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Player Focus: Sandro the Better Fit For AVB's Spurs

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Player Focus: Sandro the Better Fit For AVB's Spurs As Tottenham Hotspur picked up their form towards the tail end of the 2011/12 season, the final four games saw Sandro integrated into the starting XI at the expense of the injured Scott Parker. The 32-year-old had succumbed to an Achilles injury and, despite playing his part in all four of England's...

Player Focus: French Starlets Conquering Spain

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Player Focus: French Starlets Conquering Spain If France go on to dominate International football in a few years, they might have Spain’s La Liga to thank. Why? Because some of the best young French players around are currently earning their trade in Spain’s top flight, and importantly they’re playing regularly despite their te...

Player Focus: Arturo Vidal

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Player Focus: Arturo Vidal Here, there, Arturo Vidal was everywhere. So much so that La Gazzetta dello Sport claimed he wasn’t a footballer, but an illusionist. The pink paper’s reasoning was simple: against Lazio on Monday night, the Juventus midfielder gave the appearance he was in two places at once.Journalists...

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: Biggest Player Impacts on Results

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Player Focus: Biggest Player Impacts on Results A team's results are never down to a single player, no matter how much the 'one man team' phrase is banded around nowadays, but it's fair to say that some players appear to have had a significant influence on those around them this season.In this piece WhoScored takes a look at the 5 players who&rsq...

Player Focus: Ilkay Gündoğan

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Player Focus: Ilkay Gündoğan True, it wasn't Ilkay Gündoğan's best performance. But then neither was it Borussia Dortmund's as a whole. There's one very disappointed team at the moment and one very lucky one, coach Jürgen Klopp said. I didn't expect to see this from my side – it was our worst game in the Champio...

Player Focus: Ivan Rakitic

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Player Focus: Ivan Rakitic During the summer there was great attention and analysis of Luka Modric’s move to Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur. However, it’s another Croatian who has dominated in La Liga this season and one who, at €1.5m, cost a mere fraction of his compatriot.In a season of very few consist...

Player Focus: Is Welbeck Really the Man for the Big Occasion?

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Player Focus: Is Welbeck Really the Man for the Big Occasion? Danny Welbeck's performances for club and country lately have drawn a lot of admirers, with the forward's work ethic perhaps the main point of praise from pundits and fans alike.The fact that Sir Alex Ferguson has looked to his academy graduate more and more in the 'big games' this season is certain...

Player Focus: Europe's Most Trigger Happy Defenders

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Player Focus: Europe's Most Trigger Happy Defenders This week WhoScored.com takes a look at the most adventurous defenders in terms of overall shot tallies in Europe’s top 5 leagues this season. The top 5 here combines a mixture of indirect set-piece threats with long range specialists and the Premier League is particularly well-represented, wi...

Player Focus: Montenegro Statistical Scout Report

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Player Focus: Montenegro Statistical Scout Report As England prepare to take on top-of-the-group Montenegro in Podgorica tonight, WhoScored.com take a look at two key areas of the Balkan teams' first eleven, where there will be some familiar faces who currently ply their trade in Europe's top 5 leagues.Central DefenceMontenegro's first choice centr...