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By Will Ford Posted on Mar 28, 2014July 6, 2016

El Classico and The Advantage of Diving

Anyone watching El Classico last weekend will have been completely consumed by it. The one-touch passing, brilliant vision and use of space, the way Di Maria tormented Dani Alves for … Continue reading El Classico and The Advantage of Diving

Categories: FootballTags: Advantage, Diving, El Classico, Football, La Liga, Neymar, Referee, Sergio Ramos

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