All posts by Daniel Andrews

Tactical Analysis: Empoli 0-1 Inter Milan

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Empoli hosted league leaders Inter Milan in the first round of Serie A matches after the winter break. Having gone four matches without dropping points, Marco Giampaolo’s side were in a confident mood, while Inter had to win after both Fiorentina and Juventus won their first matches of 2016. Roberto Mancini left Stevan Jovetic on the bench and started Mauro Icardi up front on his own. In midfield, Geoffrey Kondogbia got the nod ahead of Fredy Guarin as Felipe Melo’s replacement after the Brazilian was…

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Tactical Analysis: Leicester City 0-0 Manchester City

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Leicester City hosted Manchester City at the King Power Stadium in a top of the table clash of sorts. There were concerns for Leicester that Ryad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy might be unavailable due to injury and a viral infection respectively. However, both started, and there was also a first start since September for Gokhan Inler. Meanwhile, City re-introduced Sergio Aguero into their starting line up, the Argentine having had a season hampered by injuries thus far. The away side paired Raheem Sterling alongside Aguero…

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Tactical Analysis: River Plate 0-3 Barcelona

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River Plate faced Barcelona in the FIFA Club World Cup Final in Yokohama, with the big question being whether Barca’s excellent front three would start, and in the event that they did, how the South American champions would react to it. In the semi-finals against Guangzhou Evergrande, only Suarez played; Messi was unavailable due to renal colic while Neymar could only make the bench as he was recovering from a groin injury. As it happened, both joined Suarez in attack for Barcelona in the final.…

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World Cup 2014: Guide to Group H

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Algeria, Belgium, Russia and South Korea will battle it out for two spots in the Round of 16 as Group H kicks off on the 17th of June. Belgium are the favorites to top the group, with the other three expected to fight it out for second place. The Red Devils are fifth favorites for the cup ahead of former winners like Italy and France, which is astounding considering that they hadn’t even qualified for the last World Cup or even the European Championships in 2012…

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Manchester City to Reject Any Advances for Star Striker Sergio Aguero

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Premier League Champions Manchester City have reiterated their stance that star striker Sergio Agüero will not be sold at any price. The Argentine is the subject of much interest from Spanish clubs Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. Florentino Perez, incumbent of the presidency at Real Madrid, claimed immediately after his side secure La Decima, that Agüero wasn’t on the minds of the Madrid club’s hierarchy. However, reports now say that the 10-time European Champions will wait until after the World Cup to table their £60million bid. It seems that Real are not…

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