Turkey vs Denmark
Denmark finished off their Euro 96 campaign on a high note with an emphatic 3-0 win over Turkey. Denmark had a mathematical chance of qualification to the knockout stages, but a 3-0 win for Portugal over Croatia in Nottingham saw the reigning European champions bow out in the group stages. Turkey finished their campaign pointless […]
Croatia vs Portugal
Croatia would field a significantly weaker squad in this final match, however much of their patterns of play & strategies would remain the same. Jarni & Simic would provide the attacking width in the match, both of which had specific instructions to enter the final third & play penetrative passes where possible. Both Jurcevic & […]
Croatia vs Portugal
Portugal topped Group D with an emphatic 3-0 win over Croatia to round out group play. Despite the heavy defeat, Croatia also qualified for the last eight having secured progression with 2 wins from their prior games. Coach Antonio Oliveira lined up Portugal in a 4-5-1 formation with star duo Rui Costa and Luis Figo […]
Holland vs England
England sealed their progress into the Euro 96 quarter finals with a famous win over Holland at Wembley Stadium. English strike pair Alan Shearer and Teddy Sheringham netted two goals each, while Patrick Kluivert netted a late goal that sealed progress for Netherlands in dramatic fashion despite this heavy defeat. Recent history gave little clue […]
Holland vs England
England’s pregame lineup was listed as a flat 442, however as the game got underway it morphed into more of a diamond midfield, as England sought to get to grips with the Dutch midfield diamond. England’s build up play was more deliberate coming out of the back, with midfielders constantly dropping toward Adams and […]
Scotland vs Switzerland
Switzerland utilized a 4312 system, which would fall back into a 4132 when defending. The Swiss were once again defensively compact, as they forced the ball into wide areas, but used their central positioning to transition forward through the strikers and midfield support play. Vogel and Koller covered the inside channels, both in and out […]
Romania vs Spain
Romania maintained their use of a narrow front three, supported by the forward movements of Hagi. Ilie offered lots of dynamic movements to stretch the game, which was complimented by Stinga & Raducioiu linking the play into the final third. Hagi’s free role saw him pull into the inside left channel predominantly. Galca and […]
Romania vs Spain
Spain qualified for the quarter finals of Euro 96 in dramatic fashion courtesy of an 84th minute game winning goal from Guillermo Amor. The result, accompanied by Bulgaria’s 3-1 defeat to group winners France saw Spain qualify as Group B runners up. Knowing only a win would be good enough to see his team advance, […]
France vs Bulgaria
France focused much of their attack play down the left hand side, using Lizarazu as the width, Dugarry as the target who would drop to receive the ball and Djorkaeff would would penetrate with runs in behind. Deschamps worked as the anchor in midfield, linking play efficiently and often starting transitions going forward. Guerin & […]
France vs Bulgaria
France sealed qualification to the last eight as Group B winners with a 3-1 win over Bulgaria. Accompanied by Spain’s 2-1 decision over Romania in the group’s other game, this result saw Bulgaria eliminated from the competition. France coach AIme Jacquet lined up in a now familiar 4-3-3, with Lilian Thuram and striker Christophe Dugarry […]