World Soccer

New stars in town

For the second time in less than six months, the headlines in Qatar belong to a certain South American country. “Argentines are lucky in Qatar,” said Hernan Crespo in May after his Al Duhail side were crowned champions of the Qatar Stars League.

The former Parma, Lazio, Inter, Chelsea and Milan striker won plenty of trophies as a player and is doing pretty well as a coach too, collecting silverware in his homeland with Defensa y Justicia and then in Brazil with

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