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Team Focus: How Enrique's Barca Treble Hopefuls Compare to Pep's Strongest Sides

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Team Focus: How Enrique's Barca Treble Hopefuls Compare to Pep's Strongest Sides “Barca open a new chapter,” wrote AS’ Alfredo Relaño in his editorial on Sunday morning, after Barcelona had beaten Athletic Bilbao 3-1 in the previous night’s Copa del Rey final, sealing the sixth Liga and Copa double in the Catalan club’s history.Relaño ...

League Focus: La Liga Round-up - The Stat Leaders from 2014/15

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League Focus: La Liga Round-up - The Stat Leaders from 2014/15 In the end Barcelona’s two point advantage over second placed Real Madrid in the final La Liga standings was a pretty fair reflection of how the Catalan side had been just about superior over the full course of the campaign.Looking back over the 38 games there is a feeling that Madrid perhaps,...

League Focus: La Liga's Relegation Showdown

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League Focus: La Liga's Relegation Showdown With La Liga's title race now done and dusted, much of the focus ahead of Saturday’s final round of fixtures has turned to the battle at the bottom of the table.Cordoba have already been relegated, with their first top-flight season in 42 years having been more or less a disaster from start to...

Player Focus: Is It Right for Bale to Bear The Brunt of Madrid's Problems?

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Player Focus: Is It Right for Bale to Bear The Brunt of Madrid's Problems? It is fair to say that Gareth Bale’s performance in Real Madrid’s 2-1 Champions League semi-final first leg defeat at Juventus last week did not impress many pundits.It's very difficult to win a big game like this when you're only playing with 10 men, ex-Manchester United midfielder and ...

Player Focus: Madrid to Stick with Ramos Midfield Experiment Against Juventus

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Player Focus: Madrid to Stick with Ramos Midfield Experiment Against Juventus There were gasps from Real Madrid fans and pundits when defender Sergio Ramos was named in midfield for last month’s Champions League quarter-final second leg at home to Atletico Madrid. Now the experiment looks likely to be continued throughout a decisive phase of the season by Blancos coach ...

Player Focus: Griezmann Carrying Atletico Goal Burden as Torres Form Flops

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Player Focus: Griezmann Carrying Atletico Goal Burden as Torres Form Flops Atletico Madrid’s 3-0 La Liga win against Elche on Saturday was routine in many ways. Diego Simeone’s side won for a 14th time in 17 home league games this season. They kept a fifth consecutive clean sheet in front of their own fans. Antoine Griezmann scored another two goals. And Fernan...

Player Focus: Messi Worth More Than Just His Weight in Goals to Barcelona

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Player Focus: Messi Worth More Than Just His Weight in Goals to Barcelona Lionel Messi being man of the match in a Barcelona victory at the Camp Nou is not exactly news. Messi got his 22nd such award of the season from WhoScored in Saturday’s 2-0 home win over Valencia, in which the Argentine laid on the first goal for Luis Suarez [his 16th La Liga assist of the sea...

Player Focus: James Rodriguez and Isco Do Battle for Final Madrid Midfield Berth

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Player Focus: James Rodriguez and Isco Do Battle for Final Madrid Midfield Berth Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is a happy man ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at Atletico Madrid. For the first time all season Ancelotti has a fully fit galactico-rich squad to choose from. At various times this season injuries to key players including Gareth Ba...

Player Focus: Versatile Saúl Best Served Staying to Develop at Atletico

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Player Focus: Versatile Saúl Best Served Staying to Develop at Atletico Atletico Madrid returned to third place in La Liga with Saturday’s 2-0 win at Cordoba, winning away from home for the first time since January, but for many onlookers the biggest story of the game was another excellent showing from young midfielder Saúl Ñíguez.Saúl&...

Team Focus: Striker Search Goes on as Spain Seek Revenge

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Team Focus: Striker Search Goes on as Spain Seek Revenge Alvaro Morata’s goal in Spain’s 1-0 win over Ukraine on Friday night has led to plenty of praise in the local media, with the Juventus centre-forward’s first senior international goal featuring on the front of both AS and Marca the following morning, amid claims that Spain had fina...