Ligue 1’s new ‘big two’ played out a reasonably entertaining 1-1 draw.
Laurent Blanc made three changes – Marquinhos made his first league starts in place of Alex, while in the wide positions Hervin Ongenda and Lucas Moura made way for the returning ex-Napoli duo of Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani.
Claudio Ranieri named an unchanged...
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Brazil weren’t on top form, but Paulinho’s late header sends them through to the final.
Luiz Felipe Scolari brought back Paulinho after injury kept the Tottenham target out of the victory over Italy – so Hernanes dropped to the bench.
Having changed his entire side for the win over Tahiti, Oscar Tabarez reverted to the side...
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Diego Forlan hit the winner on his 100th international appearance, as Uruguay unconvincingly defeated Nigeria.
After a terrible performance against Spain, Oscar Tabarez brought back Diego Forlan into his starting XI, completely changed his midfield duo, and switched to a back three.
Stephen Keshi swapped his two central attackers – Ideye Brown replaced Anthony Ujah, and...
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Reigning South American champions Uruguay recorded their third consecutive 1-1 home draw – their participation in Brazil remains in the balance.
Oscar Tabarez fielded a familiar core to this side – Edinson Cavani was only on the bench, with Diego Forlan behind Luis Suarez upfront, the combination that won Uruguay the Copa America final against...
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Argentina dominated the entire match, but took an hour to get the breakthrough.
Alejandro Sabella kept a similar side to the XI that drew in Peru last month, with a couple of Manchester City players replacing a couple of recent Napoli players – Pablo Zabaleta replaced Hugo Campagnaro and Sergio Aguero returned in place of...
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