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Match Focus: How the USA Can Stop Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal

by Graham Ruthven at суббота, июн 21 2014 12:00
Match Focus: How the USA Can Stop Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal A look of genuine disbelief spread across the face of defender John Brooks as he wheeled away in celebration on Monday night. This was his competitive debut for the USA and he had just scored a World Cup winner in their 2-1 victory over Ghana, four minutes from the end. Disbelief was an understandab...
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Team Focus: Germany's Adaptation of the 'False 9' Can Steer Them to Glory

by Ben McAleer at суббота, июн 21 2014 09:00
Team Focus: Germany's Adaptation of the 'False 9' Can Steer Them to Glory Taking Miroslav Klose to the World Cup as the only striker was always going to be a risk for Germany, but it was one that Joachim Löw was willing to take. The decision to overlook Mario Gomez, Max Kruse and Kevin Volland was perhaps a controverisal one and has the potential to backfire.Despite ...
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Team Focus: Revised Spain Approach Fails to Reap the Rewards

by Ben McAleer at четверг, июн 19 2014 17:30
Team Focus: Revised Spain Approach Fails to Reap the Rewards On Wednesday evening, Spain’s bid to retain their World Cup crown came to a premature end, not with a bang, but a whimper. The defending champions crashed out of the tournament following their 2-0 defeat to Chile, this coming off the back of their 5-1 thumping from the Netherlands last we...
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Player Focus: In-form Kokorin Key to Russia's World Cup Hopes

by Ben McAleer at вторник, июн 17 2014 15:20
Player Focus: In-form Kokorin Key to Russia's World Cup Hopes The World Cup has already thrown up plenty of surprises. Costa Rica’s 3-1 win over Uruguay was perhaps the biggest shock of the tournament to date, with young Arsenal star Joel Campbell playing a key role in the win. The 21-year-old bagged the equaliser early in the second half before providin...
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Match Focus: Lessons Learned From Brazil's Win Over Croatia

by Ben McAleer at пятница, июн 13 2014 16:15
Match Focus: Lessons Learned From Brazil's Win Over Croatia After years of planning, the 2014 World Cup kicked off in dramatic fashion on Thursday night as hosts Brazil overcame Group A rivals Croatia 3-1. A Neymar brace and late Oscar strike was enough for A Seleção to secure three points, after Marcelo had inadvertently turned into his own ne...
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Team Focus: Japan's 'Magic Square' Can Guide Them to the Knockout Stages

by Ben McAleer at среда, июн 11 2014 14:30
Team Focus: Japan's 'Magic Square' Can Guide Them to the Knockout Stages On the face of it, Group C may not be deemed the most appealing to the neutrals. There’s no Brazil, Argentina, Spain or Germany to attract supporters, though the group does contain four teams from four different continents. The combination of the conservative Greece, flamboyant Colombia, physi...
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Team Focus: Chile Expected to be the Top Entertainers in Brazil

by Ben McAleer at понедельник, июн 9 2014 18:15
Team Focus: Chile Expected to be the Top Entertainers in Brazil In November last year, Chile repeated their 2-0 win over England at Wembley from 1998. A Marcelo Salas double secured victory for the South American outfit before the turn of the Millennium, but it was Alexis Sánchez who put the England backline to the sword in their most recent clash, scorin...
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Player Focus: Club Form Suggests Deschamps was Wrong to Oust Nasri

by Ben McAleer at вторник, май 27 2014 17:00
Player Focus: Club Form Suggests Deschamps was Wrong to Oust Nasri City fans might well insist Edin Dzeko, Martín Demichelis and Samir Nasri played an important role in their title win this term. The former duo in particular were criticised early in the season, but impressed as the Citizens sat atop England’s top tier come the final day. Both were rewa...
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Team Focus: How Van Gaal's Holland Will Line Up this Summer

by Mohamed Moallim at вторник, май 27 2014 15:40
Team Focus: How Van Gaal's Holland Will Line Up this Summer The loss of box-to-box midfielder Kevin Strootman forced Louis van Gaal to confront the orange elephant in the room ahead of this this summer's World Cup; a fragile defence and a squad limited by its youthfulness (inexperience, at the highest level, a by-product). Van Gaal arrived, in July 2012, wit...
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Team Focus: Not at the World Cup XI

by Ben McAleer at среда, ноя 20 2013 16:00
Team Focus: Not at the World Cup XI Whether a nation failed to navigate their way past the group stage or saw their dreams of international glory dashed through the medium of a playoff, missing out on the opportunity of performing at the World Cup is always a tough pill to swallow. Bar a minor miracle in Montevideo that would see Urug...
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