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Player Focus: Papiss Demba Cisse (Newcastle)

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Apr 23 2012 16:35
Player Focus: Papiss Demba Cisse (Newcastle) Over the weekend Robin van Persie was presented with the PFA Player of the Year award after a phenomenal season in front of goal. The Dutchman is the top scorer with 27 goals this season, but of late the goalscoring exploits of Newcastle's Papiss Demba Cisse have overshadowed the Gunners' captain, a...
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Player Focus: Nene (PSG)

by Andrew Gibney at Jumatatu, Apr 23 2012 14:24
Player Focus: Nene (PSG) Last weekend’s draw against Auxerre dropped Paris Saint-Germain two points behind Montpellier in the race for the Ligue 1 title. Coach Carlo Ancelotti questioned his team’s ability and warned the players their mentality would have to change if they were to have any chance of lifting Le C...
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Stats Analysis: Bundesliga Pass Masters

by Ross Dunbar at Ijumaa, Apr 20 2012 10:46
Stats Analysis: Bundesliga Pass Masters Three games to go, and finally, a lot has been decided in the German game.Borussia Dortmund will get their hands on the 'Salad Bowl', Kaiserslautern are already down and another one, possibly two, will join them in the coming weeks. And now the time comes for Bundesliga-lovers to analyse the 'movers...
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Player Focus: Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao)

by Kieran Canning at Alhamisi, Apr 19 2012 16:52
Player Focus: Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao) Ever since Marcelo Bielsa agreed to have a second crack at La Liga by returning to take charge of Athletic Bilbao last summer, they have been one of Spain’s most intriguing storylines.The match on the surface wasn’t exactly a perfect one. Bielsa’s intense pressing and possession ba...
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Player Focus: Luca Cigarini (Atalanta)

by Adam Digby at Alhamisi, Apr 19 2012 12:54
Player Focus: Luca Cigarini (Atalanta) Technically he's very good and can play with both feet. He sits just in front of the defence and from there channels the play. He's perfectly suited to the type of game we play at this club. Those were the words of Sporting Director Ramón Rodríguez upon his club Sevilla announcing the ...
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Player Focus: Joe Cole (Lille)

by Andrew Gibney at Jumatano, Apr 18 2012 11:19
Player Focus: Joe Cole (Lille) Mexican goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa could only watch as the ball flashed past him and into the net; the camera panned back to see Englishman Joe Cole with the widest smile we have seen all year. With one flick of his left boot he had put his team 2-0 up, bombarded by his over-joyed teammates it was t...
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Player Focus: Moussa Dembele (Fulham)

by Martin Laurence at Jumatatu, Apr 16 2012 17:36
Player Focus: Moussa Dembele (Fulham) The WhoScored Premier League player ratings leaderboard is littered with talent from the top 6, with United and City unsurprisingly dominating, with 8 of the top 13 representing the title challengers. However, rather than look into the performances of these players we have decided to analyse an indi...
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Stats Analysis: Fewest Touches per Minute

by Paul McKinnon at Alhamisi, Apr 12 2012 17:46
Stats Analysis: Fewest Touches per Minute The life of a forward can be wildly contrasting. Grabbing the goals and the glory will always hog the headlines, but it is all too often offset by large chunks of time waiting for a chance of involvement. WhoScored highlights the top five Premier League frontmen in terms of the least touches per min...
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Player Focus: Yohan Mollo (Nancy - On Loan)

by Andrew Gibney at Alhamisi, Apr 5 2012 11:32
Player Focus: Yohan Mollo (Nancy - On Loan) Going into the week 31 you might be surprised to hear that AS Nancy currently sit top of the form table in Ligue 1. Over the past few years Les Chardons relied on former Coach Pablo Correa to orchestrate a last gasp survival keeping the side from Tomblaine in the top flight. Under new boss Jean Fern...
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Player Focus: Assessing Juve’s Paolo De Ceglie

by Adam Digby at Jumatano, Apr 4 2012 16:08
Player Focus: Assessing Juve’s Paolo De Ceglie Aside from among the Serie A aficionados, the name of Juventus left-back Paolo De Ceglie is unlikely to be a familiar one to many football fans. Yet the announcement, made via the Turin club’s official website recently (March 21), that the 25 year old had signed a new contract raised an almost...
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