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Player Focus: Menez the Bright Spot in Underwhelming Milan Season

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Feb 3 2015 17:35
Player Focus: Menez the Bright Spot in Underwhelming Milan Season The Milan faithful will have breathed a huge sigh of relief when Cristian Zaccardo netted with a little over 15 minutes remaining on Sunday night. Pippo Inzaghi’s side had failed to win any of their previous 5 league games coming into the meeting with Parma, so Zaccardo’s goal to send th...
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Team Focus: Analysing the Correlation Between Possession & Defensive Organisation

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Jan 29 2015 17:54
Team Focus: Analysing the Correlation Between Possession & Defensive Organisation When discussing the concept of possession football there will always be those for and against the ideals it propagates. How often do you hear generally uninformed 'pundits' use the phrase I don't really like statistics, but… before highlighting a side's possession figures to illustrate their ...
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UPDATE: WhoScored iOS App Launched!

by WhoScored.com at Friday, Jan 16 2015 10:20
UPDATE: WhoScored iOS App Launched! WhoScored.com is continuing to expand. We are delighted to announce the release of our free app for iPhone, allowing for accessibility to all of our popular products, detailed statistics and latest scores when on the go. Live Scores With a scaled down version of the ‘Live Scores’ section...
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Player Focus: Cole's Italian Job Not Panning Out as Planned at Roma

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Jan 14 2015 16:00
Player Focus: Cole's Italian Job Not Panning Out as Planned at Roma I have no problem whatsoever with (Ashley) Cole. He remains an important player for us, Roma head coach Rudi Garcia stated last month. The Frenchman’s words came after reports suggested the pairing had fallen out, with Cole subsequently linked with a move away from Italy’s capital this m...
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League Focus: Set-Pieces Still Key to Success in Serie A

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Nov 13 2014 11:19
League Focus: Set-Pieces Still Key to Success in Serie A Maurizio Sarri opens a cigarette packet and lights up another one. He’d rather discuss the novel he’s reading. Empoli’s coach has a great passion for literature, particularly the works of Charles Bukowski. One wonders if he enjoys the TV show Californication. “Thanks to him I...
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WhoScored Tipster: Serie A Opening Weekend Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Aug 29 2014 17:29
WhoScored Tipster: Serie A Opening Weekend Top Tips Serie A, the last of Europe’s top 5 leagues to begin, returns this weekend. The first set of fixtures is a treat for the fans, providing us with games such as Roma vs Fiorentina and Milan vs Lazio. Serie A is struggling to recover its prestige, but the season starts without a clear favourite. ...
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Player Focus: Mehdi Benatia - The Centre-Back Worth a Small Fortune

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Aug 14 2014 11:00
Player Focus: Mehdi Benatia - The Centre-Back Worth a Small Fortune Recognition hasn’t come without sacrifice for Mehdi Benatia. Though his talent was discerned from an early age, he has had to work harder than most to get where he is today. Inducted into Clairefontaine [where he’d be asked to leave for not applying himself in school], he was also a part...
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Player Focus: Handanovic's Penalty Saving Heroics Continue

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Apr 23 2014 12:21
Player Focus: Handanovic's Penalty Saving Heroics Continue “Son of a…!” cursed Antonio Cassano as the players went back to the dressing room at half-time. He couldn’t believe it. Moments before the interval, the Parma No.99 had been stood at the penalty spot facing his former teammate, the Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic. It was 0...
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Player Focus: Gervinho - From Figure of Fun to Fan Favourite

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Jan 29 2014 17:08
Player Focus: Gervinho - From Figure of Fun to Fan Favourite Before really getting into his Tuesday column in La Repubblica back in early December, Gabriele Romagnoli had a confession to make. “I love Gervinho,” he wrote. “I will not be impartial. It’s necessary to write it with a heart between the subject and the direct object like in...
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League Focus: Foreign Defenders Taking Over in Serie A

by Adam Digby at Tuesday, Oct 8 2013 16:22
League Focus: Foreign Defenders Taking Over in Serie A Before the advent of the internet, before dedicated television channels filled their schedules with matches from the farthest corners of the planet, all football fans had was the World Cup. In the years before football truly became the global game, supporters would have to wait four years to see the...
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