Footballers from 24 nations are on display in France at Euro 2016. At 23 players per squad, that’s a whopping 552 sweaty bodies — almost as many as the French Assemblée Nationale can muster on a day when there’s coq au vin for lunch.
Only a fanatical few football-watchers could possibly exceed a passing knowledge of more than 10 percent of that total; and the fans’ truest familiarity is always with players from their own land. As a guide to smart watching, POLITICO has curated a list of 24 players to keep an eye on, one from each team playing in …read more
Source: POLITICO – Europe Edition