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The Expert: Nice show their fortitude, even minus Mario

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 21 2016 13:14
The Expert: Nice show their fortitude, even minus Mario If ever the Nice bubble was going to burst, then surely it was going to be here. Having succumbed to their first Ligue 1 defeat of the season at Caen just before the international break, it must have seemed like an interminable wait to get back on the horse - especially as Lucien Favre’s team ...
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The Expert: Quaresma to the rescue after Portugal’s wobble

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 14 2016 16:00
The Expert: Quaresma to the rescue after Portugal’s wobble “Scoring lots of goals is the best medicine,” said the headline on Sunday morning’s edition of O Jogo ahead of Portugal’s meeting with Latvia, and the numbers have already become the bottom line, just four games into the European champions’ qualifying campaign for the 2...
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The Expert: How big a loss will Mane be to Liverpool in January?

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Nov 14 2016 12:45
The Expert: How big a loss will Mane be to Liverpool in January? Liverpool top of the Premier League table having scored four more goals (30) than anybody else this season. They’ve been exhilarating to watch so far, the sheer pace and energy with which they attack seeming at times overwhelming. With no European football to distract or weary them, there can ...
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The Expert: Ireland an awkward opponent for underachieving Austria

by Miguel Delaney at Friday, Nov 11 2016 16:46
The Expert: Ireland an awkward opponent for underachieving Austria For Marko Arnautovic, there was no downplaying it, nor dismissing increasingly pressing questions about Austria’s poor results. He came right out and admitted it. “We are under a bit of pressure,” the Stoke City forward said, ahead of his country’s crunch qualifier with Irela...
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The Expert: The youngsters breathing new life into ageing Italy side

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Nov 9 2016 16:05
The Expert: The youngsters breathing new life into ageing Italy side Giampiero Ventura could have been wrong but as far as he could tell he wasn’t acting strangely. On something of a high after his recently promoted Bari side held champions Inter to a surprising 1-1 draw at the beginning of a year that would end with them winning the treble, the journalists wai...
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The Expert: Garcia faces a wait to rebuild Marseille

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 7 2016 16:00
The Expert: Garcia faces a wait to rebuild Marseille “At half-time, I could have replaced everybody.” Rudi Garcia was always going to be forced into a few blunt truths in his opening weeks as Olympique de Marseille’s new coach, but Friday night’s loss at Montpellier meant that the sharper end of his straight-talking tongue was ...
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The Expert: Is Coutinho the Premier League's best player?

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Nov 7 2016 12:00
The Expert: Is Coutinho the Premier League's best player? There was a time in the early eighties, when the suspicion was that physical attributes were becoming more important in football than the technical or the creative, that Hans-Pieter Briegel was held up as the future of the game. He was a former decathlete, a muscular and powerful full-back, and, whi...
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The Expert: How Guardiola masterminded City's greatest European win

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Nov 2 2016 12:00
The Expert: How Guardiola masterminded City's greatest European win Through so many supremely swift transitions, an impressive statement transformation.This glorious European night at the Etihad was not just so significant because it was the type of evocative evening that the modern Manchester City hierarchy so craved. Nor was it so symbolic just because they finall...
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The Expert: Is Moses proving to be Chelsea's perfect wing-back?

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Oct 31 2016 12:55
The Expert: Is Moses proving to be Chelsea's perfect wing-back? Football has become a game predicated on transfers. Whatever the problem, the solution is almost always to sign a player or two. Struggling managers always just need another window or two to turn things around. Buying and selling players, the eternal swirl of trade, is such a dominant mode of though...
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The Expert: Will Higuain's barren run end against former employers Napoli?

by James Horncastle at Friday, Oct 28 2016 17:05
The Expert: Will Higuain's barren run end against former employers Napoli? As Gonzalo Higuaín pulled out of Juventus’ training ground on Thursday, he stopped to sign a few autographs for the fans congregated outside the gates. “Go on, Gonzalo! Get a brace for us at the weekend, will you,” one demanded, high-fiving Higuaín through his open ca...
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