This weekend saw a couple of upsets for Spanish La Liga favourites, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Villareal moved into second place in the liga following their 3-1 win against Barcelona. With old Arsenal team mates Thierry Henry and Robert Pires lining up against each other, this was always going to be interesting.  And it was Pires,  [...]

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It made me wince listening to Russia’s coach, Guus Hiddink, in his post match interview, explaining that he was happy when he saw the England team sheet, and there were four centre backs. It was harsh, but more or less true.
But I was smiling when he described the beating of England in Moscow as a [...]

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By this time tomorrow, the English press will, I am sure, have crucified England Coach Steve McClaren following his teams dismal defeat in Moscow this afternoon.
Ironically it is Guus Hiddink, architect of Englands failure against Russia, who I see as the ideal candidate for Steve McClaren’s soon to be vacant position. Hiddink as huge experience [...]

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Everton defender Joleon Lescott is set to replace the injured Ashley Cole  at left back for the England qualifier in Moscow tomorrow. Cole who was carried off,  during saturdays win over Estonia at Wembley,  is still awaiting the results of a scan on his ankle injury.
It was expected that Coles replacement would most likely be Reading defender Nicky Shorey, [...]

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Just nine games into the season and already we have the second interruption for international football. I find these breaks quite frustrating personally, but not half as much as club managers across the country.
Amid the club versus country drama this week its not hard to feel some sympathy towards Michael Owen. Not so long ago the injury [...]

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