European Tournaments

Joe Hart
Tim Krul
Danilo da Silva
Kieran Trippier
Daniele Rugani
Andrea Barzagli
John Stones
Juan Jesus
Marcelo Vieira
Matthew Targett
Javi Martinez
Daley Blind
Ivan Rakitic
Luka Modric
James Milner
Cristiano Ronaldo
James Rodriguez
Memphis Depay
Xherdan Shaqiri
Riyhad Mahrez
Karim Benzema
Wilfried Bony
Alvaro Negredo

Timo Werner
Krystian Bielek
Mosquito
Robert Muric
Yassin Fortune
Rafael York

1. Thibaut Courtois
2. Cesar Azpilicueta
3. Felipe Luis
4. Marco Verratti
5. Phil Jones
6. Mehdi Benatia
7. Antoine Griezmann
8. Oscar Emboada
9. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
10. Arturo Vidal
11. Iker Muniain
15. Geoffrey Kondogbia
18. Raul Garcia
19. Diego Costa
23. Inaki Williams
24. Matteo Musacchio
25. Nemanja Matic
26. John Terry
29. Sime Vrsaljko
30. Keylor Navas
45. Aleksandar Mitrovic


U19s:
14. Divock Origi
17. Youri Tielemans
27. Andreas Christensen
28. Jason Denayer
58. Ruben Loftus-Cheek

Goalkeepers:
Victor Valdes (FG)
Hugo Lloris (FG)
Mvogo

Defenders:
Martin Montoya (FG)
Bratislava Ivanovic (FG)
Per Mertesacker (FG)
Lourient Koscienly (C)
David Luiz (FG)
Sergio Ramos (FG)
Kevin Wimmer (FG)
Gael Clichy (HG)
Jordon Amavi (U21)

Midfielders:
Jérémy Toulalan (FG)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (FG)
Illarramendi (FG)
Mesut Ozil (FG)
Frank Ribery (FG)
Alex Pritchard (HG)
Arjen Robben (FG)
Nacer Chadli (FG)
Juan Cuadrado (FG)

Strikers:
Wayne Rooney (HG)
Harry Kane (HG)


James Wilson (HG)
James horsfield (U21)
Brandon Barker (U21)
Joshua Murray (HG)

Birmingham 23 man squad

GK Petr Cech (F)
GK Ron-Robert Zieler HG

RB Darijo Srna F
RB Kyle Walker HG
LB Ben Davies HG
LB Adriano F
CB Ryan Shawcross HG
CB Ezequiel Garay F
CB Kalidou Koulibaly F
CB Alessio Romagnoli F (U21)

CM Andrea Pirlo F
CM Yaya Toure F
CM Yohan Cabaye F
AM Jeremy Menez F
AM Georginio Wijnaldum F
AM Javier Pastore F
RW Domenico Berardi F (U21)
RW Andros Townsend HG
LW Stephan El Shaarawy F

ST Edinson Cavani F
ST Jermaine Defoe HG
ST Christian Benteke F
ST Hulk F

Goalkeepers:
Manuel Neuer (C)
Timo Horn

Defenders:
Dani Alves
Hector Bellerín
Terence Kongolo
Stefan Savic
Marquinhos
Raphael Varane
Mats Hummels (VC)
Layvin Kurzawa
Guilherme Siqueira

Midfielders:
Francis Coquelin
Granit Xhaka
Blaise Matuidi
Hakan Calhanoglu
Douglas Costa
Max Arnold
David Silva
Raheem Sterling
Felipe Anderson
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Strikers:
Jackson Martinez
Paco Alcacer

U19's:
Dele Alli
Anthony Martial
Alex Meret
Ertugrul Ersoy
Leo Chambers

Updated Euro Squad as of 17/10/15

Loris Karius
Jérôme Prior
Matthias Ginter
Tin Jedvaj
Diego Reyes
Fabian Schär
Niklas Süle
Jonathan Silva
Niklas Stark
Matías Kranevitter
Johannes Geis
Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
Marc Stendera
Alen Halilovic
Gonçalo Guedes
Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
Raphaël Guerreiro
Luciano Vietto
Diego Rolán
Jonathan Calleri

Academy
Andrija Balic
Marvin Friedrich
Kristoffer Ajer

GK Petr Cech (F)
GK Ron-Robert Zieler HG

RB Darijo Srna F
RB Kyle Walker HG
LB Ben Davies HG
LB Adriano F
CB Ryan Shawcross HG
CB Rafael Varane F
CB Kalidou Koulibaly F
CB Alessio Romagnoli F (U21)

CM Andrea Pirlo F
CM Yaya Toure F
CM Marouanne Fellaini F
CM Yohan Cabaye F
AM Georginio Wijnaldum F
AM Javier Pastore F
RW Andros Townsend HG
LW Stephan El Shaarawy F

ST Edinson Cavani F
ST Jermaine Defoe HG
ST Christian Benteke F
ST Jackson Martinez F

Took out Cavani, Hulk, Menez, Berardi and Garay and put in Varane, Fellaini and Jackson Martinez

—————————————Navas
Azpilicueta————Benatia——Mussachio———Luis
——————————--——Matic
——————Verratti———————Vidal
Aubameyang————————————————Bellerabi
—————————————Costa

Subs: Courtois, Jones, Kondogbia, Oscar, Mitrovic, Garcia, Williams

Captain: Arturo Vidal
Free Kicks: Felipe Luis
Penalties: Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
Corners: Marco Verratti

We need an overpowering performance, commanding the game from the off. We will limit their attacking threat by playing on the front foot and keeping them pegged back.

We press from the front, the front 3 and Vidal press the defence, two pressing, one closing off the nearest wide option and the other holding station a little deeper to cut off easy central passes, with Matic, Verratti and the FBs together ready for a second stage of pressing and keeping Juve pegged in, leave no time and space to pick their passes and make them rush the ball into the midfield area where we make it impossible to play through, first to every lose ball. Once the ball is played we trap Juve in vertical spaces. If the ball is moved into wider areas then our midfield push across looking to keep things compact and surround them on the flank, with the FB also pushing up to shut off space, and the winger on that side coming across to help with the FB, if their wingers cut in Matic, Vidal and Verratti are always there ready to close off the route to goal, with Costa and the opposite winger closing off the pass into midfield, look to force them down the flank and cut the man on the ball off from his support, one v one our FBs can stop anyone. When they attempt to get forward in the central third we defend in a 4-4-2, Verratti and Bellerabi narrow to the CMs and Aubameyang and Costa together as the first line of defence, pressing the deep midfielders, whilst the 4 man midfield make the game compact and surround Juve in possession, FBs once again pushing up onto the oppositions wingers so we leave them no easy pass, all 4 midfielders and the FBs have high work rates and will look to make it impossible for Juve to retain possession with this high energy pressing, winning it back as quickly as Juve get the ball and pushing forward quickly. The FBs are always tight to their man in the early stages when Juve have the ball unless they go infield off the ball, it is then the job of the midfield to deal with them and the FBs to stop any midfielder who roams wide, if all their players stay central the FBs push inside and we keep things narrow. Benatia man marks the CF, Mussachio covers his partner, either with quick interceptions or dropping back and stopping flick ons, isolate him.

Defending as a unit high up means we can attack as a unit high up, looking to maintain possession using pace and power upfront to create openings. Lots of rotation in attack with Aubameyang coming central and Vidal running wide, Costa dropping in or wide and Bellerabi/Aubameyang using the space he vacates or Vidal moving closer to Costa where he can find the movement of his team mates, all of which will give a great fluidity to our play today. It starts from the back with Benatia and Mussachio having very good distribution to keep us on the front foot, especially mopping up long balls when Portsmouth attempt to break out, getting the ball wide or into midfield and putting us straight onto the attack. Matic will sit in the midfield, he’s excellent at getting in position where we attack, just behind the play ready to step in if the ball is lost and recovering possession immediately, it is important here that the FB on the opposite flank is narrow here so he can step in if Juve look to move it into space on the opposite side to where we attack, Matic is quick to cover any space centrally but he needs the FB close enough to not leave a massive gap, something Benatia and Mussachio also cover when they step up, but all 5 players here are well versed in covering each other. Vidal works alongside Matic to make sure we overpower Juve, he can drive forward keep things ticking. FBs can push forward, especially Luis, we want to draw the FBs out to leave space for our wingers.

Subs:

If Winning: Garcia for Bellerabi 70’, extra power and know how to see out games. Oscar for Costa 75’, Aubameyang goes upfront. Kondogbia for Verratti 80’.

If Drawing: Oscar for Verratti 70’, pushes closer to Costa. Williams for Bellerabi 75’, fresh pace and flair. Mitrovic for Costa 80’.

If Losing: Jones and Williams for Azpilicueta and Luis 65’, go to 3 at the back, Williams out wide allows Aubameyang to move into a front two with Costa. Oscar for Matic 70’, Verratti plays deeper, Oscar creates chances.

as there is/was no Wolves Euro squad

Wolves 23 men:

1 GK Diego Alves
2 GK Kasper Schmeichel

3 RB Phillip Lahm
4 RB Mattia De Sciglio
5 RB Calum Chambers
6 LB Aleksandar Kolarov
7 CB Sokratis
8 CB Per Mertesacker

9 DM Emre Can
10 CM Fabian Delph
11 CM Ramires Santos
12 CM Claudio Marchisio
13 CM Assier Illaramendi 
14 AM Phillipe Coutinho
15 AM Franco Vazquez
16 RW Lucas Moura
17 LW Yannick Bolasie
18 LW Julian Brandt

19 ST Edin Dzeko
20 ST Charlie Austin
21 ST Carlos Vela
22 ST Nabil Fekir
23 ST Carlos Tevez

Updated Euro Squad as of 18/11/15

Loris Karius
Jérôme Prior
Matthias Ginter
Tin Jedvaj
Diego Reyes
Fabian Schär
Niklas Süle
Jonathan Silva
Niklas Stark
Matías Kranevitter
Johannes Geis
Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
Marc Stendera
Alen Halilovic
Gonçalo Guedes
Yannick Ferreira Carrasco
Raphaël Guerreiro
Luciano Vietto
Diego Rolán
Jonathan Calleri

Academy
Andrija Balic
Marvin Friedrich
Kristoffer Ajer