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Football news that overlaps a little, as horsjeu.be tells it: Pro League, Red Devils, Europe and transfers, by four fictional columnists. Every dispatch is read on horsjeu.be.
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Bochum ban fans from jumping in the stand until 2028: Freddy revises his pressing
VfL Bochum, in the German second division, announced on Wednesday a “springverbod” (jumping ban) for its home supporters, valid from the following weekend until 2028 at least. A firm of engineers found…
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Auxerre invite their critic to Will Still’s training: Marcel preferred the letters page
AJ Auxerre invited RMC Sport pundit Maxime Chanot to put his views to Will Still, whom he had criticised. The result of the exchange is due to be published soon on RMC…
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Leipzig win every home game and fumble the Currywurst: Nadine has two temperatures
Hundreds of RB Leipzig supporters have criticised the catering at the Red Bull Arena, now run by the Levy group. The club admits some products fall short of its expectations and promises…
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Gent lose their video analyst before Zulte, Freddy’s side films from the clubhouse bar
Kürsat Kaplan, a 37-year-old video analyst, leaves KAA Gent with immediate effect after five years to join Burak Yilmaz’s staff at Çorum FK, in the Turkish top flight. Gent, joint leaders, travel…
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Adrie Koster, 71, takes over an amateur side: Marcel salutes a man his age
Adrie Koster, a 71-year-old Dutchman who has coached Club Brugge and Ajax, now manages the Schouws elftal, an amateur side that plays professional clubs in pre-season. In 1977 he was spotted playing…
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Forgotten pennant, loose studs at Zidane’s Bleus: the club delegate, an elite job
Zinédine Zidane’s first camp in charge of France, four games unbeaten, came with several logistical hiccups, according to RMC Sport. A forgotten pennant had to be fetched in a hurry from the…
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Bochum ban synchronised jumping in the East Stand: Louise looks for the trampoline rule
VfL Bochum, a club in the 2. Bundesliga (Germany’s second tier), bans all synchronised movement in the standing area of the Ruhrstadion’s East Stand from 11 October. An engineers’ report describes a…
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Ronaldo warmed up and never came on in Norway, Freddy reopens his substitutions folder
Left on the bench against Norway after a long warm-up, Cristiano Ronaldo walked out of the Portugal camp. In his statement, he says Jorge Jesus was to admit that mistake at a…
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Ronaldo “available” but absent while Jesus stays: Louise looks for the misunderstanding
According to CNN Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo will not return to the national team as long as Jorge Jesus is the head coach. In his statement the player says he is available, though,…
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Montella says “the result is not positive”, Marcel hails an old-school understatement
After Turkey’s 3-1 defeat in Bologna, their fourth in a row, Vincenzo Montella said the result was not positive. Booed by his own supporters, he asked people to trust him.
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Tuchel holds several meetings to find courage, Freddy holds one, standing up
Knocked out by Argentina in the World Cup semi-final after switching to five defenders at 1-0, England lost 2-3 to Spain, then beat Croatia 7-0 in the Nations League. Thomas Tuchel says…
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Eden Hazard finishes a cycling race with bib 378, Marcel approves of the silence
Eden Hazard, 35, rode the whole Marcha Herrada in Cuenca, a Spanish amateur cycling race, wearing bib 378. According to Voetbalkrant, he went almost unnoticed until the organisers shared a photo of…