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Match Focus: Fenerbahce vs Besiktas - Make or Break for Bilic and Kartal

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Mar 20 2015 16:46
Match Focus: Fenerbahce vs Besiktas - Make or Break for Bilic and Kartal The 2014/15 season was supposed to be the battle for the fourth star. Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, both 19-time Süper Lig champions were built up as the title contenders expected to lock horns in a gigantean race to be the first to get to 20… then along came Beşiktaş.The Black Eagl...
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Match Focus: El Clásico - MSN vs BBC

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Mar 19 2015 16:15
Match Focus: El Clásico - MSN vs BBC To be perfectly candid, it does not get any bigger than El Clásico. The meetings between Barcelona and Real Madrid invariably attract hundreds of millions of viewers the world over and Sunday’s installment is not expected be any different as the Blaugrana and Los Blancos renew hostiliti...
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Match Focus: Manchester City Must Strike a Fine Balance to Beat Barcelona

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Mar 18 2015 11:41
Match Focus: Manchester City Must Strike a Fine Balance to Beat Barcelona It said more than even Yaya Toure ever could that, as he tried to so consciously issue a rallying cry ahead of Manchester City’s trip to Barcelona, he couldn’t help re-asserting why their task is to difficult.“In football anything can happen, we have our chance and they have their ...
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Match Focus: Can In-form Galatasaray Break the Curse of the Şürkrü Saracoğlu?

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Mar 6 2015 16:26
Match Focus: Can In-form Galatasaray Break the Curse of the Şürkrü Saracoğlu? ‘Derbies don’t have favourites’, but there is always an exception to the rule. The last time Galatasaray beat cross-city rivals Fenerbahçe at the Şürkrü Saracoğlu stadium was back in 1999. Hamza Hamzaoğlu will try to do what the likes of Roberto Mancini, Frank Rijk...
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Match Focus: Capital One Cup Final - 5 Key Managerial Decisions

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Feb 27 2015 16:00
Match Focus: Capital One Cup Final - 5 Key Managerial Decisions On Sunday, Chelsea and Tottenham resume their rivalry to contest the first major piece of silverware of the season. These two have already met twice this campaign, with each side winning on home soil. Spurs put 5 past Chelsea on New Year’s Day; only the second time a José Mourinho side ...
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Match Focus: Pellegrini Gets Tactics Wrong as Barcelona Triumph in Manchester

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Feb 25 2015 10:58
Match Focus: Pellegrini Gets Tactics Wrong as Barcelona Triumph in Manchester It was a scene that defied both Manuel Pellegrini’s words, and the final score.After Manchester City had somehow escaped with just getting beaten 2-1 by an evidently superior Barcelona, who exploited so many conspicuously excessive gaps in the home side’s midfield, the Chilean was asked ...
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Match Focus: The North London Derby - Three Key Battles

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Feb 6 2015 20:30
Match Focus: The North London Derby - Three Key Battles Only 2 points separate Tottenham and Arsenal coming into the latest instalment of the North London Derby. Saturday’s meeting between the two teams promises to be a hotly contested affair as the teams vie for Champions League football next season.Arsène Wenger appears to have found the r...
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Match Focus: Can Galatasaray Halt the Title Charge of In-Form Besiktas?

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Jan 2 2015 14:47
Match Focus: Can Galatasaray Halt the Title Charge of In-Form Besiktas? The last time Beşiktaş and Galatasaray met at the Atatürk Olympic stadium there were three goals, one red card and a mass pitch invasion that resulted in Gala being awarded an automatic 3-0 win – just another Istanbul derby.The Black Eagles were accused of naivety in last season’s e...
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Match Focus: Coach Courbis Resurrects Old Magic to Undo In-form Rennes

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Dec 8 2014 12:40
Match Focus: Coach Courbis Resurrects Old Magic to Undo In-form Rennes “When you don't respect certain principles of effort and technique, football is brutal, and it’s brought us back to reality.” Philippe Montanier's summary of the abrupt end to Rennes' 8-match unbeaten run on Saturday night - with a surprise 4-0 home defeat to Montpellier - was in k...
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Match Focus: New England Revolution Out to Spoil Donovan's Last Hurrah

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Dec 5 2014 11:42
Match Focus: New England Revolution Out to Spoil Donovan's Last Hurrah The eulogies have been rolling for quite some time. Sunday’s game is as much about giving Landon Donovan a fitting send-off as it is about deciding this season’s MLS Cup champions. However, one team stands in the way of Donovan ending his celebrated career in a flurry of ticker tape and ...
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