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FROM THE EDITOR
Ukraine’s emotional return to Euros
Qatar locked in as Under-17 World Cup host
Latest setback for ESL
The month in numbers • The month numbers Eye-catching facts and stats from the world of football this month…
The problem with Casement Park • The UK and Ireland’s bid to host the European Championship in 2028 has one glaring issue
BOOKS THIS MONTH
A three-horse race • This season’s Premier League title race is the tightest in 14 years
OBITUARIES
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE • 35 Moves That Caught Our Eye This Month
ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA
OCEANIA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE • As the 2024 OFC Champions League prepares for kick-off, a new tournament is on the horizon for Oceanian clubs
STUCK IN SECOND TIER • Everywhere you look in German football there are teams who have seen better days. Nick Bidwell takes a closer look at some of the 2. Bundesliga’s fallen giants
30 IN-DEMAND COACHES • Ahead of a summer that will be packed with lots of managerial moves and rumours, Nick Bidwell takes a closer look at the most in-demand coaches
‘An elite coach any club would love to employ’
FREE AGENTS
‘Sporting’s first league title winner in 19 years’
‘When he says he is in his dream job, he means it’
‘De Zerbi’s Brighton resembles Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City’
‘The perceived brains behind Germany’s 2014 World Cup win’
‘One of the best readers of the game on the continent’
‘Innovative with a scintillating brand of attacking football’
REST OF THE WORLD
THE CENTURION • Internazionale’s captain and talisman is enjoying the best season of his career
INTERNATIONAL ROUND-UP • World Soccer takes a closer look at some of the standout stories from March’s international break…
POLAND, UKRAINE AND GEORGIA COMPLETE EURO 2024 LINE-UP
WAIT GOES ON FOR SAN MARINO WIN
USA MAKE IT THREE FROM THREE IN CONCACAF NATIONS LEAGUE
CANADA AND COSTA RICA JOIN COPA PARTY IN THE USA
RUSSIA HOST FIRST UEFA OPPONENT SINCE UKRAINE INVASION
ROUND-UP
COLE AS ICE • The rise of Chelsea’s ice-cold attacking superstar
RE-LIVING THE REPLAY • Twenty-five years on from Manchester United and Arsenal’s famous FA Cup semi-final tie, Ryan Baldi speaks to the players that made it one of the defining moments of the era
“To get out of our group, we will need to play fantastic football” • The Hungary coach discusses how his team is shaping up ahead of this summer’s European Championship
“I’m looking forward to this new chapter” • The former Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper and France World Cup winner discusses his decision to cross the Atlantic and sign for MLS giants Los Angeles FC
“With 48 teams at the World Cup, a quarter of the matches won’t be interesting” • The experienced Slovenian coach, who guided his home country to qualification for Euro 2000 and the 2002 World...