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Top Match Preview: Bacca-Icardi battle set to settle Milan derby

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Nov 16 2016 17:45
Top Match Preview: Bacca-Icardi battle set to settle Milan derby Mario Balotelli was among the spectators on Tuesday night as Italy played Germany at San Siro. “Whenever I enter this ground,” he said, “it’s like I am in a dream.” Named after the great Giuseppe Meazza, you can get lost in a reverie just thinking about some of the othe...
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Milan left little choice but to cash in on clinical Bacca

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Jul 26 2016 11:18
Milan left little choice but to cash in on clinical Bacca “Scoring is what matters,” Carlos Bacca tells himself. “How you do so isn’t important.” If the Milan striker could only finish in one way, however, he wouldn’t hesitate in choosing the rabona. “When you’re growing up, every kid visualises the kind of g...
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Team Focus: Attacking Additions Encouraging but Milan Must Mend Defence

by James Horncastle at Thursday, Jul 9 2015 17:06
Team Focus: Attacking Additions Encouraging but Milan Must Mend Defence Silvio Berlusconi likes the sound of his own voice. A former cruise ship singer, he finds it hard to resist putting on a show whenever there’s an audience and he stole it from Sinisa Mihajlovic at his official unveiling last Friday. Limping to his place, Berlusconi joked: “I’m Mila...
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Player Focus: Should Fatigued Falcao Be Colombia's First Choice Striker?

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Jun 8 2015 12:58
Player Focus: Should Fatigued Falcao Be Colombia's First Choice Striker? When Jose Pekerman named Falcao as Colombia’s captain, it felt as though he was making a point. It’s true that with the 39-year-old Mario Yepes finally yielding to age, he needed a new captain, but giving Falcao that role seemed designed to reassure him that he is still central to this C...
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Player Focus: The Stats Leaders You May Not Have Seen in 2014

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Dec 30 2014 17:43
Player Focus: The Stats Leaders You May Not Have Seen in 2014 With the calendar year coming to a close it is the ideal time to churn out statistical round-ups. While many are obvious - Ronaldo has scored lots of goals etc. - and perhaps lack some context we've decided to look into five statistics that you perhaps won't have come across when it comes to the top...
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Player Focus: Five Youngsters Enjoying Breakout Seasons in Brazil’s Série A

by Jack Lang at Wednesday, Nov 5 2014 12:13
Player Focus: Five Youngsters Enjoying Breakout Seasons in Brazil’s Série A With six games of the season remaining, there remains plenty to play for in the 2014 Brasileirão – even if those dastardly Cruzeiro schemers have already all but wrapped up their second consecutive title. The race for the Libertadores places is hotter than the surface of the sun (just t...
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Team Focus: Colombia Still an Attacking Threat Without Falcao

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jun 5 2014 12:33
Team Focus: Colombia Still an Attacking Threat Without Falcao With rumours circulating that Franck Ribéry may be set to miss the World Cup with injury, he could be joining a rather vast list of some of the planet's best players who will not be on show in Brazil this summer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale could not inspire Sweden and Wales to qualifi...
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Player Focus: Sevilla Success Puts Bacca in Contention for Columbia

by David Cartlidge at Thursday, Mar 13 2014 17:31
Player Focus: Sevilla Success Puts Bacca in Contention for Columbia With more goals than both Gareth Bale and Neymar - and at a fraction of the price - it’s becoming more and more apparent that Sevilla’s €8m spend on Carlos Bacca has been a fine piece of business, akin to those the club made in the early 2000’s.In fact, Bacca’s impact ha...
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Team Focus: Sevilla Struggling in Attempts to Replace Departed Stars

by David Cartlidge at Wednesday, Oct 9 2013 16:45
Team Focus: Sevilla Struggling in Attempts to Replace Departed Stars Losing two key figures in Jesús Navas and Álvaro Negredo was always going to be a significant moment in Sevilla’s history. The former a player who identified with the club more than any other, and the latter will go down as one of the best strikers in their history. Acclimatisati...
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