ws_logo
ws_mobile_logo
TELEGRAM
My accountSign Out
Set favourite tournaments, comment and vote on matches and more!

All Player Focus posts on WhoScored.com Articles RSS

Euro 2012 Focus: Germany vs Italy

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jun 27 2012 12:44
Euro 2012 Focus: Germany vs Italy Joint favourites Germany face England's conquerors Italy in the second semi-final of Euro 2012 on Thursday night, with Löw’s side having been heavily backed since the tournament began having won all of their games so far. In comparison, Italy have only actually won once in normal time of ...
Categories: Player Focus | Team Focus

Euro 2012 Focus: Portugal vs Spain

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jun 26 2012 14:37
Euro 2012 Focus: Portugal vs Spain The first semi-final at Euro 2012 pits the reigning European and World champions, Spain, against archrivals Portugal (Match Preview). Cristiano Ronaldo has lit up the competition recently, with the rest of his team largely relying on his talents, while Spain have made it this far without being consi...
Categories: Player Focus | Team Focus

Euro 2012 Focus: Quarter-Final Best XI

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Jun 25 2012 12:58
Euro 2012 Focus: Quarter-Final Best XI Drawing ever closer to its conclusion, Euro 2012 has been whittled down to the last 4 teams after the quarter-finals went to plan for the Portuguese, Germans, Spaniards and Italians. The four matches threw up very few surprises, with all the favourites progressing and the England-Italy match unsurpr...
Categories: Player Focus

Euro 2012 Focus: Player Stats Leaderboards

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jun 21 2012 15:03
Euro 2012 Focus: Player Stats Leaderboards With the first of the Euro 2012 quarter-finals to kick-off later tonight we thought we'd take the opportunity, having named our team of the group stages yesterday, to share a stats pack of player leaderboards over the first three matches.We start with shots at goal, where a certain Cristiano Ronaldo...
Categories: Player Focus

Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Group Stages

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jun 20 2012 12:06
Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Group Stages With the group stages now over and the quarter-finalists known, this day break from football gives us a perfect chance to analyse the best players at the tournament so far. Here we will give you a rundown of our best XI over the three group matches according to WhoScored ratings and explain just why...
Categories: Player Focus

Euro 2012 Focus: Surprise Packages

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jun 19 2012 17:29
Euro 2012 Focus: Surprise Packages Euro 2012 has been a pleasant surprise thus far, with not all of those who were tipped to star at the tournament stealing the limelight. Up until the game with the Netherlands Cristiano Ronaldo had under-performed by his standards and Robin van Persie, along with the entire Dutch squad, hasn't had i...
Categories: Player Focus

Euro 2012 Focus: Netherlands vs Germany

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jun 13 2012 14:49
Euro 2012 Focus: Netherlands vs Germany Tonight's massive game between the Netherlands and Germany hardly needed extra intensity but given the fact that the latter could dump Holland out of the tournament prematurely, it should be a real thriller. There is certainly no love lost between the two great European footballing nations and while...
Categories: Player Focus | Team Focus

Euro 2012: Fixture One WhoScored XI & Stats

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jun 12 2012 13:14
Euro 2012: Fixture One WhoScored XI & Stats So, the first round of Euro 2012 group fixtures have come and gone in a flash, with a number of sides and individuals in decidedly higher spirits than others. Three players have already put their names in the running for the Golden Boot with opening game braces and the likes of Denmark and Russia im...
Categories: Player Focus

Euro 2012 Focus: Golden Boot Contenders

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Jun 8 2012 16:30
Euro 2012 Focus: Golden Boot Contenders It's finally upon us. Euro 2012 kicks off this evening and we, at WhoScored, cannot wait. For all you betting types out there, we thought we'd share a few of our pointers for the tournament's Golden Boot, using stats from the previous season to back up our recommendations.We have selected 5 players ...
Categories: Player Focus

Euro 2012 Focus: Key Battles in the Opening Fixtures

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jun 7 2012 16:03
Euro 2012 Focus: Key Battles in the Opening Fixtures The first round of group matches at Euro 2012 have thrown up a number of great prospective games and some intriguing key battles within those matches. While it is still unclear exactly who will start and what role they might play, there are some players who are all but guaranteed to face off in the ...
Categories: Player Focus