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Match Focus: Key Areas Analysed Ahead of Crucial Upcoming Clásico

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Match Focus: Key Areas Analysed Ahead of Crucial Upcoming Clásico El Clásico on Sunday presents itself as one of the most significant in recent memory. For many it could well be the night Real Madrid secure the 2013/2014 crown, for others it could well be the night Barcelona re-emerge from instability off the field and in turn reignite their title charge.A ...

Player Focus: Europe's Top Rated Players in January

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Player Focus: Europe's Top Rated Players in January With the New Year back in full swing, all of Europe's top 5 leagues are back in action and the sides now have to make do with what they've got after the transfer window slammed shut on Friday. With January having come to an end then, here is a rundown of the top players of the month based on WhoScor...

Player Focus: Gareth Bale Living Up To Expectations Despite Ronaldo's Dominance

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Player Focus: Gareth Bale Living Up To Expectations Despite Ronaldo's Dominance To be the very best in any industry, consistently producing at the highest level is a minimum requirement, but quite how good the performances need to be is naturally relative to those of previous greats. In recent years the bar has been raised so vastly in the world of football by the goalscoring e...

Player Focus: 2013 Calendar Year Stat Leaders

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Player Focus: 2013 Calendar Year Stat Leaders With New Year hangovers subsiding it seems a relevant time to recap on the year gone by, looking at the statistical leaders of 2013 over a variety of categories in Europe's top 5 leagues.Most GoalsWe start at the business end, and Cristiano Ronaldo had a year to remember netting at least 9 more leag...

Team Focus: World Cup Playoffs Round-Up

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Team Focus: World Cup Playoffs Round-Up Portugal vs Sweden (4-2 agg)A World Cup without me is nothing to watch, bold words spoken by the legend that is Zlatan Ibrahimoivic after he and his Sweden teammates' hopes of making it to next summer's World Cup were dashed by Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. The Sweden captain of course does not ma...

Player Focus: Ronaldo vs Ibrahimovic - Whoever Wins, Football Loses

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Player Focus: Ronaldo vs Ibrahimovic - Whoever Wins, Football Loses Ahead of the World Cup playoffs, Cristiano Ronaldo netted a hat-trick in Real Madrid’s 5-1 win over Real Sociedad. Over in Paris, Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored 3 identical goals to his Portuguese counterpart as PSG secured a 3-1 victory at the expense of Nice. While it’s perhaps the norm for...

Player Focus: The Ballon d'WhoScored 2013

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Player Focus: The Ballon d'WhoScored 2013 The 23 man Ballon d'Or shortlist for 2013 was released earlier today, and as per usual there are talking points aplenty regarding questionable omissions and inclusions. FIFA, nor anybody else for that matter, cannot produce an infallible list of the best performers in any given time frame and points...

Player Focus: Cristiano Ronaldo's Exponential Growth

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Player Focus: Cristiano Ronaldo's Exponential Growth As utterly routine as a Cristiano Ronaldo goal - or indeed hat-trick - has become over the past five years, there was still something very distinctive about his final strike against Galatasaray on Tuesday night beyond its supreme quality.For what is a surprisingly rare feat these days from the Portu...

Player Focus: The UEFA Best Player In Europe

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Player Focus: The UEFA Best Player In Europe As UEFA announced the 10-man shortlist for the best player in Europe last season, it was unsurprising to see the Bundesliga dominate. Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund boasted five candidates between them. The former are represented with four of the five in the form of T...

Player Focus: Will Moyes Weigh up a Return for Ronaldo?

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Player Focus: Will Moyes Weigh up a Return for Ronaldo? Many are tipping Chelsea to be Manchester United’s main title contenders next season, and while the Blues have already secured the return of a Special One this summer, Red Devils’ fans are still dreaming of a reunion of their own.Quality out wide is not something that United have often l...