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As it happened, Arne Slot started Harvey Elliott, Wataru Endo and Jarrell Quansah, almost as a reward to three guys who contributed to the title, but were simply often shut out of the lineup by better players.

The upshot was a pretty evident lack of chemistry, motivation and, perhaps, a mental and emotional hangover from the just crowned champions.

Tweaks that, with a traditional right back, they no longer have to make, freeing up Slot to further grow this team from a tactical perspective.

Every goodbye can be an opportunity.

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How would Trent fit in at Real Madrid with Alonso in charge?

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I'm not going to crown them just yet because stranger things have happened, but it's pretty evident that Napoli have one hand (and three or four fingers of the other) on the Serie A title.

Once again, he's on the verge of winning the title in his first season at a club, just as he did at Juventus, Inter and Chelsea.

Because for all the bitterness of what went wrong this season -- starting with the elimination from the Champions League (with a final in Munich no less) at the hands of Inter -- it might have been far worse without Kompany at the helm.

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The game loves its narratives, so you can imagine what might have been if Valladolid had hung on: talk of arrogance and negativity and enough controversy to derail the second leg against Inter in the Champions League, not to mention the prospect of Real Madrid moving within a point and with a shot of nosing ahead after next week's Clásico.

Real Madrid make life hard for themselves (again) in 3-2 win: Between injuries, suspensions, uncertainty and despair, Real Madrid are running on fumes right now, so maybe it would be best to just focus on the positives.
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