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    Pepe lashes out, Rafa hits back

    By Dominic Raynor

    Thursday, April 23, 2009

    This was the week in which Real Madrid defender Pepe punched and kicked two opposing players, Martin Palermo returned to the headlines in Argentina and Rafa Benitez reopened his feud with Sir Alex Ferguson. Palermo rises from the ashes - Friday, April 17 Argentina coach Diego Maradona brought an end to Martin Palermo's ten-year exile from the Albicelestes on Friday when he included the Boca Juniors striker in his 26 man squad to face Uruguay on May 20. Palermo was black-listed by the nation ...

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