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For competitive tournament soccer, France has always been the host with the most. Two tournaments on its soil have resulted in two wild celebrations from Paris to Calais, stirring renditions of La Marseillaise ringing out through the countryside. They have made legends among the national team, among them Michel Platini, Zinedine Zidane and even current…
The way the brackets shook out for the European Championship, one side was loaded with perennials _ France, Germany, Italy, England and Spain were all among one group of eight _ while a less heralded set _ Wales, Portugal, Belgium and Croatia _ all vied to be among the final four in France. That moment…
Amid all the statistics heading into the last two quarterfinal contests of the European Championship in France, one number in particular stood out when looking at the matchups between Germany and Italy and host France and Iceland. Zero. That is the number of wins Die Mannschaft have in eight competitive matches against the Azzurri in…
One of the reasons Wales was able to end a 58-year tournament drought and qualify for the European Championship this summer was its ability to take four of a possible six points from Belgium during qualifying. The Red Dragons scraped out a 0-0 draw on the road, and Gareth Bale pounced on a mistake by…
History dictates anything with England once it gets to the knockout round of a major tournament is fraught with peril. Missed penalty kicks (see quarterfinals, 2006 World Cup and 2004 Euros) and petulant red cards (Hi, David Beckham and Wayne Rooney!) serve as road marks on now 50 years of misery since the Three Lions…
There is a clear line of demarcation among the favorites and underdogs for the second day of round of 16 matchups at the European Championships on Sunday in France. It starts with the host country as Les Bleus face Ireland, which is out to avenge Thierry Henry’s notorious handball that helped eliminate The Boys in…
It is arguably one of the most agonizing decisions any DFS player must make – who do you choose between two superstars who can provide near equal value in different methods when you can’t select them both? That is the case for Saturday, when both Cristiano Ronaldo ($13,880) and Gareth Bale ($12,000) lead Portugal and…
There really are no secrets left for all four teams playing Saturday and Sunday in the Copa America consolation and championship matches in the United States. The undercard in Arizona features the host Yanks looking to avenge a 2-0 defeat to Colombia that opened the tournament. Both goals came on set pieces _ Cristian Zapata…
One of the challenges of selecting Cristiano Ronaldo and his $13,880 price tag is building around him since he essentially counts as two people with his salary. Yet in the final set of group matches at the Euro Championships, help in picking a DFS lineup for FanXT comes from an unlikely source: Italy. The Azzurri…
Goalkeeper: Petr Cech, Czech Republic ($7,750). There are a pair of quality options among the eight keepers in Cech and Poland’s Lukasz Fabianski, who is slightly lower priced at $7,340. Both are facing winless and scoreless teams in Turkey and Ukraine, respectively, but given the Turks have put only two shots on goal in two…