France vs Albania Euro 2016 Live Stream Info: www.uefaeuro2016live.info
Uefa European Championship
Date: Wed, 15 June 2016
Kickoff Time: 12:30 AM IST +1, 8:00 PM UK,
Venue: Stade Velodrome
France vs Albania Euro 2016 Match Preview:
Curtains finally fell from the biggest football carnival which kicked –off in France last night, as France handed Romania their 11th defeat in the inaugural match of the 51 long day tournament. Romanian, who were being tagged as a weaker side before the match surprisingly, spun their very first opportunity of the match in the early 5th minute of the game when Nicolai Stanciu’s straight shot which went to Hogo Lloris. Then, again in the 32nd minute, the ball went over the bar, and they clearly alerted the host that the need to stay cautious!
During the entire first half, Giroud and Griezmann were leading from the front, and generated ample of chances to score the opener for France, but it was Giroud who put France ahead in the 57th minutes, of the second half, when he guided the ball inside the net beating Ciprian Tătăruşanu. The celebrations for the La Blues were grounded to halt just 8 minutes later, when Patrice Evra played a rash challenge in the box on Stancu, to give Romania an equalizer. Now, they were more aggressive and ready to play hard, and fierce tackles. And win just one minute from the full 90th minute, Payet winning the thrilling game for France with his scintillating goal, which curled into the air and landed inside the top corner.
Albania played a great game against Switzerland, yesterday. In spite, of players like shaqiri , they failed to convert their created chances. Thanks to an early goal from Fabian Schar in the early 5th minute of the game, when he scored into the left corner of the box, which was the decisive goal of the match, on the day. Anyway, Albania was a better side than the Swiss. They produced ample of opportunities from the beginning of the game. But, despite doing well, miseries continued for Albania when Luric Kana, who has 91 caps for the team was shown a second yellow card in the match and now, Albania well left with 10 men. However, Albania had an opportunity for the equalizer in the 88th minute of the game as substitute Shkelzen Gashi wasted a golden chance.
France vs Albania Euro 2016 Team news:
France: To the most it is expected that French coach Didier Deschamps will play with the same team against Romania. Chances of Moussa Sissoko playing in the midfield, if any changes done in the starting lineup.
Albania: Their captain Lorik Cana will not play the match as he was sent off in their opening match against Switzerland. Arlind Ajeti or Frederic Veseli can be the probable replacement for Cana
A good performance from Albania at the biggest stage of football, who have the ability to creating chances to score goals. It would be worth watching if they can play with the same attitude with French.
France needs to improve their defense, as their defense looked totally weak and were exposed early in the fourth minutes of the game when Lloris who deflected Stancu’s attempt. Stancu created many attempts in their area. Hats- off to Romania, which looked brittle in the statistics, but was exceptional and defended well against as the top French players failed to break the deadlock into their defense.