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Player Focus: Is Romelu Lukaku The Striker Chelsea Need?

by Ben McAleer at Jumatano, Mei 1 2013 11:30
Player Focus: Is Romelu Lukaku The Striker Chelsea Need? How would one go about replacing soon-to-be-outgoing striker Didier Drogba? A player of his physical supremacy, not to mention his ability to lead the frontline with the standard expected of a striker that stands at 6ft 2in and built like a heavyweight boxer - it's fair to say Fernando Torres can't ...
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League Focus: Is Serie A Still The Most Defensive League In Europe?

by Ben McAleer at Jumatatu, Apr 29 2013 17:20
League Focus: Is Serie A Still The Most Defensive League In Europe? In the 1960's, Inter Milan were highly revered as the greatest defensive team in world football. At the forefront of the Nerazzurri's success was Helanio Herrara. The Argentine moved from Barcelona to Italy after two rewarding years in Spain before he was forced out of the Camp Nou following several...
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Player Focus: Is Zlatan Ibrahimovic The Best Striker On The Continent?

by Ben McAleer at Jumatatu, Apr 29 2013 14:30
Player Focus: Is Zlatan Ibrahimovic The Best Striker On The Continent? It's been largely mooted that the role of the classic 'number 9' striker is slowly dying out. In the modern game, frontmen are expected to not only provide the goals to his respective team, but also hold play up and chip in with assists for their fellow teammates.This has seen the input of Javier 'C...
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Team Focus: Possession Doesn't Necessarily Guarantee Success

by Ben McAleer at Ijumaa, Apr 26 2013 16:34
Team Focus: Possession Doesn't Necessarily Guarantee Success Brendan Rodgers, last year, spoke of relieving pressure through possession prior to his appointment at Liverpool. The 40-year-old has regularly talked up the need to retain the ball during his managerial career, which has often seen him become the butt of a number of football related jokes.Well, at ...
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Player Focus: Leighton Baines Is Europe's Most Creative Defender

by Ben McAleer at Ijumaa, Apr 26 2013 13:00
Player Focus: Leighton Baines Is Europe's Most Creative Defender When discussing the creative players in the world of football, it's a normality that the usual suspects will crop up in conversation. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi, amongst others, will be the first that any football connoisseur will look towards to provide that spark which will lead to a...
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Player Focus: Diego Leading Europe's Top Dribblers

by Ben McAleer at Alhamisi, Apr 25 2013 13:10
Player Focus: Diego Leading Europe's Top Dribblers Regardless of the stature of the team you play for, there is always that one player who perceives himself to be the pick of bunch, or the one that possesses that natural ability to brush past an opponent with minimal ease, no matter the level of the football being played.In the modern game, while th...
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Player Focus: Wayne Rooney isn't United's Midfield Answer

by Ben McAleer at Jumatano, Apr 24 2013 15:10
Player Focus: Wayne Rooney isn't United's Midfield Answer It was somewhat apt that Manchester United landed their 20th top-flight title in their illustrious history courtesy of a Robin van Persie hat trick, with the Dutchman assigned the number 20 following his arrival from Arsenal over the summer. His 33 minute first half triple salvo gave United the thre...
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Bundesliga Focus: The Race for Fourth Place

by Ben McAleer at Jumatano, Apr 24 2013 14:35
Bundesliga Focus: The Race for Fourth Place Much is being made of the race for a top four finish in the Premier League as the season draws to its inevitable conclusion. London based trio Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham are all vying for a top four finish with just two points separating the three teams, with one that will miss out on a place am...
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Player Focus: Mario Götze a Good Fit for Bayern

by Ben McAleer at Jumanne, Apr 23 2013 15:30
Player Focus: Mario Götze a Good Fit for Bayern It was announced on the morning of Bayern Munich's Champions League tie with Barcelona and 36 hours ahead of Borussia Dortmund's home leg encounter against Real Madrid, but with the signing of Mario Götze, the recently crowned Bundesliga champions have signalled their intentions prior to the up...
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Player Focus: Torino's Matteo Darmian is Europe's best tackler

by Ben McAleer at Jumanne, Apr 23 2013 11:11
Player Focus: Torino's Matteo Darmian is Europe's best tackler As the football season nears its curtain call following a hard fought campaign in each respective league, the title races are all but drawing to a premature end. Bayern Munich and Manchester United have wrapped up the Bundesliga and Premier League respectively, Paris Saint-Germain are on course to a...
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