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Saint-Etienne: A Sleeping Giant In Freefall
Founded in 1919 (now known as Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire), the club based in the Rhone-Alps region is the joint record holder of the number of Ligue 1 titles. Les Verts have won ten titles, a number which Qatari-backed PSG equalled with their title victory last season. The football club was founded by…
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Michael Carrick Showing Early Signs of Promise as a First-time Manager at Middlesbrough
Playing over 300 games for Manchester United, Michael Carrick cemented himself as a Red Devils legend over many years at Old Trafford. Winning the Premier League, FA Cup and even the solitary Champions League accolade during his 12-year spell at Old Trafford, his career was decorated with the midfielder regarded as an all-time great. …
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Wout Faes: Leicester’s Belgian Youngster in Central Defense
It might not seem an opportune time after the last two results, but Leicester City are a team on the up. On a run of seven wins in their last 12, it’s been a marked improvement in defence that’s been the catalyst for The Foxes’ recent success. At the centre of this transformation? Wout Faes. …
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Maximo Perrone: Composure Personified
Name: Maximo Perrone Position: Central/defensive midfielder Age: 20 Height: 1.80M/5’10 Preferred foot: Left Part of the reason the Argentine Primera Division is so eccentric is down to the fact that not many countries can say that the sport is intertwined with almost every aspect of daily life like it does in the South American…
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When Dictators Stepped in the Way of Big-Money Transfers
Whilst doing research for an article about the decline of Romanian football, the story of Nicolae Dobrin came up. He was a brilliant footballer whose career began at 14 and he helped his fairly unknown site, Arges Pitesti, defeat the mighty Real Madrid in a European Cup tie. This prompted the Spanish club to make…
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Tactical Analysis: Argentina 3-3 France
Argentina have claimed their third World Cup and their first since 1986, with the Albiceleste edging the defending champions France on penalties in Lusail to complete the one missing piece from Lionel Messi’s glorious career. Let’s take a deep look at how Argentina wrote their names into the history books in what proved to be…
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Domestic League Formatting Around Europe: Is Swiss Football’s Reform a Good Thing?
The latest significant reform to a top-flight league structure comes in Switzerland, where the 20 clubs from the top two tiers of Swiss football agreed to a new format to come in next season. This came after serious backlash by fans who were heavily against the initial plan that was set to be introduced as…
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Boxing Day 1963: A Historic Day in English Football
We all know the meme by now, every year on Boxing Day every football meme page and sports section of the tabloids post the same picture. When it first came about people genuinely shared it around to illustrate how much football had changed. Fast forward to a few years later and it has become a…
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Bilal El Khannouss: Morocco’s Teenage Diamond in the Rough
Name: Bilal El Khannouss Position: CAM/CM Height: 5’11/1.81M Age: 18 The World Cup has often been a great platform for countries and players to showcase their talent on the biggest stage of them all and this year’s edition was no different. Although one or two of the bigger stars are always bound to eventually…
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Exclusive Interview With Real Betis Goalkeeper Rui Silva
At 28 years old, Rui Silva has had quite the ascent in European football. One of the few players to reach the Portuguese national team without playing or developing at any of the nation’s ‘Big Three’ (Porto, Benfica, Sporting), Silva has solidified himself as a regular in goal under Manuel Pellegrini since his arrival in…
