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Guardiola’s Barcelona and its tiki-taka way of play dominated Europe but soon enough, teams got around to figuring a way to make them ineffective....
The Barcelona stars of Guardiola’s time that produced wonders are slowly showing signs of time catching up to them. One such star is Barcelona’s...
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Liam Bekker chronicles the career of one of the greatest pure goal-scorers to ever grace the beautiful game, the legendary, Henrik Larsson. For fifteen...
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Real Madrid 3-1 Barcelona | Experience in tactical decision making ultimately won the El Clasico as Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid proved to be better...
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