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Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Group Stages

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Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Group Stages With the group stages now over and the quarter-finalists known, this day break from football gives us a perfect chance to analyse the best players at the tournament so far. Here we will give you a rundown of our best XI over the three group matches according to WhoScored ratings and explain just why...

League Focus: Bundesliga Team of the Season

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League Focus: Bundesliga Team of the Season The Bundesliga came to a close last weekend (Final League Table), with Borussia Dortmund retaining their crown following an unbeaten streak of 28 league games, running until the end of the season. They beat Bayern to the title relatively comfortably in the end, with an 8-point gap at the top. Undoub...

Battle of the Borussias in Top Two Showdown

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Battle of the Borussias in Top Two Showdown As the goals flew in from every angle and the clean sheets kept on rolling, many had already written off this year’s Bundesliga title as the property of Bayern Munich. The return of Jupp Heynckes to the Allianz Arena was meant to herald in the good times once again and after a temporary openin...

Top 5 Bundesliga Centre Backs for Defensive Stats Combined

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Top 5 Bundesliga Centre Backs for Defensive Stats Combined The third installment of a feature analyzing the best centre-backs from last season with regards to purely defensive statistics looks at the German Bundesliga's most dominant defenders.Perhaps unsurprisingly, the eventual league champions in Germany, Borussia Dortmund are represented in the league's...

Three Key Areas Where Dortmund are Superior to Bayern Munich

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Borussia Dortmund were clear and deserved winners of last season’s Bundesliga, winning the league by seven points over Bayer Leverkusen. Back in third place sat Bayern Munich, ten points behind the eventual winners in a tumultuous season that saw them lose Louis Van Gaal in April. Going forwar...

Bundesliga Best XI, Season 2010/11

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A look at our Bundesliga XI for season 2010/11 shows Bayern Munich very much the dominant team, despite finishing third. A total of 81 goals meant Munich very far and away the top scoring side in Germany’s top division and, with plenty of eye-catching performances throughout the spine of the t...

Borussia Dortmund's Secret Weapons

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Borussia Dortmund's Secret Weapons Last weekend saw Borussia Dortmund crowned Bundesliga champions with a 2-0 home win over Nurnberg leaving them eight points clear of Bayer Leverkusen with just two games of the 2010/2011 season remaining.From the back four through midfield and up front, Dortmund have a strong spine of key performers...