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Team Focus: Where Do Spurs Need To Improve This Summer?

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Team Focus: Where Do Spurs Need To Improve This Summer? When Gareth Bale netted his 21stleague goal of the 2012/13 season in the final day 1-0 win over Sunderland back in May, it gave Tottenham Hotspur a slither of hope that a Champions League place could be secured. Alas, Laurent Koscielny’s goal in Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Newcastle United sa...

Team Focus: How Might Real Madrid Line Up Under Carlo Ancelotti?

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Team Focus: How Might Real Madrid Line Up Under Carlo Ancelotti? The worst kept secret in football was revealed on Tuesday as Real Madrid announced the appointment of Carlo Ancelotti as head coach. The Italian succeeds the obstreperous José Mourinho in the Bernabeu hotseat after a rumbustious three years in the Spanish capital having been heavily linked wi...

Team Focus: Changes Aplenty at Sunderland

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Team Focus: Changes Aplenty at Sunderland When Paolo Di Canio took over at Sunderland with 7 Premier League games remaining, he was charged with saving the Black Cats from the dip in form which had seen them go the 8 matches previous without a win. With 2 wins during his short reign as manager, Di Canio completed his primary aim and saved S...

Team Focus: Italy's Leaky Defence

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Team Focus: Italy's Leaky Defence Cesare Prandelli knew that days like this would come, days when there’d be nostalgia for the past, for what Italy were and not what they’ve become. Reading the country’s papers after Sunday’s 4-2 defeat to Brazil at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, a wistfulness was discerni...

Team Focus: Spain's Brilliant U21 Champions

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Team Focus: Spain's Brilliant U21 Champions Yet another dominant Spanish side, and yet another success. The Euro Under-21 Championships may not have the glamour the senior competition demands, but make no mistake, this is another vital Spanish triumph on their way to keeping on top. In fact, there was something very special about this Spain U...

Team Focus: What Mark Hughes Needs To Revamp Stoke City

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Team Focus: What Mark Hughes Needs To Revamp Stoke City While they may not be everyone’s favourite team, credit where it’s due to Tony Pulis for turning Stoke City from perennial Championship contenders to Premier League regulars, the Potters avoiding relegation since their promotion back in 2008. However, with the list of cynics growing ever...

Team Focus: What Should Joe Kinnear Look to Improve at Newcastle?

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Team Focus: What Should Joe Kinnear Look to Improve at Newcastle? The return of Joe Kinnear to St James' Park is hardly likely to send the Newcastle faithful into the kind of jittery excitement that can be aroused in a fan by the second coming of a former manager. Chelsea fans have almost been waiting for Jose Mourinho to go back to Stamford Bridge since the day h...

Team Focus: Europe's Top Relegated Transfer Targets

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Team Focus: Europe's Top Relegated Transfer Targets Relegation for any team is a heartbreaking experience to endure. After a long and arduous campaign, the idea of dropping back down a division is too much for fans and often players to take, with a number of performers regularly departing a team as they look to ply their trade as close to the top of ...

Team Focus: Why Neymar Wasn't the Priority for Barcelona

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Team Focus: Why Neymar Wasn't the Priority for Barcelona At 57 millions euros, Neymar has become the second most expensive signing in the history of Barcelona after that of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. According to club vice-president Josep Maria Bartolomeu the transfer would have been 10m euros less were it not for competition from other clubs driving up the pric...

Team Focus: Has 4-4-2 Really Been Left in the Dark Ages?

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Team Focus: Has 4-4-2 Really Been Left in the Dark Ages? 'A step back to the dark ages' is how former England marksman Gary Lineker described the tactics used in the current crop's latest performance against the Republic of Ireland, with manager Roy Hodgson reverting back to a 'predictable and dated' 4-4-2 formation.That is, at least, how the hosts ended ...