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Daniele De Rossi With the Pathetic Dive of the Season
It was bad enough that AS Roma missed an opportunity to come a little bit closer to Champions League qualification by losing at home 1-0 to Chievo, but they had their vice captain and one of the team’s biggest stars pull off the most embarassing attempt at a dive we’ve seen this season, unable to fool the referee into thinking Dario Dainelli did anything to him.
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Premier League – Chelsea vs Tottenham Predictions
While most are talking about Jose Mourinho, the important thing for Chelsea at the moment is securing their place in the Champions League next season. Winning at home against Tottenham will make sure that a top 4 place is pretty much guaranteed.
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Jose Mourinho Hates Pepe & Iker Casillas but Loves Diego Lopez & Raphael Varane
It’s always personal for Jose Mourinho, always has been. Probably knowing his time at Real Madrid is coming to an end, he doesn’t mind blasting out at strong dressing room figures like Pepe and Iker Casillas, while praising himself by “supporting” Raphale Varane and Diego Lopez.
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Benfica Really F%^& Up When it Mattered the Most
Playing at home against Estoril, Benfica should have kept their four point lead over Porto with the Portuguese Primeira Liga coming to a close, and setting up their O Clássico to be one in which they’ll be quite calm instead of knowing it might become the title decided. Instead, they dropped points in a 1-1 […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo Needs to Get Used to a New Real Madrid Manager
Two names on everyone’s lips when it comes to the garbage time of the Real Madrid season: Jose Mourinho and Iker Casillas. Still that battle of egos keeps on clashing, while Cristiano Ronaldo, quietly, a failure of the Champions League semifinals, is going about his business.
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Arsenal to Manchester United – Robin van Persie Made the Perfect Choice
Arsene Wenger once said that if he’d had the talents he’s been grooming over the years this season, things would have been different. But talents don’t want to stay for promise after promise, preferring more money and a lot more ambition. Robin van Persie chose, along with Arsenal, Manchester United, and didn’t have to look backwards even for a single second.
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Liverpool FC – Steven Gerrard Isn’t Coming Back This Season
Don’t call it a comeback, but it probably sort of was. Steven Gerrard missed only 18 minutes of football this season for Liverpool, but will have to miss out on the remaining couple of matches, which mean nothing anyway after missing all chance of making a European competition or finishing above Everton in the table, in what was his best season in five years.
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Chelsea FC – Juan Mata & Eden Hazard Mean the Difference Between Success and Failure
For those who thought that Eden Hazard is going to be the next Lionel Messi, his debut season might be considered a disappointment. Chelsea with Hazard hasn’t been able to challenge for the league title, but a strong finish, along with the team’s number one player, Juan Mata, which means a spot in the top 4 and winning the Europa League, will cast a very different light on his first season in the Premier League.
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Ajax & Juventus – The Rise of the Old Powers
The internet loves the 1990’s, and a lot of European football during that decade was about Ajax and Juventus. The last time Ajax won three consecutive league titles, they were the best team in Europe, taken off that throne by Juventus, how haven’t won two consecutive championships, recognized ones, in over a decade.
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Arsenal FC – Arsene Wenger Doesn’t Want Theo Walcott as a Striker
Despite being the team’s top scorer, Theo Walcott will continue to play on the flank for Arsenal. Arsene Wenger acknowledges the England forward is a much better finisher than he has been earlier in his career, but sees no reason to move him from his current position.