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Team Focus: Valencia

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Team Focus: Valencia The final whistle was met by boos and waving of the white handkerchiefs at theMestallaon Sunday as Valencia squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Mallorca. This sort of crowd discontent is usually the sign of a club in crisis and spells trouble for the manager, but at Valencia it is pretty muc...

Zonal Marking Team Focus: Stoke

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Zonal Marking Team Focus: Stoke You don’t really need statistics to demonstrate that Stoke are a unique team in the Premier League. While the top sides all favour a possession-based game, and even a newly-promoted club like Swansea pride themselves on keeping the ball, Stoke are fiercely committed to their own style. “...

Player Focus: Another Hat Trick For Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic?

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Player Focus: Another Hat Trick For Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic? The three midweek fixtures in Serie A on Wednesday meant that finally the league table had parity restored as all the matches cancelled due to bad weather were played at last. This provides us with, after weeks of various teams having games-in-hand, an opportunity to assess where the clubs sit with ...

Player Focus: Does Kaká Have A Place in the Same Side as Özil?

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Player Focus: Does Kaká Have A Place in the Same Side as Özil? Real Madrid's 5-0 win over Espanyol on Sunday night was unremarkable in many ways. It was Real's 12th win in 13 home league games and the 14th time they've scored four or more goals this season, but one standout point was the fabulous performance of Kaká.The Brazilian playmaker hasn't had the...

Match Analysis: Ending Streaks - Liverpool & Bordeaux Beaten at Home

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Match Analysis: Ending Streaks - Liverpool & Bordeaux Beaten at Home WhoScored’s usual early week round up of those unbeaten streaks that have come to an end over the last round of matches sees us focus on the Premier League and Ligue 1. In England’s top flight, Liverpool tasted defeat at Anfield for the first time this term thanks to the finishing of Rob...

League Focus: Serie A Squad Rotation

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League Focus: Serie A Squad Rotation After the reformatting of UEFA-competitions in the 90s saw more teams playing in the European Cups and increased the number of games in those tournaments, top-leagues' teams changed the way they managed their squads. As most of the leagues now have 20 clubs, 44 matches per season is the lightest pos...

Team Focus: Real Madrid Success Built on Solidity on the Road

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Team Focus: Real Madrid Success Built on Solidity on the Road Real Madrid's 1-0 victory at Rayo Vallecano on Sunday was Jose Mourinho's men's ninth consecutive league win on the road.It also kept up Real's amazing record of having only dropped eight points all season through 24 games (2.66 points per game), however that run has been amassed in two very differe...

Team Focus: Hamburg Putting Early Season Woes Behind Them

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Team Focus: Hamburg Putting Early Season Woes Behind Them The Bundesliga got off to a flying start in August with one of its biggest clubs, Hamburg SV, staring a potential relegation battle in the face.The summer brought fresh hope for Rothosen with former Chelsea director of football Frank Arnesen taking up the ‘Sporting Director’ role with a ...

Team Focus: Brittany Fears: Where the Ligue 1 Title Could be Won & Lost

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Team Focus: Brittany Fears: Where the Ligue 1 Title Could be Won & Lost It was a strange weekend over in Ligue 1. Over 48 hours only 22 goals were scored in ten games, and eight of those came in the epic 4-4 battle between Lyon and PSG. In Saturday’s 6 o’clock kick-offs only nine goals were scored. Of all ten games, only three of the sides playing away from ...

Match Analysis: Marseille & Hannover Streaks End

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Match Analysis: Marseille & Hannover Streaks End WhoScored’s regular early-week round-up of those unbeaten significant streaks that have come to an end focuses on Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga this time round. Marseille lost for the first time in ten league matches in France’s top division with a 1-0 defeat at mid-table Brest, while over ...