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Arsene : On his own terms.

                                    ‘His performance levels consistently for 20 years have been unbelievable. And you’d have to say, I do go along the line of, “Be careful what you wish for”                 It seems nigh on incredible to me that the most outspoken, forthright defence of Arsene Wenger, has come from possibly a man who played much of his football engaged in a bitter, rancorous duel with Wenger's creation : modern­-day Arsenal.              Gary Neville was frequently described, bluntly, as being a player rather short on talent in his formative years, a fact that he too recognized. His response to this was single­minded and determined : graft. Years of effort that dovetailed in a glittering career, trophy­-laden at Old Trafford with his boyhood club Manchester United. As such, a decade after the Invincibles took away the collective breath of every fan fortunate enough to watch English football, these very characteristics espoused by Neville seem to
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Angel Correa; Fighting Through.

Argentina has always had a plethora of forwards to choose from. Undoubtedly boasting among the most potent strikers in the world of football, they have never lacked in any form or sense, options up front. Every generation tends to conjure up finer products. Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Hernan Crespo, Carlos Tevez, Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero just to name a few.  There's always a question of who will step up in the next generation, and someone always does. With Paulo Dybala's scintillating form this season, it's hard to imagine this fine lineage drying out anytime soon. But there has never been just a single superstar to make a name for himself in the luxurious front three of La Albiceleste.  Having signed for Atletico following their La Liga winning campaign from San Lorenzo, the dream soon turned into a nightmare for Angel Correa. He was sidelined with a tumor in his heart. Having delayed his impending joining by six months.  Credit to Atlet

Footbonaut

  Jurgen Klopp, the man that saved Borussia Dortmund's blushes from the brink of extinction and had them living the dream. Had them playing at the biggest stage in club football. Saw having one hand on the Champions league trophy. And since the March of 2012, the Footbonaut played a massive role in helping him achieve this success. A futuristic approach towards training. An approach to help improve the most basic albeit vital aspects of being a footballer; Passing. The Footbonaut is a 4 sided machine that has shooters on either side. One of the 4 shooters, randomly shoots the ball towards the player who assumeshis position in the centre of the box. The player is required to control theball, look around for one of the 64 highlighted targets and pass the ball accurately anddirectly into it. This whole process is carried out and aperformance score is obtained based on the speed and accuracy of the player andthat is used as a benchmark for further sessions. The Footbonaut help

Roll out the Reus

Reus : Injury Struck Joachim must quite truly be feeling Low. In spite of watching his ruthless, well-oiled German machine put Armenia to the sword and skewer them with six of the best, the Germany coach’s primary concern was quite obviously the ankle injury to the most vital of cogs in his machine.   Marco Reus . The Dortmund man, a swashbuckling genius capable of magic, or as much magic as German efficiency can permit, saw his World Cup dream shatter to pieces a heart-wrenching 6 days before the grand event. Germany fans all over the world, and the gaffer himself, must be ruing the fact that the man with quite possibly the most immaculate hair in all of football was not quite as careful with his ankle. This brings us to an interesting, if rather unhappy, turn of events in the build up to this world cup. Several players, each fantastic talents in their own right, will be absent from the sojourn in Brazil and won’t be giving us a chance to sashay to their samba. World C

Nemanja Vidic: A Rock.

     Amidst all the furore over a certain contract extension at Manchester United, lost in all the lines devoted to money exchanging hands has been the news that the rock on which Sir Alex Ferguson built his most recent successes is all set to leave the club. And for someone so committed to the side of football we so rarely appreciate, it seems only fitting that Nemanja Vidic leaves the Red Devils sans any fuss whatsoever, just a man who feels his incredible work at Old Trafford has well and truly come to an end. Football has two very different sides to it, the pleasing spectacle that the likes of Lionel Messi typify, and the hard-fought, battle-like approach that truly great defenders like Vidic bring to their game. If there was ever a man who epitomised the ugly side of football, the determination necessary to restore a certain order to the sheer chaos of defending, it has been the tall Serbian. Fundamental to United’s success for the better part of the last decade, Vidi