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Europe All Star XI for Season 2010/11

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Europe All Star XI for Season 2010/11 Our All Star Team of the 2010/11 Season for Europe features players from only two of the top five leagues, with Serie A supplying four and La Liga a staggering seven. There’s an all-Brazilian back-four in our 4-4-2 formation, while a Spanish-based midfield are joined by a front pair from Italy...

Bundesliga Best XI, Season 2010/11

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A look at our Bundesliga XI for season 2010/11 shows Bayern Munich very much the dominant team, despite finishing third. A total of 81 goals meant Munich very far and away the top scoring side in Germany’s top division and, with plenty of eye-catching performances throughout the spine of the t...

Nuri Sahin: Key Factors for Success in Madrid

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Nuri Sahin: Key Factors for Success in Madrid Real Madrid’s summer signings kicked off with the capture of Borussia Dortmund playmaker Nuri Sahin in early May. Sahin’s performances last season have been heralded all over Europe and for the conservative sum of 10m Euros, Jose Mourinho looks to have a steal on his hands. So how will S...

Cristian Zapata - Vincent Kompany’s Ideal Defensive Partner at Manchester City?

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Cristian Zapata - Vincent Kompany’s Ideal Defensive Partner at Manchester City? With an FA Cup trophy secured, expectation is now on Roberto Mancini to deliver on a grander scale as Manchester City brace for a title challenge next season.City arguably boasts the strongest squad depth in the Premier League, yet the club have still been linked with a host of names to improve the ...

Serie A All Star XI, Season 2010/11

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Serie A All Star XI, Season 2010/11 Our Serie A All Star Team hosts five players from the top two, with Inter contributing three to Milan’s couple. With four of those five being defensive players, only one of our more attack-minded options comes from either of the Milan sides. Lazio are the only other team to supply more than on...

Ligue 1 All Star Team, Season 2010/11

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Ligue 1 All Star Team, Season 2010/11 There’s a lot more variety to our Ligue 1 All Star XI than the previous two leagues, with as many as eight different clubs supplying players. Champions Lille have, unsurprisingly, the most players in the XI, with a total of three. The big shock is the omission of Eden Hazard, France’s Pl...

Eden Hazard - The Man Chelsea Need to Make Fernando Torres Shine

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Eden Hazard - The Man Chelsea Need to Make Fernando Torres Shine At present, it looks as though Roman Abramovich’s £50 million may need further investment to enable us to see the best of his original big-money acquisition – Fernando Torres.The Spaniard and Didier Drogba have looked poles apart when paired in attack thus far, and Carlo Ancelotti&...

Premier League All Star Team, Season 2010/11

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Premier League All Star Team, Season 2010/11 In the second of our Big 5 league reviews, the Premier League All Star Team from last season shows no team was overly dominant in terms of stand-out performers; Arsenal and Man City were the main suppliers, with three players apiece, though champions Man United contributed two. The rest were scatter...

La Liga All Star XI for Season 2010/11

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La Liga All Star XI for Season 2010/11 With Ligue 1 finishing up last weekend, we begin our round up of the Top 5 leagues with a look at the La Liga All Star Team for 2010/11. There’s little surprise to see the vast majority of the team filled with players from Barcelona and Real Madrid; second-place Madrid finished 21 points ahead...

All Star Champions League XI, Season 2010-11

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All Star Champions League XI, Season 2010-11 As the dust now settles on Barcelona’s magnificent 3-1 triumph on Saturday evening, it’s time to look back on the tournament’s best XI for the season. Pep Guardiola’s side provide four of our eleven (double of any other team) but there’s no place for any players from be...