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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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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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Premier League Focus: The Race for Champions League Qualification

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumatano, Apr 10 2013 14:50
Premier League Focus: The Race for Champions League Qualification While the Champions League reaches its final stages in dramatic fashion, Germany and Spain can sit back and relax with at least one team from each in the semi-final, and the distinct possibility of another progressing tonight. England, meanwhile, had only Arsenal and Manchester United make it throug...
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League Focus: The Serie A Run-In

by James Horncastle at Ijumaa, Apr 5 2013 11:36
League Focus: The Serie A Run-In The end of the season is nearly upon us in Serie A.Apart from Juventus, flush with a nine-point lead at the top of the table and poised to retain their title providing that they don't experience an unlikely post-Bayern collapse in the meantime and throw it away as controversially happened under the ...
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Premier League Focus: March Round-up & Team of the Month

by Martin Laurence at Jumanne, Apr 2 2013 17:21
Premier League Focus: March Round-up & Team of the Month The Premier League entered its penultimate month of action over Easter and in this piece we'll take a look back at the top performers in March.We start with the team of the month based on our unique statistical ratings, with only those to have started over half of their respective side's league game...
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Premier League Focus: Team Goal Times - Scored & Conceded

by Martin Laurence at Alhamisi, Feb 28 2013 17:27
Premier League Focus: Team Goal Times - Scored & Conceded Many have all but written off any hopes of City catching United in the Premier League title race and if Ferguson's side do go on to win at the canter most expect them to, it could end up coming down to the way they've started matches this season, or perhaps more fittingly the way that City haven't.H...
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Premier League Focus: The Season of the New Signing

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Feb 13 2013 16:48
Premier League Focus: The Season of the New Signing With another transfer window having passed the January recruits in the Premier League certainly have a lot to live up to this season. There have been some major award ceremonies of late, though the winner of the Premier League's best newcomer remains in the balance. Votes have been cast, counted, re...
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Champions League Focus: Real Madrid vs Manchester United

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumanne, Feb 12 2013 15:03
Champions League Focus: Real Madrid vs Manchester United The last time a Ronaldo played against Manchester United he produced a masterclass in goalscoring and almost single-handedly silenced the home crowd. That was the original R9; the Brazilian Ronaldo, who has now fallen from grace but scored a hat-trick that night at Old Trafford to put the tie out of...
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Premier League Focus: Records Against the Top 10

by Alistair Tweedale at Jumatano, Feb 6 2013 14:56
Premier League Focus: Records Against the Top 10 What usually separates teams at the top of a league is not results against the so-called 'lesser' teams but instead how they fare against the teams around them in the table. Of course, by beating a near rival, not only are you gaining three points but you are also denying them any gain, making those...
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Premier League Focus: Victors & Victims of Comeback Results

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Feb 4 2013 17:47
Premier League Focus: Victors & Victims of Comeback Results Although as many as 5 teams failed to find the net in gameweek 25 of the Premier League there was still plenty of goalmouth action, particularly in the games featuring sides at the bottom of the table.The late comeback was a common trend over the weekend, and while it brought adulation for the likes...
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