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Has the Champions League Become Too Competitive?

This week has seen the Champions League group stage return, a little more than two weeks after the highly-anticipated draw on August...

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Serie A

Fiorentina: A Renaissance from the Deepest of Tragedies

Florence, and Italy in general, is a location synonymous with the Renaissance. As the birthplace of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli,...

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La Liga

La Liga in America: The First Cracks in Europe’s Football Model

One of the most eye catching pieces of news from last week saw representatives of the AFE – the Spanish Players Union...

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Football

Russia 2018: A Golden Opportunity to Confront Racism in Football

Football worship is compulsive and weaves the very fabric of ourselves into the tapestry of our football clubs, and this tie is...

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Champions League

UCL Final: The Perfect Culmination of Klopp’s Transformation

Just three years ago Liverpool seemed on the cusp of something quite different to a Champions League Final against Real Madrid. Sterling was...

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Champions League

Real to Rock Liverpool: Madrid has something AC Milan did not

It’s just over two weeks until the Champions League Final in Kiev and many pundits have been weighing up Liverpool’s chances against...

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Champions League

UEFA has Created a Monster it has no Chance of Taming

On the subject of “polarisation” in football, fans and observers of the game are typically divided into three broad camps: Those who...

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Champions League

A Real Nightmare Awaits Liverpool in Kiev

With just over two weeks to go until the UEFA Champions League final, it’s difficult to visualize anything other than Real Madrid captain,...

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Football

European Clubs are Grossly Undervalued Assets

Insecurity and under-achievement aren’t conditions one would normally associate with the upper-echelons of European club football. Indeed, with every passing year, the...