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[email protected] Facebook: Goalden Times http://www.facebook.com/pages/GOALden-Times/160385524032953 Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/goaldentimes August 2011 Page 1 Goalden Times | Edition I | First Whistle…………4 Goalden Times are here to stay International Football: Time to reinvent? …………5 Saumyajit Ray takes a look at the challenges facing the international game A Chaos Theory Experiment on Copa America 2011…………9 Srinwantu Dey delves in the finer nuances of the Copa America 2011 quarter-finalists What’s with Argentina? …………26 A bonafide fan, Indranath Mukherjee finds vent to his pent-up emotions of 25 years of following the Argentine team since the heydays of 1986 Scout’s Corner…………30 A regular feature on an upcoming talent English Premier League – A Preview…………32 Debojyoti Chakraborty and Dimitri Gooden preview the English Premier League Year of Reckoning – Manchester United & Chelsea…………52 Krishnendu Sanyal & Tamal Kanti Santra present the cases of Manchester United and Chelsea respectively, in what has been a 2 horse race over the last half decade Bundesliga Preview…………61 Kinshuk Biswas previews the Bundesliga August 2011 Page 2 Goalden Times The Best XI…………79 You pick a theme; we help you with an audiovisual.