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Player Focus: Have Milan Hit the Jackpot by Trading Torres for Cerci?

by James Horncastle at Friday, Jan 2 2015 17:45
Player Focus: Have Milan Hit the Jackpot by Trading Torres for Cerci? Adriano Galliani, the Milan chief executive, was coy about the club’s transfer strategy in anticipation of the opening of the January transfer window. After a 2-0 win against Napoli at San Siro in mid-December, a result that kept the Diavoli in the conversation for the third and final Champion...
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Player Focus: Anderson Taking Chance to Light Up Lazio Ahead of the Festive Period

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Dec 23 2014 11:12
Player Focus: Anderson Taking Chance to Light Up Lazio Ahead of the Festive Period A Christmas light twinkling in blue and white. Felipe Anderson “illuminated Lazio and the night at San Siro,” wrote IlCorriere dello Sport in their player ratings. The Rome-based paper awarded him a 7.5. La Repubblica were more generous. Tis the season after all. They marked him up to 8....
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Player Focus: Europe Providing Respite for Adapting Immobile at Dortmund

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Dec 18 2014 13:06
Player Focus: Europe Providing Respite for Adapting Immobile at Dortmund “I’d prefer not to,” Ciro Immobile told Tuttosport. He didn’t want Borussia Dortmund to draw Juventus in the last 16 of the Champions League. “Honestly, I’m hoping we meet later on,” he revealed, “perhaps in the semi-finals.” It would leave the s...
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Player Focus: Okaka Showing Nasty Side as he Begins to Fulfil Potential

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Dec 11 2014 11:11
Player Focus: Okaka Showing Nasty Side as he Begins to Fulfil Potential “Now I think about it, Cassano could be a weatherman,” Stefano Okaka laughed. The Sampdoria striker had been reflecting on the low point of his career. It had come at Parma. Okaka had signed for them a couple of years ago, persuaded by general manager Pietro Leonardi and head coach Rober...
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Team Focus: Gasperini Has Versatile Genoa Dreaming of Europe

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Dec 4 2014 14:13
Team Focus: Gasperini Has Versatile Genoa Dreaming of Europe Gian Piero Gasperini is a calculating coach but something doesn’t add up. He is not a numbers man and it’s probably best not to get him started on statistics. “I can’t bear them,” he huffed in La Gazzetta dello Sport. “If I read them, I don’t understand how ...
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Player Focus: Dybala Finally Repaying Zamparini's Faith at Palermo

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Nov 27 2014 12:46
Player Focus: Dybala Finally Repaying Zamparini's Faith at Palermo A delegation of Palermo emissaries are in Argentina to negotiate the purchase of Franco ‘The Mute’ Vásquez from Belgrano. It’s 2011. They’re sat around a table and treated to some barbecued Patagonian lamb. “It was delicious,” Luca Cattani, their former dir...
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Team Focus: Mancini Hoping for Perfect Start on Inter Return in Milan Derby

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Nov 20 2014 13:08
Team Focus: Mancini Hoping for Perfect Start on Inter Return in Milan Derby Sulley Muntari is developing a reputation for, if not underestimating his opponent, perhaps taking them a little too lightly. Remember last season, for instance, when he told Il Corriere della Sera before the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League: “I hope we get Atletico Madrid. On pape...
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League Focus: Set-Pieces Still Key to Success in Serie A

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Nov 13 2014 11:19
League Focus: Set-Pieces Still Key to Success in Serie A Maurizio Sarri opens a cigarette packet and lights up another one. He’d rather discuss the novel he’s reading. Empoli’s coach has a great passion for literature, particularly the works of Charles Bukowski. One wonders if he enjoys the TV show Californication. “Thanks to him I...
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Team Focus: Mazzarri in the Firing Line Due to Inter's Inconsistency

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Nov 6 2014 14:21
Team Focus: Mazzarri in the Firing Line Due to Inter's Inconsistency The stadium announcer at San Siro read out Inter’s starting XI to face Sampdoria last Wednesday night. And when he reached the end, he did something unusual. He neglected to add the name of coach Walter Mazzarri. It had been whistled before the last home game against Napoli and even though Maz...
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Player Focus: Callejon's Route to Goals Proving Predictable But Not Preventable

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Oct 29 2014 15:46
Player Focus: Callejon's Route to Goals Proving Predictable But Not Preventable As a twin myself, I am familiar with the questions Jose and Juanmi Callejon must have faced when they were growing up. To give an example, if one of you feels joy or pain, does the other experience it too? Right now, they’d make an interesting case study because their form as footballers appea...
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