EURO 2016 SEMI-FINAL PREDICTION

The Uefa Euro 2016 has reached the stage of the last 4, and the four teams that have reached the semis are Portugal, Wales, France and Germany. 2 crazy games will determine who goes through to the final. 

Portugal vs Wales-First up is the clash of Wales, who have progressed to such a stage in their first Major European tournament against Portugal, who have not had the most convincing of performances in the Euro 2016 campaign , but have played well. It is the battle of my two favourite players, Bale and Ronaldo. Both the Real Madrid superstars are the main men of their team and will look to kead them to glory. I am going for a win on penalties by Portugal after a 1-1 draw. Wales have been amazing this whole tournament, but they will miss out on Aaron Ramsey, an irreplaceable playmaker in the Wales midfield, whose contributions have been massive to the Wales squad. But I think Portugal will get the first spot in the final of Euro 2016.

Germany vs France- Now time for the big match. After edging past Italy, Germany face the hosts France in what will be a nail-biting game. Both the tournament favourites will battle it out in what I think will be a 2-1 victory for Die Manschafft. Germany's star players are Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller, and Toni Kroos, and they have a solid three defenders with Boateng, Hummels and the best goalie in the world, Manuel Neuer. Les Blues have the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Giroud has been in good form recently after two goals in a thrashing over Iceland. It could go either way, but I think Deustchland will meet Portugal in the final.

ENGLAND'S ABYSMAL PERFORMANCE AGAINST ICELAND

Iceland shocked the whole world with a triumph against England. After an early penalty converted by Wayne Rooney, Iceland fought back to make it 2-1. The three lions are one of the most overrated teams in the whole world. Such a world renowned team dissapointed again with a round of sixteen exit and only one win in four matches. Hats off to Iceland, they were brilliant tactically and on the ball, unlike Roy Hodgson's absolute joke of a team. No tactics, formations, just absolutely atrocious. Roy Hodgson as 14 million pounds in his pocket as a manager and he can't even produce a win against a team who's manager is a part-time dentist. Iceland have a population of 300,000 people, and about ten percent of the whole nation's poulation are in France for the tournament. England has more than 50 million people, and they still can't do anything. Horrible at the world cup, bad at the Euros, they couldn't have been more dissapointing. Roy Hogdson has done nothing in his time as English manager, and he cannot manufacture a good team with good tactics. But now about the players. Joe Hart in goal was terrible. The second goal was an easy save for any goalkeeper, but he let it slide through. He can't save a single shot to his left. A good season for Man City, but useless for the national team. And there was no passion in the English team. They thought the match against iceland was going to be a piece of cake, but they were wrong. The backline wasn't good, and allowed both goals to happen. Harry Kane and Sterling were just trash the whole tournament, missing sitters and not being to create anything. And why was Kane on set pieces? Someone who is 6"2 should be in the box not taking corners or free kicks from 41 yards out. Marcus Rashford, who was on the pitch for the last 4 minutes, completed more take-ons than any one else. Rashford should have replaced Kane or Sterling way earlier. Although I am not an England supporter but their performance just wasn't upto the mark. Hopefully the new manager and make something better out of them.

EURO 2016 QUARTER-FINAL PREDICTIONS

Poland vs Portugal

In this quarter-final, I predict that Portugal will go through to the semi-finals.
I think it'll be a nail-bitingly close match and Portugal will come away with a 1-0 victory. Ronaldo's men might just have the better of Lewandowski and co. I think either CR7 or Nani will get the goal to guide Portugal to the last 4.

Wales vs Belgium

Wales have surprised everyone and have been playing really well throughout this tournament with their main-man Gareth Bale. But I think Belgium are just the better side. Eden Hazard is on fire with his mind-blowing form, but I think this game can go into extra time or penalties. I'm saying a 2-1victory.

Germany vs Italy

Probably the match of the Euros, with both sides having performed really well. Germany are the only team in the tournament to not have conceded yet. But unlocking Italy's defence isn't any easy job either, with their full Juventus backline so I'm going for another 1-0 victory for Die Mannschaft. Italy played amazing in their victory over Spain. But Joachim Low's men will be the better side

France vs Iceland

 Iceland, the underdogs have reached the quarter-finals, and the whole of Iceland is supporting. The fans are crazy, and for them to reached such a stage is brilliant, with them beating England on the way. But I feel Les bLues will control the game and I'm saying the hosts get a 3-1 victory.

MY EURO 2016 PREDICTIONS

.Winner- I feel like the defending World Champions will make their mark with their 4th Euro title. One of the favorites of the tournamnet, I feel Joachim Low's men will go out and lift the trophy with their attacking and possession playing style. They have the best defence in the cup in my opinion, and the rock-solid centre back partnership with the best keeper in the world won't let in a lot of goals. And again, they have a creative midfield with the likes of Toni Kroos, Mesut Özil and Mario Gotze and a lethal finisher with Thomas Müller. So I think Die Mannschaft will go all the way, and I could see a faceoff between Germany and the hosts, Les Blues, France.

Top scorer- If this question was asked before the Euros, I would have undoubtedly gone for Thomas Muller, with an utterly outsatanding performance in both the World Cups, but he has gone without scoring for 3 matches, so I'm going for Gareth Bale for the Golden Boot, as he is the top scorer at the moment, and Wales are playing brilliantly in the Euros. Already scored two freekicks, I think he will end up with the most goals. Maybe someone like Romelu Lukaku and Alvaro Morata might get the goals, and of course you cannot forget Cristiano Ronaldo. But their a lot of options for top scorer, and it could be anyone.

Player of the tournament- I can see a lot of candidates for player of the tournament, but I have three names in my mid right now. One of them is Andres Iniesta, who won the award last Euros as well, and his playmaking and creativity and controls the midfield, with great awareness and passing, he could win it again. The other one is France's main man, Dimitri Payet. With two goals and an assist already, his contribution to France is irreplaceable, and I can see him winning it. The third one, and quite an out of the box one, is Croatian Ivan Perisic on the left flank. He has also scored twice and led them to the win against Spain, he is one of the more important players in Croatia alongside Modric and Rakitic.

THE SPECTACULAR ROUND SQUARE

Round Square is a worldwide network of innovative schools in 40 countries across five continents. Round Square has a holistic approach to IDEALS-which include internationalism, democracy, environment, adventure, leadership and service. I was one of the delegates for the regional young Round Square aged 11-13 in the Emerald Heights School, Indore in Madhya Pradesh. Our topics were Environment and Adventure, therefore the themes Dare, Dream, discover and Action, Adventure, Adrenaline. We embarked for a journey filled which was going to withhold an extravaganza of adventurous activities, creativity boosters, and engaging workshops that would benefit us for a lifetime. After a swift flight, we arrived at our destination, a quiet and small city, Indore. My expectations were blown away, with the grand sight of a giant campus, and some absolutely top-notch architecture. We were heartily welcomed with food, bags, bottles, caps and other goodies that would smoothen our stay. As we walked towards our boarding, I set eyes on Football pitches, basketball courts, Futsal pitches and swimming pools. It really was the great deal. I got my first look at our dormitories of 10 beds, and they seemed comfortable and I was quite exhausted after that day and I slept like a baby. The first official day started with a bang as after breakfast, the opening ceremony was hoisted where all the schools were introduced. Then we were helped to an extremely inspiring speech by who else but Capt. Naveen Gulia, one of the great personalities of India. An adventure seeker, he was suffered with a life threatening injury while in the army. Most doctors said the most he would achieve in life was pulling his own wheelchair. But he did not let the blow be fatal. He did not give up. He kept on pursuing his dreams and barging right through the obstacles in his life. He went on to create specially designed cars, break driving world records, and his thrill for adventure never stopped. I was also impressed by his excellent command over language, both English and Hindi. Next, we set off to the conference room, where our barazza session was held, where or group discussed how the motivating life story impacted us and how our thought processes were cranked. After lunch, we had a creative workshop where we had limited time to create public art using just one material-paper and then they were to assess our creativity, and our out of the box display of art about the theme"Lungs of our city". In the Evening, we travelled to a landmark of Indore, Nakrili Dhani, here it brought out a cultural portrayal of a village in Rajasthan with games, shows, rides and what I most enjoyed was the traditional food, which was scrumptious, and settled my rumbling stomach. An arduous but productive day, filled with events. The day after was quite different. We were expected to reach a semi-resort called Flames of Forest. We hit the road in the morning and reached just before noon after about a 2 hour journey. We checked into our rooms, and they were brilliant, commodious and plush with proper AC's and beds. We then went to a small factory which is brilliant in its own right. 25 years old, Kumbaya produces purses, bedsheets and clothes. But what's so special is that at the time it started, women didn't have good jobs and wages. Kumbaya wanted to put a stop to that, and they hired a lot of women, and fought against women discrimination. Antagonists tried to stop them by burning it down, but they kept on going. And now, to make the environment better, they also make clothes of waste fabric and bags out of newspaper. Recycling is a main part of Kumbaya. After lunch, we had creative activities of creating the same paper bags and a collage out of magazines on Eco-Tourism. We then had a night trek in the vast expanse of the forest. Following our pitch-black hike, next morning the adventure activities were superb and extremely fun, with a commando course of tough obstacle courses. Then we also went zip lining in the mountains, an activity that I enjoy a whole lot, as I seized the view sliding down. Then we reached back to the school, where we got ready for our cultural evening, where each school would perform a dance, song or play, with the lights shining, we performed an elegant and adventurous dance. But the end was just the best. In the principal's bungalow, a huge dinner was held with some lip-smacking food, and a DJ night, where we danced ourselves off straight to midnight. What an event! I couldn't believe what all we had accomplished in just a matter of 3 days. Round Square was unbelievable!

12 ANGRY MEN

On a pleasant Saturday Evening I set off to Lutyens Delhi. I first stopped for the most popular monument in Delhi, the tremendous India Gate. The place was absolutely swarming with visitors and tourists. I ate an ice cream in the warm breeze, and then set off to the Akshara Theatre, where I was going to watch a drama called 12 angry men, which is a movie from 1957. A young slum dweller is accused of murdering his father and is put on trial.The twelve jurors retire to the jury room, having been yold that the defendant is innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Eleven of the jurors vote for conviction, each for reasons of his own. The sole holdout is Juror #8, who votes not guilty, and convinced all the other 11 jurors that the boy is innocent, with analysing testimonies, and plunging into details of the case, and finally they arrive to a verdict of not guilty. At first I expected it to be an average drama, but I was starstruck with the brilliance of the twelve's acting. I was impressed with the dialogues, the comedic scenes, and the values it displayed. Mu first proper mystery play, and what an absolutely magnificent portrayal of how a jury reaches a verdict. The jury spoke, we had a verdict, and the verdict was a clear. An evening well spent!

PLAYERS SKIPPING THE EUROS

Euro 2016 is the biggest continental tournament in the world, consisting of some of the most Football-crazy nations all across the globe. From June 10 to July 11, you will witness an extravaganza of skills, shots, dribbling, defence, passing heading and mega- superstars and some great footy. These are some rejects for the Euro 2016, who miss out their ticket to a great platform to mark their career. The Euros will be watched by millions, but these players will be off the pitch.

Hector Pellerin-The rapid Arsenal fullback has been rejected by Spanish coach Vincente Del Bosque. Overall, he's had a brilliant season, being one of the vital parts of Arsenal's journey to second place. His pace is astonishing, and his work rates are good and crossing and defence is good too. Also, he is just 21 years old, which means that the Euros will be a great place to make a mark in his career. I think Bellerin would've been great as a fullback for Spain.

Robert Huth-The German Centre-back has been a rock in defence for the foxes in their road to glory. Huth was solid in leading Leicester to the BPL title. His defensive work is amazing and he is equally good in the air. Although Germany already have a solid defence with Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng, he should have gone even as a substitute.

Hatem Ben Arfa-The attacking midfielder for OGC nice has had an amazing season.But Didier Deschamps has missed out on one of the most skillful players in the world, with crazy tricks. He has scored some absolutely sick goals. In my opinion, he would have been a great option to pair up in midfield with the likes of someone like Pogba, Payet or Matuidi.

Diego Costa-Surprisingly, the Spanish hitman isn't travelling to France in June. Although Costa hasn't had the best of seasons by any means, he could still show his worth as a great striker in the Euros. I think he would perform better than someone like Aduriz, who is 35 years of age, and maybe he could reestablish his worth in June. I think this was a stupid decision, and some other Spaniards that are missing out also include Santi Cazorla and Juan Mata

Perhaps the best of them all, Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema will not be playing the tournament. The Frenchman is a clinical finisher, and one of the most deadly strikers on the planet.Benzema, 28, was suspended indefinitely from the national team after being charged with conspiracy to blackmail as part of an alleged attempt to extort funds from his international teammate Mathieu Valbuena. Otherwise, he is a brilliant player with great skill. But he will not lead the attack in the French team, with his experience and goalscoring ability, it's a huge loss for France.

Other players that are missing out are-
Vincent Kompany-Belgium are not playing the solid City CB
Memphis Depay-The skillful Man United left winger will not play a role in Holland's squad as they failed to make the Euros.
Raphael Varane- Young and a great defender, Varane also misses out a spot in France's defensive lineup
Marco Verratti-The PSG playmaker will not be representing Italy.