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New Fernando Torres scare exposes Rafa Benítez's sub-prime deals | 				Sport | 				The Guardian
New Fernando Torres scare exposes Rafa Benítez's sub-prime deals | Sport | The Guardian
Rafael Benítez Rafael Benítez has to pick a side to face Lyon from a squad depleted by injuries. Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA
Fernando Torres at risk to face Lyon as Rafael Benítez's gamble backfires | 				Football | 				The Guardian
Fernando Torres at risk to face Lyon as Rafael Benítez's gamble backfires | Football ...
guardian.co.uk — Fernando Torres, Fulham v Liverpool Liverpool's manager Rafael Benítez substitutes Fernando Torres during the second half at... Fulham on Saturday. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images (more) Fernando Torres at risk to face Lyon as Rafael Benítez's ...
Rafael Benítez hoping Lyon gamble will save season following Liverpool's defeat to Fulham
Rafael Benítez hoping Lyon gamble will save season following Liverpool's defeat to Fulham
telegraph.co.uk — A sixth defeat in seven games and most importantly the fifth loss in just 11 Premier League... games leaves Liverpool in crisis. (more) Rafael Benítez hoping Lyon gamble will save season ...
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Fernando Torres faces possible surgery
SoccerBlog.com — ... It is almost cruel to pile on Rafa at this point. And it is silly to accuse him of making these bargain basement deals when the same defensive unit playing healthy gave up just 27 goals last season. As an Arsenal fan, I am ecstatic that Thomas Vermaelen and William Gallas are combining so well but we are a few injuries from Mikael Silvestre. ...

“The real challenge is to work out what to do as an alternative, to make sense of a post-Rafa landscape” - Matt Dickinson
101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more — ... Showing little sympathy however for Benitez’s plight as manager of the walking wounded is Andy Hunter. “No squad in the country is immune to 10 absent players plus the finest talent available hobbling with injury, as is currently the case with Torres. Although, and this is the failure costing Benítez most of all, it is doubtful any club with consistent Champions League income and designs on the title would enter a season with such woeful cover for their one world-class, and injury-plagued, striker.” ...

Some News for Tue Nov 3, 2009
du Nord — ... lead is the largest of all time in Serie A after 11 games played. EUROPE The Telegraph talks to UEFA president Michel Plantini about his vision for the future of European football. UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Several articles from the Guardian: -Jonathan Wilson: CSKA Moscow go Russian with Leonid Slutsky after foreign experiment fails -Sid Lowe: Are 'madhouse' Atlético Madrid the worst run club in Europe? -New Fernando Torres scare exposes Rafa Benítez's sub-prime deals -Rafael ...

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