And of course success on the pitch, means the raising of the team's profile off it, and that can only be a good thing on both a team and an individual level.

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After repeated failures with fancy, boldface signings, this is a low-profile team purposefully constructed to be a team.

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Ba's former side Newcastle United became the first high profile team to exit a competition famous for upsets.

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