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Bundesliga’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Sunday, Jul 31 2011 12:30
Bundesliga’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11 Next up in our series of articles focusing on the most attacking full-backs across Europe’s top five divisions sees the Bundesliga come under analysis. Topof the list is Georgios Tzavellas, in his debut season at left-back for relegated Eintracht Frankfurt. Sixth-placed Nurnberg have two playe...
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The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jul 29 2011 16:43
The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe As a round-up of WhoScored.com's feature on Europe's best attacking wingers from each of the top 5 divisions, we have collated the leading 5 players per category based on crossing and dribbling levels from each of the leagues, with some interesting conclusions to be drawn.As a reminder, all players ...
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Aguero - Another Quality Forward for the Premier League

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Jul 29 2011 14:02
Aguero - Another Quality Forward for the Premier League The transfer of Sergio Aguero from Athletic Madrid to Man City is a truly significant coup for the Premier League side. Having been linked with Juventus and Real Madrid, Aguero has instead opted for the ambitious Abu-Dhabi owned club and the move brings a true world-class talent to England’s t...
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La Liga’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Jul 29 2011 10:42
La Liga’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11 The third in our series of articles showcasing the most attacking full-backs across Europe’s top five leagues sees La Liga under the spotlight. The displays of Daniel Alves for Barcelona last season illustrate just what a world-class presence he is for the Champions League winners, while Marce...
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La Liga's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jul 28 2011 13:19
La Liga's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution Our round up of the best 5 wingers for defensive contribution in each of the top 5 European divisions concludes in Spain with La Liga. All figures shown relate to the performances each player made from wide positions only and are based on WhoScored.com ratings for defensive contribution, including t...
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Serie A's Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Thursday, Jul 28 2011 09:56
Serie A's Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11 Continuing our series of articles on attacking full-backs, we turn our attentions to Serie A. Highlighting the top five for key passes and successful dribbles combined, we look at the performances of Ignazio Abate and Maicon at the two Milan clubs as they finished first and second in Serie A respect...
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La Liga's Leading 5 Crossing Wingers

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jul 27 2011 16:47
La Liga's Leading 5 Crossing Wingers WhoScored.com's final episode of our feature focussing on the world's top crossers and dribblers of the ball, compiling the best 5 players from each of the top 5 divisions, concludes in Spain with La Liga. All players to have played fewer than 20 games from the wing were filtered out in order to pro...
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Ligue 1's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jul 27 2011 13:55
Ligue 1's Top 5 Wingers for Defensive Contribution In the reverse of our feature studying the world's leading wingers for their attacking threat from wide, we continue our look at the leading players in the same positions for their defensive contribution to their respective sides, with our penultimate episode focussing on Ligue 1. All figures shown ...
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The Premier League’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Jul 27 2011 10:35
The Premier League’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11 It was none other than Jonathan Wilson, the guru of football tactics, who hailed the importance of the modern day full-back in an article previewing last year‘s World Cup. According to Wilson:“The full-backs are the only players on the field who regularly have space in front of them, and...
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Ligue 1's Leading 5 Attacking Wingers

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jul 26 2011 16:40
Ligue 1's Leading 5 Attacking Wingers The penultimate episode of WhoScored.com's feature focussing on the world's top crossers and dribblers of the ball, compiling the best 5 players from each of the top 5 divisions, heads to Ligue 1 and France. All players to have played fewer than 20 games from the wing were filtered out in order to p...
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