Maurizio Sarri did not just accept the Atalanta job; he embraced it with the kind of alacrity that suggests he has found a kindred spirit. Speaking at...
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So the dream is dead again. England, after taking a stunning early lead against Argentina, somehow contrived to let a World Cup final berth slip throu...
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Thomas Tuchel, a man not given to hollow platitudes, stood in the Atlanta tunnel and did something increasingly rare in modern football management. He...
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Nicolò Zaniolo, once hailed as the heir to Italy's creative mantle, finds himself in a curious and deeply troubling limbo. While his Udinese teammate...
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It is a strange thing when a goalkeeper who has looked you in the eye for twenty five years finally decides to walk away. For Craig Gordon, the decisi...
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In the grand theatre of a World Cup, the third place play off is a curious beast. For the teams involved, it is often described as the game nobody wan...
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There is a fine line between the fire that fuels a champion and the fury that leaves a man a fool. As the final whistle pierced the Doha night, confir...
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Cristian Romero has delivered a crisp and cutting riposte to Gary Neville, branding the former Manchester United captain 'stupid' for his persistent c...
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There is a peculiar brand of stoicism that descends upon the English technical area when the stakes climb highest, and Thomas Tuchel fell victim to it...
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The morning papers have landed, and the back pages are screaming with a familiar sense of continental shock. According to GoalZaza, the headline from...
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The cries of anguish from a nation have once again been answered by the cold, hard logic of the knockout stages. In Atlanta, it was not a curse that u...
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The heartbreak is still raw. England found themselves a goal to the good against Argentina in that World Cup semi final, a position of immense promise...
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