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A selection of FirstTouch's best football writing, brought to you by emerging journalists, collaborators, and fans.
Hazard, Griezmann, De Jong, Vinicius: What's in store for the next era of El Clásico?
Same old destiny changing El Clásico, the best of rivalries but new season and definitely new faces. Hazard to rival Messi? Or should we just look at the exciting youth talents of Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior, Frenkie de Jong, Junior Firpo amongst others? Yes, it’s about that Real Madrid & Barcelona clash but with the ability to decide the fate of the La Liga title or any other top flight titles. All we can is, popcorn please!
The Ivorian attack can give anyone a run for their money at AFCON 2019
All of Lyon’s Cornet, Crystal Palace’s Zaha and Nicolas Pepe of Lille wear the same national colors, that is the Elephants’ orange. How do you stop that kind of attack, if at all?
Moussa "The Beast" Marega, Africa's biggest winner in the UCL so far?
Salah and Mane have not been at their best in the 2018/19 Champions League season so far. However, the show must go on and in have stepped FC Porto and Mali’s Marega along with a few others.
FT Pause Moment: Should "dummies" be considered as assists? Inspired by Suarez
FirstTouch’s Pause captures rare moments of the global game of football that inspires new thinking, laughter, controversies amongst many other things worth pausing for. This week, we feature Luis Suarez’s role in Barca’s 4-2 Champions League win over Tottenham. Could he be hinting at a development worth considering? Check it out.
Klopp Calls on the 12th Player to Make All the Difference
In their last Champions League outing, Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool gave up a 3-0 lead to eventually draw 3-3 with Sevilla in Spain suspending their qualification to the next round.