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Tournament Focus: Copa America 2015 Group Stage Roundup

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jun 22 2015 14:40
Tournament Focus: Copa America 2015 Group Stage Roundup The culmination of the group stages of the 2015 Copa America eventually saw few surprises, despite both Mexico and Venezuela falling at the first hurdle, and ultimately those expected to progress did so. Heavyweights Uruguay and Colombia navigated their way through Group B and C respectively by the ...
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Player Focus: Vidal Will Have to Wait to Claim Alves' Right-back Crown

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Jun 11 2015 17:30
Player Focus: Vidal Will Have to Wait to Claim Alves' Right-back Crown On Tuesday, Dani Alves signed a new two-year deal to extend his stay at Barcelona. Rumours had suggested the Brazilian would depart La Liga and Europe's champions after seven years at the club, with PSG, Manchester United and Milan linked with a move for the marauding full-back. The news that Alves ...
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Team Focus: Champions League Team of the Season

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jun 8 2015 12:35
Team Focus: Champions League Team of the Season When news filtered through that Giorgio Chiellini was to miss the Champions League final with a calf injury, many felt that Barcelona’s precession to their fifth European championship had become that much easier. Juventus’ vice-captain is arguably the Old Lady’s best defender, so t...
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Player Focus: Alves' Threat from Wide Still Worth its Weight in Goals for Barcelona

by Dermot Corrigan at Tuesday, Oct 21 2014 11:23
Player Focus: Alves' Threat from Wide Still Worth its Weight in Goals for Barcelona A common sight during Barcelona games so far this season has been Dani Alves getting into a good position up the right wing, and then putting in a cross that causes little or no danger to the opposition defence. Alves actually tops the entire Liga in the ‘inaccurate cross’ standings with...
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Player Focus: Special Delivery Revisited - Europe's Top Crossers

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jun 11 2013 12:55
Player Focus: Special Delivery Revisited - Europe's Top Crossers With the development of the more aesthetically pleasing short passing, tiki-taka playing style, according to some at least, the art of crossing can be undervalued.When used effectively, however, accurate delivery into the box can still be profitable to some of Europe's top sides. Indeed, only two te...
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Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for International Stars

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jun 6 2013 13:26
Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for International Stars While players from 8 nations face the Confederations Cup this summer, others have the opportunity for some well-earned rest before next season's campaign, which culminates in Brazil at the 2014 World Cup. Fatigue and burnout are genuine problems, making the next few months of R and R all the more im...
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Player Focus: Most Common Assist-Goal Combinations

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Aug 1 2012 13:45
Player Focus: Most Common Assist-Goal Combinations When a player signs for a new club, it can more often that not take them a while to settle in. Sometimes players never find their feet with new teammates, with partnerships failing to form. Sometimes, though, players simply click, and form lethal duos in their new surroundings. More likely, however,...
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Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Top Rated Full-Backs

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Feb 27 2012 12:29
Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Top Rated Full-Backs In accordance with our rankings, we analyse the stats of the top five players per position, highlighting just why they have each proved crucial to their respective teams. With the goalkeepers already reviewed, we move on to the full-backs this time round, with the only proviso that each player must ...
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La Liga Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jan 4 2012 17:26
La Liga Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage After a well-earned winter break, teams from the Serie A and La Liga are readying themselves for action again this weekend so we take the chance to analyse each of the league's best XIs of the season thus far, starting in Spain.It will come as no surprise to learn that the best possible side accordi...
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Baines Leads Way for Europe's Best Attacking Full-Backs

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Nov 14 2011 16:32
Baines Leads Way for Europe's Best Attacking Full-Backs The job of the full-back has changed dramatically over the years, arguably more so than any other role on the pitch. Club and opposition pending, a full-back is expected to work up and down the flank more so than a traditional wide midfielder in many sides these days, and the right and left-backs' r...
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