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Team Focus: Watford's Exciting Summer Signings Cause for Optimism at Vicarage Road

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Team Focus: Watford's Exciting Summer Signings Cause for Optimism at Vicarage Road Atdhe Nuhiu’s last minute equaliser on the final day of the season denied Watford the opportunity to go up to the Premier League as champions, though that would merely have been the icing on the cake for the Hornets. After going through four managers over the course of the campaign - Giuseppe ...

Team Focus: Attacking Additions Encouraging but Milan Must Mend Defence

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Team Focus: Attacking Additions Encouraging but Milan Must Mend Defence Silvio Berlusconi likes the sound of his own voice. A former cruise ship singer, he finds it hard to resist putting on a show whenever there’s an audience and he stole it from Sinisa Mihajlovic at his official unveiling last Friday. Limping to his place, Berlusconi joked: “I’m Mila...

Team Focus: Sevilla Set to Build on Success Despite Key Departures

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Team Focus: Sevilla Set to Build on Success Despite Key Departures May 27, 2015 - Sevilla won their second consecutive Europa League title, spearheaded by Carlos Bacca. The Colombian, a key member of the starting XI, provided the assist for Grzegorz Krychowiak’s equaliser, before turning goalscorer as the La Liga side secured a 3-2 win at the expense of pluck...

Team Focus: Grêmio Improving Fast Under Roger Machado

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Team Focus: Grêmio Improving Fast Under Roger Machado There was a moment during Sunday's game against Santos that, more than any other, underlined Grêmio's impressive recent progress. Deep into the second half, striker Yuri Mamute - a substitute, as he has been for much of the season so far - found a bit of space inside the area and slid a finish...

Team Focus: Shaqiri Pursuit Signifies Stoke's Continued Evolution

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Team Focus: Shaqiri Pursuit Signifies Stoke's Continued Evolution At some point we need to invest significantly in the team, Stoke City boss Mark Hughes said back in April. The Welshman has worked wonders in the transfer market since taking charge of the Potters back in 2013, with his most expensive purchase prior to this summer coming in the form of Erik Pieters ...

Team Focus: San Jose Beginning to Bubble to the Surface in MLS

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Team Focus: San Jose Beginning to Bubble to the Surface in MLS By beating the defending MLS Cup champions LA Galaxy 3-1 last weekend, the San Jose Earthquakes made a statement about where they are heading under Dominic Kinnear. Until then they had been flying under the radar, on the brink of the Western playoff spots, but the problem with statement wins is that...

Team Focus: Will Leicester Struggle After Surprise Sacking of Pearson?

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Team Focus: Will Leicester Struggle After Surprise Sacking of Pearson? Given how strongly Leicester City ended the season, it was something of a shock when news of Nigel Pearson’s sacking began to circulate on social media. The fiery manager guided the Foxes to safety when, at the end of March, it seemed impossible. However, 22 points from their final 9 games of ...

Team Focus: Argentina Must Be Wary of Pragmatic Paraguay's Resilience

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Team Focus: Argentina Must Be Wary of Pragmatic Paraguay's Resilience It wasn’t so much a match summation from Paraguay’s Osvaldo Martinez, as a mission statement.After his team had so deservedly eliminated Brazil from the quarter-finals of this Copa America, the midfielder attempted to describe how they’d done it, only to assert their defining quali...

Team Focus: Portugal Golden Generation Hoping to Better Class of '94

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Team Focus: Portugal Golden Generation Hoping to Better Class of '94 It was a performance of the highest quality that saw this Portugal U21 side progress to the European U21 Championship final at the expense of pre-tournament favourites Germany. The ease with which they dumped Horst Hrubesch’s side out of the competition in Saturday’s 5-0 mauling means Ru...

Team Focus: Win Over Corinthians Brings Santos Some Respite After Shaky Start to Season

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Team Focus: Win Over Corinthians Brings Santos Some Respite After Shaky Start to Season Last Saturday was, by and large, a pretty special day for Santos.That was partly down to the fixture list: the Peixe welcomed Corinthians to the Vila Belmiro. This is one of the standout games of the year for Santos fans, for whom this rivalry is keenly felt. There's always a spark to the San-S&atil...