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Inter coach Jose Mour­inho is renowned for mak­ing con­tro­ver­sial remarks,  for using the media to ham­mer his point  and for manip­u­lat­ing the press to engage in psy­cho­log­i­cal games against his tough­est oppo­nents. The focus here will be on Mourinho’s lat­est state­ment which is actu­ally inac­cu­rate if one is to con­sider the many fac­tors asso­ci­ated with […]

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What is on paper a strong team could end up being a weak one when tested by a tricky oppo­nent. How the play­ers gel and work together, how effec­tive the coach is in bring­ing the best out of play­ers, the strength of the defen­sive line and often the rise of  a rel­a­tive unknown to help […]

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XI — Part I">2008 World Football XI — Part I

by George Metellus on January 2, 2009 · 3 comments

1st of all, Happy New Year to you and may 2009 be as excit­ing and intrigu­ing as 2008. This past year was wit­ness to some great moments and some truly his­toric per­for­mances from Liga De Quito’s mon­u­men­tal Lib­er­ta­dores vic­tory to Spain shak­ing off their under­achiev­ers label with their impres­sive Euro 2008 title to Argentina repeat­ing as […]

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2008 Footballer of the Year Award Winners — Part I

by George Metellus on October 23, 2008 · 9 comments

We are com­ing up on that time of the year when the next three months we will dress up as some­one or some­thing, eat some turkey or some bird till we get fat, and open some presents from our fam­i­lies that we will prob­a­bly return 2 weeks later. It is also the time when the […]

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