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Confirmed line up: United vs Real Madeid

March 5, 2013

De Gea, Rafa, Rio, Vida, Evra, Carrick, Giggs, Cleverley, Nani, Welbeck, RvP.

Scott Patterson

Scott is the editor of RoM and has a season ticket at Old Trafford. He started The Republik of Mancunia in March 2006. Follow @R_o_M on Twitter or @R_o_M7 on Instagram.

“Congratulation to our friends in Manchester. From your friends in Madrid!”

PICTURE: Last Night’s Ref Follows Ronaldo And Real Madrid

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Sushi March 6, 2013

as for the City supporter on here....the only achievement you lot have to your name is successfully inflating the transfer market to the point that its come back to bite your own shit management in the ass.

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NBI Red Onion March 6, 2013

@ Jon Phillips Rose Hill - fck off back to liverpool bitch.

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Passmaster 16 March 6, 2013

Very proud of our boys.. Their spirit and disire were priceless.. nobody can take that away of Man.utd.. I could easly see us through with Nani on.. I bet we could score 1or2 more goals..
#VeryProud#
lets forget about the fu***** ref, the guy follows two non turkish teams on twitter, guess what? you are right, Madrid&Barca.. If i were @ old trafford i think I would have done something I would regret to him... thank God I wasnt there..

we still can win the double and we are in a far better position to do so now than any other side in EPL, so lets roll on sunday and put on good performance against chelsea..¤oneutd¤

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NBI Red Onion March 6, 2013

@ wayne - yes do go to Canada quite a bit, but Calgary is a bit of a cow tipping shithole so never been, but yes that would make you an authority on bull shit, yes I do when I get the chance go to United games, and no not a stock broker, I said I work in finance. For all I know you and half the people here could be cross dressing trannies living in timbuktu, don't give a shit, just here to talk about United.

Let me also add, I disagree with you that Maureen showed class, he behaved the same way at the Barca wins if I am not mistaken, he hates RM, he liked his other clubs and it shows, he does not care for RM so why celebrate, he did not even acknowledge his own fans, is that class? SAF always waves.

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Stupidref March 6, 2013

@NBI Red Onion, regarding your comments about Chicha will need to swallow and wait for minutes at United or better downgrade his football and play regularly for another team, I disagree with you, yes maybe Real Madrid, nor Barcelona or Bayern will take him, but unfortunately PSG, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and others will be in quarterfinals and we will need to watch it at home!. Don't get me wrong Manutd is my team but there are other teams where he can fit in without a problem... I hope he stays at united but I can't imagine his frustration being the second best goal scorer and not even playing a minute in the 2 most important games of the season???

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NBI Red Onion March 6, 2013

@ Deloa - excellent response to @ Jon Phillips, he still wont get it though.

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NBI Red Onion March 6, 2013

Bayern will hopefully flatten RM and end their decima.

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Sushi March 6, 2013

I can't believe some people actually fell for Mourinho's act he couldnt give a flying fuck he was play acting. He doesn't give the first fuck about United he only ever gives a shit about himself.

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Marq March 6, 2013

Whats with the Mourinho hate? He showed respect, acknowledged we were better, and that was that. So what if it was a show, at least he bothered, unlike so many other managers who think they are good just because they got one or two over us. Mourinho had nothing to do with Nani getting a red card, so rather than spill our bitterness everywhere unwarranted, lets show Chelsea & City who's boss. We are not the bitters, we don't moan at everything that moves, we are better than that, we rise to challenges

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Sushi March 6, 2013

I'm not bitter at Mourinho I just dont like him as a manager and would rather he stayed well clear of United. We need to invest in a young manager whose willing to stay the course with fergie as the guiding hand.

But I will say congratulations to him nonetheless he's clearly a talented manager just not my cup of tea.

onwards and upwards we still have a double to win

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samuel - united WE stand March 6, 2013

Marq - it is NOT bitterness, it's a mere disregard of the notion that mourinho was some-how honourable and classy, up to you if you want wave his flag, i and many probably will never do the same.

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Marq March 6, 2013

Well, if showing us respect (with or without motive) is not honorable, then what is? Asking for a replay? I know Mourinho is in the bad books of some people, but to disregard any respect shown to us would make us look like spoilt brats. We should be a class act and just acknowledge it, thank it, and just move on. Who cares what he has in mind, if Sir Alex rates him, he will get the job. Fans must never ever have any say at all in who should be our next manager.

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Red10 March 6, 2013

My question is: what was the referee thinking? At the moment there is a lot of talk about match fixing and I do find it quite interesting that twice mourinho has beaten United thanks to refereeing decisions.

Tonight's game completely changed after that red. The player's attitudes changed, the tactics changed, the atmosphere changed. I feel drained and completely angry by this. I could have accepted an even, fair loss, but this? This is just something that infuriates me, and especially since there is absolutely no recourse for it whatsoever.

I just hope that somebody whoops those spanish fascists.

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samuel - united WE stand March 6, 2013

United rendered real clueless. They seem a one dimensional team that relies heavily on the counter attack. Yes they have world class players everywhere but as a team, they have only one way and united sussed them out. Suffocate the space and gaps and they struggle to find a way. That goal set united up well, they would have needed to go gung-ho as the game drawn to a close. in nani and welbeck, united had ball carriers with blistering pace and skill, they would have got caught out and yes, united would inevitably concede at some point, with 11 men, we would have scored too but united were strong defensively, mainly controlling the game in terms of how we laid our tactics and sir cunt from turkey thought it was time to play poker or in another way, take into full effect the bribe he has been paid to fix another pathway to the champions league title for "los virus", i mean the other 9 CL they won with their dictator in charge is not enough, we must add to the cabinet of los virus, we must at all cost (including a couple of "chat" in a private jet) says michele plateeeeni. The loss is so difficult to take but must bounce back and drive on in the two remaining competition.

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samuel - united WE stand March 6, 2013

Fans may not have a say in what manager comes in but believe it, they can drive the manager out. Being classy can be expressed in different ways in life, disgregarding what mourinho and his comrades have to say is a matter of choice and i think vast proportions of united fans agree. Ronaldo can dump his "love" for united in a sack of shit as wel, if he loved united, he would never have left a club that once cherished him, he's just another player hoping to have long standing respect from his ex team, he bagged two crucial goals and we would be naive to assume he won't be making a champagne toast to knocking united out on his old stomping ground, i've had enough of all the so called "ronaldo come home", he hails from sunny madeira, couldn't give less of a fuck about manchester, he's got what he wanted and needs to stick to his new team that has relieved him off supposed "slavery", yes because that term does not help some modern players being highlighted as primadonnas.

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JorgeCurioso March 6, 2013

Fergie seems to like Mourinho a whole lot more than some commenters...

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Marq March 6, 2013

@samuel

Of course fans can drive managers out. But it is exactly this reason why they must never have a say in the first place. The only common way forward is to trust Sir Alex. Any other way and you will find that there will be opinions. The last thing we want is to create a bad atmosphere for the next manager. As it is now, there is a good chance Mourinho will be next, so do we want to do what Chelsea fans did to Benitez?

I do agree with you on the crazy clamour on bringing Ronaldo back. Yes he can improve us, but for me, the love affair is over, no looking back. We are doing fine without him, and right now, it just feels like we are 1 player in the middle of the park away from being perfect.

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zigoo March 6, 2013

am so upset

we had that game in the bad

11 vs 11 it was ours...then the ref...wtfffffffff was he thinking...thats crazy...fucking cunt

turns out hes followin real on twitter....as the only foreign team he follows~~~!!! wtffff ppl!

we gta move on..

the league n fa cup on the horizons...lets get em

so sad we had a real chance of liftin this cup this yr

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuk

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zigoo March 6, 2013

the same ref who tried to KO chelsea himself last yr by sendin off terry n givin barca a pen...nt to mention endless decisions go their way

its a spanish conspiracy,he has higher links with spanish officials,and even reffed the spain portugal game in euro 2012,to the anger of the portuguese.(i read it in a artical)

lads,i wd not be surprised if barca went thru vs milan thru some bad decisions and they play real in the final...

this cekir guy is crazy...did anyone see evras penalty claim at the end?ramos just fukin knocked the hell out of him without even gettin close to the ball....wtfffffffffffffff not even a wink from the ref

CUNT

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StatesideAussie March 6, 2013

I can't predict who the next manager will be. But I can predict two things very confidentally:

1. Regardless of who the new manager is, if he does well then the majority of fans will back him, including those who are initially opposed to him. Can anyone honestly say that if someone like Mauren took over and in his first five years (for example) won 3 PL titles (coming second the other two), a CL (or even two) and an FA Cup, that you would still want him out? Perhaps some of you feel that way now, but my bet is you'd change your tune.

2. Regardless of who the new manager is, if he does NOT do well, the majority of fans will want him out, including those who initially support him. If a Giggs or OGS took over and in his first 5 years failed to win the PL or the CL (eith maybe only an FA Cup to show), would you still support him? What if we dropped out of the top 4 and Europe? If we became a mid-table team (don't forget, it's only a few years since the Dippers were a top 4 team and need I remind you where they are now?).

We're fans. Fans are fickle. End of. Cheers!

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StatesideAussie March 6, 2013

Oh, and I meant to add ... have we forgotten that were plenty of fans who wanted SAF out in his first few years? The club made their decision to hire him and then they stood by him. (That's one of the things that distinguishes United from the rest.) And when Sir Bobby says that there was never any consideration to dumping SAF in those bleak times (despite what the fans wanted), I believe him.

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zigoo March 6, 2013

i dont understand how the talk went from the disaster that happend to nani to talk of replacing the great sir

sir alex tactically got it spot on and outplayed his counterpart...we were the much better team in both legs...fergie got his decision to drop roo and kagawa spot on as welbeck and nani were ripping real madrid on the counter...

u fickle little fuckers sir alex is still here and long may it continue...till he goes dont talk of replacing him

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StatesideAussie March 6, 2013

Zigoo ... there's no talk of replacing SAF. At least, not by me. The subject came up because some on here liked what Maureen responded after the match, and others say he's a cunt who should never be allowed into OT. So it's not talk about replacing SAF in any imminent sense, it's just idle banter about the prospect of Maureen taking over once SAF decides to step down (which I hope won't be for years yet).

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Corea March 6, 2013

Hope we clinch that 20th EPL title as soon as possible and play youngsters for the last 3-4 games of the season. And the smile on our faces will be back again.
And of course Chelsea on sunday. Not sure though how yesterdays' disaster might affect the lads.
Hope OT will turn up on sunday.

We conceded unnecessary goals, Fergie might or should reacted to the sending off but who wants to discuss these things right now.

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kel March 6, 2013

The match was awesome not for the result but for the spirit of the team, the crowd, the manager.

I have to mention that all 11 players was awesome. They stick to the tactics from Sir Alex, and work their socks off. They play with fighting spirit and was the better team even though Madrid had the most of the possession.

Nani red card was harsh, he didnt even know there is players coming in from behind, do you let the ball fly pass you or you jump to control the ball down.

We was on counter attacking and the ball fall to Nani who i thought play awesomely well. Never did he make one mistake or waste one chance. I was proud of him for what he did and he create trouble for the opponent.

The opponent make it a point to win with ugly tactics. I believe they cant win which is why they are play acting. Spanish league are like this, whoever acts well will win the game.

On why welbeck was chosen before Chicarito, Welbeck job was to nulify Alonso attack and dictate the tempo. He did very well until the red card where we are one man down and Alonso had time and space more.

I am proud of the team and i believe Nani has won many over with his above average display. I hope he can sign the new contract as we have been shown what a good player he is.

Like Mourinho mention, 11 v 11, we could have win.

We can only move on from here.

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Shebangsthedrums March 6, 2013

Morning reds. I'm still in shock, f**k that ref. I'm so very proud, at least the world saw how good a team we are, even when some of our own fans have doubted it. Anyone calling for Sir Alex to go, be careful what you wish for. My initial thought after the game was that I hope that means Fergie is here for at least another year. As for Rooney, until the Nani red, the decision to leave him out was working. I support Rooney as long as he wears reds, but it's not the same ever since he played the big I am, I'm not worried if he goes, United move on, that's been shown time and time again. Oh and Roy Keane can do one aswell, how bitter has he become!

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lordrt March 6, 2013

Looks like the Rooney rumours to PSG are strengthening, with him starting on the bench in such a big game. Yes he's shown some disrespect to the club for the new contract, but the spirit he has and willingness to trackback and defend leaving his forward position is very difficult to find in many players. We lost, but all goes down to that red card which unsettled things up on the United end and kicked Real in action.
And for once Mourinho behaved like a gentleman, although while walking away before the final whistle some fans were abusing him, lol.
But now not to dwell on this and let's move on to the crucial game against the FSW and his rent boys, kill them off this time I say, but definitely need not start RvP, the man seems lost for a couple of games now, and I would like to see Chicha and Rooney tear apart chelski along with Kagawa and the likes of Young and Valencia

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Bobby Charlton's combover March 6, 2013

Shocked. Red Card? Wasn't even a foul. I was expecting a drop ball.
Rooney was shit when he came on and Fergie was justified in his selection as they all did really well
especially Giggs. 40 Years old eh?

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Mr C March 6, 2013

The day after the night before. Our tactics blunted Real's game, 11 v 11, and our boys worked their socks off but in reality Real were always likely to score sooner or later, so we had to go for the win. This being so we had to take our chances when they came, but didn't or couldn't. So when Nani got sent off by that cunt of a ref it was game over...not enough margin to park to bus..There are lessons in there somewhere. Those turning over in my mind are 'always play to your strengths' or whether it pays at home to start with 2 of your 3 most potent strikers on the bench.

Ah fuck it. Sod the analysis and blame the ref, which is fair. The long and the short of it is that the ref fucked up an otherwise good contest.

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Hans March 6, 2013

Yes we were hard done by a Turkish cunt is a Real Madrid fan (otherwise why follow them on his Twitter account), but cannot help the feeling that those missed chances at Bernabeu came back to haunt us!

Once down to ten men we had absolutely no chance, despite creating 4 good chances to equalise. You felt that they could score more if necessary. Even had we gone in front again, the Turkish cunt would have made sure his beloved team went through!!!!

We all now that UEFA is a useless organisation run by cunts, but one could have never predicted that they would give an obvious Real Madrid fan to referee a Real Madrid match?

Anyway, this is history now, and we should no try and do the domestic double. It will be interesting to see Rooney's behaviour now! Is he going to be one of the lads or will he force himself out of OT!!!!

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FletchTHEMAN March 6, 2013

Morning Reds. Feels like a Cunyet kind of day. Talking about poor UEFA referees ..... again.

But rather talk about the reds, how good was Giggs!
Lads can only focus on being brilliant one game at a time. We need to beat Chelsea, and better if we do it decisively. That will put some swagger into it.

Hope Rafa was watching Mourinho. Don't usually say good things about Mourinho, but he didn't say much wrong in his english interviews. Some of the French and Spanish ones were less forgiving though.

Anyway, need to clean some dirty laundry, then ready to sink a ship called Chelsea.

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joey.1 March 6, 2013

that turkish CUNT fucked us over.

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Fadi March 6, 2013

hallo blogger , did u know that a major match was played yesterday ! i dont how is this considered a major red devils-blog , where the last article ( line up ) was submitted almost 12 hrs ago !!! ....too slow ... everybody is talking about the match , the bloody ref , the red card ....etc ....and on this blog u dont c a thing ....

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gexmex March 6, 2013

some post night reflections:
1. Where does Welbeck fit?. Conventional wisdom says that he is a very good player. Agreed. But what is his role? Obviously he is not a striker, since I have seen CBs with better finishing. He is not a "10" player, he lacks the creativity. He runs fast, and he is good at keeping the ball. Yesterday he was given a specific task of pressuring Alonso and did it with honours. But how many teams play with an Alonso type of player? So where does he fit?
2. What about rotation. RVP is a very tired striker, and his body is demanding some rest. So why did he appear against Norwich, what was the point? Punishing Hernandez for whatever he has done? Was Norwich such a threat? RVP was brought to the team with the CL in mind, not to win games against Norwich. Chicharito would had been more than enough to do that.
3. Hernandez. SAF must have his reasons, but it's obvious that Chicharito is no longer in his plans, and has no future with the team. I doubt he will be playing much til the end of the season, when he will be packing. I don't think he will be moving to Spain, and I just hope he does not go to Arsenal or the scousers.
4. Finally, Anderson. He was not even on the bench. Same like with Hernandez, there must be a reason. Valencia is having a horrid season, and yet one of the best midfielders, who could inject force and pace was left out.

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FletchTHEMAN March 6, 2013

Arthur Albiston on SkySports Radio says Albeola made a meal of it.

Shouldn't have been on the pitch actually. Made a shocking tackle on Nani in the first half.

At any rate, Nani gave the ref the opportunity and at 1-0 you always have the tie in the balance.
Bad day at the office in the end.

Hope Cakir doesn't get another game against English teams.
5 red cards, all to english teams? What is that about!

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Proverb March 6, 2013

We need to cool our heads down and focus on chelsea
That for me was like a win, I felt bad and nearly cried I must admit but then realised, this crap referees and UEFA at it have an agenda against english teams, its their competition so why feel bad about it, they make the rules and get to decide how they want their competition to flow so why cry
In footballing terms we outclassed those cheats, we outplayed them, we created the most chances
We had a good shout for a penalty denied
We still had the fire power after that harshest of sending off so why fucking bother, atleast we showed what we are made of.....

So let's fucking move forward, chelsea next hopefully the lads will fired up to prove a point

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slim March 6, 2013

Gecmex anotherhernandez wanker. Getting pretty sick of them

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TheRadLegion March 6, 2013

Where will your loyalty be if Hernandez was shipped out?

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zunaid ally March 6, 2013

I am gutted today. The officiating over the two legs has been awful. The failure to send Varane off in the first leg when he brought Evra down, as well as last night's decision, have been decisive.

But most of my anger today has been directed at Roy Fucking Keane. LEGEND MY ARSE. HE IS A BITTER FUCKING KNOB WHO STILL CAN'T ACCEPT THAT HE WAS SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS AND SHOWN THE DOOR AT UNITED. ALL HIS COMMENTS/"EXPERT ANALYSES" CONCERNING UNITED SHOW HOW MUCH OF EMNITY HE HARBOURS TOWARDS THE WIZARD. UNLIKE RUUD AND BECKS WHO ALSO HAD RUN-IN'S WITH THE GAFFER, HE LACKS CLASS.

HE HAS FAILED MISERABLY AS A MANAGER, HE CAN'T GET A JOB AT LOWLY BLACKBURN AND FOREST, SO THE DUMBWIT CAN ONLY REMAIN IN THE SPOTLIGHT BY SLATING OUR PLAYERS ,MANAGER AND TEAM.

GET A LIFE, YOU FUCKING CUNT, GET INTO BED WITH YOUR MATES DONKEY QUINN AND MICK MCCARTHY, AND DON'T COMMENT ON OUR CLUB.

RED TILL I'M DEAD!

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mara March 6, 2013

@ In david we trust
I didnt say that middle was bad, i said that we need to refresh our middle. I don t think that Giggs can play until 50...like i said 11 vs 11 RM could play 3 days, and they wouldnt score. I felt that we dont have to worey about missing chances as long as we makeing them, because RM cant do nothing to us.
But second goal....they attack us twice on the same way, and we wasnt careful about that, third time they scored. But tactic was great, i never seen RM so unpowerful against us. Their short passes didnt work, wich we had problem in the past with that kind of game. Ref is guilty, but also we are, we could score. And their goalkeeper, wasnt that good. Some shoots on goal was in his body, so that was reason why he saved some balls.

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g-man March 6, 2013

"Bring it on cunt Rafa".

I like.

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denton davey March 6, 2013

Hans @ 08:20: "cannot help the feeling that those missed chances at Bernabeu came back to haunt us!"

Totally, totally agree.

In these two-leg affairs where away-goals count double, the two misses by RVP and the screw-up by TheLegend were damned-near disastrous. Add to that the non-call against Varane when he pulled down Evra who was through on goal and you have a perfect storm that made last night's match so much in jeopardy.

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DreadedRed March 8, 2013

NBI Red Onion is a liar. I have never been banned. I only visit United blogs, unless a pertinent article is linked from here. I have never commented on any non-United blog.

In fact, RoM has published various articles that I have written and submitted. It's hardly likely that Scott would publish articles by a banned individual. I still use the same email address as I have used on RoM since the beginning.

If you want confirmation from Scott, mail him directly.

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UNITED March 11, 2013

@Scott- i love reading this blog but dont be puss when united loose a big game. We want match reactions after every game.

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