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League Focus: Four Conclusions from the Ligue 1 Season So Far

by Andy Brassell at Tuesday, Dec 24 2013 09:30
League Focus: Four Conclusions from the Ligue 1 Season So Far 1) Paris Saint-Germain are far stronger for having a fit Thiago MottaMuch has changed for PSG in the last 12 months. At the beginning of the season, Laurent Blanc outlined his hope that PSG would become more of a dominant team, bossing possession and always looking to attack. That has come to pass. ...
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League Focus: Brasileirão 2013 Season Review

by Jack Lang at Thursday, Dec 12 2013 16:55
League Focus: Brasileirão 2013 Season Review As any player or fan will tell you, the Campeonato Brasileiro is both a marathon and a sprint. After 38 rounds of action, crammed into five-and-a-half months, we reached the end of the road at the weekend.Things didn’t exactly go smoothly. The match between Atlético Paranaense and releg...
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League Focus: Performances of Englishmen Up From Last Season

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Oct 10 2013 11:06
League Focus: Performances of Englishmen Up From Last Season The increasing number of foreign players in the Premier League means that Roy Hodgson's job of picking a squad is harder than ever, right? Well no, not really. Much has been made of the recent comments from Jack Wilshere, speaking on a potential future call-up for Belgian-born Adnan Januzaj, with th...
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League Focus: Foreign Defenders Taking Over in Serie A

by Adam Digby at Tuesday, Oct 8 2013 16:22
League Focus: Foreign Defenders Taking Over in Serie A Before the advent of the internet, before dedicated television channels filled their schedules with matches from the farthest corners of the planet, all football fans had was the World Cup. In the years before football truly became the global game, supporters would have to wait four years to see the...
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League Focus: MLS Eastern Conference Title Contenders Compared

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Sep 20 2013 15:11
League Focus: MLS Eastern Conference Title Contenders Compared Major League Soccer is notoriously difficult to predict and this season has proved no different.While only six points separate the top five in the West the Seattle Sounders, Real Salt Lake and the Los Angeles Galaxy have distinguished themselves as clear favourites for the regular season title. No s...
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League Focus: La Liga 2013/14 Preview

by David Cartlidge at Friday, Aug 16 2013 11:45
League Focus: La Liga 2013/14 Preview Private battle at the topEveryone knows how La Liga works these days, and the foremost function is the battle between Barcelona and Real Madrid. The level of competitiveness between the two has been all consuming in recent years, brought to the boil by Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho’s ...
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League Focus: Ligue 1 2013/14 Preview

by Nicholas McGee at Friday, Aug 9 2013 14:36
League Focus: Ligue 1 2013/14 Preview The 2012-13 Ligue 1 campaign ended with Paris Saint-Germain finally ending their drought as they secured their first Ligue 1 title since 1994. The Parisians have undergone extensive changes since that point, with manager Carlo Ancelotti leaving for Real Madrid and replaced by former France national ...
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League Focus: 2013/14 Bundesliga Preview

by Daniel Busch at Thursday, Aug 8 2013 12:00
League Focus: 2013/14 Bundesliga Preview When the last season ended on May 18th, Bayern were still two weeks away from winning the Bundesliga, Champions League and DFB Pokal treble. The champions from Bavaria travelled to Mönchengladbach on the final day, manager Jupp Heynckes’ home town, to win an open game with 4-3 – a v...
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League Focus: Premier League is Failing the England National Team

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Aug 6 2013 13:45
League Focus: Premier League is Failing the England National Team Increased foreign investment in the Premier League has its supporters and its critics. Those on the side of the former testify that the boost to both the profile and quality of England's top flight by such monetary input is fantastic to see, and with greater chances of British Champions League winne...
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League Focus: Striking Duos Set To Storm Serie A

by Adam Digby at Monday, Aug 5 2013 14:46
League Focus: Striking Duos Set To Storm Serie A In its early nineties pomp, Serie A was home to some of the greatest attacking duos European football had ever seen. Roberto Mancini and Luca Vialli won a league title for Sampdoria and were crowned I Gemelli del gol – The Goal Twins – for their incredible combined strike rate. Toto Schi...
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