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Match Focus: Capital One Cup Final - 5 Key Managerial Decisions

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Match Focus: Capital One Cup Final - 5 Key Managerial Decisions On Sunday, Chelsea and Tottenham resume their rivalry to contest the first major piece of silverware of the season. These two have already met twice this campaign, with each side winning on home soil. Spurs put 5 past Chelsea on New Year’s Day; only the second time a José Mourinho side ...

Match Focus: Pellegrini Gets Tactics Wrong as Barcelona Triumph in Manchester

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Match Focus: Pellegrini Gets Tactics Wrong as Barcelona Triumph in Manchester It was a scene that defied both Manuel Pellegrini’s words, and the final score.After Manchester City had somehow escaped with just getting beaten 2-1 by an evidently superior Barcelona, who exploited so many conspicuously excessive gaps in the home side’s midfield, the Chilean was asked ...

Match Focus: The North London Derby - Three Key Battles

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Match Focus: The North London Derby - Three Key Battles Only 2 points separate Tottenham and Arsenal coming into the latest instalment of the North London Derby. Saturday’s meeting between the two teams promises to be a hotly contested affair as the teams vie for Champions League football next season.Arsène Wenger appears to have found the r...

Match Focus: Can Galatasaray Halt the Title Charge of In-Form Besiktas?

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Match Focus: Can Galatasaray Halt the Title Charge of In-Form Besiktas? The last time Beşiktaş and Galatasaray met at the Atatürk Olympic stadium there were three goals, one red card and a mass pitch invasion that resulted in Gala being awarded an automatic 3-0 win – just another Istanbul derby.The Black Eagles were accused of naivety in last season’s e...

Match Focus: Coach Courbis Resurrects Old Magic to Undo In-form Rennes

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Match Focus: Coach Courbis Resurrects Old Magic to Undo In-form Rennes “When you don't respect certain principles of effort and technique, football is brutal, and it’s brought us back to reality.” Philippe Montanier's summary of the abrupt end to Rennes' 8-match unbeaten run on Saturday night - with a surprise 4-0 home defeat to Montpellier - was in k...

Match Focus: New England Revolution Out to Spoil Donovan's Last Hurrah

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Match Focus: New England Revolution Out to Spoil Donovan's Last Hurrah The eulogies have been rolling for quite some time. Sunday’s game is as much about giving Landon Donovan a fitting send-off as it is about deciding this season’s MLS Cup champions. However, one team stands in the way of Donovan ending his celebrated career in a flurry of ticker tape and ...

Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs?

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 Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs? It was the big question ahead of Chelsea’s home match against Tottenham Hotspur, given that Diego Costa has had a bigger impact on their attack than anyone else this season.How - for just the second big game in this campaign - will Jose Mourinho’s side cope without their top-scoring stri...

Match Focus: In-Form Firmino the Player to Exploit Lahm's Absence

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Match Focus: In-Form Firmino the Player to Exploit Lahm's Absence On Tuesday evening, Roberto Firmino opened his Brazil account in spectacular style, rifling past Ramazan Özcan from 25 yards as the Seleção secured a 2-1 win over Austria. Having been in fine form for club side Hoffenheim, Firmino made his mark on the international stage, finally ...

Match Focus: England on Alert as France Production Line Keeps Rolling

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Match Focus: England on Alert as France Production Line Keeps Rolling It has been an encouraging month or so for England's under-21s, following up qualification for Euro 2015 with Friday night's convincing win over Portugal. As an opponent that failed to make it to the Czech Republic comes into focus, it is important to retrain the thoughts on what the representative ...

Match Focus: Old Favourites Still Key for Bayern and Dortmund

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Match Focus: Old Favourites Still Key for Bayern and Dortmund That Borussia Dortmund came up short at the Allianz Arena in Der Klassiker against Bayern Munich was not the biggest surprise of the weekend. It was still to come late on Sunday, when Vladimir Darida’s penalty winner for Freiburg at Köln sealed a first win of the season for Christian Stre...