Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Who will have the last laugh ? England or Wales ?

Wales will look to trounce England and heap more misery on them as their illustrious neighbours have flopped in recent Major tournaments. It is wales's first major tournament and with Chris coleman and the best group of players they ever had they do have a chance. However, the formation wales employed in their first game may not work against england considering they may play again in 4-3-3 but with different players.England played well against russia but didnt finish the job. Having Adam Lallana in the front 3 was a rediculous decision from Mr. Hodgson and i really hope we can see Jamie Vardy along side Harry Kane in this game. It is obvious that the men who fired all cylinders in the premier league will need a man behind them to unlock wales defense and deli alli should be pushed forward from the midfield 3 to do the job. Rooney has performed superbly in midfield against russia and slotting in Jack wilshere who is fresh from another injury prone season alongside rooney or the industrious Ross barkley are the options hodgson will be thinking about. With Eirc dier anchoring the midfield and rooney given a free role can spray paul scholes esque 40 yard diagonal balls to stretch the 3 man defense wales is likely to employ. I really hope to see Markus rashford gracing the arena at some stage as a subtitute and this could prove very useful considering he scored within 2 minutes of his england debut a few weeks ago.

Wales will look to defend and counter attack when they have the ball with Real madrids world record signing Gareth Bale and his explosive pace. Passing range of Arsenal's Aron ramsey will be cruitial and it will be interesting to see how he picks gareth bales runs (considering they once played for north london rivals spurs and arsenal this would be an interesting sight :)).Wales may not have star names apart from Bale, Ramsey and liverpool's Joe allen but Ashley williams performed admirably in swansea defense last season and the defense lead by him will look to continue their good form from qualifiers in which they kept 7 clean sheets and rub salt in englands wounds from their russia game. But with right player selection from Roy hodgson and with vardy and kane as the front two it will be difficult for wales to stop england with their current 5-4-1 formation unless coleman comes up with a few tricks up his sleeve. With both teams playing their hearts out to beat their neighbour it will be a mouth watering clash to watch :)

Prediction : 2-1 to England

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