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Xavi, Who Once Went All “You Can’t Fire Me, Because I Quit!” Before Then Deciding To Stay, Is Maybe About To Get Fired
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Billy Haisley
May 17, 2024
Soccer
Eberechi Eze And Michael Olise Have Meant Everything To Crystal Palace
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Billy Haisley
May 15, 2024
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Soccer
Real Madrid Did It Again
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Billy Haisley
May 9, 2024
Soccer
The Game Has Once Again Passed David Moyes By
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Billy Haisley
May 7, 2024
Soccer
Real Madrid Goes Where Toni Kroos Leads
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Billy Haisley
May 2, 2024
Soccer
Ollie Watkins Has Taken Himself And Aston Villa To The Summit
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Billy Haisley
April 23, 2024
Soccer
Troll God Emi Martínez Shows Once Again Why He Is The Penalty Shootout King
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Billy Haisley
April 19, 2024
Soccer
PSG And Barcelona Turned A Champions League Feast Into A Soggy Appetizer
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Billy Haisley
April 18, 2024
Soccer
Cole Palmer Is Right Where He Needs To Be
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Billy Haisley
April 17, 2024
Soccer
My Kingdom For A Premier League Title Race
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Billy Haisley
April 15, 2024
Soccer
Caroline Graham Hansen Is The Best In The World
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Billy Haisley
March 31, 2024
Soccer
Memphis Depay Was Ready For His Closeup
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Billy Haisley
March 15, 2024
Soccer
Kylian Mbappé Is Taking The Champions League One On One
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Billy Haisley
March 6, 2024
Soccer
Phil Foden Paints Manchester Sky Blue
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Billy Haisley
March 3, 2024
Soccer
The Failure Of Paul Pogba
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Billy Haisley
March 3, 2024
Soccer
Atlético Madrid Reverts To Type
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Billy Haisley
February 22, 2024
Soccer
Everybody’s A Star At Real Madrid
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Billy Haisley
February 15, 2024
Soccer
Xavi Writes Himself An Ending
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Billy Haisley
January 30, 2024
Soccer
Real Madrid Is The Good Guy
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Billy Haisley
January 24, 2024
Soccer
The Saudi Supercopa Is Great In Spite Of Itself
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Billy Haisley
January 12, 2024
Soccer
Brighton Runs On João Pedro Power
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Billy Haisley
January 8, 2024
Soccer
When Keeping It Highlight Reel Goes Wrong: Panenka Edition
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Billy Haisley
January 7, 2024
Soccer
Girona Is Wide Awake
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Billy Haisley
January 4, 2024
Soccer
Chelsea Is Neither Here Nor There
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Billy Haisley
December 28, 2023
Soccer
The European Super League Is Undead
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Billy Haisley
December 22, 2023
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