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Team Focus: Defensive Improvements Have Maturing Hoffenheim Flying High

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Team Focus: Defensive Improvements Have Maturing Hoffenheim Flying High At first glance it may seem as though not much has changed in football over the past 14 years. In 2000 Bayern Munich were the reigning Bundesliga champions while Real Madrid were the conquerors of Europe. For some, however, the changes in fortunes have been drastic. In a small village in Baden-Wurtt...

Player Focus: Golden Boy Firmino Awaiting International Call

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Player Focus: Golden Boy Firmino Awaiting International Call In a squad that contains just three players based in Brazil there remains one stationed in Europe that continues to be overlooked by the Seleção. There are 6 Premier League players in Felipe Scolari's thin squad to face South Africa and three apiece from La Liga and the Bundesliga. If ...

Team Focus: Inexperienced Hoffenheim - Europe's Most Exciting Team

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Team Focus: Inexperienced Hoffenheim - Europe's Most Exciting Team In the 108 Bundesliga games so far this season, there have been only two 0-0 draws. If the neutral football fan was to follow a league on entertainment value alone, Germany’s top tier would be it. With a total of 348 goals scored over those games, an average of 3.2 goals per game reinforces th...

Player Focus: Golden Displays Could Yet See Firmino Earn Brazil Call

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Player Focus: Golden Displays Could Yet See Firmino Earn Brazil Call Having only secured their Bundesliga status with a 2-1 away win at Dortmund on the final match day of the 2012/2013 season and two further victories over Kaiserslautern in the relegation play-off, Hoffenheim do not want to face another relegation battle in the new campaign. Quite the contrary, manag...

Match Analysis: MGladbach & Palermo Home Runs Halted

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Match Analysis: MGladbach & Palermo Home Runs Halted WhoScored’s regular weekly look at those significant streaks that have come to an end over the past weekend sees us focus on the Bundesliga and Serie A this time round. In Germany’s top-flight, MGladbach suffered a home defeat for the first time this season, going down 2-1 at the hands o...

Team Focus: Europe's Youngest Squads

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Team Focus: Europe's Youngest Squads We at WhoScored have decided to investigate the clubs in Europe's top 5 leagues who are most willing to rely on their younger stars by accumulating the average age of each squad. Only players to have played a part in at least 5 league games were considered to filter out the odd sub appearance from a...

Player Focus: If in Doubt, you can Count on Ibisevic

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Player Focus: If in Doubt, you can Count on Ibisevic Hoffenheim are well-known for their footballing philosophy which was implemented originally by former head coach Ralf Rangnick as the blue steam-train stormed its way into the German Bundesliga.Bankrolled by Dietmar Hopp, Hoffenheim earned promotion to the Bundesliga in 2008 and have since held thei...

WhoScored Analyst: Defenders' Goals Becoming a Nice Habit

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WhoScored Analyst: Defenders' Goals Becoming a Nice Habit As tactics evolve in the modern game, more often than ever we are seeing managers tinker with traditional formations of old in order to attack with as many players as possible. Barcelona are the team that springs to mind most readily here. On countless occasions this season, Pep Guardiola has fielde...