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We are very focused this time and our preparation has been better. We maybe made one or two mistakes last time, but not this time.

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Alex Ferguson
Age: 82
Born: 1941
Born: December 31
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Autobiographer
Manager
Alexander Chapman Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson
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