Juninho

"This Lyon team are more dependent on individual brilliance helping them, and there's more of a feeling you can get something from a match against them," said Gourcuff Snr. Coach Claude Puel is struggling to regenerate his team with younger players, while previously influential figures such as Juninho, Cris and Sidney Govou have been disappointing.

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I think that was Lyon's Juninho, rather than Pirlo, that Keys was talking about.

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Salt Lake missed him in that second leg against Seattle.14 mins: Beckham floats another one in, but Olave heads clear.17 mins: First real effort of the game from Galaxy - and not much of one at that - as Juninho strikes one from 35 yards but it bobbles, slows and goes straight at the keeper.17 mins: A throw-in sees the ball bouncing around the RSL area, but then bounces clear.

LA Galaxy 3-1 Real Salt Lake - as it happened! | MLS Western Conference Championship 2011

The Galaxy will also be without Juninho, who was judged to have struck defender Stephen Keel and also received a red card.

Tempers Flare as Red Bulls Lose First Leg to Galaxy Joshua Robinson 2011

The Galaxy has to cope with the loss of Juninho, the holding midfielder who mops up behind Beckham.

Yet Again, the Red Bulls Are in a Desperate Spot Joshua Robinson 2011

Oh, and hang on, I've only just noticed Juninho's specially shaved MLS Cup final patterned Mohican.20 mins: Keane jinking and jiving down the left but the Houston defence holds firm.21 mins: Dynamo get the ball into the LA area for, what, the third time?

LA Galaxy 1-0 Houston Dynamo - as it happened! | MLS Cup final 2011 2011

His boyhood club.38 mins: Nice run down the middle by Juninho, beats a couple of men with passes, but the balls goes out for a throw.

LA Galaxy 3-1 Real Salt Lake - as it happened! | MLS Western Conference Championship 2011

These days Beckham plays a deep-lying role in front of the defence, leaving the spade work in midfield to his younger team-mate Juninho.

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And Boro fans retain a fondness for Bosko Jankovic, as do Aston Villa's, that far outweighs anything they feel for the cosmopolitan legion recruited by Bryan Robson – Juninho excepted.

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In 2008 Cris and Juninho, the Lyon players, each received fines after they admitted deliberately ensuring they received yellow cards in a Champions League game against Fiorentina.

José Mourinho charged by Uefa over Real Madrid's red card 'order' Jamie Jackson 2010