Louis Massarella
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FourFourTwo's 50 Most Memorable Euros Goals: 2. Antonin Panenka, CZECHOSLOVAKIA v West Germany, 1976
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FFT 50 Euros Goals You have to have done something pretty special to have a move named after you. Louis Massarella recalls the Czech's audacious effort from 12 yards...
Cloughie, King Otto and Roy's 'greatest achievement': the 10 most shocking title winners
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Top 10 It’s May and all seems to be going pretty much as expected in Europe’s title races, but it wasn’t always thus. Louis Massarella assesses the teams who had no right to become league champions – but eventually did...
FourFourTwo's 50 Most Memorable Euros Goals: 6. Angelos Charisteas, GREECE v Portugal, 2004
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FFT 50 Euros Goals Cross, header, goal: As Louis Massarella explains, the effort that capped the greatest upset in Euros history (sorry Denmark) shouldn’t have come as a surprise at all...
Korea and Japan 2002: the tournament defined by pernickety politics, reffing raps and brilliant Brazilians
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World Cup 2002 The first co-hosted World Cup, not least making its debut in Asia, provided an unforgettable blend of political aggro, on-pitch scandal and shocks aplenty. Louis Massarella explains
Bring on the wall!
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Control Coming to a training ground near you: the hi-tech future of shooting practice and passing drills
The FourFourTwo Preview: Nigeria vs Bosnia-Herzegovina
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World Cup 2014 World Cup Group F | Cuiaba | Sat 21 Jun | 11pm
FourFourTwo's 50 Most Memorable Euros Goals: 4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, SWEDEN v France, 2012
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FFT 50 Euros Goals It doesn't matter that the Swedes were already eliminated, explains Louis Massarella, this was one for the cameras, one for the purist and one for the ages...
The FourFourTwo Preview: Liverpool vs Sunderland
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Premier League Premier League | Anfield | Wed 26 Mar | 8pm
Greatest individual seasons: Andy Cole brings the goals to Newcastle (1993/94)
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Greatest Seasons We kick off our series looking back at the greatest ever individual seasons in Premier League history with Andy Cole's exceptional 1993/94 campaign – as told by Louis Massarella
Notts County’s former owner Alan Hardy explains miserable fall: “I got seduced by the industry and chased success”
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Notts County Hardy opens up to FourFourTwo about the Magpies’ relegation from the Football League
Whatever happened to caring about the No.1 shirt?
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Never have Europe's big guns enjoyed so much competition between the sticks than this season, but is there really hunger to be first choice or is bench-warming all too easy? Louis Massarella investigates...
The FourFourTwo Preview: England vs Italy
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World Cup 2014 World Cup Group D | Manaus | Sat 14 Jun | 11pm
Chris Waddle: Perfect XI
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Perfect XI Wing wizard Waddle picks a Perfect XI of team-mates.
The FourFourTwo Preview: Netherlands vs Mexico
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World Cup 2014 World Cup Round of 16 | Fortaleza | Sun 29 Jun | 5pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: Bayern Munich vs Man United
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UEFA Champions League Champions League | Allianz Arena | Wed 9 Apr | 7:45pm
The FourFourTwo Preview: Ghana vs USA
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World Cup 2014 World Cup Group G | Natal | Mon 16 Jun | 11pm
Exclusive interview: Pele on his Santos years
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Pelé It's been 60 years since the Brazilian made his debut for a growing club on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. By the time Pele left, he was the greatest goalscorer of all time and had transformed the Peixe into a global force
The FourFourTwo Preview: Nigeria vs Argentina
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World Cup 2014 World Cup Group F | Porto Alegre | Wed 25 Jun | 5pm
David Seaman: One-on-One
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The Big Interview "Of course I don't remember it, you bitch. Ha ha!"
Meet the hardest player ever… and you’ve probably never heard of him
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Action Replay He may not be as recognisable as Chopper Harris, Billy Bremner or Vinnie Jones, but Roy McDonough was a tough nut like no other. After all, you don’t get a record 13 red cards unless you like a scrap…
Let the grain take the strain
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Stamina Want a break from conventional carbs without it affecting your performance? Try these, from quinoa to good old oats
Performance Lab: Cristiano Ronaldo
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Cristiano Ronaldo The Portuguese powerhouse has the lot: athleticism, talent and Hollywood style. You can emulate him with help from our experts