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Team Focus: The Reliance on Teams' Top Goalscorers in La Liga

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Team Focus: The Reliance on Teams' Top Goalscorers in La Liga Much of the Madrid media last week was focused on one issue - what length of ban Cristiano Ronaldo would get for his red card at Cordoba the previous weekend. La Liga’s disciplinary committee opted to be generous, to say the least, imposing just a two game punishment, meaning Ronaldo is free t...

Player Focus: Real Madrid Youth Cheryshev Emerging as a Top Creator at Villarreal

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Player Focus: Real Madrid Youth Cheryshev Emerging as a Top Creator at Villarreal Three La Liga players made Whoscored.com’s European team of the week last weekend. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi being in there was no surprise after their latest match-winning hat-tricks. Fewer onlookers would however have predicted the inclusion of Villarreal’s Spanish-raised Russ...

Team Focus: Emery Can Afford to be More Adventurous in Sevilla Midfield Selection

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Team Focus: Emery Can Afford to be More Adventurous in Sevilla Midfield Selection Sevilla's impressive start to the season saw them go to San Mames on Sunday afternoon with a chance to go top of La Liga. It wasn’t to be, however, and instead a cautious looking team slipped to a 1-0 defeat, deservedly beaten by hosts Athletic Bilbao. This meant Unai Emery's side ended the we...

Team Focus: Sevilla's Surprisingly Bright Start to Life After Rakitic

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Team Focus: Sevilla's Surprisingly Bright Start to Life After Rakitic This summer it was the transfer of a certain Luis Suarez that stole the headlines early on in the transfer window. His arrival at Camp Nou was supplemented by the signing of Ivan Rakitic, with the Croatian's departure from Europa League victors Sevilla expected to hit Unai Emery's side hard.In allow...

Player Focus: Sevilla Success Puts Bacca in Contention for Columbia

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Player Focus: Sevilla Success Puts Bacca in Contention for Columbia With more goals than both Gareth Bale and Neymar - and at a fraction of the price - it’s becoming more and more apparent that Sevilla’s €8m spend on Carlos Bacca has been a fine piece of business, akin to those the club made in the early 2000’s.In fact, Bacca’s impact ha...

Player Focus: Ivan Rakitic - The Driving Force in Sevilla's Midfield

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Player Focus: Ivan Rakitic - The Driving Force in Sevilla's Midfield Three players have dominated the Primera División title race this season - Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego Costa. The former may have missed a substantial chunk of the campaign through injury, but has returned to action with aplomb, landing the WhoScored man of the match award in 8 ...

Team Focus: Sevilla Struggling in Attempts to Replace Departed Stars

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Team Focus: Sevilla Struggling in Attempts to Replace Departed Stars Losing two key figures in Jesús Navas and Álvaro Negredo was always going to be a significant moment in Sevilla’s history. The former a player who identified with the club more than any other, and the latter will go down as one of the best strikers in their history. Acclimatisati...

Player Focus: Is Álvaro Negredo the Right Calibre for City?

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Player Focus: Is Álvaro Negredo the Right Calibre for City? With Manchester City in danger of losing more ground on the title chase, with many now suggesting that Chelsea look set to be United's main challengers next season, the club are moving fast to secure two more attacking moves in the market.The likely arrival of Stevan Jovetic has been a cause of opti...

WhoScored Tipster: Final Day of the Season in La Liga

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WhoScored Tipster: Final Day of the Season in La Liga Barcelona have long since had the title sewn up in La Liga, but it would be wholly incorrect to call the season done and dusted in the Spanish top flight. On the last day of the season, the final Champions place is still to be decided, with Valencia and Real Sociedad in the running, while at the oth...

Player Focus: Ivan Rakitic

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Player Focus: Ivan Rakitic During the summer there was great attention and analysis of Luka Modric’s move to Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur. However, it’s another Croatian who has dominated in La Liga this season and one who, at €1.5m, cost a mere fraction of his compatriot.In a season of very few consist...