FIVE THINGS LEARNED FROM EVERTON VS ARSENAL!!!

1) OLD HABITS DIE HARD FOR ARSENAL

Playing against a side with only one win from 10 league games, this was a golden opportunity for Arsenal to put real pressure on title rivals Chelsea. But, after taking the lead, they sat back and allowed Everton to stir up the crowd. They were duly punished and, if either team deserved the three points, it was undoubtedly Everton. For all the encouraging signs this season, there was a lack of ruthlessness here that has cost Arsenal before and will do again.

2) THEO WALCOTT STILL GOES MISSING

Walcott has been rightly praised for his performances this season and has backed that up with an impressive goal haul. But here he was anonymous for the 71 minutes he was on the pitch before being replaced by Olivier Giroud. It is games like this that could well cost Arsenal come the end of the season and they were sorely lacking in intensity.

3) THERE'S LIFE IN EVERTON

With the Toffees stuck in such a miserable run, conceding first, especially in the manner they did, could have seen heads go down. But instead they fought back, the fans stuck with them and they got their reward. Imagination was in short supply in Everton's attacks but they made up for that with perseverance. Seamus Coleman's equaliser just before half-time was crucial and they grew in stature throughout the second half. If ever there was a result to mark a change in fortunes, this was surely it.

4) RONALD KOEMAN IS STILL UNSURE OF HIS BEST CENTRE-BACK PARTNERSHIP

After two games with Ashley Williams and Ramiro Funes Mori at the heart of Everton's defence, manager Koeman brought back Phil Jagielka in place of the Argentinian. They looked vulnerable to Arsenal's pace and both centre-backs were culpable for Arsenal's goal, with Williams tackling his own man, Jagielka felling Francis Coquelin and then Williams deflecting Alexis Sanchez's free-kick past Maarten Stekelenburg. They did improve, with Jagielka adding a calmness, but his late sending-off will mean another change for the derby next Monday.

5) ENCOURAGING SIGNS FROM ROSS BARKLEY

Barkley was back in the starting line-up for the first time in three matches and looked woefully short on confidence in the first half. He was misplacing even short passes and hesitating on the ball, and the crowd were quick to show their frustration. The second half was a different story, though. Barkley looked more assured, was not afraid to drive at the Arsenal defence, and it was his corner that was headed in by Williams for the winner. Everton are crying out for Barkley at his best and Koeman will hope this is a sign of better things to come from the playmaker, who is still only 23.

All in, Euro 2016 23man squad for all 24 nations

24 teams, 552 players, 6 Group tables, 51 matches, 1 GOLD cup and just 9 more days to go. France will open UEFA EURO 2016 on 10 June against Romania in St-Denis while Spain start their defence to the title against Czech Republic scheduled three days later.

Following the Tuesday deadline passed by UEFA for squads list submission ahead of the tournament in France, Sports Analysis brings you the list of all the squads that have been announced.

GROUP A

FRANCE

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Benoit Costil (Stade Rennais)

Defenders: Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City), Patrice Evra (Juventus), Bacary Sagna (Manchester City), Samuel Umtiti (Lyon), Adil Rami (Sevilla), Lucas Digne (AS Roma), Christophe Jallet (Lyon)

Midfielders: Paul Pogba (Juventus), Blaise Matuidi (Paris St Germain), Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United), N'Golo Kante (Leicester), Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle)

Forwards: Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Anthony Martial (Manchester United), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), , Andre-Pierre Gignac (UANL Tigres)

 
SWITZERLAND

Goalkeepers: Yann Sommer (Borussia Monchengladbach), Roman Burki (Borussia Dortmund), Marwin Hitz (Augsburg)

Defenders: Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Michael Lang (Basel), Fabian Schar (Hoffenheim), Ricardo Rodriguez (Wolfsburg) Johan Djourou (Hamburg), Steve von Bergen (Young Boys), Francois Moubandje (Toulouse)

Midfielders: Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City), Valon Behrami (Watford), Blerim Dzemaili (Genoa), Gelson Fernandes (Rennes), Fabian Frei (Mainz), Renato Steffen (Basel), Denis Zakaria (Young Boys)

Forwards: Breel Embolo (Basel), Haris Seferovic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Admir Mehmedi (Bayer Leverkusen), Eren Derdiyok (Kasimpasa), Shani Tarashaj (Everton) 

ROMANIA

Goalkeepers: Ciprian Tatarusanu (Fiorentina/ITA), Costel Pantilimon (Watford/ENG), Silviu Lung (Astra Giurgiu)

Defenders: Cristian Sapunaru (Pandurii Targu Jiu), Alexandru Matel (Dinamo Zagreb/CRO), Vlad Chiriches (Napoli/ITA), Valerica Gaman (Astra Giurgiu), Dragos Grigore (Al-Sailiya/QAT), Cosmin Moti (Ludogorets Razgrad/BUL), Razvan Rat (Rayo Vallecano/ESP), Steliano Filip (Dinamo Bucharest)

Midfielders: Mihai Pintilii (Steaua Bucharest), Ovidiu Hoban (Hapoel Be'er Sheva/ISR), Andrei Prepelita (Ludogorets Razgrad/BUL), Adrian Popa (Steaua Bucharest), Gabriel Torje (Osmanlispor/TUR), Alexandru Chipciu (Steaua Bucharest), Nicolae Stanciu (Steaua Bucharest), Lucian Sanmartean (Al Ittihad/SAU)

Forwards: Claudiu Keseru  (Ludogorets Razgrad/BUL), Bogdan Stancu (Genclerbirligi/TUR), Florin Andone (Cordoba/ESP), Denis Alibec (Astra Giurgiu).

ALBANIA

Goalkeepers: Etrit Berisha (Lazio), Alban Hoxha(Partizani Tirana), Orges Shehi (Skenderbeu Korce)

Defenders: Arlind Ajeti (Frosinone), Naser Aliji (Basel), Mergim Mavraj (Cologne), Lorik Cana (Nantes), Elseid Hysaj (Napoli), Ansi Agolli (Qarabag), Frederic Veseli (Lugano)

Midfielders: Ledian Memushaj (Pescara), Ergys Kace (PAOK), Andi Lila (PAS Giannina), Migjen Basha (Como), Odise Roshi (Rijeka), Burim Kukeli (FC Zurich), Ermir Lenjani (Nantes), Taulant Xhaka (Basel), Amir Abrashi (Freiburg)

Forwards: Bekim Bala (Rijeka), Sokol Cikalleshi (Istanbul BB), Armando Sadiku (Vaduz), Shkelzen Gashi (Colorado Rapids)

GROUP B

ENGLAND

Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Fraser Forster (Southampton), Tom Heaton (Burnley)

Defenders: Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Danny Rose (Tottenham), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), Ryan Betrand (Southampton), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), John Stones (Everton), Kyle Walker (Tottenham)

Midfielders: Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), James Milner (Liverpool), Dele Alli (Tottenham), Ross Barkley (Everton), Eric Dier (Tottenham), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Jack Wilshere (Arsenal).

Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) 

RUSSIA

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Guilherme (Lokomotiv Moscow), Yuri Lodygin (Zenit St Petersburg).

Defenders: Alexei Berezutski (CSKA Moscow), Vasili Berezutski (CSKA Moscow), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Dmitri Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Roman Neustadter (Schalke 04), Georgi Schennikov (CSKA Moscow), Roman Shishkin (Lokomotiv Moscow), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit)

Midfielders: Igor Denisov (Dynamo Moscow), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow), Alexander Golovin (CSKA Moscow), Oleg Ivanov (Terek Grozny), Pavel Mamaev (Krasnodar), Alexander Samedov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Oleg Shatov (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Shirokov (CSKA Moscow)

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Zenit St Petersburg), Alexander Kokorin (Zenit St Petersburg), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar)   

WALES

Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Daniel Ward (Liverpool), Owain Fon Williams (Inverness Caledonian Thistle)

Defenders: Ashley Williams (Swansea), James Chester (West Brom), Ben Davies (Tottenham), James Collins (West Ham), Chris Gunter (Reading), Neil Taylor (Swansea), Jazz Richards (Fulham)

Midfielders: Joe Ledley (Crystal Palace), Joe Allen (Liverpool), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), Andy King (Leicester), David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest), Jonathan Williams (Crystal Palace), David Edwards (Wolves), George Williams (Fulham)

Forwards: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), David Cotterill (Birmingham City), Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading), Simon Church (Aberdeen, on loan from Milton Keynes Dons), Sam Vokes (Burnley)

SLOVAKIA

Goalkeepers: Jan Mucha (Slovan Bratislava), Matus Kozacik (Viktoria Plzen), Jan Novota (Rapid Wien)

Defenders: Martin Skrtel (Liverpool), Jan Durica (Lokomotiv Moscow), Peter Pekarik (Hertha Berlin), Tomas Hubocan (Dynamo Moscow), Kornel Salata (Sloven Bratislava), Dusan Svento (FC Koln), Norbert Gyomber (Roma), Milan Skriniar (Sampdoria)

Midfielders: Marek Hamsik (Napoli), Stanislav Sestak (Ferencvaros), Miroslav Stoch (Bursaspor), Vladimir Weiss (Al-Gharafa), Juraj Kucka (AC Milan), Viktor Pecovsky (Zilina), Robert Mak (PAOK), Patrik Hrosovsky (Viktoria Plzen), Ondrej Duda (Legia Warsaw), Jan Gregus (Baumit Jablonec)

Forwards: Michal Duris (Viktoria Plzen), Adam Nemec (Willem II), Stanislav Sestak (Ferencvaros).

GROUP C

GERMANY

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona)

Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia), Benedikt Howedes (Schalke), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Emre Can (Liverpool), Antonio Rudiger (Roma)

Midfielders: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Manchester United), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Mario Gotze (Bayern Munich), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Julian Draxler (Wolfsburg), Leroy Sane (Schalke), Andre Schurrle (Wolfsburg), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmund)

Forwards: Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray), Mario Gomez (Besiktas) 

POLAND
Goalkeepers: Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea), Wojciech Szczesny (AS Roma), Artur Boruc (Bournemouth)

Defenders: Thiago Cionek (Palermo), Kamil Glik (Torino), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund), Bartosz Salamon (Cagliari), Jakub Wawrzyniak (Lechia Gdansk)

Midfielders: Jakub Blaszczykowski (Fiorentina), Kamil Grosicki (Rennes), Tomasz Jodlowiec (Legia Warsaw), Bartosz Kapustka (Cracovia), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Sevilla), Karol Linetty (Lech Poznan), Krzysztof Maczynski (Wisla), Slawomir Peszko (Lechia Gdansk), Filip Starzynski (Zaglebie Lubin), Piotr Zielinski (Empoli)

Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Arkadiusz Milik (Ajax), Mariusz Stepinski (Ruch Chorzow)

NORTHERN IRELAND

Goalkeepers: Goalkeepers: Michael McGovern (Hamilton), Roy Carroll (Notts County), Alan Mannus (St Johnstone)

Defenders: Craig Cathcart (Watford), Gareth McAuley (West Brom), Jonny Evans (West Brom), Luke McCullough (Doncaster), Aaron Hughes (Melbourne), Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood), Lee Hodson (MK Dons), Paddy McNair (Manchester United)

Midfielders: Shane Ferguson (Millwall), Stuart Dallas (Leeds), Steven Davis (Southampton), Oliver Norwood (Reading), Chris Baird (Derby), Corry Evans (Blackburn), Niall McGinn (Aberdeen), Josh Magennis (Kilmarnock)

Forwards: Kyle Lafferty (Norwich), Jamie Ward (Nottingham Forest), Conor Washington (Queens Park Rangers), Will Grigg (Wigan) 

UKRAINE

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar), Denys Boyko (Besiktas), Mykyta Shevchenko (Zorya)

Defenders: Evhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kiev), Bohdan Butko (Amkar), Artem Fedetskyi (Dnipro), Oleksandr Karavaev (Zorya), Oleksandr Kucher (Shakhtar), Yaroslav Rakytskyi (Shakhtar), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (Shakhtar)

Midfielders: Serhiy Rybalka (Dynamo Kiev), Denys Garmash (Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Sydorchuk (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev), Evhen Konoplyanka (Sevilla), Ruslan Rotan (Dnipro), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar), Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar), Anatolyi Tumoschuk (Kairat), Oleksandr Zinchenko (UFA)

Forwards: Roman Zozylya (Dnipro), Pylyp Budkivskyi (Zorya), Evhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar)

GROUP D

SPAIN

Goalkeepers: David de Gea (Manchester United), Iker Casillas (Porto), Sergio Rico (Sevilla)

Defenders: Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique (Barcelona), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Marc Bartra (Barcelona), Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Mikel San Jose (Athletic Bilbao), Juanfran (Atletico Madrid)

Midfielders: Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Bruno (Villarreal), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Thiago (Bayern Munich), David Silva (Man City), Pedro (Chelsea), Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea)

Forwards: Nolito (Celta Vigo), Alvaro Morata (Juventus), Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), Lucas Vasquez (Real Madrid)

CROATIA

Goalkeepers: Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split), Ivan Vargic (Rijeka)

Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Strinic (Napoli), Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kiev), Sime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo), Gordon Schildenfeld (Dinamo Zagreb), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina), Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan),  Marko Rog (Dinamo Zagreb),  Ante Coric (Dinamo Zagreb)

Forwards: Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina), Marko Pjaca (Dinamo Zagreb), Duje Cop (Dinamo Zagreb), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim)

CZECH REPUBLIC

Goalkeepers: Petr Cech (Arsenal), Tomas Vaclik (Basel), Tomas Koubek (Sparta Prague)

Defenders: Theodor Gebre Selassie (Werder Bremen), Pavel Kaderabek (Hoffenheim), David Limbersky (Viktoria Pilsen), Marek Suchy (Basel), Michal Kadlec (Sparta Prague), Tomas Sivok (Bursaspor), Roman Hubnik (Viktoria Pilsen), Daniel Pudil (Sheffield Wednesday)

Midfielders: Borek Dockal (Sparta Prague), Jiri Skalak (Brighton), Vladimir Darida (Hertha Berlin), Daniel Kolar (Viktoria Pilsen), Ladislav Krejci (Sparta Prague), Josef Sural (Sparta Prague), David Pavelka (Kasimpasa), Jaroslav Plasil (Bordeaux), Tomas Rosicky (Arsenal)

Forwards: Milan Skoda (Slavia Prague), Tomas Necid (Bursaspor), David Lafata (Sparta Prague)

TURKEY

Goalkeepers: Volkan Babacan (Medipol Basaksehir), Onur Recep Kivrak (Trabzonspor), Harun Tekin (Bursaspor)

Defenders: Gokhan Gonul, Sener Ozbayrakli, Caner Erkin, Mehmet Topal (all Fenerbahce), Hakan Kadir Balta, Semih Kaya (both Galatasaray), Ismail Koybasi (Besiktas), Ahmet Yilmaz Calik (Genclerbirligi)

Midfielders: Arda Turan (Barcelona), Selcuk Inan (Galatasaray), Emre Mor (Nordsjaelland), Ozan Tufan (Fenerbahce), Volkan Sen (Fenerbahce), Oguzhan Ozyakup (Besiktas), Olcay Sahan (Besiktas), Hakan Calhanoglu (Bayer Leverkusen), Nuri Sahin (Borussia Dortmund), Yunus Malli (Mainz 05)

Forwards: Burak Yilmaz (Beijing Guoan), Cenk Tosun (Besiktas)

GROUP E

BELGIUM

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Jean-Francois Gillet (Mechelen)

Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jason Denayer (Galatasaray), Jordan Lukaku (Oostende), Thomas Meunier (Club Brugges), Laurent Ciman Montreal Impact), Christian Kabasele (Genk)

Midfielders: Moussa Dembele (Tottenham), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Radja Nainggolan (Roma), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Axel Witsel (Zenit Saint-Petersburg), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid)

Forwards: Mitchy Batshuayi (Marseille), Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Christian Benteke (Liverpool), Divock Origi (Liverpool)

ITALY

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Federico Marchetti (Lazio), Salvatore Sirigu (Paris Saint-Germain)

Defenders: Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Matteo Darmian (Manchester United), Mattia De Sciglio (AC Milan), Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham)

Midfielders: Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Emanuele Giaccherini (Bologna), Marco Parolo (Lazio), Stefano Sturaro (Juventus), Thiago Motta (Paris Saint-Germain)

Forwards: Eder (Inter), Ciro Immobile (Borussia Dortmund), Graziano Pelle (Southampton), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Simone Zaza (Juventus)

SWEDEN

Goalkeepers: Andreas Isaksson (Kasimpasa), Robin Olsen (Copenhagen), Patrik Carlgren (AIK)

Defenders: Ludwig Augustinsson (Copenhagen), Erik Johansson (Copenhagen), Pontus Jansson (Torino), Victor Lindelof (Benfica) Andreas Granqvist (Krasnodar), Mikael Lustig (Celtic), Martin Olsson (Norwich)

Midfielders: Jimmy Durmaz (Olympiakos), Albin Ekdal (Hamburg), Oscar Hiljemark (Palermo), Sebastian Larsson (Sunderland), Pontus Wernbloom (CSKA Moscow), Erkan Zengin (Trabzonspor), Oscar Lewicki (Malmo), Emil Forsberg (Leipzig), Kim Kallstrom (Grasshoppers)

Forwards: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris), Marcus Berg (Panathinaikos), John Guidetti (Celta Vigo), Emir Kujovic (Norrkoping)

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Goalkeepers: Shay Given (Stoke), Darren Randolph (West Ham), Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday)

Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Cyrus Christie (Derby), Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa), Richard Keogh (Derby), John O'Shea (Sunderland), Shane Duffy (Blackburn), Stephen Ward (Burnley)

Midfielders: Robbie Brady (Norwich), Aiden McGeady (Everton), James McClean (West Brom), Glenn Whelan (Stoke), James McCarthy (Everton), Jeff Hendrick (Derby), David Meyler (Hull), Stephen Quinn (Reading), Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)

Forwards: Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy), Shane Long (Southampton), Jon Walters (Stoke), Daryl Murphy (Ipswich)

GROUP F

PORTUGAL

Goalkeepers: Rui Patricio (Sporting), Anthony Lopes (Lyon), Eduardo (Dinamo Zagreb)

Defenders: Cedric Soares (Southampton), Vieirinha (Wolfsburg), Bruno Alves (Fenerbahce), Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco), Jose Fonte (Southampton), Pepe (Real Madrid), Eliseu (Benfica), Raphael Guerreiro (Lorient)

Midfielders: Danilo Pereira (Porto), William Carvalho (Sporting), Adrien Silva (Sporting), Joao Mario (Sporting), Joao Moutinho (Monaco), Andre Gomes (Valencia), Renato Sanches (Benfica)

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Nani (Fenerbahce), Eder (Lille - on loan from Swansea City), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas), Rafa Silva (Braga)

AUSTRIA

Goalkeepers: Robert Almer (Austria Vienna), Heinz Lindner (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ramazan Oezcan (Ingolstadt)

Defenders: Aleksandar Dragovic (Dynamo Kiev), Christian Fuchs (Leicester City), Gyorgy Garics (Darmstadt), Martin Hinteregger (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Florian Klein (Stuttgart), Sebastian Prodl (Watford), Markus Suttner (Ingolstadt), Kevin Wimmer (Tottenham Hotspur)

Midfielders: David Alaba (Bayern Munich), Marko Arnautovic (Stoke City), Julian Baumgartlinger (Mainz), Martin Harnik (Stuttgart), Stefan Ilsanker (RB Leipzig), Jakob Jantscher (Lucerne), Zlatko Junuzovic (Werder Bremen), Marcel Sabitzer (RB Leipzig), Alessandro Schoepf (Schalke)

Forwards: Lukas Hinterseer (Ingolstadt), Rubin Okotie (1860 Munich), Marc Janko (Basel).

HUNGARY

Goalkeepers: Gabor Kiraly (Szombathelyi Haladas), Denes Dibusz (Ferencvaros), Peter Gulasci (RB Leipzig)

Defenders: Attila Fiola (FC Akademia), Barnabas Bese (MTK Budapest), Richard Guzmics (Wisla Krakow), Roland Juhasz (Videoton FC), Adam Lang (Videoton FC), Tamas Kadar (Lech Poznan), Mihaly Korhut (Debreceni VSC)

Midfielders: Akos Elek (Diyosgyori VTK), Adam Pinter (Ferencvaros), Zoltan Gera (Ferencvaros), Lazlo Kleinheisler (Werder Bremen), Gergo Lovrencsics (Lech Poznan), Zoltan Stieber (FC Nuremberg)

Forwards: Balazs Dzsudzsak (Bursaspor), Adam Szalai (Hannover, on loan from Hoffenheim), Krisztian Nemeth (Al-Gharafa), Nemanja Nikolic (Legia Warsaw), Tamas Priskin (Slovan Bratislava), Daniel Bode (Ferencvaros)

ICELAND

Goalkeepers: Hannes Halldorsson (Bodo/Glimt), Ogmundur Kristinsson (Hammarby), Ingvar Jonsson (Sandefjord)

Defenders: Ari Skulason (OB), Hordur Magnusson (Cesena), Hjortur Hermannsson (PSV Eindhoven), Ragnar Sigurdsson (Krasnodar), Kari Arnason (Malmo), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Lokeren), Birkir Sævarsson (Hammarby), Haukur Heidar Hauksson (AIK)

Midfielders: Emil Hallfredsson (Udinese), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea), Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff), Theodor Elmar Bjarnason (AGF), Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Norrkoping), Birkir Bjarnason (Basel), Johann Gudmundsson (Charlton), Eidur Gudjohnsen (Molde), Runar Mar Sigurjonsson (Sundsvall)

Forwards: Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Nantes), Alfred Finnbogason (Augsburg), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Kaiserslautern)







Many surprises right? Well my biggest surprise is Karim Benzema been left out of France squad. Hope Didier Deschamps know what he's doing?

What's your biggest surprise from the named players?

10 Best reasons why ATLETICO MADRID can/will win REAL MADRID in UEFA champions league final

Ahead of the May 28 UEFA champions league final at San Siro, Sports Analysis takes a look at the some of the ten [10] best reason why Atletico Madrid are favorites to winning the cup final against their city rivals Real Madrid.

1. Diego Simeone is more experienced
Having lost to Ancelotti's Real Madrid back in 2014 in yet again a similar event [UCL finial], we all can admit that he [Diego Simeone] has turned to a badass good manager over the years. His success and achievements over the past years with Atletico Madrid, a team he built from nothing can make us rank him amongst the likes of Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, and Jose Mourinho as some of the best experienced managers in the game today. Remember, the Argentine has eliminated the cup favorites FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich, a feat no football fan thought possible and we'll all count on his experience in the game to beat Real Madrid's yet to be experienced manager Zinedine Zidane.

2. Rojiblancos' style of football
Atletico Madrid style of football is one that has being working for them, though am not a fan of it, but I must say that its one of the pattern of football that can beat any team of any caliber. Their negative football pattern has seen them beat great attacking teams like FC Barcelona, Bayern Munich and even Real Madrid this season. They sit back and hit their opponents on counter attacks and ones the get the goal then just forget about winning the match because their rock solid defensive backline this season ranks them as the team with the best defence in Europe, a defensive backline that even the incredible MSN [Messi, Neymar, Suarez] couldn't break in UCL quarter finals return leg, can the famed BBC trident of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo break it? #NotSoSure
3. Teamwork attitude of Atleti
From their attack to midfield to defense, Atletico Madrid has shown great teamwork chemistry, a feat that Real Madrid lacks. With the Rojiblancos, its all hard work and teamwork, attacking or defending, with or without the ball, a quality I enjoy when watching them. With Diego Simeone's men, there's no dull moment, whether winning or losing, everyone is energetic, always up and doing and will charge you like a wounded lion whenever they're dispossessed with the ball. Watching Atletico Madrid play, you'd be asking yourself, how players are in the pitch?? Are they on drugs?? #Lol
4. This Real Madrid team do not deserve to be in the finals 
I must say it was only luck that got this Real Madrid team to the finals and nothing but that. They not only got the weakest team at every stage but also struggled with a lacklustre performance to get pass them.

Starting from the group stage, Real Madrid got PSG from France, Malmo for Sweden and Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine, they eased past the group as expected, coming out tops but it was just the group stage anyway. However, their luck didn't just end there as they got another easy opponent, AS Roma from Italy in the Round of 16, a team which they beat both home and away although not convincingly.

After the round of 16, 8 teams were desperately waiting for the Quarter final draw and because of the luck Real Madrid have had recently in the Champions League, most football fans predicted that they'd get one of the easiest teams, Wolfsburg precisely. No one was surprised at the end of the draw after Real Madrid were drawn with Wolfsburg just as almost everyone predicted. They lost the first leg 2-0 away from home but went on to make a nice comeback in the second leg at the Santiago Bernabeu to win 3-2 on aggregate and book a ticket to the semifinal.

The four teams in the semifinal, Bayern Munich, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City and Real Madrid were to be drawn again and of course Man City are the weakest among these four so most football fans once again predicted that Real Madrid would get them as they were the easiest opponent of that round. Once again, no surprises as Real Madrid would play Man City in the semifinal, a game they won 1-0 on aggregate to progress to the final.

Truth be told, if they [Real Madrid] have played a top class European team like Barcelona or Bayern Munich, they would have been kicked out by now and it won't be fare if they still go ahead to win the title by the football gods.
5. Zinedine Zidane lack of experience as a manager 
Zinedine Zidane no doubt was a fantastic and experienced footballer before retirement but as a manager I can't say that about him. He has not really been tested as a good manager this season, apart from beating FC Barcelona at Camp Nou back in April, his other feats are what an average manager can achieve given the kind of quality players at his disposal. Also knowing that he has lost already to Diego Simeone this season will be a moral booster for Atletico Madrid heading into San Siro on May 28.
6. Atletico Madrid's Rock solid defense
A team that has recorded a remarkable 23 clean sheets in 37 matches in all competitions, and only let in more than one goal in four of their fixtures thus far should be feared in all of Europe, Diego Simeone's men has only been breached 11 times in La Liga – that’s a miserly 0.44 goals conceded per game – and just three times in six Champions League encounters.
Jan Oblak has become Rojiblancos rock between the sticks this season and will be called upon to keep another clean sheet against city rivals Real Madrid.
Filipe Luis, Diego Godin, Jose Gimenez and Juanfran, are the men expected to start in the backline for Atletico Madrid come May 28. And if they can keep MSN down then they can certainly keep BBC down too.
7. BBC inconsistency
With the kind of lacklustre performance which the famed BBC trident of Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo put up in their last 5 games in all competitions, I'd say that it would be impossible or will take a miracle for them to break into the defense of Atletico Madrid, it will take a huge luck for that to happen given by what we saw back then in February when Real Madrid fell to a 1-0 defeat in the hands of Atletico in Estadio Santiago Bernabeu.
8. Fantastic head to head record against Real Madrid
After falling to Carlo Ancelotti's Real Madrid back in 2014 [4-1], Diego Simeone's men have went ahead with 5 wins, 4 draws and only 1 defeat against their city rivals Real Madrid, a very fantastic record I must say.
9. Rojiblancos' improved depth in attacking areas
Antoine Griezmann is his name, the man of the moment, he developed into one of the best forwards in Europe over the last couple of years, with the France international hitting 19 goals in 34 appearances this term. And also, having been the key attacker in knocking out Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona.
Fernando Torres and Luciano Vietto too cannot be overlooked, they have been in incredible form this season and always scoring when needed.
Koke and Gabi's superb teamwork and work rate speaks for itself . Saul Niguez, 21, and Yannick Carrasco, 22, too have been fantastic this season.

10. Atletico Madrid has really worked hard this season and deserves a silverware
If football was a court case, they will surely win this one.

Photos: Platoon 6 lift NYSC Abuja Football Championship Cup after a 1-0 finals win against Platoon 2 - as it all happened...

Team captain Jide Fatai given the deserved Trophy by Abuja NYSC camp director, accompanied by team goalkeeper Ibebugwu Chukwuemeka and central defender Ani Ifeanyi.
Photograph: Ebinyasi Sunny Ugochukwu for the Observer

Platoon 6 Sports director Chinye C. Charles, Performance, head of tactics and analysis coach Ebinyasi Sunny Ugochukwu, Central defender and finals only goalscorer, Ani Ifeanyi with the Cup as the Platoon and team celebrates.


Well, what a day. A day that will be remembered for a long long time in the minds of Corp members, NYSC officials, and The Nigerian Army, As Platoon 6 of Batch A 2016 Stream A, lift the NYSC Football championship Cup after a series of four hot matches with other Platoons which started from the knockout round to the finals of the tournament. It’s a day that will be remembered by anyone [corp members] who saw it.

I must use this opportunity to praise some individuals who put in extra work into the Team and Platoon to make this dream a reality
1) Mr Omokri Babatunde, The Platoon Officer. Without his enormous supports, physically, morally and financially to the Team and Platoon, this won't have being a dream come true.
2)Ani Ifeanyi.I. One of the central defenders. He was incredible and fantastic throughout the tournament, helping the defence line keep two clean sheets in the Quarterfinals against Platoon 10 [1-0] and the Finals against Platoon 2 [1-0]. He also scored the only goal in the finals which secured the trophy for the team through a wonderful curling
 free kick from 26 yards out into the top Left angle of the Goal post.
3) Ibebugwu chukwuemeka H.:The Goalkeeper. He kept two clean sheets with two man of the match awards for helping the team in the two penalties rounds in the tournament. In the knockout stage, when the match ended in a 1-1 draw and had to be decided on penalties, which he saved the last penalty kick from the opposition side [Platoon 5] which ended in a 5-4 win. And also in the Semifinals match with also ended in a draw [2-2] which he [lbebugwu Chukwuemeka] saved two penalty kick and won the match 4-1 win.
3) Chinye C. Charles: The Sports director. He organized and help recruit the footballers in Platoon 6 that later won the tournament at last and also assisted the head coach in some tactical changes.
4) Obi Chukwuebuka Irechukwu: The head coach. I must say he showed great leadership qualities and trust in the team players that later paid off. What a great coach that always takes advice from his coaching crew.
5) Ebinyasi Sunny Ugochukwu: The performance, head of tactics and analysis coach. He provided the team Head coach with the correct and adequate tactics which the team used to secure the trophy. He also helped keep the team players fitness in shape and provided opposition team analysis for the head coach.
6)Jide Fatai: The Team Captain: He scored a very important and crucial goal to pull the team back on level terms when the team was losing 2-1 to Platoon 1 in the Semifinals of the tournament with just few minutes to fulltime whistle. The match later ended in a 2-2 draw and decided on penalties which Platoon won 4-1.
7) Arowolo Tayo: Top Goalscorer: He scored two [2] goals with an important assist. He reps Platoon 6
8) Louis Ezechi S.: He was an incredible defensive midfielder, played all four matches and fulltime too, helped control the tempo of the matches and did all the dirty works of the team. I must say he truly deserves this recognition and praise.

MATCH RESULTS
Knockout Stage: Platoon Six 1-1 Platoon Five (5-4 Penalties)

Quarterfinals: Platoon Six 1-0 Platoon Ten

Semifinals: Platoon Six 2-2 Platoon One (4-1 Penalties)

Finals: Platoon Six 1-0 Platoon Two

Mr Omokri Babatuned with some Platoon 6 officers and the Team players as celebration goes on.
Photograph: Ebinyasi Sunny Ugochukwu for the observer

Sports director Chinye C. Charles with the team waiting to lift the trophy

Pre-match picture with head coach Obi Chukwuebuka Irechukwu and team

Team captain Jide fatai with trophy

Ani Ifeanyi I. as he kisses the well deserved trophy

Performance, head of tactics and analysis coach Ebinyasi Sunny Ugochukwu with Louis Ezechi S. and Cup

Performance, head of tactics and analysis coach Ebinyasi Sunny Ugochukwuwith a Platoon member and fan Igbokwe godsgift chisom.

Nigeria's Super Eagles faces a "win or be out" match.

Following Chad's pull out from the ongoing 2017 AFCON qualifiers, the quest for the Super Eagles to qualify for the tournament gets tougher.

The Secretary General of Chad Football Association, Moctar Mahamoud, give the news after Chad suffered a 1-0 defeat to Tanzania at home on Wednesday, 23/03/2016
“As part of our participation in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers for Gabon 2017 and particularly the return match against Tanzania, we bring to your attention that our national team has failed to make it to the return leg game in Dar el Salaam scheduled for March 28,”

Further adding “Indeed, our country has been affected by the global economic conditions and because of this, our participation in various competitions has taken a serious blow due to financial constraints.”
“We wish you all the best and we apologise for this situation which is basically independent of our will.”

Accordingly, following the decision of CAF Executive Committee dated 15th January 2015, any group reduced to three teams following the withdrawal of a team will have only the group winner qualifying for the final tournament.

This means that a draw or defeat in the hands of the Pharaohs of Egypt on Tuesday [today] will ensure the Super Eagles exit from the tournament with only the group leader proceeding to Gabon next year.

Chad withdrawal means that all points picked up against them are nullified. Nigeria MUST now win Group G to qualify for Gabon 2017, as second best placed team can't emerge from a 3team group, only the group winner qualifies.
With this, Egypt now has 4points..... Nigeria 2points..... and Tanzania 1point.

With Nigerian goalkeeper Carl Ikeme ruled out with stomach bug (another blow), Super Eagles new captain John Mikel Obi, assured Nigerians on NFF website that the team is going to give their 100% to fight for a ticket in Gabon.
“We have to face reality, and everyone has to give more than 100 per cent because we just have to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations. We have to go to Alexandria and fight with everything we have.”

The match is scheduled to take place at Borg El-Arab Stadium in Alexandria, 19:00 GMT +1. Tuesday 29th March, 2016.

Champions League Final Stages [Round of 16] betting guide 09/03/2016

Atletico Madrid vs PSV Eindhoven

They host team [Atletico Madrid] have won all four games following their goalless encounter at Eindhoven, scoring a mouth watering ten (10) goals and just conceding one goal at away to Valencia.

PSV Eindhoven too have had an impressing run this season and will be looking forward to reaching the UCL quarter-finals for the first time since 2006-07 but the Holland side have failed to win on Spanish soil after 12 failed attempts.
TIPS
Atletico Madrid 2-0 PSV
Over 1.5 goals

Manchester City vs Dynamo Kiev

With the English Premier League hopes gone inflames, the English side and already League Cup champions will focus and look forward to reaching their first ever UCL quarter-finals following their impressive 3-1 victory at the Ukrainian capital.

Dynamo Kiev have failed to win in 13 competitive visits to English soil and lost 11 matches from those visits but will put up a great fight at the Etihad Stadium following their impressive Ukraine Premier League form.

TIPS
Manchester city 3-1 Dynamo Kiev
Over 2.5 goals

Could Arsenal really be CHAMPIONS????

When I saw the startling line up for the Manchester United vs. Arsenal match at old Trafford, I really felt it was a game that would end with the Manchester united fans calling for the head of their in pressure manager Loius Van Gaal (LVG) following the injury flu that struck the Manchester United starting eleven but apparently Arsenal had other plans. A plan they have successfully executed for a number of seasons now.

But mind you the signs were there. This arsenal team had failed to score on their last two outings. One of those being against the best team in the world right now, FC Barcelona. Not much people expected them to win (I know I didn’t) but one would expected that they would score a goal at least given the match was played at the Emirates Stadium. And the other was against Hull who they broke their trophy barren spell against at the FA cup final. Arsenal was expected to make light weight of the championship side but we all know how the match turned out.

Manchester United started the match with Guilermo Valera at right back a 22 year Uruguayan who has only 3 senior caps to his name. Michael Carrick who was United’s captain for the night as a make shift centre back partner for Daley Blind and Marcos Rojo who just recently recovered from an injury completing the back line at left back. Now! nothing says shaky defence more than that backline, but somehow Arsenal let their opponents outscore them with the help of a brace from an 18year old who is surprisingly one of the few players Arsene Wenger doesn’t know and who the match was just his 2nd senior cap the 1st being against FC Midtjylland where he also bagged a brace.

Truth be told nothing says ‘I DON’T WANT TO BE CHAMPIONS’ more. This loss not only set Arsenal back on their title challenge but I think it more or less defined their character. It now leaves them 5 points behind league leaders Leicester, 3 behind London rivals Tottenham and if Manchester city should win their outstanding they would be just one point behind.

Coming into the match Arsene Wenger spoke of his belief that
"there is a better focus and stronger mentality in the current Arsenal squad compared to previous years when their title chances fell away."
But getting into the game Arsenal showed just the opposite, Against a United side that had struggled for goals all season, Arsenal gifted their hosts all three of their goals courtesy of what I call shambolic defending. But that’s not all, after the match Arsene Wenger who should be ashamed of how poorly his team played given they were second best in everything and were just passive during the match as if to say that their greater quality would automatically give them the points said
“Let’s not go overboard. They had a very experienced midfield and spent a lot of money”. He also added
“Yes their strikers were young but they had quality” when asked the impact the defeat would have on the title race he said
“Nobody knows, we dropped three important points today. We cannot feel sorry for ourselves. Mathematically what it means, we will know at the end of the season”.


Unfortunately Mr Wenger, I do know, here is the answer to the question everyone has been asking COULD ARSENAL REALLY BE CHAMPIONS? And the answer is NO, not with this type of performances. But there's a saying, "in football, anything is possible" I think Arsene Wenger and Arsenal have to put in a lot of work physically and mentally, if they wanna prove me wrong.

Can Siasia deliver as the new head coach of the Super Eagles?

It came as a shock to supporters of the Nigerian senior team as Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh announced his resignation through his Twitter handle on the early hours of Friday after just 8months of being in charge.
He tweeted
"Due to contract violations, lack of support, unpaid wages, benefits to my players, assistant coaches and myself, I resign as Super Eagles Chief Coach"

However, the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) immediately had a 3hours long meeting with the Technical and development committee at Abuja and later announced through its website that the former Super Eagles striker and Head Coach of the Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia will lead the team ahead of crucial African Cup of Nation qualifiers against Egypt next month.

Further adding that he[Samson Siasia] will be assisted by Nigeria U20 coach Emmanuel Amuneke, Salisu Yusuf and Alloy Agu. The coaching crew where also directed to work under the office of the NFF Technical Director Shaibu Amodu.

Now, the question that pops into the mind of everybody is "Can Sampson Siasia  deliver?"
Its no doubt that Samson Siasia and Emmanuel Amuneke have a fantastic and awesome record with the Nigerian junior teams but handling the senior team[Super Eagles] will be a very difficult task for the tactician, following the fact that he[Samson Siasia] failed to qualify the Super Eagles to the 2012 AFCON in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and was also sacked after just 10months in charge.

Also, NFF tweeted on Friday to confirm date of Friendly Match with Brazil. The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and the Confideracao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) have confirmed that their U-23 squads will play a friendly match in Brazil on Thursday, March 24, 2016. which is clashing the AFCON qualifier match scheduled for Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016. at Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna where the Super Eagles of Nigeria take on the Pharaohs of Egypt.

With these two clashing hot matches, can Samson Siasia still handle the work load and pressure of Nigerian teams? I must say that the odds are against him and that he needs a miracle. He has to fly back to Nigeria immediately after the International Friendly Match at Brazil or forfeit being present at one of the clashing matches. Considering the preparation the Pharaohs of Egypt are making to qualify ahead of Nigeria and the scandals facing the Nigerian senior team together with NFF, the Nigerian fans should have their fingers crossed.

Arsenal Fans reaction after Barcelona loss

Following the 2-0 Barcelona defeat at home, Arsenal's chances of reaching the UEFA Champions league quarter final grows very impossible.

An arsenal fan tweeted "deep down we always knew barca was gonna win, they're are the team to beat this season, so there's no reason to be vexing"

And further adding that stopping MSN (Messi, Suarez, Neymar) was always gonna look impossible for the arsenal defense. But funny enough I thought they were gonna pull it off still it came to the closing 20minutes of the match when they were struck with a fantastic counter attack by MSN.

Lionel Messi struck twice in the closing 20minutes of the match for FC Barcelona, to earn the defending champions a huge advantage following the return leg match at Camp Noun in a month's time.