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Newcastle Jets Fans Have an Awesome Emile Heskey Chant
The arrival of Emile Heskey to the A-League in Australia and playing for the Newcastle Jets is weird news for some, but the amount of attention he’s been getting from media and fans in the land down under leads to even weirder news – Roy Hodgson considering calling him to the England squad.
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Liverpool FC – Stewart Downing Scoring Every two Months
Nothing impressive about the win over Anzhi Makhachkala, so you have to dig deep to find things to be happy about. Stewart Downing scoring another impressive Europa League goal is probably it, as Liverpool struggled to come up with the 1-0 win.
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Most Popular Football Teams on Away Matches
Some clubs are more popular than others, everybody knows. Stadiums don’t fill up for every opposition, but it’s surprising to see the clubs still drawing the biggest numbers on away matches, like Liverpool in England or Juventus in Italy, when compared with the positive or negative effect other teams have in the major European leagues.
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Borussia Dortmund – Highs & Lows of Mario Gotze
It’s easy to see why Mario Gotze is considered to be such an exceptional talent, but through the same 87 minutes he was on the pitch for Dortmund in their win against Real Madrid, you could see his faults and shortcomings he needs to overcome on his way to become one of football’s biggest stars.
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Real Madrid – A Disappearing act by Cristiano Ronaldo
Blaming the left side of Real Madrid would be true, but putting some of it on Cristiano wouldn’t be far from the truth, who did absolutely nothing to help his team’s cause in their 1-2 loss to Dortmund except for breaking away once from his marker, to score the equalizer in the first half.
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Arsenal FC – Can’t Win With Gervinho as a Striker
While it might be easier to blame the defense for falling apart near the end, the bigger problem for Arsenal in their Champions League loss was the lack of a natural and capable player to finish the nice work done by the midfield, as Gervinho proved once again he isn’t the player to put their trust in.
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Famous Goal-Line Technology Needing Incidents
With the news that GoalRef and Hawk-Eye have signed licence agreements with FIFA to install goal-line technology systems worldwide, it seems like we’re taking a step forward from the dark days of the 2000’s and into a futuristic world, where Frank Lampard goals an ghost goals might suddenly be called the right way.
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FC Barcelona – Jordi Alba Starts Proving his Worth
On a night in which the Celtic defense looked unbreakable at the back, Barcelona needed a little something special from someone unexpected, and Jordi Alba, who hasn’t the best of seasons up to this point, fell into that certain slot with a dramatic winning goal.
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Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Nowhere to be Seen
It’s not fair to put the problems of a side during a loss to an underrated side like Shakhtar on one player but Chelsea continue to play a striker-less football style while Fernando Torres is on the pitch, but doing nothing, once again, to remind us of that.
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Manchester United – Chicharito Covers Up for Failing Defense
This has been the story of Manchester United this season – A defense that doesn’t do a bit to help the team and a very talented attack that needs to mount an impressive comeback time after time. This time, it was Javier Hernandez playing the hero, scoring twice as Alex Ferguson’s lads came back from an early 0-2 against Braga, only to win 3-2.