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Team Focus: Striker Search Goes on as Spain Seek Revenge

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Team Focus: Striker Search Goes on as Spain Seek Revenge Alvaro Morata’s goal in Spain’s 1-0 win over Ukraine on Friday night has led to plenty of praise in the local media, with the Juventus centre-forward’s first senior international goal featuring on the front of both AS and Marca the following morning, amid claims that Spain had fina...

Player Focus: Consistency Leading Hazard to Likely POTY Award

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Player Focus: Consistency Leading Hazard to Likely POTY Award The idea of a player of the year or has always been a rather hoary concept in football, not least because it is a team game. Of course, the very fact it is a team game makes it even more difficult to judge individual performance. Do a player's fine displays have the same merit if they have no tangib...

Match Report: Chelsea's Experience Edges the Battle of the Bridge

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Match Report: Chelsea's Experience Edges the Battle of the Bridge After a fiercely contested draw at Anfield a week ago, many would have anticipated the fiery affair that followed in the return leg between Chelsea and Liverpool. It was a match full of controversy on an off the pitch. Mourinho missing the winning goal epitomised the hostility of this heated battle,...

Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs?

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 Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs? It was the big question ahead of Chelsea’s home match against Tottenham Hotspur, given that Diego Costa has had a bigger impact on their attack than anyone else this season.How - for just the second big game in this campaign - will Jose Mourinho’s side cope without their top-scoring stri...

Player Focus: Europe's Top Performers in September

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Player Focus: Europe's Top Performers in September Once the transfer window closes, new signings strive to make an immediate impact with their team and impress the supporters. However, a familiar face has won the adulation of fans for his performances in September. Cristiano Ronaldo was WhoScored’s highest rated player (8.99) in Europe’s...

Match Report: Integration of the Lone Striker Sets Chelsea and Villa Apart

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Match Report: Integration of the Lone Striker Sets Chelsea and Villa Apart Chelsea continued their strong start to this Premier League season with what was a relatively routine and predictable victory against an Aston Villa side whose lofty standing in the table was never likely to last long.Jose Mourinho's side took an early lead at Stamford Bridge, scoring inside the 7th...

League Focus: Premier League Team of the Month - August

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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Month - August The first 'month' of the Premier League season is over and it's fair to say there have already been a number of surprises. The least shocking outcome from the three matches thus far, perhaps, sees favourites prior to the season Chelsea sitting pretty at the top.The most shocking, in more ways than o...

Match Report: 'Injured' Costa Fires Chelsea to High-Scoring Win at Everton

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Match Report: 'Injured' Costa Fires Chelsea to High-Scoring Win at Everton After facing two promoted sides in their opening 2 games, Chelsea were up against their first real test of the season as they headed to Goodison Park for Saturday's late kick off. Having netted just twice in their last 3 games there and amidst claims that their first choice striker was facing a batt...

Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One?

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Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One? A new chapter indeed this is for Romelu Lukaku. Originally purchased as Didier Drogba's long-term replacement at Stamford Bridge, the 21-year-old has seen the tables turned by the return to west London of the Ivorian veteran. Shipped off to Everton this week on a permanent deal, Lukaku has left in s...

Player Focus: What Diego Costa's Absence Would Mean for Spain's Strikeforce

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Player Focus: What Diego Costa's Absence Would Mean for Spain's Strikeforce Even in his own calmly serene manner, Vicente Del Bosque couldn’t hide Diego Costa’s utter importance to Spain. “We will wait until the last minute before making our decision”, the manager said, as doubt persisted about the nature of the Atlético Madrid forward’s...