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Six Main Storylines Set to Drive Euro 2016

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Six Main Storylines Set to Drive Euro 2016 There are many elements that properly mark an international tournament, from the level of the football to the drama of the moments, but even they are elevated by one of the most important aspects of all: the quality of the storylines. Brazil 2014 stood out in this regard, with everything from the co...

Atletico Surprisingly Flat in Champions League Final Defeat

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Atletico Surprisingly Flat in Champions League Final Defeat As Diego Simeone sat down to his post-Champions League final press conference, he looked properly defeated - and not just in terms of the result.This was the Atletico Madrid manager as we’ve never seen him. There was none of the defiance we’ve come to associate with the Argentine. There ...

Real Madrid Must be Ready for Battle with Atleti in Champions League Final

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Real Madrid Must be Ready for Battle with Atleti in Champions League Final The 2014 Champions League final ultimately came down to one juncture moment and, much as everyone at Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid has tried to deny it, the 2016 showdown could well be decided by the same spectacular passage of play.Everything depends on how Diego Simeone’s respond to Sergio...

Possession vs Pace - Who Will Win the FA Cup Final?

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Possession vs Pace - Who Will Win the FA Cup Final? Around the Manchester United training ground, the talk has been growing for the past few weeks, even before they won the semi-final. There’s been that unmistakable vibe around their FA Cup run, one that’s different to other years, and has made their performances feel part of a separate c...

United Lack Application on West Ham's Historic Night

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United Lack Application on West Ham's Historic Night On a raucous last night at the Boleyn Ground, what actually happened on the pitch between 8.30pm and 10.25pm was an appropriate send-off for West Ham United - but also for Louis van Gaal?The situation at Manchester United remains complicated, with chief executive Ed Woodward still not having made a ...

Contrasting Styles Pushed to the Limit as Atletico Overcome Bayern

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Contrasting Styles Pushed to the Limit as Atletico Overcome Bayern It was an epic night that pushed everyone right to the limit, and fittingly crackled with tension right until the final second, but ultimately only showed how unbending everything about a Diego Simeone side is.After Atletico Madrid’s 2-2 away-goal win over Bayern Munich, to reach the third Cha...

Concrete-strong Atletico Dent Bayern's Champions League Hopes

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Concrete-strong Atletico Dent Bayern's Champions League Hopes It has been set up as a grand clash of philosophies, but only one team has so far put in a grand display of their principles. Diego Simeone said that Atletico Madrid had offered a performance “very close to what we wanted” in their screw-tight 1-0 win over Bayern Munich, while Pep Guardi...

Alli's Advanced Role Pushing Tottenham Forward

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Alli's Advanced Role Pushing Tottenham Forward It was a moment to sum up Tottenham Hotspur’s season so far, and could yet help decide how it finishes.About two thirds of the way into the game at Stoke City, Mauricio Pochettino’s side were happy with how things were going thanks to another Harry Kane strike and had been impressive&hel...

City Keep Steady to Reach New European Heights as PSG Falter

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City Keep Steady to Reach New European Heights as PSG Falter For all that these two super-rich teams have long wanted to be super-clubs, Manchester City won this game - and finally got behind the velvet rope of the Champions League semi-finals - because they played like a team that anyone should want to be. They were impressively solid in defence and sufficie...

Contrast in Styles to Determine Victor in PSG's Welcome of City

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Contrast in Styles to Determine Victor in PSG's Welcome of City It is a build-up that has been dominated by discussion of the similarities between the clubs off the pitch, especially in the context of the rise of oil-influenced football, but as regards how similar Paris Saint-Germain are on the pitch? That’s a lot harder to discern. It could yet lead to a ...