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Team Focus: Bielsa Exit Leaves Marseille at Crisis Point

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Aug 10 2015 12:27
Team Focus: Bielsa Exit Leaves Marseille at Crisis Point Sunday morning’s edition of La Provence needed little wit or nuance to sell its main story. The cover said it all, a gut punch to Olympique de Marseille fans – “Bielsa démissione” (Bielsa resigns) was the headline, plastered over a photo of the coach on the touchline m...
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Team Focus: Will Dzeko & Salah Signings Shift the Balance of Power From Turin to Rome?

by James Horncastle at Friday, Aug 7 2015 14:33
Team Focus: Will Dzeko & Salah Signings Shift the Balance of Power From Turin to Rome? After Rudi Garcia’s first season at Roma, the team was associated with Paolo Sorrentino’s ‘The Great Beauty’, the Oscar winning film set in the Eternal City. A year later the focus of cultural discussion in Italy’s capital is altogether different. An article in the New ...
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Team Focus: Spurs Hoping Centre-back Additions Will Solidify Leaky Backline

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Aug 6 2015 11:20
Team Focus: Spurs Hoping Centre-back Additions Will Solidify Leaky Backline Tottenham’s defending in the Premier League last season was painfully shambolic to watch on occasions. Calamitous individual errors frequently hindered their chances of bridging the gap between the Europa League places and the coveted top-4, with Spurs once more coming up short in their quest ...
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Team Focus: Chelsea Striking Options Thin Beyond Diego Costa

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Aug 3 2015 11:15
Team Focus: Chelsea Striking Options Thin Beyond Diego Costa Jose Mourinho’s sense of frustration was obvious. On Friday last week, he told a press-conference that Diego Costa would be fit to play in the Community Shield, despite suffering a hamstring problem in the friendly against Barcelona in Washington DC last week. Come Sunday, though, the striker ...
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Team Focus: Villa Sufficiently Replacing Key Midfield Departures

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Jul 31 2015 15:15
Team Focus: Villa Sufficiently Replacing Key Midfield Departures Fabian Delph’s U-turn on his initial decision to remain at Aston Villa left supporters rather disappointed, to say the least. The Englishman effectively promised to remain at the club ahead of the new season, before securing a switch to title-chasing Manchester City. Sentimentally and from a f...
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Team Focus: Can New-Look Inter Pose a Threat to Juve's Dominance?

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jul 30 2015 11:12
Team Focus: Can New-Look Inter Pose a Threat to Juve's Dominance? “How many new players do you think you need?” the Sky Italia pundit and former goalkeeper Luca Marchegiani asked Roberto Mancini after Inter finished the season with a 4-3 win against Empoli. “Eight or nine,” Mancini replied to roars of laughter back in the studio. Delivered ...
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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: The Centre-backs Saints Should be Targetting to Strengthen

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jul 27 2015 14:55
Team Focus: The Centre-backs Saints Should be Targetting to Strengthen The biggest blow to Southampton’s summer came in the form of Toby Alderweireld, or at least the hole he has left in their defence. The Belgian spent last season on loan at the south coast club, who were understandably keen to secure his services permanently but missed out on his signature afte...
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Team Focus: New Look Napoli Hoping to Fly Below the Radar Under Sarri

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Jul 21 2015 13:45
Team Focus: New Look Napoli Hoping to Fly Below the Radar Under Sarri Taking the microphone before a crowd of Napoli fans eagerly awaiting the presentation of the club’s new kit, Aurelio De Laurentiis finished his announcement with a cry of “vinceremo”. We will win. He didn’t specify exactly what. Last year De Laurentiis had got carried away, d...
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Team Focus: Defensive Arrivals Set to Make an Impact for NYCFC

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Jul 17 2015 12:25
Team Focus: Defensive Arrivals Set to Make an Impact for NYCFC Three new signings stood in front of the press, and yet the cameras were trained on only one. Nearly a year had passed since Frank Lampard signed for New York City, and so the England international’s eventual arrival - following an impromptu loan spell at Manchester City - was a big deal. But ...
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