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League Focus: Spain's Superior Passing Game A Myth?

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Jan 23 2013 17:22
League Focus: Spain's Superior Passing Game A Myth? Passing football is an art, and in the modern era there have been no better masters of that art than Barcelona. Their dominance at domestic level has unsurprisingly coincided with that of Spain on the international front, but is the free-flowing football so quickly associated with the nation really ...
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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season up to 2013

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Jan 2 2013 16:15
League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season up to 2013 As we waved goodbye to the calendar year of 2012 some Premier League players were keener to see the back of it than others. However, in this article we look at those that excelled themselves in the first half of the campaign, compiling our team of the season up to December 31, 2012.We also take a lo...
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League Focus: Serie A Defensive Stat Leaders

by Adam Digby at Jumatatu, Des 17 2012 16:50
League Focus: Serie A Defensive Stat Leaders “Defence wins Championships” goes the old adage and, looking at Juventus sitting in first place as the Winter Break draws ever closer, the Serie A table only serves to reinforce that point. They have conceded just ten goals in their opening seventeen games, a total seven fewer than any o...
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League Focus: Contrasting Styles In The Serie A Title Race

by Adam Digby at Jumatatu, Des 10 2012 16:59
League Focus: Contrasting Styles In The Serie A Title Race As referee Nicola Rizzoli blew the full time whistle at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday evening, he did so signalling not only the end of the match but also a significant shift in the season for the home side. Having struggled in recent weeks, Inter lifted themselves to the challenge of visitor...
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League Focus: Serie A’s Pass Masters

by Adam Digby at Jumatatu, Nov 26 2012 17:49
League Focus: Serie A’s Pass Masters As their match finished in an improbable 2-2 draw last weekend, one of the standout features of the Inter-Cagliari fixture was the neatness both sides displayed in possession. Inter just shaded the overall figure, managing to keep the ball for 52 per cent of the encounter but both displayed some inc...
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League Focus: WhoScored Premier League Team of the Week

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Nov 21 2012 12:43
League Focus: WhoScored Premier League Team of the Week With around a third of the season now having passed there have been some magnificent games in the Premier League already and gameweek 12 saw no shortage of drama. With 35 goals scored over the 10 fixtures the North London derby set the tone for the games ahead, with Arsenal eventually running out 5-...
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Champions League Focus: Matchday 4 Round-up

by James Horncastle at Ijumaa, Nov 9 2012 14:46
Champions League Focus: Matchday 4 Round-up I have never played a team as strong as that, Lille defender Franck Béria quivered. 5-0 down after just 33 minutes, a fate no one in Champions League history has ever had to chew on with their half-time oranges, Bayern Munich's blitz was, with Borussia Dortmund's display at Real Madrid and Sh...
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League Focus: Serie A Strike Rates Analysed

by Adam Digby at Jumanne, Okt 30 2012 14:50
League Focus: Serie A Strike Rates Analysed Sitting atop the Serie A table, their nearest rival already three points behind them in the title race, Juventus possess both the joint best attack and the meanest defence in the league. While many will point to Luca Maggiani’s flag as their most influential defender, it is The Old Lady’...
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Champions League Focus: Matchday 3 Round-up

by James Horncastle at Alhamisi, Okt 25 2012 16:35
Champions League Focus: Matchday 3 Round-up In his programme notes ahead of Braga's visit to Old Trafford on Tuesday evening, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson posed his readers a question. Now be honest, he wrote, how many of you know where Borisov is, let alone how much about the Belarusian champions?Ferguson was alluding of cours...
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League Focus: Serie A Not Just A Country For Old Men

by Adam Digby at Jumatatu, Okt 22 2012 16:48
League Focus: Serie A Not Just A Country For Old Men Paul Pogba sensationally wrote his way into Italian football headlines this past weekend, scoring a superb goal in the top of the table clash between Napoli and Juventus. His shot completely wrong footed Morgan De Sanctis in the visitors goal but perhaps more surprising is the speed at which the you...
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