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Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs?

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Dec 3 2014 11:31
Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs? It was the big question ahead of Chelsea’s home match against Tottenham Hotspur, given that Diego Costa has had a bigger impact on their attack than anyone else this season.How - for just the second big game in this campaign - will Jose Mourinho’s side cope without their top-scoring stri...
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Match Focus: In-Form Firmino the Player to Exploit Lahm's Absence

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Nov 20 2014 16:45
Match Focus: In-Form Firmino the Player to Exploit Lahm's Absence On Tuesday evening, Roberto Firmino opened his Brazil account in spectacular style, rifling past Ramazan Özcan from 25 yards as the Seleção secured a 2-1 win over Austria. Having been in fine form for club side Hoffenheim, Firmino made his mark on the international stage, finally ...
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Match Focus: England on Alert as France Production Line Keeps Rolling

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 17 2014 12:03
Match Focus: England on Alert as France Production Line Keeps Rolling It has been an encouraging month or so for England's under-21s, following up qualification for Euro 2015 with Friday night's convincing win over Portugal. As an opponent that failed to make it to the Czech Republic comes into focus, it is important to retrain the thoughts on what the representative ...
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Match Focus: Old Favourites Still Key for Bayern and Dortmund

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Nov 3 2014 12:29
Match Focus: Old Favourites Still Key for Bayern and Dortmund That Borussia Dortmund came up short at the Allianz Arena in Der Klassiker against Bayern Munich was not the biggest surprise of the weekend. It was still to come late on Sunday, when Vladimir Darida’s penalty winner for Freiburg at Köln sealed a first win of the season for Christian Stre...
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Match Focus: Marvellous Marseille Denied Again by Lyon

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Oct 27 2014 12:50
Match Focus: Marvellous Marseille Denied Again by Lyon If an end had to come to Marseille’s scintillating winning run of eight matches, it was probably always destined to be at Stade de Gerland against Lyon, in the derby of the two Olympiques. Exactly the same had happened on their last such run of successes, when Bernard Lacombe’s side defe...
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Match Focus: The Key Issues Ahead of El Clásico

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Oct 24 2014 14:30
Match Focus: The Key Issues Ahead of El Clásico El Clásico - an encounter that attracts interest from every fan, no matter who they support. The meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona is widely considered the biggest in football and this weekend’s installment promises to prove why.Naturally, we at WhoScored.com are excited about S...
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Match Focus: Sounders vs Galaxy to decide the Supporters' Shield

by Graham Ruthven at Friday, Oct 24 2014 12:14
Match Focus: Sounders vs Galaxy to decide the Supporters' Shield As far as heavyweight clashes go, this is Major League Soccer’s greatest offering. The LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders aren’t just two of the biggest clubs in North America, they’re the best two as well.The West coast sides will complete a quickfire double-header this weekend in the...
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Match Focus: Make or Break for Both Sides in Turkey's Intercontinental Derby

by Emre Sarigul at Friday, Oct 17 2014 16:51
Match Focus: Make or Break for Both Sides in Turkey's Intercontinental Derby “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that,” Bill Shankly was famously quoted as saying. Anyone who has experienced the Intercontinental derby would probably agree.The grand Istanbul derby is older than the Turkish republic i...
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Match Focus: Improving Ireland Upset the Odds to Frustrate Faltering Germany

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Oct 15 2014 11:29
Match Focus: Improving Ireland Upset the Odds to Frustrate Faltering Germany For John O’Shea and Ireland, it was a “special night”. For Germany, it was the culmination of a frustrating opening to these qualifiers that left manager Jogi Loew talking about a “post-World Cup hole”.The sides' surprising 1-1 draw in Gelsenkirchen leaves Ireland joint...
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Match Focus: Lyon’s Growing Stamina Catches Out PSG

by Andy Brassell at Monday, Sep 22 2014 17:44
Match Focus: Lyon’s Growing Stamina Catches Out PSG Three weeks, it turns out, is a long time in the life of Ligue 1. If somebody had told you at the start of the month that after Paris Saint-Germain’s meeting with Lyon, one team would be steeling themselves for a productive winter while the other would be questioning the very direction of thei...
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