filled a Philipp Lahm-shaped hole

Edit The Guardian 05 Jun 2016
The Cologne left-back is the kind of player who should not really exist any more and the only German international in France who has never seen a youth academy from the inside. A look at the numbers for the German national team at the end of last year revealed a curious statistic. 754 minutes ... Related. Euro 2016 ... Jonas who? ... As the newly crowned champion and leading scorer of the Turkish league with Besiktas he now gets to make a comeback....

Taras Stepanenko: the Ukraine midfielder who fought Yarmolenko but still made Euro 2016

Edit The Guardian 05 Jun 2016
A key member of the Ukraine squad, Stepanenko has a long-running feud with Dynamo Kyiv’s Andriy Yarmolenko but the pair shook hands in May and will be team-mates in France ... Related. Euro 2016. the complete guide to every squad and every player in France ... Retribution was instant ... Twitter ... The Besiktas player had his first ink applied at the age of 17, and now has so many that he could almost take money from those interested in viewing them....

Dinamo and AZ Alkmaar in final (FC Dinamo Tbilisi)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
(Source. FC Dinamo Tbilisi). Play-off matches of Vitali Daraselia 1 International Tournament were held at Mikheil Meskhi stadium. Dinamo hosted Trabzonspor in the first semi-final ... The last match took place between Besiktas JK and Dinamo-2 ... Besiktas JK scored its only goal on the tournament in the second half ... Besiktas JK and Sheriff will play for the seventh place at 15.30 at Dinamo training ground ... Dinamo ... Besiktas 1.3 Dinamo-2. Besiktas....

AZ Alkmaar is the winner of Vitali Daraselia International Tournament (FC Dinamo Tbilisi)

Edit Public Technologies 03 Jun 2016
(Source. FC Dinamo Tbilisi). Today Vitali Daraselia 1 International Tournament has finished at Dinamo Arena. Dutch team AZ Alkmaar won the tournament that defeated Dinamo Tbilisi in the final. The match for the seventh place wasn't held because Besiktas JK refused to play as its footballers were ill. So technical victory 3.0 was recorded in favor of Sheriff ... Cumur (2), Akgun and Senivc scored ... Sheriff 3.0 Besiktas JK (technical victory)....

Football transfer rumours: Paul Pogba to return to Manchester United?

Edit The Guardian 03 Jun 2016
Today’s gossip is voting for Bexleyheath. The Mill knows that you should never go back, and not only because of the prohibitive terms of the restraining order ... Reports that Mourinho will also re-sign Ryan Tunnicliffe and Ravel Morrison are unconfirmed ... But some talent may be exported as well ... Christian Benteke. Christian Benteke ... Last, and - no offence, Dave - emphatically least, Besiktas want Arsenal scapegoat David Ospina. ....

Today's newspaper gossip: Man United make £60m bid for Pogba; Dani Alves to PSG

Edit Modern Ghana 03 Jun 2016
By www.ghanasoccernet.com. Manchester City's signing of 25-year-old Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is the start of a summer spree in which new manager Pep Guardiola could spend £250m. (Daily Mirror) ... (Guardian) ... (Manchester Evening News) ... (Sun) ... (Le10 Sport via Daily Star) ... (Liverpool Echo) ... (Daily Mail) ... (Marca) ... (Sun) ... Besiktas sporting director Gokhan Keskin has confirmed the Turkish club are targeting Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina, 27....

Besiktas offer £7million for Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel as the Slovakia star prepares to bid ...

Edit The Daily Mail 03 Jun 2016
Turkish champions Besiktas have tabled a £7million offer for out-of-favour Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel. The 31-year-old is expected to depart Anfield this summer ... ....

Football: Schweinsteiger hopes to face Hungary in Euro bid

Edit The Times of India 03 Jun 2016
Berlin, June 3, 2016 (AFP) -. Bastian Schweinsteiger hopes to play his first football since tearing knee ligaments in March when world champions Germany host Hungary on Saturday in their final Euro 2016 warm-up. "My goal is to play on Saturday ... It looks as though Mario Gomez , who scored 26 goals for Besiktas in the Turkish league, will start as striker with Mario Goetze, whose goal won the World Cup final, on the bench ... ryj/bc ... RELATED....

Cristiano Ronaldo to lead Portugal into the Euro 2016

Edit DNA India 01 Jun 2016
-->. The doubt and rumours of Cristiano Ronaldo not being the captain of Portugal squad are removed as the squad was announced on Tuesday ... Goalkeepers. Anthony Lopes (Olympique Lyon), Eduardo (Dínamo Zagreb), Rui Patricio (Sporting). Defenders ... Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Eder (Lille), Nani (Fenerbahce), Rafa (Braga), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas). ....

Cristiano Ronaldo leads Portugal squad

Edit Indian Express 01 Jun 2016
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the decisive penalty as Real Madrid won their 11th European Cup last weekend. (Source. AP) ... Goalkeepers. Anthony Lopes (Olympique Lyon), Eduardo (Dínamo Zagreb), Rui Patricio (Sporting). Defenders ... Midfielders ... Forwards. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Eder (Lille), Nani (Fenerbahce), Rafa (Braga), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas) ....

Oleksandr Zinchenko named in Ukraine squad

Edit Indian Express 01 Jun 2016
Ukraine play world champions Germany in their opening Euro 2016 game on June 12. (Source. Reuters) ... The 19-year-old Zinchenko scored in the 4-3 friendly win over Romania on Sunday shortly after coming on as a halftime substitute ... Goalkeepers. Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar), Denys Boyko (Besiktas), Mykyta Shevchenko (Zorya) ... ....
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