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Watch Out Europe, Ada Hegerberg Is Back
Football is weirdly intertwined with sound. Not readily at the fore of a fan’s mind are the various sounds without which the game would be completely different. The ‘clang’ of the ball hitting the post, the ‘buff’ of the boot hitting the ball, the ‘pop’ of a star player’s cruciate ligament being ruptured. At…
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Romelu Lukaku’s Chance for Redemption at Inter Milan
After taking charge of Chelsea on an 18-month contract on January 26, 2021, Thomas Tuchel led the Blues to their first Champions League title in nine years after eliminating Atlético Madrid, Porto and Real Madrid before beating Manchester City 1-0 in the Final in Porto, as a first-half goal from Kai Havertz saw Chelsea come…
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Where Did It All Go Wrong for Romelu Lukaku at Chelsea?
At the time of his second signing, Romelu Lukaku had scored 113 Premier League goals and recorded 35 assists, but none of those numbers had come in a Chelsea shirt. His last known memory in the colors of Chelsea blue was a missed penalty in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup against Bayern Munich. But he…
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Mohamed Salah’s Best Moments Wearing the Liverpool Jersey
Since Jurgen Klopp joined in 2015, the rise of Liverpool has been phenomenal. The addition of Mohamed Salah in 2017 to the Liverpool team has cemented the Klopp era into the history books. Salah has been in electric form for his club ever since joining. Here are his best moments with them. Winning the…
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Mario Götze’s Spell at PSV Eindhoven
It’s the transfer deadline day in the summer of 2020. Whilst everyone was counting down the last few hours of the 31st of August, something popped up on Twitter. A picture, of a person in a big, black car. A local person in Eindhoven quickly took a picture because he was wondering if it could…
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Dele Alli & Marcus Rashford – English Equifinality
When Robert Frost spoke about those two roads diverging at a yellow wood, its beauty was in its simplicity of comparing a road to the journey that is life. The road less traveled by made all the difference, a difference that we would assume was the better destination. Roads don’t always lead to destinations…
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John Lundstram: Bred a Scouser, Forged in Steel and Thriving in Scotland
As Vicente Guaita parried a Luke Freeman shot for Crystal Palace in August of 2019, he set up a moment which John Lundstram had been striving towards ever since he could walk. With the goal somewhat unguarded, the big centre midfielder buried the rebound from eight yards out, announcing himself as a Premier League…
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Arnaut Danjuma’s Rise to Stardom at Villarreal
Having spent a brief period of his childhood homeless and another period in foster care, Arnaut Danjuma Groenveld has always used the times of struggle to propel himself to the next level – whether that’s on the pitch or off the pitch. Danjuma earned his move to Brugge in June 2018 after catching the…
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What’s Happening With Mesut Özil at Fenerbahce?
Last month, a rejuvenated Fenerbahçe comfortably dealt with Galatasaray in the intercontinental derby. Not too much statistically separated the two, but a crucial difference was the impression that Fener were playing with a clear ambition and Galatasaray played with none. With the Europa League run over, Gala are now seemingly going through the motions.…
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Armando Broja: Why an On-Loan Saint Is Marching In
There will always be a place for specialists in modern football – a no-nonsense centre-back or destructive holding midfielder. Those that boast more than one string to their bow, though, are becoming increasingly popular. Managers nowadays want goalkeepers to be as good with their feet as they are with their hands, full-backs to fly…
