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World Cup warm up: Argentina set to play it safe against giant killers Iceland

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World Cup warm up: Argentina set to play it safe against giant killers Iceland Playing it safe isn’t a phrase that you would associate with Argentina boss Jorge Sampaoli too often but the former Chile boss seems set to name an experienced line-up for their World Cup opener with Iceland on Saturday.From the Marcelo Bielsa school of experimental formations and daring attac...

World Cup Countdown: The ones to watch for Iceland

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  World Cup Countdown: The ones to watch for Iceland As the World Cup edges closer, we continue our run down of all 32 competing nations in Russia. We have already delved into Argentina and Croatia in Group D and now it’s time to examine European hopefuls Iceland. The Scandinavian outfit were the surprise package at Euro 2016 and Heimir Hallgrim...

2018 World Cup Group D: Nigeria face familiar foes in Argentina

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2018 World Cup Group D: Nigeria face familiar foes in Argentina Argentina were handed a relatively easy draw in Russia next summer, with La Albiceleste facing off against Croatia, Iceland and Nigeria in Group D.ArgentinaIt took a 3-1 win over Ecuador back in October for Argentina to secure their spot at the World Cup, with La Albiceleste falling well short of ex...

Cagey affairs expected in this weekend's Euro 2016 quarter finals

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Cagey affairs expected in this weekend's Euro 2016 quarter finals With a clash of the titans on Saturday and a David vs Goliath story to round off the Euro 2016 quarter-finals, we’re previewing this weekend’s action with the return of our Bookmaker Ratings battle.Looking ahead to Germany’s meeting with Italy up against ESPN journalist Gabriele Ma...

Griezmann Redeployment Provides France Best Chance of Progression

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Griezmann Redeployment Provides France Best Chance of Progression After the interval in France’s 2-1 win over Republic of Ireland last weekend, it was more a case of when, not if, the hosts would overturn the one-goal deficit. France looked poor and lacked imagination prior to half time as they struggled against the Boys in Green. Yet a change in shape and p...

WhoScored's 4-Fold Accumulator for Euro 2016 Quarter Finals

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WhoScored's 4-Fold Accumulator for Euro 2016 Quarter Finals Poland vs Portugal - full match previewKicking off the quarter-finals, newcomers to this stage Poland face perennial qualifiers for the last eight Portugal. Fernando Santos’ men indeed enter the game as favourites despite having not won a match in 90 minutes thus far. Both have star men who we...

The Four Key Angles to Determine Euro 2016's Semi-finalists

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The Four Key Angles to Determine Euro 2016's Semi-finalists Poland vs PortugalA huge opportunity for one of these sides, heightened by the feeling there’s not that much between them. On the face of it, in fact, they’re quite similar in make-up. Poland have a balanced squad behind one big star in Robert Lewandowski. Portugal have a slightly better...

Defensive Resilience Key in Iceland's Incredible Euro 2016 Story

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Defensive Resilience Key in Iceland's Incredible Euro 2016 Story Following England’s thoroughly underwhelming exit at the last-16 stage of Euro 2016, fans were quick to make their thoughts known on the manner of the 2-1 loss to Iceland. Humiliating, embarrassing and shameful were among the most used adjectives to describe England’s lacklustre display ...

One way traffic expected as Iceland aim to frustrate England

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One way traffic expected as Iceland aim to frustrate England We’re back in action in our betting tip battle against Bookmaker Ratings, today tipping off against BR journalist Pavel Lokhovinin ahead of England’s match-up with Iceland.With a point awarded for any correct tip and WhoScored still out in front, we’re aiming to stretch our lead wi...

Top Tips from This Weekend's Euro 2016 Action

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Top Tips from This Weekend's Euro 2016 Action After a stalemate in our last betting tip battle with Bookmaker Ratings, we’re tipping off against ESPN journalist Gabriele Marcotti once more this weekend.Last choosing bets for the matches between England-Wales and Germany-Poland, the scores were 1-1, with a point for each correct tip; Gabri...