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Player Focus: What to Make of Balotelli's Slow Start at Liverpool

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Oct 6 2014 12:05
Player Focus: What to Make of Balotelli's Slow Start at Liverpool Mario Balotelli has started only four Premier League games for Liverpool this season, yet already he is being doubted, dismissed as a flop. That might not be entirely fair, but it is understandable. Although Liverpool signed twelve players over the summer, Balotelli isthe one who stands out. He wasn...
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Player Focus: Is Signing Mario Balotelli Worth All the Hassle?

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Aug 22 2014 15:01
Player Focus: Is Signing Mario Balotelli Worth All the Hassle? Mario Balotelli has never been far from controversy, and now even an innocent move from Milan back to the north west of England is attracting a lot of attention for the wrong reasons. Having been at Inter from the age of just 16, Balotelli appeared on Italian television in a rival Milan shirt in 201...
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Player Focus: Mario Balotelli and Italy's Striker Situation

by James Horncastle at Tuesday, Apr 29 2014 16:42
Player Focus: Mario Balotelli and Italy's Striker Situation “Pure nihilism,” huffed Zvoni Boban. The Milan great had become exasperated with Mario Balotelli. His opinion was that the striker had played like he didn’t care on Friday night. Against Roma, he had walked around the pitch indolently. Existential questions were posed. Didn’t...

Player Focus: Mario Balotelli - Milan's Super Lone Ranger

by Ben McAleer at Friday, Sep 27 2013 12:00
Player Focus: Mario Balotelli - Milan's Super Lone Ranger As Mario Balotelli stepped up to take his penalty against Napoli at the weekend, the air of confidence surrounding the Italian when the opportunity to net from the spot was lacking somewhat. The calm demeanor was missing, replaced with a nervousness never seen before. Pepe Reina turned his effort ar...
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League Focus: The Most Valuable Scorers in Serie A

by James Horncastle at Thursday, May 9 2013 12:17
League Focus: The Most Valuable Scorers in Serie A With the title race over and the season nearing its end in Serie A, a period of reflection begins. Who have been the real difference makers over the current campaign and how might you measure that? One reductive yet still quite revealing method is to look at points won as a direct result of the goal...
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Player Focus: The Biggest Upturns in Form in 2013

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, May 8 2013 13:30
Player Focus: The Biggest Upturns in Form in 2013 WhoScored.com examines the players who have had the most significant upturn in form in 2013, with ratings from this season prior to January 1st deducted from their respective averages since the turn of the year. To be considered all players must have featured in at least ten games both before and si...
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Player Focus: January Signings Making the Biggest Impact

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Feb 26 2013 15:49
Player Focus: January Signings Making the Biggest Impact Although Mario Balotelli had an evidently frustrating evening against his former club Inter - see dent in San Siro goal post - the controversial forward has had quite the impact back in Milan. Having previously been branded as a 'rotten apple' by Silvio Berlusconi of all people, the Italian inevitab...
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WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting Across Europe

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Feb 22 2013 14:30
WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting Across Europe Sunday sees a whole host of top games to choose from across Europe's top leagues, though a large proportion of the attention could well be on a cup game, as Bradford take on Swansea at Wembley in the Capital One Cup final. With the underdogs on a record breaking run of 9 consecutive penalty shootout...
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Player Focus: The Impact of Innocent Emeghara

by James Horncastle at Wednesday, Feb 20 2013 15:59
Player Focus: The Impact of Innocent Emeghara Football managers could be forgiven for thinking they work in the film industry these days. Like members of the Academy and BAFTA they're sent thousands of screeners to review. It's just that the stacks of DVDs they receive either come from the club's performance analysis department or agents lookin...
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Euro 2012 Focus: Sharp Shooters

by Alistair Tweedale at Tuesday, Jul 3 2012 17:21
Euro 2012 Focus: Sharp Shooters Euro 2012 saw 76 goals scored in the 31 games and six players share the mantle of top scorer, on a rather unimpressive tally of 3 goals. While Cristiano Ronaldo and Mario Balotelli took much of the plaudits for their performances in front of goal, the sheer volume of shots they each had means the th...
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