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		<title>2014 WC qualifying draw &#8211; Group D and E&#8217;s key points</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group D: - This may not be a particularly difficult group for the Netherlands but it&#8217;s possibly their toughest since WC 2006 after fairly easy passages to the following three major tournaments, and in Hungary there&#8217;s a side that helped to deny them qualification for Mexico &#8217;86 but whom they&#8217;ve scored nine goals against in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=613&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Australian football&#8217;s formation deception</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australian football]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the performances of the Young Socceroos in the 2011 U-20 World Cup weren&#8217;t frustrating enough, the analysis in the television coverage (and much of it in the general media) capped it off. Rather than critically and primarily focusing on practical elements of playing football like off-the-ball movement, space between the lines, control and decision [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=608&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2014 WC qualifying draw – UEFA Group B and C’s key points</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group B: - Like Group A, there&#8217;s a repeat of a decisive Euro 2000 qualifying match-up in the form of Italy vs. Denmark. For two sides who hold no major cultural or historic rivalry or real geographical proximity, this is a more significant pairing than it might appear at first thanks to that Euro 2000 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=599&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2014 WC qualifying draw &#8211; UEFA Group A&#8217;s key points</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group A: - The Croatia-Serbia match-up, the first since 1999, will grab the headlines but the group as a whole is compelling and very reminiscent of Group 8 in Euro 2000 qualifying in both the teams and general difficultly. Croatia, Serbia (Yugoslavia back then and possessing Montenegrin players) and Macedonia are all together again and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=593&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2014 WC qualifying draw &#8211; Europe&#8217;s talking points in brief</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Two ostensibly weakest top seeds in Norway and to a lesser extent Greece drawn in the two weakest groups? - Strength in depth in Group A &#8211; intriguing but rather concerning for the teams involved with the worst-ranked runner-up missing out completely on the playoffs. This could work in their favour though if much [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=589&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Argentina&#8217;s Missing Link</title>
		<link>http://hiraldo.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/argentinas-missing-link/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 Copa América]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another draw, another failure for Argentina to go some way towards lifting enormous home pressure. For coach Sergio Batista it was also another night in which his side failed to achieve one of his major goals in getting the best out of Lionel Messi in the manner that Barcelona and particularly their midfield three do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=585&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tévez exclusion not the big issue for Argentina</title>
		<link>http://hiraldo.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/tevez-exclusion-not-the-big-issue-for-argentina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 06:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The likely omission of Carlos Tévez from the upcoming Copa América has attracted plenty of attention, most notably from Diego Maradona who has not missed the chance to make another bitter attack on Sergio Batista, his successor as Argentina coach. You could say you would have to be drunk or stoned to also not call [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=573&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brisbane giving the A-League more than just pretty football</title>
		<link>http://hiraldo.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/brisbane-giving-the-a-league-more-than-just-pretty-football/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australian football]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ange Postecoglou]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Briscalona, Brisbarca, Roarcelona&#8230; Call this season&#8217;s Premiers and grand final hosts what you like, but what a pleasure it&#8217;s been to watch Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s Brisbane Roar bring something new to the table after a few fairly sterile years tactically for the A-League. It&#8217;s been as heartening for the competition as it&#8217;s off-field health has been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=560&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last of the &#8220;golden&#8221; Socceroos strive for first major title</title>
		<link>http://hiraldo.wordpress.com/2011/01/30/last-of-the-golden-socceroos-strive-for-first-major-title/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:28:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2011 AFC Asian Cup]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a year in which Australian men&#8217;s football suffered its heaviest defeat in World Cup competition (0-4 vs. Germany) since their first ever qualifier in 1965, lost out comprehensively in the bidding to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup and experienced a worrying further decline in A-League crowds, the Socceroos are suddenly one game away [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=554&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burns back in the frame&#8230; for now</title>
		<link>http://hiraldo.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/burns-back-in-the-frame-for-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nathan Burns&#8217; selection in Australia&#8217;s first post-2010 World Cup squad has unsurprisingly been the most publicised call-up for the Slovenia friendly next week but it&#8217;s also significant given the paucity of goals present. Putting aside Tim Cahill, there are just 11 goals amongst the other 19 players named with Brett Holman the most prolific with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hiraldo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9179349&amp;post=543&amp;subd=hiraldo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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