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Top Match Preview: Pressure on Pep to outclass Conte

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Top Match Preview: Pressure on Pep to outclass Conte On the Manchester City training ground this week, Pep Guardiola has been working even more intensely than usual in trying to come up with some intricate tactical pans, because those close to the squad say that he greatly respects Antonio Conte’s work - and because he hasn’t yet faced it ...

Indifferent displays leave El Clasico Ronaldo's for the taking

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Indifferent displays leave El Clasico Ronaldo's for the taking El Clásico can often be billed as a clash of the titans on an individual level, with it easy to draw the contest up as a battle between two of the world’s best players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, but this time around such a label feels a bit more genuine than sensationalist.Whi...

Can Besiktas end away day woes in Saturday's trip to Fener?

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Can Besiktas end away day woes in Saturday's trip to Fener? 12 games into the Turkish Super Lig season, we are beginning to formulate a reasonably accurate picture of each team. Their strengths and weaknesses have made themselves evident over the season so far and, over a third of the way in, as the weather begins to grow colder, the jostling at the top of t...

Lazio closing gap to Roma ahead of Derby Della Capitale

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Lazio closing gap to Roma ahead of Derby Della Capitale Zdenek Zeman should know better than to say the Derby della Capitale is just like any other game. After all, as with Sven-Göran Eriksson before him, the Czech coached both Roma and Lazio. Did he enjoy the experience? Apparently not. “It was hard work,” Zeman said. When I was at Lazi...

La Real hope to continue as Barcelona’s chief tormentors

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La Real hope to continue as Barcelona’s chief tormentors After 12 games, even the most optimistic of Real Sociedad fans would not have believed that their side had the players nor the team cohesion to find themselves outside of the Champions League places on goal difference only. An injury to Imanol Agirretxe proved disruptive last campaign, but a direct ...

Will Chelsea extend winning run in Saturday's Battle of the Bridge?

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Will Chelsea extend winning run in Saturday's Battle of the Bridge? The ‘Battle of the Bridge’, as it is now commonly known, will live long in Tottenham fans’ memories for all the wrong reasons. Spurs were 2-0 up at half time and in a strong position to secure their first league win at Stamford Bridge since 1990. Fast forward 45 minutes and an Eden...

Should plan B Giroud be Wenger's weapon of choice against PSG?

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Should plan B Giroud be Wenger's weapon of choice against PSG? “Giroud can be a plan B. I don't know if he's going to be happy coming off the bench but I think you win a title like that,” Arsenal legend Thierry Henry said at the turn of the month on striker Olivier Giroud. The towering Frenchman is yet to start a Premier League game this season, in ...

Will Spurs redeploy compact system for meeting with Monaco?

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Will Spurs redeploy compact system for meeting with Monaco? It was a moment of huge importance for both player and club on Saturday evening. Harry Kane’s brace may have earned Tottenham their first competitive win since the 2-0 victory over Manchester City at the beginning of October, but it was another Harry who endeared himself to supporters on the b...

Can injury-hit Real upset the odds in finely poised Madrid derby?

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Can injury-hit Real upset the odds in finely poised Madrid derby? Things at the top half of the La Liga table are interestingly poised, with an international break coming at exactly the wrong time for the cluster of teams who find themselves edging towards the Champions League places - but Real Madrid might just have been glad of an extra week to get some familiar...

Top Match Preview: Thiago tipped to dominate Der Klassiker

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Top Match Preview: Thiago tipped to dominate Der Klassiker ‘The Magician’s Returned’. Xabi Alonso summed up Thiago Alcantara’s return to the game simply and effectively. After over a year out for the Spaniard with a knee problem, the Bayern Munich man made his first appearance of the 2014/15 season in April, replacing Philipp Lahm wi...