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Downbeat after the match. The real problems we faced was after the third goal i felt because we lost and what organisation and we looked mentally veryjaded and very vulnerable from that moment onwards. And after the last 25 minutes it was a nightmare for us because we looked like we had no response. I think that we started well. After that arsenal were able to organise the game. We had a little problem at the game. We had a little problem at the end of the first half. But in the end of the first...

And it took a substitute of class to win the match and who else but Zlatan Ibrahimovic when he beat the offside trap to guide the ball into the net and hand Jose Mourinhos side a quarterfinal berth. They gave us a hard game. Congratulations to them at because their approach was brave, was strong, a very correct team. Martin had the game in his hands, easily but they had brilliant attitude and if we did not have these professional attitude with Everybody Playing With Focus and responsibility, we ...

The new cycloblogging year kicks off… and a look at the former World Tour team

I probably don’t have anything truly profound to add to the collective discussion of "OMG who is gonna beat Pogačar?" previews of Liège-Bastogne-Liège. It’s a very lovely race, as I have said every...

Froome hoping to see positive results from last training block in final Tour de France tune-up.

Chris Froome and his team-mates are “fully focussed on the training” during their intensive altitude camp on Tenerife, according to their coach. Froome, four-time winner of the Tour de France, is training with three of his Israel Start-Up Nation companions on the slopes of Teide, a famous volcano in the Canary Islands, as he prepares for his goals later in the season.  The riders are undergoing a tough regime of strength sessions off the bike combined with long rides up to six hours, at 2,...

Chris Froome said he “just tried to hang on” as he finished within two minutes of the leaders on the UAE Tour’s second summit finish. Froome, making his debut in Israel Start-Up Nation colours in the Middle East, is still returning to form as he continues his recovery from his serious injuries suffered in 2019.  While Froome struggled on the first mountain finish of the UAE Tour, finishing five minutes down on stage winner Tadej Pogačar at the summit of Jebel Hafeet on stage three, the ...

“He’s won six Grand Tours and I’ve won six national time trial titles.” It was pointed out to Dowsett that Froome now has seven Grand Tour titles to his name, having been awarded the 2011 Vuelta a Espana in 2019 after Juan Jose Cobo was disqualified for doping offences. “Ah the b*****,” Dowsett joked. “That’s ruined my YouTube video.” Dowsett and Froome often shared a room in their Team Sky days, but their paths quickly diverged. “We got on really well, but beyond saying hel...