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Team Focus: Colombia Still an Attacking Threat Without Falcao

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Team Focus: Colombia Still an Attacking Threat Without Falcao With rumours circulating that Franck Ribéry may be set to miss the World Cup with injury, he could be joining a rather vast list of some of the planet's best players who will not be on show in Brazil this summer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale could not inspire Sweden and Wales to qualifi...

Player Focus: Top 10 Summer Transfers

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Player Focus: Top 10 Summer Transfers In the end, the Premier League did it. It retained its reputation as the most attractive league to join, stealing the show with numerous marque signings in the transfer window just passed. However, La Liga’s acquisitions were almost as impressive, and – for a change – it wasn&rsquo...

Player Focus: Europe's Biggest Threats on the Counter Attack

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Player Focus: Europe's Biggest Threats on the Counter Attack The theory that it's the weaker sides that are forced to play on the counter due to a lack of possession is one that has been quashed in recent years, with a number of Europe's top sides using the opportunity to break with devastating effect nowadays.The increasing dominance of the 4-2-3-1 tactic ce...

Player Focus: Europe's Hat-Trick Heroes

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Player Focus: Europe's Hat-Trick Heroes A hat-trick is a thing of rare beauty; a feat that a tiny minority of professional footballers achieve at any point in their careers. Fewer still will do so away from home, or in a 12 minute period to win a game against one of Europe's most decorated sides, as German Denis managed at San Siro agains...

Player Focus: Falcao

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Player Focus: Falcao If Falcao is playing for a move to one of European football’s top clubs in the transfer window, the Atletico Madrid striker is timing his run perfectly. He shoots, he scores.On Sunday night the Colombian striker had five shots and scored five times during the 6-0 demolition of Deportivo La Cor...

Match Focus: Athletic vs Atletico

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Match Focus: Athletic vs Atletico When you think of the top eight teams in Europe the usual behemoths of European football come to mind; Barcelona and Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, AC Milan and given their domestic success this season maybe even Borussia Dortmund, Juventus and Manchester City.AtléticoMadrid, ...

Player Focus: Falcao (Atletico Madrid)

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Player Focus: Falcao (Atletico Madrid) When Radamel Falcao made the trip across the Iberian Peninsula from Porto to Atlético Madrid for some €40m in the summer many an eyebrow was raised.Why would a player who had starred as the Portuguese side stormed to four trophies and on a personal level broke a European record by scorin...

New Boys Stealing the Show Ahead of Barca vs Atletico

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New Boys Stealing the Show Ahead of Barca vs Atletico With a 2-2 draw at Valencia preserving their unbeaten start to the La Liga campaign, Barcelona return to the Nou Camp this weekend to face an in-form Atletico Madrid. Having picked up two draws on their travels so far, Pep Guardiola’s side will be glad of a match in front of their home fans th...