sábado, 9 de junho de 2012

Euro 2012: analysing the teams (IV)

Here are the comments to the last group of Euro2012.

Fance:
The French team is a veritable powder keg ready to burst with minimal fuse, as seen in the 2010 World Cup: Anelka abandonning the race and other players to striking in training.
The great ethnic and cultural heterogeneity, means that any wrong word, can causes a conflict difficult to control: and the great football reference, Ribéry is one of the most unstable players.
Of course since that time have been great changes in the selection, introduced by new coach Laurent Blanc: cohesion and unanimity among all players. Despite having some players of great international reputation, the French team is far from their heydays.
The big picture is the forward Karim Benzema, due to his youth and ambition, coupled with a large class and potential: units in himself major capabilities that are essential in any game. After an excellent season at Real Madrid, is full of motivation to continue with the good results.
Despite the stability that it causes, the great multiculturalism of the french team, allows them to find the strengths of the difference, while it concentrates a great number of talents.

England:
It's almost impossible not to associate England to football championships, but also all associate the name to England to the no qualifying for Euro 2008.
And the England team still manages to overcome the French team in scandal and confusions to the point of Italian Fabio Capello has given up, forcing the selection to choose a substitute, Roy Hudgson.
Despite the favoritism, this is much smaller than in the past, which takes a lot of pressure from the shoulders of the players.
The coach has the authority to make the England team a strong opponent, achieving at the same time, build consensus both within the team and outside. Unfortunately, their presence as a coach is still very recent, which gave him no time to work and enter his personal touch to the team.
Among the players include some of the biggest stars of world football, and responsible for Chelsea's big hits. Just repeat what they do on this team, to be assured a large performing of the English team.

Sweden:
The Swedish team has some strengths, which unfortunately can quickly turn into weaknesses: I am referring mainly to Zlatan Ibrahimovic who seems to coming constantly between good and bad temper, which caused several problems in the selection.
The Swedish team is a team that stands out as a body, without much individualities. Despite various problems, the most serious are the defense, especially the wings, not to mention the recent injuries that some players have suffered that, despite not having them unable to be present in the league, impaired much their performance.
Despite their lack of favoritism around this team, the truth is that Sweden is becoming a figure very present in these championships. Both figure Ibrahimovic as the coach, Erik Hamren, are large gains that can provide a good path for the Swedish team.

Ukraine:
It is the great debutant this year, which was possible because they are co-organizer.
Although there is nothing that stands in the team, as in other selections, the truth is that Ukraine is at its side the factor-house and public support, that has motivated they more than Poland.
In fact, among the players, just stands the veteran Andrei Shevchenko, who is not a great asset.
The lack of international experience, both the players (only two players have an intrnational career) as the team, brings major drawbacks for this selection. Moreover, all the support as the home team can bring a lot of pressure, and eventually do more harm than benefit.
Of course the fact that players do not participate very much in international competitions, like other teams did not bring them much physical exhaustion: this, coupled with all the motivation they have, can bring very positive surprises.
This is excellent opportunity for the Ukrainian team show that can fly higher than what it believes.
Another strong point is the coach Oleg Blokhin, who knows how to lead wisely the ukrainian team, taking it to the quarter finals of the World 2006 (the only presence of Ukraine in the international championship finals).



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