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Team Focus: Newcastle's Defensive Frailties Undermining Progress Under McClaren

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Team Focus: Newcastle's Defensive Frailties Undermining Progress Under McClaren Earlier in the season, Jose Mourinho deemed Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City a “fake” result. He felt City’s win flattered the home side in a scoreline that did not tell the whole story at the Etihad Stadium. The term could not be more applicable when analysing Sunday&...

Team Focus: Comeback Kuyt Leading Feyenoord Bid to Return to Former Glory

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Team Focus: Comeback Kuyt Leading Feyenoord Bid to Return to Former Glory Next month Ernst Happel, one of the most celebrated and influential managers in football history, would have been celebrating his 90th birthday. Aside from Vienna toasting one of their greatest sons they'll be raising a glass or two in Rotterdam. In a four-year spell with Feyenoord (1969-73) he won ...

Team Focus: Gazélec Ajaccio's Historic Moment is a Shock For On-fire Nice

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Team Focus: Gazélec Ajaccio's Historic Moment is a Shock For On-fire Nice “N’attendez pas la pluie pour mouiller le maillot” - ‘don’t wait for the rain to get your shirt soaking wet’, says the banner behind the goal at Gazélec Ajaccio’s modest Stade Ange-Casanova. If Corsica can be climatically inhospitable at this time of ...

Team Focus: Desperate and Wayward Shots Summing Up Juventus' Season

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Team Focus: Desperate and Wayward Shots Summing Up Juventus' Season La Stampa defined it a “golden opportunity.” “If we win,” insisted Max Allegri, “it will be decisive.” Overcome a resurgent Borussia Mönchengladbach in Turin and Juventus would be on maximum points and have a foot in the knock-out stages with a genuine chance...

Team Focus: Caen Flying High in Ligue 1’s Season of the Underdog

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Team Focus: Caen Flying High in Ligue 1’s Season of the Underdog Habitually, the post-match treadmill for a head coach is meticulously planned. Back to the dressing room for an initial debrief with the players, then it’s onto the main press conference with waiting journalists. The television cameras get their footage either before or after, before the away ...

Team Focus: Spain Must Maintain Newfound Vigour at Euro 2016

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Team Focus: Spain Must Maintain Newfound Vigour at Euro 2016 It was quite a claim - and quite a concern - for a Spanish side that have gone through something of an identity crisis of late. It was also an indication of the crossroads the defending European champions are at.“To choose just 23 players for Euro 2016 will be a problem,” manager Vicente...

Team Focus: 10 Players Klopp May Pursue if Planning Bundesliga Raid

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Team Focus: 10 Players Klopp May Pursue if Planning Bundesliga Raid Jürgen Klopp’s first interview as Liverpool boss conveyed the passion and confidence the Reds faithful had yearned for, almost instantaneously restoring a new found hope and belief since his appointment. His presser was compelling too, emanating his eccentric and amiable personality throu...

Team Focus: Pragmatic Allardyce Approach Needed for Sunderland to Progress

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Team Focus: Pragmatic Allardyce Approach Needed for Sunderland to Progress Sometimes teams near the bottom of the table can be in a false position. Leicester City last season, for instance, were a puzzle for a long time as they limped along in the relegation zone. They had more shots than many of those around them and conceded fewer; watching them it was very hard to under...

Team Focus: Turkey's Young Stars Leading the Charge for Euro Qualification

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Team Focus: Turkey's Young Stars Leading the Charge for Euro Qualification Turkey were heralded as the comeback kings in Euro 2008. The tournament semi-finalists never knew when they were beaten, coming from behind against Switzerland, Czech Republic and Croatia to record memorable victories. The future looked bright for Turkish football, but dreams soon turned to nightmar...

Team Focus: Assessing Liverpool's Klopp Coup

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Team Focus: Assessing Liverpool's Klopp Coup For all the criticism of FSG and Liverpool’s hierarchy over the past few seasons, they deserve huge credit for pulling off a coup like enticing Jurgen Klopp to the club - but that is not just down to his exciting quality as a manager. It is also down to the situation that Liverpool are in, whi...