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Eli Junior Kroupi: Bournemouth’s Mesmerizing Young Forward
Eli Junior Éric Anatole Rainha Kroupi arrived at Bournemouth last summer and has quickly become one of the Premier League’s most talked-about young attacking talents, known for his searing pace and ruthless finishing. Eligible to play for France, Portugal, or the Ivory Coast, Kroupi is extremely efficient in front of goal, which means that when…
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The Little Treble, What Is It, and Who Has Won It?
The treble, probably the most coveted achievement in club football, besides your club getting bought out by people who have done crimes against humanity to artificially pump it full of cash. But I digress. Only 9 clubs have ever managed this tremendous feat in Europe and only Bayern and Barcelona have done it twice. Interestingly…
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The Greatest Clubs To Ever Suffer Relegation
Relegation is possibly one of the most painful experiences a football fan can go through. With the newfound wealth of superclubs, fans of Europe’s biggest sides might think their teams are insulated from such a horrible eventuality. However, Manchester United this last season and Chelsea before them showed how managerial go rounds and haywire recruitment…
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Every Team That Lost the Champions League Final: Where Are They Now?
Losing a Champions League final is heartbreaking. Apart from the World Cup and the Euros, it’s probably the biggest loss a football team could sustain. Some teams bounce right back, like Ajax, which lost the 1969 European Cup Final to AC Milan 4-1. It seemed that Catenaccio had triumphed against Total Football and that was…
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How Daniel Farke Saved Leeds United’s Season
In the 25/26 Premier League season, amid its own intellectual movements and shifting dogmas, Leeds United have underwent their own renaissance. Their recent form has been exceptional, with the team unbeaten in seven league games, but the true origin, or rebirth, of this improved Leeds came back in November. On a losing streak of…
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How Nico O’Reilly Became a Vital Cog in Manchester City’s Title Chase
Nico O’Reilly is proving to be one of Pep Guardiola’s most crucial players this season, having played the 5th-most minutes of any player in this Man City squad in the Premier League, playing a total of 32 matches ahead of the likes of Phil Foden and Rayan Cherki, while having made a total of 41…
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Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona: A Religion
On the second of May, 2009, at the Santiago Bernabéu, in front of eighty thousand people who had come expecting a contest and received instead a sermon, Barcelona beat Real Madrid six goals to two. The scoreline is the least interesting thing about what happened that night. Real Madrid were not a bad team.…
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Newcomers and Second Appearances: What to Expect in the 2026 World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the largest of its kind as it will be hosted over three countries for the first time in history, featuring 48 teams from the six football federations, an increase of 16 countries from the regular format of 32 nations that has been in place since 1998. The…
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Television vs. Terraces: Online Fandom and Matchday Supporters
The shimmering dissent within the fandom of Premier League clubs which has been building over the last few years has become more and more acute and at present feels it is about to erupt in to total warfare. This distinction revolves around an identifiable rupture between two types of fans: those who attend matches on…
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Genoa CFC Flourishing Under Daniele De Rossi
As the final whistle blew on Sunday 25th January there was relief, passion and a very happy fanbase. Genoa came back from 2-0 down at home to Bologna in a crazy game, Bologna had goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski sent off for a final man challenge. That red card changed the complexion of the game. Just over…
