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The older category-C hooligans have gone, for the most part, and in their place it's a new breed of younger fans, largely 19 to 25, who aren't as dangerous but compensate for that by embracing an anything-goes, stag-weekend mindset, where they take pride in acting badly and regard England excursions as a piece of escapism. Numerous replies came back telling the FA to stop being spoilsports, arguing that the behavior has they enjoyed it when its members were emailed by the travel team of the FA following the Germany game. The challenging part is breaking that kind of mindset and possibly Southgate and his players missed a trick once the alternative, as their equivalents in Germany, has...

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If Everton is to break through the Premier League's glass ceiling and then move upward to the top six at a certain stage they will have to begin beating the teams likely to finish above them. There was no indication of that here. Tottenham swatted the struggle of Everton off with ease, leaving Ronald Koeman to signify that summer that was considerable spending doesn't seem to have made the job. That's hardly an exclusive: Tottenham have looked the role for many seasons now, but lest anyone underestimate Mauricio Pochettino's players after an opening. Davinson Sánchez, creating a good start as the central defender in a back three and looking as comfortable as if he'd been there all his life,...

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By using their title rivals from Madrid, Real and Atlético, having lost points with draws earlier in the afternoon, Barcelona were seeking to strike an early blow on a peak of the table. Messi put Barcelona in their way with the opening goal after 26 minutes, though he looked to have been offside. 10 minutes doubled the lead and finished his hat-trick just. Gerard Piqué's header made it 4-0 with three minutes left until the £96.8m registering Dembélé, on as a late replacement, laid a fifth on a plate for Suárez in stoppage time to round off a quick team movement starting from Marc-André ter Stegen in the target. The comprehensive win puts Barcelona, who sponsor Juventus in the Champions...

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