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Player Focus: Is Falcao an Unnecessary and Impossible Dream for Juventus?

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Player Focus: Is Falcao an Unnecessary and Impossible Dream for Juventus? The Old Lady has been known to show her face in Monaco. Her great patron, the late Gianni Agnelli used to own the Villa Leopolda just up the Cote d’Azur in the seaside town of Beaulieu between Nice and the Principality. She liked to have a flutter at the Casino Royale. Some of her bets didn&rs...

Player Focus: Llorente Becoming the Player Conte Expected at Juve

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Player Focus: Llorente Becoming the Player Conte Expected at Juve It’s the 76th minute of Juventus’ Champions League group stage encounter with FC København at the Parken Stadion back in mid-September. The champions of Italy have come from behind and are drawing 1-1 in a game they’re expected to win.Glancing at his bench, coach Antonio Con...

League Focus: Striking Duos Set To Storm Serie A

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League Focus: Striking Duos Set To Storm Serie A In its early nineties pomp, Serie A was home to some of the greatest attacking duos European football had ever seen. Roberto Mancini and Luca Vialli won a league title for Sampdoria and were crowned I Gemelli del gol – The Goal Twins – for their incredible combined strike rate. Toto Schi...

Player Focus: Fernando Llorente - The Right Man for Juventus

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Player Focus: Fernando Llorente - The Right Man for Juventus Shortly after he had returned to Juventus, Antonio Conte led his team south to the vociferous cauldron that Napoli call home, where the Bianconeri hadn’t secured a victory in over a decade. Inspired by their passionate home crowd, the Partenopei sprang into a 3-1 lead and were clearly in the a...

Match Focus: Athletic vs Atletico

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Match Focus: Athletic vs Atletico When you think of the top eight teams in Europe the usual behemoths of European football come to mind; Barcelona and Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, AC Milan and given their domestic success this season maybe even Borussia Dortmund, Juventus and Manchester City.AtléticoMadrid, ...

Player Focus: Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)

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Player Focus: Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao) Ever since Marcelo Bielsa agreed to have a second crack at La Liga by returning to take charge of Athletic Bilbao last summer, they have been one of Spain’s most intriguing storylines.The match on the surface wasn’t exactly a perfect one. Bielsa’s intense pressing and possession ba...