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Group Stage Fan Preview: Qarabağ
Qarabag’s history is a moving and tragic, where their European adventures are a positive highlight on an otherwise poignant backdrop. Displaced from their home city of Aghdam since 1993 due to the brutal Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, they have played their “home” matches in Baku based stadium, named after the world’s famous linesman in the 1966 World…
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ABBA tests itself out
FIFA and UEFA have already trialled the ABBA penalty shoot-out system on the international stage but Arsenal and Chelsea fans got to see it first hand in the Community Shield this afternoon. The idea of the new system being introduced is aimed at making it fairer on the team taking the second penalty. Traditionally, English…
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What Is Beautiful Football?
What is beautiful football? We always hear the phrase “beautiful football” discussed in podcasts, pubs, and dinner tables. Some people spend hours on social media fighting about the very meaning those two words. Some managers lose their jobs for not getting their teams to play beautiful football. Some coaches lose their players because they’re sick…
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Scouting Report: Ronald Matarrita
After producing Joel Campbell, Bryan Ruiz and Keylor Navas, it appears that Costa Rica’s next top prospect is Ronald Matarrita. 22-year-old had a fine debut season for New York City FC in 2016, and will try to carry that success into 2017. While it is not easy to make a name for yourself when you…
