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    Gambling on Jordi Cruyff

    Feb 21, 2020 2 minutes
    TIM VICKERY

    he numbers do not lie. Since South America introduced its marathon World Cup qualification programme in1996, Ecuador have picked up a total of112 points at home but just 36 away. And the contrast is especially stark in the last two successful campaigns, those of 2006 and 2014, where the team made it to Germany and Brazil. In 2006 the split of points won home

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