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Team Focus: Has Sir Alex Ferguson Left His Successor A Special Squad?

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, May 8 2013 12:53
Team Focus: Has Sir Alex Ferguson Left His Successor A Special Squad? It's the end of an era. Sir Alex Ferguson has left the beautiful game. Football as we know it will no longer be the same without arguably the greatest manager to ever grace the game. Whilst fans the world over reminisce about Eric Cantona, the 1999 treble and the great many trophies Ferguson's teams...
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Team Focus: Inter's Inhibiting Formation Changes

by Ben McAleer at Friday, May 3 2013 14:00
Team Focus: Inter's Inhibiting Formation Changes It was a sad sight to see during Inter Milan's 1-0 defeat to Palermo last weekend. Captain and stalwart Javier Zanetti was stretchered off the Stadio Renzo Barbera pitch in the 17th minute after tearing his left Achilles tendon, an injury that would not only sideline the Argentine until November, bu...
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Team Focus: Levante in Danger of Swapping Europa for Segunda Nights?

by David Cartlidge at Friday, May 3 2013 12:07
Team Focus: Levante in Danger of Swapping Europa for Segunda Nights? This time last year they were battling for Europe, but with their current state of freefall Levante are in danger of being dragged into a relegation battle. In La Liga in 2013 they’ve won just three games, and have, in total, taken 13 points from a possible 48. There exit from the Europa Leagu...
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Team Focus: Hit for Six - Newcastle Back in the Mire

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Apr 29 2013 16:16
Team Focus: Hit for Six - Newcastle Back in the Mire It's fair to say Newcastle fans would have been delighted to see Luis Suarez suspended for their game against Liverpool this weekend, but in his absence the Reds put in one of the best attacking displays all season. They were helped to do so in no small part by some abysmal defending from the home s...
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Team Focus: Possession Doesn't Necessarily Guarantee Success

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Apr 26 2013 16:34
Team Focus: Possession Doesn't Necessarily Guarantee Success Brendan Rodgers, last year, spoke of relieving pressure through possession prior to his appointment at Liverpool. The 40-year-old has regularly talked up the need to retain the ball during his managerial career, which has often seen him become the butt of a number of football related jokes.Well, at ...
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Team Focus: Arsenal's Striking Dilemma in Giroud's Absence

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Apr 24 2013 15:23
Team Focus: Arsenal's Striking Dilemma in Giroud's Absence Olivier Giroud was arguably unfortunate to see red for his clumsy challenge on Fulham's Stanislav Manolev in the Gunners' win at Craven Cottage last weekend. You could even say he is yet more unlucky to have seen his 3 match ban upheld in spite of his appeal to the Football Association. The fact of ...
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Team Focus: Sides Progressing & Regressing in 2013

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Apr 15 2013 16:33
Team Focus: Sides Progressing & Regressing in 2013 Although the race for the title in each of Europe’s top 5 leagues is shaping up to be somewhat of an anti-climax, with Bayern Munich already crowned Bundesliga champions, there’s still a lot to play for in the hunt for European places and the battle to avoid the drop.WhoScored takes a lo...
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Team Focus: Can Deportivo Beat the Drop?

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Apr 4 2013 14:19
Team Focus: Can Deportivo Beat the Drop? For a while it had all but evaporated, but now hope seems to have re-emerged at Deportivo La Coruna. Is it false hope, or do the Galician side genuinely have a chance of retaining their La Liga status this season? At the weekend they offered the strongest indication yet that a corner has been turned...
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Team Focus: Manchester United's Defensive Shift

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Apr 3 2013 15:40
Team Focus: Manchester United's Defensive Shift There was no question about it in Robin van Persie's mind that he had ended his goalscoring drought with the winning goal at the Stadium of Light on Saturday. The powers that be begged to differ, though, with the goal shortly afterwards adjudged to be yet another own goal for Titus Bramble. So van P...
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Team Focus: Can Getafe Challenge for Europa League Places?

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Mar 14 2013 15:55
Team Focus: Can Getafe Challenge for Europa League Places? It’s quite easy for teams to go under the radar in Spain when you’re not called Barcelona or Real Madrid. However, even putting aside Spain’s two giants Getafe are a club rarely discussed.They have quietly gone about their business and steadily climbed the table without any real ap...
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