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Match Focus: Four Key Battles Ahead of Arsenal's Welcome of Bayern

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Oct 20 2015 12:00
Match Focus: Four Key Battles Ahead of Arsenal's Welcome of Bayern Arsenal’s welcome of Bayern Munich on Tuesday night is, without question, a crucial fixture for the hosts. The Gunners have lost their opening two Champions League games this season and run the real risk of crashing out of the competition at the group stages. A double-header with Bayern is not...
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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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Team Focus: Lahm Return to Right-Back Would Restore Germany's Balance

by Andy Brassell at Wednesday, Jul 2 2014 11:03
Team Focus: Lahm Return to Right-Back Would Restore Germany's Balance As Brazil could tell you, favouritism creates a certain type of accelerated expectation. Ostensibly, it seems misleading to call Germany’s struggles against Algeria a close shave. They were never behind in the game, and had a competition-high 28 shots at goal. Yet it wasn’t comfortable a...

Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for World Cup Stars

by Alistair Tweedale at Monday, Jun 2 2014 17:44
Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for World Cup Stars The introduction of a winter break in England is a contentious issue, one that there is plenty of reason to support, particularly in a World Cup year, but the game's traditionalists will continue to argue that matches over the festive period should be retained for their entertainment value. Traditio...

Player Focus: Europe's Top Attacking Full-Backs - Lahm, Evra and Baines

by Alistair Tweedale at Monday, Mar 11 2013 16:47
Player Focus: Europe's Top Attacking Full-Backs - Lahm, Evra and Baines The development of tactics over the years has seen vast changes in the roles players in certain positions are charged with fulfilling on the football field. Whilst the job of the centre-forward has remained much the same - until more recently with the introduction of the 'false 9', of course - the f...
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League Focus: Bundesliga Team of the Season

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, May 9 2012 17:26
League Focus: Bundesliga Team of the Season The Bundesliga came to a close last weekend (Final League Table), with Borussia Dortmund retaining their crown following an unbeaten streak of 28 league games, running until the end of the season. They beat Bayern to the title relatively comfortably in the end, with an 8-point gap at the top. Undoub...
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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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WhoScored Bundesliga All Star XI for August

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Sep 6 2011 11:28
WhoScored Bundesliga All Star XI for August Our Bundesliga XI for August is dominated by Bayern Munich- Jupp Heynckes’ side have as many as five players in the WhoScored team. Three of the league leaders’ back-four take their place in our starting eleven, after a run of fixtures that has seen them concede just one goal in all comp...
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WhoScored Bundesliga Team of the Week - Matchday 2

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Aug 24 2011 09:34
WhoScored Bundesliga Team of the Week - Matchday 2 Last week’s round of Bundesliga fixtures were filled with goals aplenty. Four teams found the net four or more times, with Bayern Munich’s 5-0 home win over Hamburger SV firing Jupp Heynckes’ side into the top three. Elsewhere, MGladbach continued their positive start to the new ca...
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Three Key Areas Where Dortmund are Superior to Bayern Munich

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Jun 7 2011 09:15
Borussia Dortmund were clear and deserved winners of last season’s Bundesliga, winning the league by seven points over Bayer Leverkusen. Back in third place sat Bayern Munich, ten points behind the eventual winners in a tumultuous season that saw them lose Louis Van Gaal in April. Going forwar...
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