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Team Focus: Barcelona's Failings

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Team Focus: Barcelona's Failings In just four days Barcelona have kissed goodbye to the two major trophies they won last year and whilst their first home defeat since September 2010 to Real Madrid, followed by a barely believable elimination by Chelsea from the Champions League 3-2 on aggregate, came as a shock, some of the factors...

Match Analysis: Barca & United Streaks End

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Match Analysis: Barca & United Streaks End WhoScored’s usual round-up of those significant streaks that have come to an end in the previous round of matches takes place in La Liga and the Premier League. Both matches have had a huge bearing on matters at the top of their respective tables. In Spain, Barcelona tasted defeat at the Nou C...

Zonal Marking Team Focus: Borussia Dortmund

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Zonal Marking Team Focus: Borussia Dortmund With a win this weekend, Borussia Dortmund will clinch their second consecutive title. Of course, victory over fourth-placed Borussia Monchengladbach should not be taken for granted. But then, Dortmund are now unbeaten in 25 games, an extremely impressive record in a league that is arguably more com...

Team Focus: Atalanta

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Team Focus: Atalanta Atalanta's season started with a bang; promoted from Serie B, they knew that safety was their only goal. However, on the 9th of August the club was given a 6-point penalty, compromising all of their plans for the season to come. The potential safety mark was virtually upped from 40 to 46 points and ...

Match Analysis: Dortmund Edge Closer by Ending Schalke Streak

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Match Analysis: Dortmund Edge Closer by Ending Schalke Streak WhoScored’s regular weekly look at those significant streaks that have come to an end across Europe’s top five leagues sees us look at the Bundesliga and La Liga. In Germany, Dortmund ended bitter rivals Schalke’s ten-match unbeaten home run to make a huge step towards the title, w...

Stats Analysis: Serie A’s Set-Piece Specialists

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Stats Analysis: Serie A’s Set-Piece Specialists With Milan having stumbled at home to Fiorentina last week and thus holding a title-deciding door open for Turin’s Old Lady, Juventus kicked off against Palermo last Saturday evening knowing a win would take them top of the table for the first time in over two months. The opening goal in a gam...

Team Focus: Real Betis

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Team Focus: Real Betis In a league dogged by inconsistency most sides in La Liga this season haven't known whether they’re fighting relegation or challenging for a place in Europe. No team has personified that lack of regularity more than Real Betis.In the first throes of Autumn the good times were back on the green...

Stats Analysis: Premier League Big Chance Conversion

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Stats Analysis: Premier League Big Chance Conversion There have been some glaring misses in the Premier League this season, with a Dirk Kuyt scoop straight out of the Mr Whippy masterclass against Aston Villa ending up in the stands from just a couple of yards out recently. Fernando Torres' head in hands moment against Manchester United also stands lo...

Team Focus: Kaiserslautern

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Team Focus: Kaiserslautern With five games remaining in the Bundesliga, the relegation battle is still incredibly open with the next few matches capable of completely re-shaping the entire bottom-half of the table.Just six points separate Hertha BSC in 17th and FSV Mainz in 11th and in the last few weeks of the season, there ...

Team Focus: Augsburg Making Late Claim for Survival

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Team Focus: Augsburg Making Late Claim for Survival FC Augsburg were a surprise addition to the Bundesliga just under a year ago when they secured the second promotion place in the Second Division ahead of VfL Bochum thanks to an incredible goal-difference.The Bavarians had never participated in the top-flight before this season and they finished las...