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Player Focus: Mathieu Deserving of a Place in Deschamps' Latest France Squad

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Oct 8 2014 17:30
Player Focus: Mathieu Deserving of a Place in Deschamps' Latest France Squad With Barcelona unable to sign players until January 2016 due to an international transfer ban, the Blaugrana invested all the money they could in order to bring in new faces this summer. Luis Suarez, bought for £75m from Liverpool, was naturally the acquisition that grabbed the headlines. Howe...
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Player Focus: Gignac, Lacazette and Ben Yedder give Deschamps an Embarrassment of Riches

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Oct 6 2014 16:57
Player Focus: Gignac, Lacazette and Ben Yedder give Deschamps an Embarrassment of Riches After striking Marseille’s late winner at Caen, André-Pierre Gignac exploded with joy. In the wake of the goal, he celebrated wildly with teammates before approaching Marcelo Bielsa on the touchline. “Un abrazo para El Loco,” (‘a hug for the crazy one’), he insis...
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Team Focus: France Finding the Formula to Forget Ribéry

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Sep 8 2014 16:55
Team Focus: France Finding the Formula to Forget Ribéry The dust is only just settling on the international retirement of Franck Ribéry, and it will continue to wag French tongues for a while yet. “I don’t understand him,” UEFA president Michel Platini told Bild am Sonntag in an interview published this weekend. “He’s...
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Team Focus: Who Are Germany's Main Rivals For Euro 2016?

by Andy Brassell at Tuesday, Jul 15 2014 11:21
Team Focus: Who Are Germany's Main Rivals For Euro 2016? If Germany were fourth favourites for the World Cup behind Brazil, Spain and Argentina at the start of the tournament, then they are unlikely to occupy a similar position in the stakes for Euro 2016 – and not only due to the absence of the South American pair. Joachim Löw had not only the...
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Team Focus: France's Strength in Depth Can Lead Them to Glory

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Jul 3 2014 16:00
Team Focus: France's Strength in Depth Can Lead Them to Glory A little over 4 years ago, France’s World Cup hopes were left in tatters. The players refused to train after Nicolas Anelka was sent home following a row with head coach Raymond Domench, culminating inLes Bleus crashing out at the group stages of South Africa 2010. In the aftermath of the Worl...
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Player Focus: Enyeama's Dream Draw Could Be France's Nightmare

by James Horncastle at Monday, Jun 30 2014 12:31
Player Focus: Enyeama's Dream Draw Could Be France's Nightmare Vincent Enyeama walked out of the Nigeria dressing room for the second half of their final group stage game against Argentina. As the goalkeeper approached the tunnel of the Estádio Beira-Rio in Porto Alegre, he spotted Nicola Rizzoli, the referee. “You gave Messi a lot of free-kicks!&r...
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Player Focus: Griezmann Ready to Step Up for France

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jun 10 2014 11:34
Player Focus: Griezmann Ready to Step Up for France Of the injuries ruling players out of this year's World Cup, Franck Ribéry's is, on the face of it at least, one of the more damaging to his country's hopes. Ribéry has established himself as one of the best left wingers in world football at present and his loss would naturally hurt an...

Player Focus: Club Form Suggests Deschamps was Wrong to Oust Nasri

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, May 27 2014 17:00
Player Focus: Club Form Suggests Deschamps was Wrong to Oust Nasri City fans might well insist Edin Dzeko, Martín Demichelis and Samir Nasri played an important role in their title win this term. The former duo in particular were criticised early in the season, but impressed as the Citizens sat atop England’s top tier come the final day. Both were rewa...
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Team Focus: All Change for France as they Chase the Impossible Dream

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 18 2013 17:32
Team Focus: All Change for France as they Chase the Impossible Dream “We’re ready to die on the pitch to get there.” So said Olivier Giroud, speaking of how “angry” he was at France’s World Cup play-off defeat to Ukraine on Friday. Something probably already died on the pitch at the Olympiyskiy that night – France’s hop...
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WhoScored Tipster: International Betting Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Nov 15 2013 14:35
WhoScored Tipster: International Betting Tips The drama of the World Cup playoff is on: 180 minutes of football for Europe and the last 90 for Africa. In the European fixtures, it could be that the teams wait for the other to attack, as each encounter is so evenly balanced that one mistake could be fatal.LIKELY BETS Ukraine vs France: UNDER 2.5...
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