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Team Focus: Can Ligue 1 Competitors Keep Up with PSG?

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Team Focus: Can Ligue 1 Competitors Keep Up with PSG? With July not even over yet Paris Saint Germain have already splashed out over €100m this summer on a number of signings which may well change the face of French football next season. In securing the signatures of former Milan duo Thiago Silva and Zlatan Ibrahimovic many are tipping the Parisia...

League Focus: Ligue 1's Best Attacking Players

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League Focus: Ligue 1's Best Attacking Players Now to continue picking Ligue 1’s team of the year, after selecting the back four and goalkeeper last week (click here) it is time to push forward into the midfield and attack. The following are six players from four different clubs producing some outstanding performances in what was an amazin...

Player Focus: Nene (PSG)

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Player Focus: Nene (PSG) Last weekend’s draw against Auxerre dropped Paris Saint-Germain two points behind Montpellier in the race for the Ligue 1 title. Coach Carlo Ancelotti questioned his team’s ability and warned the players their mentality would have to change if they were to have any chance of lifting Le C...

Zonal Marking Team Focus: PSG

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Zonal Marking Team Focus: PSG Look at the statistics from PSG’s season in relation to other Ligue 1 clubs, and it’s difficult to see exactly where they excel. They have the third-highest average possession, the fourth-highest pass completion rate, the third-most shots, and the fourth-most shots on target. All good fi...

Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Top Rated Wingers

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Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Top Rated Wingers WhoScored continues our series of articles analysing the top five players per position across Europe’s top five leagues by turning our attentions to the wide men. Four of the five main leagues are represented here; two of our featured five are based in Spain, with Serie A the only one to miss ...

Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage

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Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage As we approach 2012 the only players in Europe's top 5 leagues who aren't enjoying the festive break are plying their trade in the Premier League, so in the meantime we analyse the best XIs at the halfway stage of the season elsewhere.First up we look across the channel at France's Ligue 1, where PS...

WhoScored's 2011 Ligue 1 Player and Young Player of the Year

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WhoScored's 2011 Ligue 1 Player and Young Player of the Year The third edition of our WhoScored Player of the Calendar Year feature takes us to France and Ligue 1, where a number of players who caught the eye last season have continued their form into this. There are also places on our top 10 leaderboard for a couple of players who have really impressed since...

Ligue 1's Most Creative Stars

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Ligue 1's Most Creative Stars Ligue 1 may not have the blood and thunder of the Premier League or the superstars of La Liga but it is the perfect place to develop your talents. From the likes of Zinedine Zidane and Michel Platini in the past to Samir Nasri and Juninho Pernambucano in the last few years, France is becoming the pe...

Europe's Most Fouled XI: Toppled or Tumbling?

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Europe's Most Fouled XI: Toppled or Tumbling? While the likes of Europe's leading dribbler Gokhan Tore have looked to stay on their feet (fouled just once per game on average) despite completing 6.3 successful dribbles per game, others have been felled a little more easily.Whether they are merely players targeted by opponents for 'special treat...

The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe

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The Best Wingers for Crossing & Dribbling Across Europe As a round-up of WhoScored.com's feature on Europe's best attacking wingers from each of the top 5 divisions, we have collated the leading 5 players per category based on crossing and dribbling levels from each of the leagues, with some interesting conclusions to be drawn.As a reminder, all players ...