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Po-faced Pastore misplaces his magic touch
For the pundits on Canal+’s Ligue 1 review programme, Les Spécialistes, it was something of a radical departure. Usually tasked with the scrutiny of borderline offside decisions or the analysis of new...
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The Guardian Sport Network
I’m pleased to announce that, as of this week, Football Further is in partnership with The Guardian under the banner of the new Guardian Sport Network. Content from 15 blogs, including Football Further...
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Tactics: How Barcelona have changed football
Tiny cracks may be starting to appear in the previously impregnable armour of Barcelona, with Real Madrid rampant and Pep Guardiola’s side rudely obliged to play catch-up, but this team’s place in...
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French football quotes of the year 2011
L’Entente Cordiale “They say it’s because I’m a sexy boy. The English are crazy!” - Yohan Cabaye, on the ‘Dreamboat’ nickname bestowed upon him by Newcastle’s fans “Behind the ‘big guns’ like Chelsea...
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Transfer near-misses mean PSG remain a work in progress
The clue was in the number. “A press conference will take place on Wednesday 1 February at 15:30 at Parc des Princes to present Thiago Motta, who will wear the number 28,” read the brief statement...
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Blanc’s France still searching for an identity
For a team protecting an unbeaten record that now stretches to 543 days, France will approach Wednesday night’s friendly against Germany in Bremen with a surprising degree of uncertainty. Since going...
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Right-wing repositioning opens Ben Arfa’s route to Euro 2012
In recent weeks, Hatem Ben Arfa has started to look like the player he had always threatened to become. With two goals and three assists in his last four appearances, the 25-year-old is the form...
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Floundering Gourcuff handed unlikely France reprieve
From the outside, the striking thing was the fact that it was headline news at all. Gourcuff named in France squad. Yoann Gourcuff, heir apparent to Zinedine Zidane, darling of Bordeaux’s 2009...
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French football quotes of the year 2012
From AVB to Zlatan, Newcastle to Donetsk, Football Further is proud to present its third annual compilation of the year’s best French football quotes. Cross-Channel relations “Yesterday, I make one...
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England lose perspective in pursuit of teenage kicks
The French may not have a direct equivalent to the word ‘teenager’ (there being no numerical suffix akin to ‘-teen’ in the language of Molière), but that doesn’t stop them remarking on the novelty when...
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Paris Saint-Germain emerge from mid-summer limbo
Having waited 19 years and 13 days to reacquaint themselves with the rarefied air at the summit of French football, Paris Saint-Germain were rather dismayed to see their Ligue 1 title celebrations...
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French football quotes of the year 2013
From post-match brawls and Twitter spats to weather vanes, broken televisions and Justin Bieber, Football Further proudly presents its seasonal compilation of the year’s best French football quotes....
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Compulsive risk-taker Verratti relegates Cabaye to sideshow
Newcastle United fans, look away now. If losing Yohan Cabaye was painful, it probably won’t help to learn that he’s not even getting in the Paris Saint-Germain team at the moment. As one of the stars...
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French football quotes of the year 2014
Pleasantries “There’s already one of ours who’s up there [Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa], and I wish him the best. Rémy, I think he deserves something else than Newcastle. I wouldn’t go there. You must get bored...
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Freed from Lyon torment, fragile Gourcuff seeks fresh start
Lyon are 1-0 up at home to Metz and labouring when a lofted pass from Nabil Fekir finds Yoann Gourcuff in space on the left-hand edge of the penalty area. He deftly brings the ball down and throws a...
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