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Player Focus: Di Maria Tipped to Shine at PSG Despite United Disappointment

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatatu, Jul 27 2015 12:27
Player Focus: Di Maria Tipped to Shine at PSG Despite United Disappointment Just how good is Angel Di Maria? Zlatan Ibrahimovic, rarely a player to hide behind a veil of diplomacy, has no doubt. “The guy has won everything. He is a fantastic player who plays for the team,” the Paris St-Germain striker said. “He brings pace to a team. He brings quality, big...
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Player Focus: Is Christian Benteke Worth the Risk for Liverpool?

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatatu, Jul 20 2015 16:03
Player Focus: Is Christian Benteke Worth the Risk for Liverpool? There has been a level of scepticism about the £32.5milion transfer of Christian Benteke to Liverpool that feels a touch surprising. The 24-year old is, on the face of it, just the profile of player Liverpool need to be signing: a striker who has scored goals consistently who has the potential...
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Player Focus: Where Will Schweinsteiger Fit in New Look United Midfield

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatatu, Jul 13 2015 11:10
Player Focus: Where Will Schweinsteiger Fit in New Look United Midfield The signing of Bastian Schweinsteiger is one that seems to have divided opinions among Manchester United fans. On the one had, he is clearly a player of great quality, helping Germany to the World Cup and Bayern Munich to the Champions League. On the other, he is 30 and the experience of Radamel Fal...
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Player Focus: Darmian Capture Would be an Addition of Expertise United Require

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatano, Jul 8 2015 10:20
Player Focus: Darmian Capture Would be an Addition of Expertise United Require It was Jack Charlton who observed at the 1994 World Cup that full-back was, tactically, the most important position on the pitch. He was speaking at a time, admittedly, when 4-4-2 was the most common shape, meaning full-backs tended to have space in front of them, but the basic point still stands. F...
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Match Focus: Chile & Argentina Battle to End Trophy Drought in Copa America Final

by Jonathan Wilson at Alhamisi, Jul 2 2015 12:14
Match Focus: Chile & Argentina Battle to End Trophy Drought in Copa America Final The Copa America probably has the final it deserves. Chile were the team of the group stage, while Argentina, having promised so much without delivering once again, finally caught light in the semi-final with their 6-1 evisceration of Paraguay. These are the two top scorers in the competition, the o...
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Team Focus: Díaz & Aránguiz Partnership at the Heart of Chile's Hopes

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatatu, Jun 22 2015 15:32
Team Focus: Díaz & Aránguiz Partnership at the Heart of Chile's Hopes There is no side at this Copa America so tactically flexible as Chile, capable of switching from a back four to a back three in the blink of an eye, and that – along with a relatively simple group and a phalanx of in-form forwards – is the reason they’ve scored more than twice as m...
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Team Focus: Neymar Reliant Brazil Still Showing Problems of Old

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatatu, Jun 15 2015 16:38
Team Focus: Neymar Reliant Brazil Still Showing Problems of Old Brazil’s Copa America group match against Peru may ultimately have produced the result that had been widely anticipated, but it’s fair to say nobody was expecting the game to play out quite like it did. Dunga’s Brazil was supposed to be dogged and cautious, to have shorn the wildne...
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Player Focus: Should Fatigued Falcao Be Colombia's First Choice Striker?

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatatu, Jun 8 2015 12:58
Player Focus: Should Fatigued Falcao Be Colombia's First Choice Striker? When Jose Pekerman named Falcao as Colombia’s captain, it felt as though he was making a point. It’s true that with the 39-year-old Mario Yepes finally yielding to age, he needed a new captain, but giving Falcao that role seemed designed to reassure him that he is still central to this C...
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Player Focus: Mourinho Tactics Inspire Terry's Return to Defensive Dominance

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatano, Mei 27 2015 13:07
Player Focus: Mourinho Tactics Inspire Terry's Return to Defensive Dominance On Sunday, John Terry played 90 minutes against Sunderland, meaning that he joined Gary Pallister as only the second outfield player since the Premier League began to play every minute of a title-winning campaign. By the end of the season, the sense was that he – and Jose Mourinho – were...
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Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored

by Jonathan Wilson at Jumatatu, Mei 18 2015 13:00
Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored One of the stranger conclusions of Charles Reep, the first man in Britain to take seriously the collation of football data was that, as teams scored, on average, with one in nine shots, they should shoot more, even if that meant taking almost indiscriminate pot-shots from 40 yards. Even if it didn&r...
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