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After a lengthy closed season – the A-League is upon us once again. Considering the return of Socceroos such as Harry Kewell, Brett Emerton and Dario Vidosic, many are expecting this to be the best season of the league ever! We preview every club, interview a player from every team and our panel of experts make their predictions for the season.
Elsewhere, we speak to rising Socceroo James Troisi from Turkey, Wayne Rooney chats to us about his new hair and winning title number 20 this year, we go behind the scenes at Barcelona to discover what Pep Guardiola is really like and our series of features assessing youth development starts at Dutch giants Ajax.
Also in this issue:
- One-on-One: Marco Materazzi - Known as ‘the Matrix’, the Italian World Cup-winner reloads to answer your questions
- And Another Thing: Matchday Saturday crew - Adam, Robbie and Bozza sit down and tell us how they see Season Seven of the A-League panning out
Up Front
- Top 10 cost-cutting measures - “Sack the fake Santa, boys, Christmas is cancelled”, and other mad penny-pinching initiatives
- Michael Lynch - The A-League is the most closely-contested code in Australia. And the AFL are worried…
- At the End of the Day: Terry Venables - The former Socceroos coach on his glory years in the dugout and political football
- Simon Hill - Ange Postecoglou might be basking in glory now, but history shows that success is fleeting in the A-League
Planet Football
- Taser used on player as he rejoices with the fans!
- Deco: why the Brazilian league is the best
- River’s weird relegation
Performance
- Meditate like Messi – it’s all in the mind
- Jordan Henderson’s pre-season masterclass
- The personalities every team needs to succeed
- How to score from a free-kick
- Whipping it in from a corner