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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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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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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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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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Ronaldinho – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“I have had a dream, past the wit of man to say what dream it was: man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream.” – William Shakespeare Let me ask you something: A Brazilian talent, born in the favelas, who managed to rise from deep poverty and reach the…
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Yaya Touré and the Danger of Remembering Moments
When Yaya Touré is discussed, the same images surface. The Champions League final at centre-back. The 20-goal season. The solo run against Aston Villa. Those moments became memories. As they solidified, Touré became widely regarded as one of his generation’s best midfielders. Touré started at centre-back in the 2009 Champions League final, performing well…
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Carlos Tévez – War and Peace
“It is impossible to explain everything the streets taught me. And it was a lot.” – Carlos Tévez. Murder, crime, drugs, weapons. These were everyday realities in the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as Fuerte Apache. This is where Carlos Alberto Martinez grew up. His mother was an alcoholic. His father was shot dead. It…
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The Biggest Surprises in the History of the UEFA Super Cup
Tottenham Hotspur were just two agonizing minutes away from becoming the first UEFA Europa League-winning team since 2018 to defeat the Champions League holders in the European Super Cup. However, normal service was resumed when it comes to Tottenham and trophies. Normal service was also resumed when it comes to who usually wins the UEFA…
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Afiga Mammadova: 62 Years of Loyalty, One Club for Life
When Afiga Mammadova walks into a football stadium in Baku, she does so with the calm assurance of someone who has seen almost everything the game can offer. The black-and-white Neftchi scarf around her neck is not a fashion choice or a nod to nostalgia. It is a statement of fact. At 69, she has…
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What’s the Best Football Team for Each Letter of the Alphabet?
ABC, is it really as easy as 123? Well not if you want to catalogue the best football team for each letter of the alphabet it isn’t. You are going to have some letters chock full of amazing teams and then some letters that force you to compare the Bolivian and Tanzanian league to see…
