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After England had completely dominated the first half tonight in Montenegro, and Wayne Rooney hit the post and then scored in the sixth minute, an excellent comeback by Montenegro in the second half, when the roles were almost reversed, had the home side equalizing after 75 minutes through substitute Damjanovic, and the game ended up [...]

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One way you can tell if a player really wants to improve his game is whether he’s honest and straight forward with himself about his game, and certainly Moussa Sissoko seems to know both his strengths and weaknesses, and he certainly wants to improve as a footballer – and we expect he will – big [...]

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Shane Ferguson played on the left wing for Northern Ireland last night in Belfast in the  1-1 draw in the World Cup qualifying game with Azerbaijan. David Healy scores equalizer in injury time last night for Northern Ireland

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It looks like both Patrice Evra and Newcastle’s Yohan Cabaye should be fit for France’s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier in Madrid,  Spain tomorrow night, or so says new France manager and former France captain – Didier Deschamps. Yohan Cabaye – fit to play tomorrow night in Madrid

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We always wondered why Shane Ferguson took so long to get back playing in the Newcastle first team again, after looking so good about 18 months ago when he made  a few outstanding appearances at left back, although he’s had quite a few injuries over the last year or so. Shane Ferguson tackles Shinji Kagawa on Sunday

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Newcastle left full-back Davide Santon has been playing very well for the club this season, and he has obviously improved a lot since last season, his first in England, and it seems he is now getting used to the fast pace of English football, and the lad’s looking a very good player in the black and white striped shirt. [...]

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While England were struggling last night at home to Ukraine and managed to come away only with a 1-1 draw, Yohan Cabaye and France were finding things a bit easier in Paris, as they beat Belarus 3-1 in a comfortable win, with Yohan again starting in the center of midfield for France. Yohan Cabaye – [...]

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In Roy Hodgson’s first game at Wembley as the England manager, he only just managed from suffering a rare home defeat,  when a Frank Lampard penalty equalized the scores at 1-1 with just three minutes of normal time remaining, after Ukraine had gone ahead with a magnificent strike from Yevhen Konoplyanka after 38 minutes

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