European Championship 2016 is set to start tonight with an opening game between France and Romania at Stade de France.
Kick Off: 20:00 BST
Date: Friday, 10th June, 2016
Venue: Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
France
- France manager Didier Deschamps will be having a problem in selecting the lineup for the first game due to the tough competition in the squad.
- Eliaquim Mangala could be starting his first game from the bench as the boss is preparing to start with Adil Rami alongside Laurent Koscielny.
- N'Golo Kante is likely to start ahead of Yohan Cabaye at the midfield role.
- Dimitri Payet and Anthony Martial both will be fighting for the left attacking role. Antoine Griezmann will be on right with Olivier Giroud to lead the line.
Romania
- Cristian Sapanaru is expected to get preference over Alexandru Matel at the full-back role.
- Boss Anghel Iordănescu will be going with his favourite 4-2-3-1 formation.
- Adrian Popa will be on the starting lineup despite of the presence of Gabriel Torje.
- Florin Andone to continue to lead the attack after impressive games in the early stages of the competitions.
Possible Lineups:
Stats:
- France are unbeaten against Romania in last six meetings in all campaigns.
- Romania are unbeaten in their last 16 Euro games.
- Romania have kept seven clean sheets in their last eight Euro games.
- France have won their last four games, including friendlies.
Predictions:
France 3 – 1 Romania, France with a big advantage of home are likely to win this game easily.
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