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Player Analysis: Giacomo Raspadori
Over the 20/21 Serie A season, Sassuolo established themselves as the “best of the rest” aside from the famous “7 Sisters” of Italian football, having finished 8th for the second consecutive season and missing out on playing European football for only the second time in their history due to goal difference. There are many…
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Eduardo Camavinga: Stade Rennais’ Mercurial Midfield Genius
Rennes wonder-kid and Equipe de France’s future star Eduardo Camavinga will be embarking on the fourth season of professional football next season after completing his third and most challenging season with his boyhood club. Born in Angola but raised in France, Camavinga’s action-packed career spanning less than two years has already seen him become Rennes’s youngest…
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Three Big-Name Departures From the Premier League This Summer
With the end of another season comes some inevitable goodbyes, and this year there are a few big names leaving their respective clubs for pastures new. A busy summer lies ahead, in which clubs will seek to hire new coaches, find new talent to bolster their ranks, and prepare for the 2021-22 campaign, but the…
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How Chelsea Sunk Manchester City’s Battleship in Porto
After a unique season that seemingly progressed infinitely, European club football concluded with the Champions League final on Saturday with Thomas Tuchel leading Chelsea to their second European crown in a resounding five-month turnaround since his arrival at Stamford Bridge. Throughout the knockout stages of the Champions League, in particular, Chelsea looked the most prepared…
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Player Analysis: Josh Dasilva
On 21 August 2018, Josh Dasilva joined now newly promoted Brentford FC on a three-year deal with an option of a further year following his release by Arsenal at the end of the 2017-18 season. With a contract also offered by Arsenal to extend his time at Emirates, Dasilva chose to join Brentford with the…
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Lyon Féminin Wide Play – Attacking Cues
There are very few teams in women’s football that have the preeminent history of Olympique Lyon both domestically and in UEFA cup competitions. Lyon are the most successful club in the history of French D1 Feminine, winning a total of 19 league titles since being introduced as the female counterpart of the club in 2004. …
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Leeds United 2020/21 Season Review
‘What a day to be alive, f*ck me’ slurred Mateusz Klich, celebrating after Leeds United’s promotion back to the summit of English football. A 16-year top-flight hiatus was finally over for England’s sleeping giant, with the dark days of Wise, Warnock and Hockaday firmly laid to rest. Leeds were back, and they weren’t there for…
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Player Analysis: Aymeric Laporte
Aymeric Laporte is the biggest surprise in Spain’s squad for the EURO 2020, combined with the loss of Sergio Ramos. Once Luis Enrique perceived that Sergio Ramos would not be fit and ready for the tournament, the Spanish federation quickly initiated the process of making Laporte play with Spain. Since Laporte had not played any…
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The Rise and Fall of Bernard Tapie’s Marseille: Part 5: Les Retombées
This is the fifth installation of a six-part series on Olympique de Marseille. You can read “Part 1: L’homme d’affairs,” here, and “Part 2: La Nuit Les Projecteurs Se Sont Éteints,” here. You can read “Part 3: Nuits Blanches Et Thés Frelatés,” here. You can read “Part 4: La Balance,” here. You can read “Part…
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Moments of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup – Part 1: Slovan Bratislava 1968/69
With the return of a third-tier competition in European football next season, the UEFA Europa Conference League has been met with the usual snobbery from those who see it as an unnecessary burden. However, the Conference League does bring back memories of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. Lasting for 39 years between 1960-1999, the…
