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Gracias, Fernando
Oh, how time flies. It feels like only yesterday that Torres was making his Anfield debut. Or scoring THAT goal against Germany in Vienna. Or lifting Chelsea’s first ever Champions League trophy. Or filling the Vicente Calderón on his return to Atleti. But it’s not. It’s been almost 20 years since El Niño made his…
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Salomon Rondón: How the Venezuelan Made History and Why There’s Plenty More to Come
As of July 26, 2019, Salomón Rondón is a Dalian Yifang player. The Chinese Super League club, formed in 2019, brought in the Venezuelan as the first step of a rebuild via Rafa Benitez, who joined the club as manager on July 2nd. The move, which reunited Rondón with his former-Newcastle boss, marked the end…
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Thank you, Mr. Wembley
On July 4th, 2019, Arjen Robben announced his retirement from professional football. This article is very special piece to me, as the Dutch winger is my favorite footballer of all time, and among my greatest athletic inspirations. As an amateur footballer myself, I cannot speak on how much Robben’s game and character has influenced the…
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Xabi Alonso, the professional we all aspire to be
Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are all gargantuan clubs in European football, having amassed 23 European Cups, or Champions Leagues, in their combined history. To have just one on your CV is a dream for millions. To have all three, though, points to a one-of-a-kind individual. What makes Xabi Alonso even more unique is…
