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Liverpool trio feature but no Tottenham in Champions League knockout XI

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Liverpool trio feature but no Tottenham in Champions League knockout XI While Liverpool ensured they went one better than last season to lift their sixth European Cup the Reds weren’t the only team to boast some star performers over the latter stages of the Champions League. Jurgen Klopp’s side are one of six represented in our team of the knockout phase.GK:...

Finger pointing Barcelona need look at themselves rather than elsewhere

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Finger pointing Barcelona need look at themselves rather than elsewhere After a late Lionel Messi free-kick managed to get Barcelona out of jail against Villarreal, as La Liga action returned in 2017, Luis Enrique’s squad were left feeling as though they had been cheated out of the opportunity to win. Normally, an equaliser at the end of a tight contest can hold a...

Player Focus: Was Del Bosque Right to Leave Pique Out of Spain Squad?

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Player Focus: Was Del Bosque Right to Leave Pique Out of Spain Squad? Gerard Pique apparently being dropped by Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque last week fit perfectly with a widely believed narrative about the Barcelona defender at this stage of his career.Del Bosque decided he could do without Pique for Thursday’s friendly against France and Monday’s Euro ...

Match Focus: Stretched Atlético's Chance to Make History Against Barcelona

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Match Focus: Stretched Atlético's Chance to Make History Against Barcelona And then there were two...It just so happens that this particular two will play each other on La Liga’s final day of the season. Barcelona face Atlético Madrid in what promises to be one of the most spectacular showdowns in Spanish football history. If Barcelona win, they will retain th...

Team Focus: Barca & Atletico Dealt Untimely Injury Blows

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Team Focus: Barca & Atletico Dealt Untimely Injury Blows One game. Two Injuries. A lot of selection dilemmas ahead. The enforced withdrawals of Gerard Piqué and Diego Costa in Tuesday evening’s draw between Barcelona and Atlético Madrid could not have come at a worse time for their respective clubs, who both still harness ambitions of ...

Player Focus: Bartra Developing Balance Between Puyol and Pique

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Player Focus: Bartra Developing Balance Between Puyol and Pique “Marc Bartra will become a lot better than me, because he's faster, braver and smarter. Gerard Piqué wasn’t coy when it came to talking about his new partner in the centre of Barcelona’s defence. Meanwhile Carles Puyol, as opposed to talking about, has been talking to the pl...

Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Centre-Backs

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Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Top Rated Centre-Backs Having assessed the tournaments' leading attacking threats in yesterday's Sharp Shooters blog, today we are looking at the best centre-backs at Euro 2012, based on WhoScored ratings. Here we will analyse our top 7 across a variety of defensive categories to ascertain just why their ratings were so i...

Top 5 Goal Scoring Centre Halves for 2010/11- La Liga

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Top 5 Goal Scoring Centre Halves for 2010/11- La Liga Next up in our look at the top scoring centre-halves of 2010/11 is La Liga. The top two teams are represented here, with Gerard Pique and Ricardo Carvalho proving their importance at either side of the pitch for Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively. There were impressive performers near the foot o...

Barcelona Crowned Champions of Europe

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Barcelona Crowned Champions of Europe Barcelona were fully deserved of their Champions League victory last night, with the 3-1 score line far from flattering. United had a bright first ten minutes, pressuring from the front and putting their opponents on the back foot, but the Spanish side soon found their stride and opened the scoring ...

Barcelona vs. Manchester United Combined All Star XI

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Barcelona vs. Manchester United Combined All Star XI If both teams were to merge together and form an All Star XI, there is no doubt that the final product would be a tremendously powerful force. From a subjective point of view, there could be numerous opinions on this particular topic. Is Puyol better than Vidic? Or is Villa a better finisher than He...