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The 2018 Big Fat Football Quiz of the Year

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The 2018 Big Fat Football Quiz of the Year And so it ends. 2018 has been quite the year for football, with record breaking champions, World Cup winners and a new Ballon d’Or champion to celebrate, but how closely were you paying attention throughout the year.We’ve compiled a 36-question quiz (three for each month of the year) to ...

La Liga round up: Lionel Messi growing from strength-to-strengh in another dazzling campaign

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La Liga round up: Lionel Messi growing from strength-to-strengh in another dazzling campaign Barcelona are three points clear of Atletico Madrid in second after finishing 2018 with four straight wins but La Liga in general has been ultra competitive this season. There are only 14 points splitting fourth to the relegation zone, the joint-smallest gap among any of Europe’s top five leag...

Barcelona vs Celta Vigo betting preview - A familiar thorn in Barca’s side?

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Barcelona vs Celta Vigo betting preview - A familiar thorn in Barca’s side? It’s the final week of action in LaLiga ahead of the winter break will hope to end it with the three-point cushion they hold at the top at the very least. With Real Madrid out of action due to the World Club Championship it’s an opportunity for the blaugrana to get some more breathing sp...

Former Manchester United winger the star man in La Liga best XI

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Former Manchester United winger the star man in La Liga best XI Real Sociedad were one of three teams, along with Girona and Sevilla, to go through November unbeaten in La Liga. The Basque giants have begun to steady the ship following a rocky patch of form and now sit 11th after winning two and drawing one of three matches last month.It coincided with Adnan Jan...

Manchester United target among top U21 performer in Europe’s top five leagues

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Manchester United target among top U21 performer in Europe’s top five leagues We run through the best WhoScored rated U21 XI from Europe’s top five leagues across the weekend’s action Goalkeeper: Paul Bernardoni (Nimes) – 7.35 rating Paul Bernardoni retains his place in the U21 XI after helping Nimes keep a clean sheet in a 1-0 win away to Strasbourg at the ...

La Liga round-up: Messi leads the top performers despite Barcelona loss

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La Liga round-up: Messi leads the top performers despite Barcelona loss Barcelona fell to a surprise 4-3 home defeat at the hands of Real Betis at the weekend as they shipped four league goals at Camp Nou for the first time since 2003. Real Betis, meanwhile, had scored just one away goal this season prior to their trip to Barcelona in what was a hugely impressive victor...

La Liga team of the month: Barcelona trio feature in best XI

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La Liga team of the month: Barcelona trio feature in best XI Goalkeeper: Oier Olazabal (Levante) – 8.27 ratingOctober was some month for Levante goalkeeper Oier Olazabal, who finished it as the second highest WhoScored rated player (min 3 appearances) in La Liga. Olazabal won the WhoScored Man of the Match in two of his three games and made at least fou...

La Liga team of the week: Suarez and Aspas steal show with hat-tricks

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La Liga team of the week: Suarez and Aspas steal show with hat-tricks There is little surprise as to the top performers in La Liga over gameweek ten, with Iago Aspas and Luis Suarez both welcoming the birth of newborn daughters this week and celebrating in some style.The former is our player of the week with a perfect rating of ten having scored with three of his five...

Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid: Player ratings explained as Suarez steps up

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Barcelona 5-1 Real Madrid: Player ratings explained as Suarez steps up There may have been no Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta or Cristiano Ronaldo but there was no shortage of drama in a Clasico without the usual suspects on show.Barcelona reclaimed top spot with a convincing win after a Real Madrid fightback early in the second half, with Julen Lopetegui’s side dro...

La Liga round-up: Levante shotstopper shines to pile misery upon Real Madrid

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La Liga round-up: Levante shotstopper shines to pile misery upon Real Madrid Levante piled the pressure on Julen Lopetegui with a 2-1 win at the Bernabeu over the weekend to inflict further misery upon Real Madrid. Los Blancos have now failed to win in five in all competitions with defeat in the Spanish capital seeing them drop to seventh in La Liga. However, they were unluc...