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ITA-SWE    CZE-CRO    ESP-TUR  on June 17

            Italy secured a hugely impressive 2-0 win over Belgium on Monday night and will hope to build on that in Friday's early kick off to secure their place in the next round of Euro 2016. The Azzurri are unbeaten in their last five meetings with Sweden, though they haven't played them in competitive action since 2004. While Sweden struggled to a 1-1 draw with Republic of Ireland and were second best for a vast majority of the encounter. They have won only two of their last six international outings, though only one of those resulted in defeat, but they need to put in a much-improved performance against Italy. Sweden will help to put three crucial points on the board, but Italy should have too much for their Group E rivals.           

            Czech Republic lost 1-0 to Spain in their Euro 2016 opener and they cannot afford to lose again here. Unfortunately, they come up against one of the best performing sides from match day 1 in the form of Croatia. Czech Republic qualified for this tournament with a better record than Croatia but they aren't favorites heading into this clash. With Luka Modric and Ivan Rakitic in the side, Croatia have one of the best midfield double acts in the competition and are fancied by some as the serious dark horses to go all the way. These two nations have only met on two occasions but Croatia won both of those, including a 4-2 win last time they faced in 2011. Croatia look set to make it two wins from two here and set up a huge final group game against Spain to decide who finishes top of Group D.

            Spain were made to work for their 1-0 win over Czech Republic earlier in the week, though it could well have been more had they taken their chances to break the deadlock. Having secured all three points, they should be more relaxed coming into the meeting with Turkey. Fatih Terim's side fell to a 1-0 loss to Croatia last Sunday and need a positive result to improve their chances of a place in the next round of Euro 2016. Turkey, though, have lost their previous two competitive meetings with Spain and face an uphill struggle to secure victory. Spain come into the meeting as favorites and should land a comfortable win in Friday's late kick off.

            Best economical pick – With Graziano Pelle sustaining an ankle knock in the 2-0 win over Belgium Ciro Immobile is more likely to start for Italy and has more chance of scoring. He could be a surprise package for you who is available just at salary 8.

            Top captains & vice captains – David De Gea who started ahead of Casillas against Czech has impressed a lot with 3 great saves. It would be a cake walk for Spain against Turkey unless something spectacular happens from this Turkey’s attack and Spain are most likely to keep clean sheet as well. The Italian midfielder Emanuele Giaccherini is coming into this game after a superb performance in Italy’s win over Belgium, the Bologna’s man has hit the net in the first half against Belgium and is expected to perform at the same level against Sweden as well.           

             Smart pick – The Real Madrid’s midfielder Luka Modric surprised everyone with his thundering volley for Croatia against Turkey and helped them secure their first win in the group stage. He shall be an effective pick for your fantasy team.

             Be careful –   Turkey are playing against the defending champions Spain. It wouldn’t be a good choice to pick Volkan Babacan as Turkey are more likely to suffer a huge defeat.

       My XI – David De Gea (Captain & GK), Emanuele Giaccherini(Vice-Captain), Leonardo Bonucci, Juanfran, Ivan Strinic, Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alvaro Morata, Ciro Immobile, Pedro Rodriguez.