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League Focus: La Liga 2014/15 Winter Break Statistical Roundup

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League Focus: La Liga 2014/15 Winter Break Statistical Roundup A look around the statistics as La Liga heads into its winter break shows the expected big stars right at the top of the most important areas, while also highlighting the displays of some of the more low-profile players who have impressed through the first five months of the 2014/15 season.Cristiano...

Team Focus: Madrid's Progression Sees Them Beat Barca at Their Own Game

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Team Focus: Madrid's Progression Sees Them Beat Barca at Their Own Game There was something new about the teamsheets for Saturday’s clasico at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. It was Real Madrid, not Barcelona, who took to the field with more technically-adept playmakers in their XI.All of Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Isco and James Rodriguez started for Madrid in centr...

Match Focus: Improving Ireland Upset the Odds to Frustrate Faltering Germany

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Match Focus: Improving Ireland Upset the Odds to Frustrate Faltering Germany For John O’Shea and Ireland, it was a “special night”. For Germany, it was the culmination of a frustrating opening to these qualifiers that left manager Jogi Loew talking about a “post-World Cup hole”.The sides' surprising 1-1 draw in Gelsenkirchen leaves Ireland joint...

Player Focus: Modest Modric Madrid's Superstar in the Shadows

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Player Focus: Modest Modric Madrid's Superstar in the Shadows All four players comprising Real Madrid's superstar strikeforce was on the scoresheet as they kicked off their Champions League defence with a resounding 5-1 win over Basel on Tuesday night. Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale both added assists to their goals, while James Rodríguez netted only...

Player Focus: Can Ancelotti Maintain Midfield Balance With Kroos' Arrival?

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Player Focus: Can Ancelotti Maintain Midfield Balance With Kroos' Arrival? Last January, after a routine 2-0 home win over Granada sent Real Madrid top of La Liga while keeping a club record seventh consecutive clean sheet, coach Carlo Ancelotti was beaming.“The most important thing is the balance we have at the moment,” Ancelotti said. “That is the key. ...

Team Focus: Madrid's Midfield Yet Stronger for Signing Kroos and Rodríguez

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Team Focus: Madrid's Midfield Yet Stronger for Signing Kroos and Rodríguez Now the World Cup has drawn to a close and round up articles have been filed away, transfer gossip columns have again taken centre stage. There have already been a number of big-money moves made - Luis Suarez signing for Barcelona, Alexis Sanchez joining Arsenal and Adam Lallana moving to Liverpool ...

Player Focus: 5 Top Value Buys of the Transfer Window so far

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Player Focus: 5 Top Value Buys of the Transfer Window so far It is said that there’s no such thing as transfer value during a World Cup year, but that’s not true – clubs just have to look for it a little harder. Here are five of WhoScored’s best value deals of the summer so far. No loans or free transfers are included, for clarity. Ton...

Player Focus: Mascherano Must Overcome Kroos in Sunday's Midfield Battle

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Player Focus: Mascherano Must Overcome Kroos in Sunday's Midfield Battle It is strange to think that in six games at the 2014 World Cup Argentina have scored just 8 goals, 1 of which was a Sead Kolasinac own goal. Boasting Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero and Gonzalo Higuaín - 3 players who netted a combined 292 league goals since the 2010 World Cup - many expecte...

Player Focus: 2009/10 Top-Rated Youngsters - Where Are They Now?

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Player Focus: 2009/10 Top-Rated Youngsters - Where Are They Now? Football scouts are charged with scouring the globe for the latest and greatest in talent each country has to offer. Particularly when it comes to youth, they can find the best value around and discover players worth investing in. So many youngsters are touted as the 'next big thing' and the vast pr...

Dortmund vs Bayern: Will Götze Or Kroos Be The Bigger Loss?

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Dortmund vs Bayern: Will Götze Or Kroos Be The Bigger Loss? “It was like a heart attack,” Borussia Dortmund head coach Jürgen Klopp told The Guardian when speaking of the moment he heard that Mario Götze had agreed to move to Bayern Munich over the summer. The young Germany international has become a pivotal member of Die Schwarzgelben&...