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Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid: No room for Neymar in star-studded Ultimate XI

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Paris Saint-Germain vs Real Madrid: No room for Neymar in star-studded Ultimate XI The Champions League returns tonight and there are two stand out clashes to signal the restart of Europe's elite club competition. Of course - with all due respect to Sporting CP's welcome of Manchester City - the glamour tie is PSG's meeting with Real Madrid as the two European heavyweights lock ho...

Ronaldo misses out on #7 in best 1-11 shirt number lineup

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Ronaldo misses out on #7 in best 1-11 shirt number lineup Teamsheet announcements over tannoys at football matches aren't what they used to be. Gone are the days when players are reeled off from 1 to 11 in terms of their squad numbers. In fact, your lucky to get past the third player in a starting lineup before reaching some ridiculously obscure numbers, a...

The Expert: Napoli well equipped to ruin Real Madrid title defence

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The Expert: Napoli well equipped to ruin Real Madrid title defence Napoli will not train at the Bernabeu tonight. They will conduct their final walkthrough training session elsewhere. Maurizio Sarri has his reasons for doing so. He doesn’t want his players to think too much about where they are playing and stress out about it. Anxiety can cause a sleepless ni...

Player Focus: Best New Signings of the Season XI

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Player Focus: Best New Signings of the Season XI Transfer season is upon us, and while our insatiable appetite for football has to be satisfied by mere speculation and the hope of a marque signing, the media does its best to attract interest with the best rumours they can find. Only some of those will become a reality, however, and only a proporti...

Player Focus: WhoScored's Under 21 Team of the Season

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Player Focus: WhoScored's Under 21 Team of the Season With La Liga coming to an end this weekend, WhoScored.com have taken the chance to calculate the Under 21 Team of the Season based on player ratings, though no players from the Spanish, nor the French league, make the grade. To do so players must have been 21 or under at the start of the season and ...

Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Under-21 XI

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Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Under-21 XI It's been a breakthrough season for a number of young stars across Europe's top 5 leagues and WhoScored has compiled a team of the top rated players of the age of 21 and under.To be included in our all star XI players must have started at least 10 league games for their respective sides, and the res...

Player Focus: Questionable International Omissions

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Player Focus: Questionable International Omissions The international break is a quiet time for football, with little in the way of breaking news, but each manager's choices in his squad selection ensure there are talking points aplenty and a fair, though relatively small, amount of controversy. The continued inclusion of Emile Heskey in England squa...

Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Young Full-Backs

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Player Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Young Full-Backs Having recently analysed the top 10 young centre-backs according to our WhoScored rating system, here we look at their teammates in the back four, compiling a leaderboard of the best full-backs of the age of 21 or under.To make the grade each player must have appeared at least 5 times from kick-off ...

Player Focus: The Bundesliga’s Top Rated Youngsters

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Player Focus: The Bundesliga’s Top Rated Youngsters With the Bundesliga getting a lot of praise for their age structure and the club’s handling of young players, let’s have a look at the league’s top rated players aged 23 or younger.10. Lars Bender (Leverkusen) – 23 years oldWhoScored Rating: 7.42The twin brother of Dortmund&r...