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Leeds United 2020/21 Season Review
‘What a day to be alive, f*ck me’ slurred Mateusz Klich, celebrating after Leeds United’s promotion back to the summit of English football. A 16-year top-flight hiatus was finally over for England’s sleeping giant, with the dark days of Wise, Warnock and Hockaday firmly laid to rest. Leeds were back, and they weren’t there for…
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Player Analysis: Aymeric Laporte
Aymeric Laporte is the biggest surprise in Spain’s squad for the EURO 2020, combined with the loss of Sergio Ramos. Once Luis Enrique perceived that Sergio Ramos would not be fit and ready for the tournament, the Spanish federation quickly initiated the process of making Laporte play with Spain. Since Laporte had not played any…
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The Rise and Fall of Bernard Tapie’s Marseille: Part 5: Les Retombées
This is the fifth installation of a six-part series on Olympique de Marseille. You can read “Part 1: L’homme d’affairs,” here, and “Part 2: La Nuit Les Projecteurs Se Sont Éteints,” here. You can read “Part 3: Nuits Blanches Et Thés Frelatés,” here. You can read “Part 4: La Balance,” here. You can read “Part…
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Moments of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup – Part 1: Slovan Bratislava 1968/69
With the return of a third-tier competition in European football next season, the UEFA Europa Conference League has been met with the usual snobbery from those who see it as an unnecessary burden. However, the Conference League does bring back memories of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. Lasting for 39 years between 1960-1999, the…
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It Was the Biggest Party of the Season and Only One Team Turned up
In the 8th minute, Raheem Sterling latched onto a long, raking ball from Ederson. His touch was not as clean as he would have liked and the back heel he eventually resorted to was not ideal. This was still positive, Sterling had gotten in behind Reece James, surely he would have another stab at it…
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Player Analysis: Boubacar Kamara
Despite being only 21 years old, Boubacar Kamara is already one of the more experienced heads in the ever-growing class of hugely talented young French midfielders gaining match experience and catching the eye on the European stage. Having been with Olympique de Marseille, his local club from the age of 5, he made his debut…
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Player Analysis: Simy Nwankwo
The 2020/21 football season in European football was a favourable one for Nigerian strikers, one of which was Simeon ‘Simy’ Nwankwo. Simy was in stellar form throughout the season, especially in the second half and was one of the very few shining lights in an otherwise dire season for Crotone. Crotone finished the Serie A…
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Player Analysis: Theo Hernández
“Theo is doing great from an attacking point of view. Personally, I hope that he can be here with us one day but it is not a choice that I can make. Since he signed for Milan, he has improved a lot and you can see it in every match. He scores goals and makes…
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The European Super League Is Dead: Long Live the Super League
It’s fair to say that anyone who supports the idea of a European Super League will find themselves in a very small minority. There are perhaps a few people not named Andrea Agnelli or Florentino Perez who might still support the project, but certainly not within earshot of a journalist. Somewhere in a secret lair,…
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The Same Questions Persist at Manchester United but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Can Still Be the Man to Answer Them
It is never a great idea to draw definite conclusions about a team or coach based on a single game. Even if that game is the final of a major European competition. The margins are so fine within any 90-minute period that any such prediction would most likely be inaccurate. Manchester United’s loss to Villareal…
