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Villas chances of automatic qualification for
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On the 17th of November 2010 in the Swedish city of Gothenburg with just over 20,000 in attendance Germany and Sweden played out a drab goalle s draw. It was a match never likely to live long in the German memory. However, the day held a much wider significance. After 78 minutes of an otherwise unremarkable game, substitutes Mario Gtze, then 18, and Andr Schrrle, then 20, simultaneously became the first German players born after reunification in 1990 to represent the senior
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Football website Caught Offside has linked Manchester United with Roma midfielder Daniele De Ro si and claims that the Red Devils will make a bid for his services in January when the winter transfer window opens. Sir Alex
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Leicester City 1-1 Peterborough UnitedLeicester Citys home form continued after a
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We are all engro sed by the Champions league at the moment, particularly now that we are coming up to the last 16 leg of the competition. The UEFA Champions league is an annual football competition introduced by the Union of European Football A sociations and is a devised to test the very best in the top-division clubs of Europe. The Champions League is one of the most prestigious contests out there and is played
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V East Midlands derbies between Derby and Nottingham Forest are always lively affairs, (who can forget Robbie Savages scarf waving, Nathan Tysons corner flag waving and the 22 man brawl from recent matches) and this weekends clash promises to be just as fiery.Forest are flying high under Billy Davies and currently sit in second place three points behind leader Newcastle. Derby on the other hand are struggling under Nigel Clough and find themselves in 19th place five points above the relegation zone.So for the first time in 17 years Forest go into the match as the higher placed of the two teams and therefore the favourites to win. The match will see the return
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