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Euro Vision: Germany looks anything but formidable
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2/12/2025
Gulf News’ Sports Desk looks forward to the key Euro 2016 matches over the coming week. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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It may have been ugly off the pitch but it's been anything but on it. Opening
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wins from France, Germany and Wales have brought a much-needed feel-good factor
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to Euro 2016. Joining me again is Golf News deputy sports editor Duncan Hair
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and sports reporter Ashley Hammond. So guys the first thing I want to talk
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about is England's clash with Wales. Wales the surprise winners in their
00:27
opener against Slovakia and England well a dominant performance but they
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couldn't quite convert it into three points. How is that clash going to work
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out? In an already high-pressure match England have put themselves under a lot
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more pressure and this it was I mean Eric Dier is already saying this case
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not going to be an international match it's gonna be like a Premier League game
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England versus Wales and it really could be England have put themselves in a huge
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danger here by simply the fact that Wales have got three points England have won.
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I think it's a blessing in disguise in that they've drawn the first game
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because that's sort of if they had won the first game easily they might have
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gone into this game complacent and against Wales that's probably not what
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you want to do because that could be the trickiest game in this group
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potentially. I think that's actually been a good thing that they've drawn the game
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you're looking at the positives they now know what they need to do they need to
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be more clinical basically and that could stem from a change in formation
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namely bringing on Vardy they definitely need to like two out-and-out strikers
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because at the moment from what I've seen they've had too many attacking
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midfielders who aren't necessarily goal scorers they're more playmakers I felt
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like we had like almost six playmakers on the pitch the other day. The strength
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that Wales had the other night was they've got a lot of togetherness
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they've got a lot of team spirit and it's questionable as to England as to
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whether England has the same sort of spirit. Okay guys now moving on to
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Germany and despite let's face it a makeshift defense they looked quite
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formidable in their 2-0 win over Ukraine next up in their fixture list is
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Poland do you think Poland are going to offer more of a threat than Ukraine did?
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I wasn't impressed with Poland against Northern Ireland I wasn't actually that
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impressed by Germany against Ukraine makeshift defense they gave chances away
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to Ukraine in the first half where they most certainly were impressive the
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second half they totally killed the game I mean the Germans really kept possession
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of the ball and then got the sucker punch at the end I think Poland will need to
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step up I think Poland can step it up against Germany I think they'll need to
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as well. I don't think they're anything but formidable Germany I think they
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looked beatable they look weak I think Poland as well like with England and
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Wales you've got a local derby with Germany and Poland you know the history
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between those two teams doesn't need to be highlighted I think obviously it's
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going to be a grudge game Poland beat them in qualifying so they can beat them
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Germany didn't didn't look invincible by any standard and I think Poland might
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raise their game for this one I could I could possibly see this as being the
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first upset. Okay guys now lastly I want to quickly talk about France and their
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clash against Albania France obviously won their opening game
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Albania have a lot to prove and they also desperately need those three points
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if they have any hope of progressing to the next stage how much of a threat are
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Albania to France? Not much. I mean it was an impressive first game
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against Switzerland well they sort of held their own against Switzerland but
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these opening games you can't really tell much everyone's going to be a bit
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sort of shaky in the opening games everyone's gone in nervy I don't think
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you've really seen the the top quality of all teams yet because it's just an
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opening game you can't you can't tell anything from that. Parts of the French
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team looked disjointed you know elements of the defense midfield it was a silly
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penalty kick they gave away but you saw enough of them particularly in the final
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third to think that you know they will be a threat in this tournament I think
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it was just a nervy host nation opener all the games have been very tight but
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they came out trumps in the end France I think they'll comfortably dispose of Albania
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Yeah Dimitri Payet really took it out the bag for them didn't he really
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he really saved them but I should think now they'll be a bit more sort of
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composed and really they'll get down to business and they should do it quite
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easily against Albania. They've so much quality in the final in the attacking
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areas final third of the pitch they are a real force to be reckoned with. And by
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the same measure Albania will be a bit tired from that opener because they sort
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of gave their all and this is where you now start to see the the smaller teams
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sort of break down a little bit so I can't imagine they'll hold up much of a
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fight. Okay well thank you very much gentlemen and we're looking forward to
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another week of top-class international football. As ever you can stay up-to-date
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with the latest news, pictures and results on golfnews.com and don't forget
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to join us on Twitter at Golf News Sport using the hashtag Euro 2016
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