HOW ANCELLOTI'S MADRID COULD AND SHOULD LINE UP

Carlo Ancelloti has finally been appointed as Real madrid,as if we didn't know that was going to happen since the end of May.On the 1st of July he'll take charge of his 1st training session at Real,although not everyone will be present as some of the players are at the confederations cup.However,Ancelloti by now will know that this Madrid squad is built around a 4-2-3-1,and knowing that he is a man who doesn't just change things to please him,i'm pretty sure he'll stick with it at least for the first season and maybe change it later,although he'll...

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CARLO ANCELLOTI :THE NEW BOSS

I begin this article by saying that as a Real supporter,i would probably have preferred Andre Villas Boas or Michael Laudrup for there successes at there previous and current clubs,but some people will say,they don't have that much champions league experience,but,then again i would have fancied them for the long term.Now back to the man Carlo Ancelloti,the new manager of madrid was finally announced after a month of speculation and seduction.It had...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:THE VERDICT

Well with the group analysis done and dusted,i guess its time i give my personal verdict on the whole tournament.I begin in Group A,the group consists of hosts Brazil,Italy,Mexico and Japan.This group has been called the group of death.The teams are not too far from each other in standard.The first match of the tournament and the group between Brazil and Japan,is going to be a tough one which Brazil will just win,with a score like 3-1.If this was...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:GROUP BY GROUP ANALYSIS

GROUP BNIGERIA     The Super Eagles of Nigeria are the reigning AFCON champions and are making their second appearance at the tournament after finishing fourth in 1995.Nigerian football had seen its standard drop a little bit especially after failure to qualify for the 2012 AFCON.They did qualify for the 2013 tournament and won it,and are therefore fortunate to play in the tournament,because if it wasn't for CAF's decision to...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

GROUP BURUGUAY              Uruguay come into this tournament after very successful and convincing World Cup and Copa America tournaments.They along with Spain and Italy are aiming to win the tournament to join Argentina and France as the teams that have won all FIFA tournaments.The Celeste,have had an indifferent world cup qualifying process.They have played 12,lost,drawn and won 4 times...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

GROUP BTAHITI     Honestly,before i saw the groupings for this Confederations cup,i had never heard of a nation called Tahiti.Intially i thought it was Haiti wrongly spelt ,but then i realised Haiti technically belonged to North America and they already had Mexico.So i had to do a lot of research on them to find out about them and what to write about them.This is the hardest article i have to write in this Confed Cup series.It...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

GROUP BSPAIN La Roja or in full la furia Roja.Spain are the reigning world and European champions and will want to win the only tournament that they have participated in and have not won since 2008,The FIFA onfederations cup.Cesc Fabregas recently stated that they were going to treat the tournament like a world cup.In all honesty La Roja have a better overrall squad than the class of 2008,2010 and 2012,as they can now call on players who are on the...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

GROUP AJAPAN         NIPPON DAIHYO represents Japan in association football.They won the 2011,asian cup and hence participate in the curtain raiser.They finished in 2nd place in the 2001 edition.They are coached by Italian Alberto Zaccheroni,the former Milan coach has much experience at the highest level and is on the right track in terms of making Japan the best in Asia and also a house-hold name in world football.Expect...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

GROUP AMEXICO        Mexico, are one of the most colourful teams that will enter into the competition.El tri qualified for the confederations cup by winning the CONCACAF gold cup,but are in danger of not qualifying for the main event next year.Mexico will want to win back the love of their fans who have slighlty turned against them in recent qualifying matches,by repeating what they did in the 1999 edition and win...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

GROUP AITALY       Ah! The Azzurri,four-time world champions and perennial competiton favourites.Italy are heading into this tournament,aiming to win it for the first time.They will be hoping that the awful outting they had in the last two FIFA tournaments,were they left in the group stages.They are coached by casare prandelli,the former florentina coach struggled intially but has now forged a team worthy of winning...

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THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:TEAM BY TEAM ANALYSIS

The FIFA Confederations cup is traditionally a curtain raiser for the actually world cup.This year it will be held in Brazil,the home samba.As with all tournaments there are expectations and drama will definitely unfold.On this article you're going to get a glimpse of what is going to unfold in Brazil.GROUP A BRAZIL: I start my analysis with the host nation,Brazil.The selecao are going into this tournament as favourites as they always seem to do...

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