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This week, I focus on two teams who will play in the UK this week. Athletic Club got a 0-0 that helps their season-long aims and welcomed back their top gun - but their best player is way off the pace. The champions, meanwhile, had a shocker. But in the Champions League? It’s usually a different Madrid.

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