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Organisation: Villa-Boas

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Andre Villas-Boas has challenged Tottenham to show they are capable of cutting it in the Champions League by beating Lyon tonight (8.05pm, live on Setanta, ITV).

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Bridge over troubled water
Villas-Boas: Abramovich still backs me

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS has refused to accept he is fighting to keep his job as Stamford Bridge after Chelsea lost two home games in a row for the first time in the Roman Abramovich era — and has instead claimed the club’s notoriously twitchy owner is behind him.

Mon, 21 Nov, 2011

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Thu, 11 Aug, 2011

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