Can Celtic Repeat Last Year's Victory Over Barcelona?

Sometimes miracles do happen in football.  Results that seem impossible are achieved and the dreams of thousands are realised.

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Is talk of a Mourinho ‘demise’ far too premature?

For six months, abuse was hurled down at Rafa Benitez with Chelsea voicing their discontent at the appointment of the Spanish and former Liverpool manager. A torrid end at Anfield, despite winning the Champions league, was seen as the probable end of Benitez in England.

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A Light-hearted Look At Mesut Ozil

In this post I will be having a light-hearted look at Arsenal new boy Mesut Ozil and his most distinguishing feature; his eyes.

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Are Barcelona Back To Their Best?

The opening day of La Liga saw Real Madrid struggle in their match against Betis and left it late to secure a 2-1 victory. Whilst there is clearly still work for Carlo Ancelotti to do to get the team playing as he would like, their fierce rivals were also beginning the season under new management and they had a completely different experience.

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3 Light-Hearted Reasons Lionel Messi Should Join The Premier League

Lionel Messi has ensured he is recognised as the best football player on the planet right now, maybe even in the entire history of the sport, but that doesn't stop people questioning his talents and whether or not he would or indeed could cut it in the Premier League. Now, I am not one of these people, but I have come up with a light-hearted list of three reasons why he needs to make an switch to the English topflight.

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Who is the third best player in the world? Top 5

When somebody asks me to name who I think are the three best players in the world, straight away I say Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo without even thinking about it. But this is where I struggle. Who really is the third best player? My opinion keeps changing and there is a list of players who I think are worthy enough of the 'bronze medal award'. Lets look a little deeper in to the players fighting for the third spot.

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An early Champions League prediction

With it still being the off-season and pre-season in full flow we edge closer to the beginning of the season like a snail carrying shopping on its back.

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David Villa: Barcelona's loss is Atletico Madrid's gain (Video)

News that Atletico Madrid only had to pay £4.5m to sign David Villa from Barcelona seems like one of the best pieces of transfer business we are likely to see this summer. For Spain's all-time top scorer, and still relatively young striker, to leave Catalonia for such a low fee is a real bargain for the Madrid based club, who are looking to replace Radamel Falcao. Why is he such a good player and what are Atletico going to get from him?

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Why the 'greatest ever' tag is redundant

We have to consider ourselves lucky that the football gods have blessed us with two of the game's most talented players in their prime at the same time.

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Andres Iniesta: poetry in motion (Video)

Whilst Xavi takes a lot of praise for his passing ability for Spain, and Lionel Messi receives all the plaudits for his goalscoring talent at Barcelona, there is one player that makes both of these fantastic individuals look so good on a regular basis yet receives far less media attention.

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Where did Spain go wrong against Brazil? Have they been found out?

If there is one criticism about the all-conquering Spanish national team it is that they can be boring to watch. The endless passing, nice triangles and interchanging of positions are all done as they wait for the crucial moment when their opponents make a mistake and they can suddenly attack. However, as we witnessed during the semi-final of the Confederations Cup against Italy, what do they do when the rival team is well organised, disciplined and happy for them to have the ball?

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Neymar could take Europe by storm (Video)

Brazil are safely through to the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup, where they will face Uruguay, and the host nation has been producing some fantastic football during their opening three matches.

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Welcome back to Chelsea, Mourinho

Never go back? Bah, this is the Special, sorry, Happy One we’re talking about.

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A flaw in Neymar's game (Video)

Barcelona's signing of Brazilian starlet Neymar is certainly a statement of intent from the Catalan giants.

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Brazilian star will shine at Barcelona

Brazilian side Santos has said goodbye to one of the greatest talents in football today, that is Brazilian star Neymar.

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