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Gerrard confident of progress
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard admits the Reds’ group for the Europa League will be difficult but is confident they can reach the knockout stage of the competition (Liverpool 11/1 Europa League outright).
Roy Hodgson’s side survived a scare in Turkey on Thursday night against Trabzonspor, going a goal down early on before an own goal and [...]
Holloway confident of survival
Blackpool manager Ian Holloway is on the verge of signing a new two-year contract and believes the Seasiders (3/1 to beat Wigan on Saturday) will be able to survive this season despite the difficult build-up to the campaign.
The north-west club make their triumphant return to the top flight of English football on Saturday when they [...]
Fletcher confident of success
Darren Fletcher says he is confident that Manchester United have enough star quality to reclaim the Premier League title next season (United 5/2 to win Premier League title).
The Scotland midfielder is well known for his hard working, spoiling style and his play has even been labelled “anti-football” by some correspondents.
However, he is fully aware of [...]
Milito confident of Masch deal
Diego Milito believes his Argentinian team-mate Javier Mascherano will leave Liverpool (12/1 to win the Premier League) and join him at Inter Milan.
New Inter boss Rafael Benitez wants Mascherano to follow him from Anfield and the midfielder has yet to speak to new Liverpool chief Roy Hodgson about his future, despite the Reds boss’ attempts [...]
Xavi confident goals will come
Midfielder Xavi is confident that his team-mates can find their shooting boots and score the goals that will propel Spain to their first ever World Cup title (Spain 21/20 to win World Cup final).
The Spaniards take on Holland in the showpiece final on Sunday evening in Johannesburg hoping to shake off the tag as the [...]
Frei confident Swiss can grab goals
Striker Alexander Frei believes Switzerland are capable of meeting their goals target to qualify for the next phase of the World Cup (Switzerland 8/15, Honduras 11/2, draw 3/1).
The Swiss captain said his team, who need to win by two clear goals to make it through to the last 16, were focusing on that target.
A draw [...]
Socceroos confident on Kewell
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Australia star Harry Kewell has been backed to return to full fitness before the World Cup starts (Australia 150/1 to win the World Cup).
Coach Pim Verbeek said he was happy with the way the Galatasaray forward is recovering, [...]
Lippi confident of repeat win
It is 48 years since a country successfully defended a World Cup – when Brazil sealed back-to-back triumphs – but Marcello Lippi believes Italy (12/1 to win the tournament) can repeat that feat.
Lippi acknowledges that his current squad is not the most talented bunch of players he has ever worked with.
But he talked up Italy’s [...]
Wenger confident stars will stay