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Real Madrid: 2017-18 UEFA Champions League Final Preview
The biggest match of club football is a few days away: the Champions League finals. The story couldn’t be different as to whom we expected to be in Kiev. On one side, the majority did not expect Liverpool to appear in Kiev. In fact, one could argue that Liverpool were not the favorites to represent…
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Gianluigi Buffon: The End of an Era?
After 17 years of the Bianconeri, Gianluigi Buffon is ready to hang up his jersey. Concluding a highly successful career at Juventus, his time has come to an end after playing his final game against Hellas Verona last Saturday. Taken off at the 63rd minute to a stadium ovation full of tears and heartbreak, the…
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Azerbaijan Premier League 2017-18 Review
For the fifth straight season, to Qarabağ ran away from the rest of the league by Easter. A bitter Azerbaijan Cup semi-final loss to Sumgayit and an even more painful Champions League exit may have soured the mood for the Horsemen, but over a 28-week schedule Qarabağ once again proved simply too good and too…
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From hero to zero: The demise of Neftchi Baku
Many football supporters like to think that their team is “more than a club”. In Neftchi Baku’s case, the claim is true. For much of its 81-year history, its accomplishments were a source of pride for supporters throughout Azerbaijan, if not for supporters of Qarabağ FK, Azerbaijan’s other big club. Off the pitch, Neftchi was…
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¿Qué habría pasado sin el Cruyff entrenador?
¿Qué habría pasado sin el Cruyff entrenador? Es una pregunta que no nos hacemos, una pregunta compleja que tiene varias respuestas. Pero sin el Cruyff entrenador, hoy nuestro paladar futbolístico no estuviera tan educado, muchos técnicos seguirían pensando en entrenar sin darle importancia al balón, el fútbol en espacios reducidos no sería importante en la…
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Champions League Semifinals Fan Preview: Liverpool
“We don’t have to be the best team in the world, we just have to be able to beat the best”. Some may consider this statement a paradox, but this quote exemplifies Jurgen Klopp’s unique charisma and exuberant passion that has galvanized both the fans and players of Liverpool FC. Currently in 3rd place on…
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El Rondo
El rondo es una de las bases del Juego de Ubicación. Orientarse, recibir y pasar. Pases con seguridad, pases que transmitan mensajes desde el portador hasta el receptor. Un pase fuerte con el borde interno, invita a jugar rápido pero un pase suave es todo lo contrario. El rondo, precisa de jugadores capaces de tener…
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Has Conte lost the dressing room?
Antonio Conte started out at Chelsea with aggressive charisma and righted the sinking ship left by Jose Mourinho. His tactics set the Premier League a blaze as Chelsea took the league by the neck and didn’t let go till the crown was there’s. Diego Costa was the teams heart and soul pulling goals almost out…
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What Klopp Must Do Over The Summer To Turn Liverpool Into Title Challengers
With the Premier League title race all but over and everyone having to put themselves through the ignominious wait of the inevitable confirmation of this season’s champions, Jurgen Klopp’s side currently lie 3rd in the league, level on points with arch-rivals Manchester United. It is looking like a second successive season in Europe for the…
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Champions League Quarterfinals Fan Preview: AS Roma
For the first time in a decade, Roma has progressed to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Defeating the Ukranian champions Shakhtar Donetsk in a cagey tactical battle over two legs, Roma now face the Spanish giants Barcelona. The Spanish giants are not unfamiliar opponents to the Giallorossi, having played them twice in the group…
