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Player Focus: September All Star Team of the Month

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Oct 1 2012 17:18
Player Focus: September All Star Team of the Month With September now having come and gone there were a number of standout performances over the top 5 leagues during the last 30 days. Here we compile our team of the month with those with the best average WhoScored ratings since 1st September making the grade.Those to perform consistently well over t...
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Player Focus: Weekend Stats Round Up

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Sep 24 2012 17:28
Player Focus: Weekend Stats Round Up After the previous round of fixtures across Europe's top 5 leagues this weekend there were, as ever, a number of standout statistical performances to catch the eye. Here we look at the players that led the way across Europe over a number of categories, starting with those to impress in attacking are...
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Player Focus: Records Surpassed this Weekend

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Sep 17 2012 17:56
Player Focus: Records Surpassed this Weekend After a somewhat tedious international break for club football fans, the full compliment of action returned this weekend, with a number of standout statistics. With it being so early into the new season there are more opportunities to record new campaign high figures, with a selection of players man...
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League Focus: Possession Means Little in La Liga

by Kieran Canning at Wednesday, Aug 22 2012 12:07
League Focus: Possession Means Little in La Liga If this summer's European Championship seemed to tell us anything it was that Spanish teams and Spanish players love possession. Having the ball and being in control of the game is when they feel most comfortable.Even if it wasn't always dazzling up until the demolition of Italy in the final, it was...
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League Focus: La Liga Team of the Season

by Kieran Canning at Monday, May 21 2012 17:52
League Focus: La Liga Team of the Season An incredible last few minutes to the season which saw two goals in two minutes in two different stadiums relegate a Champions League regular in the shape of Villarreal, masked a Spanish league campaign split in two.Real Madrid and Barcelona have dominated in recent years, but this time the gap was ...
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Team Focus: Racing Santander

by Kieran Canning at Wednesday, May 2 2012 14:09
Team Focus: Racing Santander La Liga’s first casualty of the season was confirmed on Saturday as Racing Santander were handily beaten 3-0 by Real Sociedad to mathematically ensure they were relegated.Their failure isn’t much of a surprise given the unrest and instability at the club on and off the field this season....
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Player Focus: Santi Cazorla (Malaga)

by Kieran Canning at Tuesday, Mar 20 2012 15:34
Player Focus: Santi Cazorla (Malaga) As Santi Cazorla stepped up to bend in a truly sensational free-kick into Iker Casillas’ top left-hand corner late on Sunday night many would have been surprised.Xavi Hernandez, though, wouldn’t have been among them, only last week when asked about other midfielders he admired he said, &...
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Team Focus: Valencia

by Kieran Canning at Tuesday, Mar 13 2012 14:36
Team Focus: Valencia The final whistle was met by boos and waving of the white handkerchiefs at theMestallaon Sunday as Valencia squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Mallorca. This sort of crowd discontent is usually the sign of a club in crisis and spells trouble for the manager, but at Valencia it is pretty muc...
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Team Focus: Real Madrid Success Built on Solidity on the Road

by Kieran Canning at Wednesday, Feb 29 2012 18:00
Team Focus: Real Madrid Success Built on Solidity on the Road Real Madrid's 1-0 victory at Rayo Vallecano on Sunday was Jose Mourinho's men's ninth consecutive league win on the road.It also kept up Real's amazing record of having only dropped eight points all season through 24 games (2.66 points per game), however that run has been amassed in two very differe...
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Team Focus: Rayo Vallecano Bucking La Liga Trends

by Kieran Canning at Wednesday, Feb 22 2012 11:06
Team Focus: Rayo Vallecano Bucking La Liga Trends In a league season troubled by its predictability, Rayo Vallecano are La Liga’s great unknowns; the unpredictable package that bucks the trend and do so whilst playing fantastically entertaining football.Football is often a copycat game, whatever is successful becomes “the way” to ...
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