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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Oh Jürgen! Mixed fortunes for the Nations League’s fab four

Jürgen Klopp
Jürgen Klopp somehow manages to keep his hat on in the historic defeat by Greece. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

GREECE LIGHTNIN’

This time last week, Football Daily romanticised a continental renaissance of sorts. The arrival of Jürgen Klopp, Zinedine Zidane and Xavi Hernández on the international management scene piqued our interest. We were also impressed by the clanging brass stones of Roberto Mancini, who returned to the Italy ejector-seat three years after abruptly pulling the lever and abandoning his country in order to take the Saudi riyal. Two games in and it’s time to appraise the respective early efforts of this glitzy A-list quartet of trophy-hoarding aristocrats, one of whom has had a somewhat chastening introduction to life in the international lane. Oh Jürgen!

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