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Team Focus: Chelsea Must Go Back to Basics to Rediscover Defensive Assurance

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 26 2015 11:33
Team Focus: Chelsea Must Go Back to Basics to Rediscover Defensive Assurance Amid all of the controversies that Jose Mourinho has already initiated this season, and all of the targets that the Chelsea manager has taken aim at, there’s one conspicuous issue that has escaped attention.That is probably because it is one that matters most to him - the defence.Sure, the Por...
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Player Focus: Can Shelvey Build on Strong Start to Fulfil Potential at Swansea?

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 19 2015 13:31
Player Focus: Can Shelvey Build on Strong Start to Fulfil Potential at Swansea? Gradually, as Jonjo Shelvey continues to pick more and more of the brilliantly incisive passes that so broke Newcastle United on Saturday, you can understand why both Brendan Rodgers and Steven Gerrard spent so long trying to convince the Londoner to stay at Liverpool in the summer of 2013.You can a...
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Team Focus: Bilic Finds Solutions Where Allardyce Failed Against Arsenal

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 12 2015 11:05
Team Focus: Bilic Finds Solutions Where Allardyce Failed Against Arsenal After opening his West Ham United regime by claiming a spectacular three points at Arsenal, Slaven Bilic sought to close a special day by making a point of his own.“Sam Allardyce left me a good team and left me some quality in the side,” the Croatian said to media about his predecessor. ...
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Player Focus: Pedro a Better Fit Than Di María for Louis van Gaal's Manchester United

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 5 2015 12:30
Player Focus: Pedro a Better Fit Than Di María for Louis van Gaal's Manchester United For all the sound and fury surrounding Ángel Di María’s departure from Manchester United, there remains a rather compelling piece of football logic behind it all.Of course, Louis van Gaal has never been a man to conform to general football logic, and that is perfectly displayed b...
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Team Focus: Are Arsenal & United Still a Striker Short of a Title Challenge?

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Jul 29 2015 10:41
Team Focus: Are Arsenal & United Still a Striker Short of a Title Challenge? For all the easy headlines generated from his answer, Louis van Gaal didn’t really get into what would have been a complex enough discussion. The Manchester United manager was last week explicitly asked whether you now specifically need a 25-goal striker to win the league.Van Gaal responded in...
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Team Focus: Argentina Must Be Wary of Pragmatic Paraguay's Resilience

by Miguel Delaney at Tuesday, Jun 30 2015 14:48
Team Focus: Argentina Must Be Wary of Pragmatic Paraguay's Resilience It wasn’t so much a match summation from Paraguay’s Osvaldo Martinez, as a mission statement.After his team had so deservedly eliminated Brazil from the quarter-finals of this Copa America, the midfielder attempted to describe how they’d done it, only to assert their defining quali...
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Match Focus: Argentina & Colombia Must Remove Shackles for a Memorable Game

by Miguel Delaney at Friday, Jun 26 2015 10:30
Match Focus: Argentina & Colombia Must Remove Shackles for a Memorable Game As an Argentine managing Colombia, Jose Pekerman couldn’t conceal his envy at those not directly involved in Friday night’s Copa America quarter-final.It’s attractive, the 65-year-old said on the eve of the game. It would excite me as a supporter because of the adventure of the two...
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Team Focus: Brazil Revert to Type After Strong Start Without Neymar

by Miguel Delaney at Monday, Jun 22 2015 11:23
Team Focus: Brazil Revert to Type After Strong Start Without Neymar Dunga has made a few surprising decisions during this Copa America and, after his Brazilian side had finally claimed a place in the quarter-final, he also came out with a curious comment.“Now, we have to play to win.”The wonder is how he would describe what they have been doing so far, e...
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Match Focus: Brazil on the Brink as Colombia Cruise to Revenge Victory

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, Jun 18 2015 10:57
Match Focus: Brazil on the Brink as Colombia Cruise to Revenge Victory After Colombia had so deservedly won the game, and Neymar had so irresponsibly lost his head, Dunga attempted to draw breath.“We have to concentrate on playing football,” the Brazil manager said following his side’s 1-0 defeat to Jose Pekerman’s side, which also saw Neymar se...
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Team Focus: Will Much Needed Win Spark New Life into Ambling Argentina?

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Jun 17 2015 11:11
Team Focus: Will Much Needed Win Spark New Life into Ambling Argentina? On Tuesday night in La Serena, you would imagine, Leo Messi slept a lot more soundly. Argentina meanwhile might finally wake up. The story after their 2-2 draw against Paraguay was that Messi couldn’t rest, so frustrated was he with the manner of his team’s collapse. That could be felt t...
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