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Michael Essien made his Champions League debut for Real Madrid from the start, but played no part in his side’s dramatic 3-2 victory. Despite finally recovering from long-term knee injuries, Essien found himself warming the bench at Chelsea in recent times, with
A draw versus a determined, organized, resilient England and a 2-0 victory versus an admittedly lacklustre Ukraine side stretched France’s unbeaten run under Laurent Blanc to an impressive 23 games. Victory over already-eliminated Sweden would’ve seen France win the group
Players of his kind are en vogue once again. As tactics are geared once more towards passing rather than over-reliance on brute strength, news of deep-lying playmaker Nuri Şahin’s bargain transfer to Real Madrid fuelled belief that he would’ve been an instant hit, especially given
It’s safe to say that before the current season got underway, no one would have anticipated this. In an unusually straight-forward statement made by a dejected Sir Alex Ferguson, it was confirmed that Wayne Rooney, fondly and widely considered to