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A Lille Less Conversation, a Lille More Action Please

by Andrew Gibney at Jumatano, Sep 14 2011 11:15
A Lille Less Conversation, a Lille More Action Please When Lille won Le Championnat last season it brought about a great amount of pressure and expectation onto the Champions. Before they even had time to celebrate their success many sceptics questioned how they could possibly follow up such a dominant season. Losing Gervinho, Yohan Cabaye and Adil Ram...
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WhoScored Bundesliga All Star XI for Gameweek 5

by Martin Laurence at Jumatano, Sep 14 2011 09:55
WhoScored Bundesliga All Star XI for Gameweek 5 There were goals galore in the Bundesliga in the weekend just gone by, with four teams scoring 3 goals or more as the league slowly starts to take shape. Bayern Munich hit Freiburg for seven, while Hoffenheim hammered Mainz 05 4-0 away from home. Hamburg stay rooted to the bottom as Werder Bremen be...
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Stoke Ken-wyne Without Jones but is Crouch the Answer?

by Martin Laurence at Jumanne, Sep 13 2011 16:04
Stoke Ken-wyne Without Jones but is Crouch the Answer? In terms of the Premier League's most aerially dominant strikers, the usual suspects made the line-up from last season, and unsurprisingly, Stoke were well represented. The Potters have since added the lankiest of them all in Peter Crouch, joining the ranks alongside the likes of Kenwyne Jones and J...
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Inter-Roma: Golden Gloves?

by Adam Digby at Jumanne, Sep 13 2011 13:16
Inter-Roma: Golden Gloves? The opening weekend of Serie A saw an incredible thirty-five goals and featured some wonderfully open attacking football, quite at odds with the tactical and methodical reputation of Italy's top flight. Even the first match, a marquee match-up between two of last seasons best teams saw Milan and Laz...
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WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweek 2

by Paul McKinnon at Jumanne, Sep 13 2011 09:45
WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweek 2 Barcelona’s surprise draw at Real Sociedad handed the initiative to Real Madrid this weekend and Jose Mourinho’s side made no mistake, beating a valiant Getafe to edge two points clear of their rivals at the top of La Liga. Wins for Valencia and Real Betis saw them join Madrid on six poi...
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WhoScored Serie A All Star XI for Gameweek 1

by Paul McKinnon at Jumatatu, Sep 12 2011 15:20
WhoScored Serie A All Star XI for Gameweek 1 Serie A finally opened for business this weekend after a players strike had delayed the initial set of fixtures. It was a tricky start for last season’s top two- Milan managed just a point at the San Siro against Lazio, while Gian Gasperini’s first league game as Inter boss ended in a su...
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WhoScored Premier League XI for Gameweek 4

by Paul McKinnon at Jumatatu, Sep 12 2011 10:04
WhoScored Premier League XI for Gameweek 4 Once again, the weekend set of Premier League fixtures was dominated by the performances of both Manchester clubs. Both United and City are now the only two teams left with one hundred percent records and a pair of devastating displays swept aside Bolton and Wigan respectively. A look at the WhoScor...
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Maxime Gonalons - He Has Gon-A-Long Way

by Andrew Gibney at Jumapili, Sep 11 2011 16:47
Maxime Gonalons - He Has Gon-A-Long Way In the past fortnight it has been a very interesting time in the Rhone-Alps region of France. At Saint-Etienne mystery grew over the status of midfielder Steed Malbranque which ended with his contract being terminated and then over at their rivals Olympique Lyon it has been a busy week with the clos...
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Manchester City vs Wigan Key Battles

by Paul McKinnon at Ijumaa, Sep 9 2011 10:40
Manchester City vs Wigan Key Battles Man City go into this weekend’s home match with Wigan as overwhelming favourites after a superb start to the season. Joint-top with neighbours United after three games, Roberto Mancini’s side arrive on the back of a 5-1 away win at Spurs and given the sort of form they are currently show...
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Ligue 1 Player of the Month Focus – Alain Traore

by Martin Laurence at Ijumaa, Sep 9 2011 09:55
Ligue 1 Player of the Month Focus – Alain Traore With Ligue 1 now in full swing we look at how a young midfielder, like Reus in Germany, has been stealing the headlines with a number of eye-catching displays.WhoScored.com's player of the month for August in France's top division is Auxerre's Alain Traore, and it isn't hard to see why.The 22-year-o...
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