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Soccer/Football

Lizzie Poppet

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5. Precisely.

Reply to musiclawyer (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:26 PM

Jan 2012

The game has changed, Jens. As you say, probably the best club team in the world (Barca...) plays possession football. And there's nothing remotely boring about well executed tiki-taka! Even in the EPL, things are changing - and not just at the top with the Sky Blue, but with mid-table teams like Swansea.

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