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Nikola Milenković: Serbia’s long-term heir to Vidić?
Although living in the shadow of the hype surrounding Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Fiorentina centre-back Nikola Milenković is thriving. With just five international caps to his name, Milenković is inexperienced yet has quickly taken to international football and is now demonstrating his ability on the world’s biggest stage. Milenković, 20, started his career in the youth ranks…
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Scouting World Cup Stars: Lee Jae Sung
When Kwon Chang-Hoon limped off the pitch after rupturing his ACL, every beating heart in South Korea’s fanbase stood still. The Dijon midfielder had an immaculate start to life in Europe; in his first full season at Dijon, he netted 11 goals in 34 performances, becoming one of the biggest revelations in the Ligue 1…
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Messi’s 31st
31 journalists from across the globe comment on what Messi means to them personally, and football in general.
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Scouting World Cup Stars: Ellyes Skhiri
After breaking out onto the scene for Montpellier back in 2015, Ellyes Skhiri has the opportunity to lead Tunisia where they’ve never been before. Grouped together with tournament contenders England and Belgium as well as World Cup newbies Panama, Les Aigles de Carthage face a tall task ahead to get out of the group –…
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Why Andriy Lunin Can Reach Greatness at Real Madrid
Today, Andriy Lunin was announced as Real Madrid’s first summer signing. The 19-year-old joins the European champions for a fee of 14 million Euros. Lunin is part of the rarest brand in football–a teenage goalkeeper who starts for his club. You don’t find too many. Most who do tend to get a random chance, and…
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Scouting World Cup Stars: Dawid Kownacki
Dubbed the ‘new Robert Lewandowski’ by various sectors of the media, Dawid Kownacki is an obvious talent and one the nation of Poland holds in high regard. Yet, the current Sampdoria striker undoubtedly had his work cut out for him to deliver on this hype, and perhaps even exceed the high expectations bestowed upon him…
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Scouting World Cup Stars: Fahad Al-Muwallad
The ‘Saudi Messi’. Although not an entirely accurate comparison, if you have seen him play, you will already know why many call him that. If you have ever seen the words “where is Fahad” more than once and tried to find out more, then you probably have an idea of how highly rated this man…
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The Obituary of La Albiceleste
I could’ve seen it coming from a mile away. I wanted to believe, I really did. I forced myself to think that Jorge Sampaoli could somehow instill his intensive, complicated tactics in his players in a mere span of months. It’s like thinking you could put off studying until the week of the test, and…
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El Perdón a Osorio
“A todos los que han creído en esté proceso, compartírselo a ellos y a los que no: seguiremos trabajando; ojalá mejorando para algún día convencerlos”-Juan Carlos Osorio. El juego son esas interacciones que se producen con una intención específica, algunas basadas en un modelo de juego o simplemente por el momento del partido. El jugar…
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Scouting World Cup Stars: Jefferson Lerma
In Russia 2018, Colombia will once again be looking to light up the World Cup like they did four years ago in Brazil. Some of the stars of that show are still around, with Captain Radamel Falcao fit and available this time. The squad is overflowing with quality – and confidence – from defence to…
