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Arsenal FC – Santi Cazrola Doing Just Fine On His Own
Benching Jack Wilshere was one of the best decisions Arsene Wenger has made in a long time, even with everyone for the hope of English football to be playing 90 minutes every time. At the moment, Arsenal are a better team without him in the lineup, allowing Santi Cazorla, a better player than the young Englishman, to be at his best, which means more wins for a side that is third at the moment, but needs teams to drop points in order to remain there.
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Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo Are the Best But Not the Most Important Players On Their Teams
The never ending fascination with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo being one or two levels about the rest of European football isn’t going to stop any time soon, not when the two Barcelona & Real Madrid stars continue to score at the pace they are now, but it doesn’t mean they mean the difference between success and failure for the two sides.
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5 Reasons Why Real Madrid Will Win the Champions League
After two straight seasons of being halted at the semifinal, it’s time Real Madrid come through and reach the Champions League final for the first time in over a decade. With Cristiano Ronaldo playing better than anyone in the world, not to mention scoring on every big occasion, there’s no reason that Jose Mourinho doesn’t get the chance to become the first manager with three trophies for three different clubs.
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Chelsea a Step Closer to Signing Andre Schurrle
It might be still early in the season to talk about transfers, but it seems Chelsea are on their way to secure their first big signing for the 2013-2014 season by acquiring Andre Schurrle from Bayer Leverkusen, who haven’t agreed on a price yet, but have already sent Rudi Voller to seal the deal, which includes more than just financial compensation.
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Manchester United – Wayne Rooney Slowly Pushed Out of the Club
You feel it in the air when you watch Manchester United matches. Despite the walk-over title run, things are far from perfect in Sir Alex’s kingdom, who is still trying to find his way to make his team as good as those foreigners who keep beating him on the way to the Champions League. It sounder ridiculous before, but maybe selling Wayne Rooney is the best way to move forward.
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FC Porto & Benfica are the Only Undefeated Teams in Europe
Out of the top 20 football leagues in Europe, only two teams, who happen to be from the same division, are still undefeated this late in the season. Benfica and Porto, battling for the title in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, having gone 25 matches up to this point with a league loss.
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Chelsea FC – David Luiz & John Terry Take Over the Scoring
When your strikers, Fernando Torres in this case, can only score when there’s a full moon outside, you have to rely on other players to deliver the good. While Chelsea usually rely on Frank Lampard or the creativity of Juan Mata and Eden Hazard to provide goals, for once it was about the centre backs, as David Luiz and John Terry came through with the finishing touch.
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Manchester United – Robin van Persie Enjoys Late Wake Up Call
When you don’t score goals, you take what you get, and as it happens, Manchester United usually get favors from referees and linesman, giving Robin van Persie a chance not only to score his second goal in so many matches, something we forgot he can do, but also salvage a draw to help keep the pressure off of them, while Shinji Kagawa enjoyed one of his better games for the Red Devils.
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Manchester United – Trading Anderson for James Rodriguez
Some news and transfer rumors never go away, which means there might be some truth in them. It’s long been known that Manchester United are very interested in James Rodriguez of Porto, but instead of paying a huge fee for him, which will likely be over €30 million, suggesting a trade of sending Anderson, a former player of the Dragons, in order to get the Colombian star.