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2013 Six Nations – France vs Wales Predictions
There wasn’t too much for France to take from their opening weekend defeat in Rome, but the fact that Wales haven’t won in Paris since February 2005 has to be one of the few things keeping a smile on their players heading into their second 2013 Six Nations match.
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Squads for the 2013 Six Nations Championship
For the 14th time, the Six Nations Championship gets underway; counting the previous Home Nations and Five Nations incarnations, this is the 119th edition of the annual Northern Hemisphere championship. Wales are the defending champions, England are confident due to their Autumns tests and the win against the All-Blacks, while France always have the talent to win it, but not always the will.
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Euro 2012 – Spain vs France Summary
With a 4-6-0 or a 4-5-1, Spain are simply very close to impossible to beat. France barely got any opportunities to threaten Casillas’ goal or even get a long stretch of possession. Spain didn’t play no fantasy soccer, but when you midfield unit is built upon the best in the world, there’s hardly a chance of beating them unless you play a perfect game.
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Where to Watch Spain vs France Live
Probably the biggest match of the quarterfinals, with the biggest potential of giving us high quality football from both parties, as Spain take on France in what might not be as close of a game as the names suggest, but still should be quite a spectacle, even if you can only watch it on the internet instead of a TV, for whatever reason you may have.
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Roy Hodgson Makes it Through the Group D Opener (France vs England)
England weren’t as bad as some thought they would be; France weren’t as good as the friendly matches suggested. Joleon Lescott opened the scoring, Samir Nasri quickly equalized on the other side. Aside from the Manchester City players grabbing the goals, it was mostly the heat that took over the opening match in Group D.
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Euro 2012 – Four Favorites and Predictions
For me, there are four nations in the Euro 2012 that can win it – Spain, Germany, France and The Netherlands. Other than that? It would be a huge surprise to see someone else lift the trophy, althouh miracles do happen once in a while – Just look at Denmark in 1992 and Greece in 2004. But according to that calculation, we need four more years for a shocker.
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Euro 2012 – Group D Preview
A semi group of death, if Sweden were six years ago and England had a side people believed in. France look like the talented bunch, this time without any social problems; England look like a mess, no matter how you look at it; Sweden put their hopes on Zlatan Ibrahimovic; Ukraine hope home advantage still means something.
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Six Nations Grand Slam Winners Since 2000
Although it sounds impressive, the Grand Slam in the Six Nations era has not been that hard to achieve. Since Italy joined the competition in 2000, 8 Grand Slams have been achieved out of the 13 tournaments. Wales, winning 2012, made it 3 Six Nations grand slams for them, making it even with France, who they beat to capture their fifth win in 2012.
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Tom Croft Comes Out the Hero of Le Crunch (France vs England)
England, for the first time in their Six Nations history, won three away matches, leaving themselves a small chance to still win the 2012 championship after a dramatic and hard earned 24-22 win over France in Paris, doing what the Irish couldn’t manage a week earlier – Hold on to a well deserved lead, just by enough.
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Tommy Bowe Show Not Enough (France vs Ireland)
Ireland don’t normally find success when playing in Paris against France in the Six Nations, but Tommy Bowe and his two brilliant tries in the first half gave them hope of winning their first match there since 2000, but the French had an impressive and powerful first twenty minutes in the first half, pulling through to a 17-17 draw.