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João Félix’s Struggles at Stamford Bridge
January 12, 2023. One day after arriving on a six-month loan that would reportedly cost £16 million, João Félix made his debut for Chelsea, with Graham Potter including him in the starting line-up against Fulham. The Portuguese forward showed plenty of promise and looked the liveliest of Chelsea’s attackers until lunging into a reckless tackle…
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Australia and New Zealand: The Hosts of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
This is not just the first time FIFA Women’s World Cup will be hosted in the Southern Hemisphere or the first time that 32 teams will be competing in the tournament — it’s also the first time that multiple countries will be hosting the competition. Today, we’re going to be taking a look at Australia…
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Analysis of an Inter Milan Player Who Will Play in the Champions League in May (AC Milan vs Inter Milan)
The 2022-2023 Champions League season has started well, and the match of AC Milan vs Inter Milan is already heated. It is time to analyze each team and its players. Inter Milan is one of the top clubs in Italian football, with a rich history of success in both domestic and international competitions. The team…
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Bournemouth’s Turnaround Under Gary O’Neil
Despite the 4-0 hammering at home to relegation rivals West Ham on Sunday, Gary O’Neil has turned the tide on the south coast and has the Cherries in a solid position to avoid relegation from the Premier League. When Bournemouth landed back in English football’s top flight back in August, many had them as…
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Croatia’s Champions League Dominance
Over the past two decades, Croatia has reached a World Cup Final as well as finished third in another World Cup, but their nation of 4 million has also delivered a variety of footballers who have impressed in European football’s premier club competition. Since 2012, a Croatian player has appeared in every UEFA Champions League…
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Where Next for Talismanic Tielemans?
It’s May 15th, 2021 and a reduced-capacity crowd – along with the millions watching at home – have enjoyed a tense first hour of the FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Leicester City. The match is still goalless, but the deadlock is just about to be broken. With 63 minutes on the clock, Leicester’s…
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The 10 Most Valuable Footballers in the UK in 2023
Football is the biggest sport in the United Kingdom and in most of the world. There are hundreds of millions, if not billions, of football fans around the world. That makes it not just a big sport but a big business as well. We regularly hear pundits talk about how sports stars are overpaid. While…
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Brasileirão Week 2: Fluminense Flying, Surprise at Serrinha and Maurício Magic
Just two matchdays into the new campaign, Fernando Diniz’s men alongside Botafogo are the only two sides with a perfect league record in the most competitive top-flight in the world. There were also no less than three managers making their dugout debuts with their new clubs as Brazilian football got busy again, on and off…
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Player Analysis: Sven Mijnans
23-year-old midfielder Sven Mijnans recently advanced from mid-table side Sparta Rotterdam to Dutch big-four member AZ Alkmaar. Despite a brief spell at ADO Den Haag’s youth side, he eventually moved from Spijkenisse to Jong Sparta at 18 years of age. Sven quickly became a mainstay in the first team following his debut at 20. …
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Inside the Havoc of Indonesia’s Failed Attempt to Host the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Since its establishment in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship, the U-20 World Cup has been hosted by a wide range of countries from Tunisia to Malaysia to New Zealand and has seen a wide range of champions as well from Portugal to Ghana to Serbia to Ukraine. Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous country…
