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Barca Relying Too Much on Messi Whilst Madrid Share Attacking Load

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Oct 25 2011 15:03
Barca Relying Too Much on Messi Whilst Madrid Share Attacking Load While Levante’s extraordinary fairy tale season continued on Sunday evening with a 3-0 win at Villarreal leaving them top of La Liga, Real Madrid sneaked past Barcelona to sit just one point off the summit. A last minute penalty miss from Lionel Messi leaves the champions just two points behin...
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Higuain Leads the Way of Europe's Deadliest Finishers

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Oct 18 2011 16:35
Higuain Leads the Way of Europe's Deadliest Finishers It is fair to say that all of Europe's top 5 divisions are in full flow now, with most forming some sort of semblance to years gone by in terms of the clubs leading the way, with a few surprises thrown in. The majority of the top teams from each division have been aided by the goalscoring exploits o...
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WhoScored Europe All Star XI - Gameweek 6

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Sep 20 2011 15:53
WhoScored Europe All Star XI - Gameweek 6 Barcelona’s sensational eight-goal win over Osasuna proved the biggest margin of victory in Europe’s top five leagues this week. A hat-trick from Edinson Cavani in Napoli’s destruction of Milan allows him to join Lionel Messi up front in the WhoScored Europe All Star XI, while Nani...
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WhoScored Top 5 All-Round Attackers for August 2011

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Sep 5 2011 10:00
WhoScored Top 5 All-Round Attackers for August 2011 With a host of international games heralding in September, we thought we’d look back and pick out the best all-round attacking performers for the month gone by. To qualify, players had to demonstrate a consistency right across the three main areas for attacking performance- shots, key passes a...
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WhoScored La Liga Team of the Week - Matchday 1

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Aug 30 2011 14:34
WhoScored La Liga Team of the Week - Matchday 1 The players’ strike is over and the first round of La Liga matches are now complete. Barcelona and Real Madrid already top the table, with hammerings dished out to Villarreal and Real Zaragoza respectively, and there’s no surprise to see their players dominate the WhoScored ratings. Havi...
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Top Ten Talismen for La Liga, 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Sunday, Jun 26 2011 15:01
Top Ten Talismen for La Liga, 2010/11 Having yesterday established our concept of “a talisman” and picked out the top ten for last season’s Premier League, we move our attention to sunnier climes and focus on La Liga. With a combined goals and assists tally of 100 between them , Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would...
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Europe’s 20 Most Clinical Finishers, Season 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Thursday, Jun 16 2011 09:31
Europe’s 20 Most Clinical Finishers, Season 2010/11 With 40 goals for Real Madrid last season, Cristiano Ronaldo finished the campaign as Europe’s top scorer and runaway winner of the Golden Boot, leaving the likes of Lionel Messi trailing in his wake. A closer look at his stats, however, show Ronaldo averaged an incredible 5.6 Shots per game o...
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Dribbling Masters of Europe

by Cristiano Acconci at Tuesday, Jun 14 2011 11:08
Dribbling Masters of Europe One of the most attractive aspects of football in the modern game is witnessing great players dribble past opponents while leaving them embarrassed. It brings joy to us fans, and ultimately makes that team or player popular; considering they don't lose the ball half the time. If this is the case, it...
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Europe All Star XI for Season 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Sunday, Jun 5 2011 10:34
Europe All Star XI for Season 2010/11 Our All Star Team of the 2010/11 Season for Europe features players from only two of the top five leagues, with Serie A supplying four and La Liga a staggering seven. There’s an all-Brazilian back-four in our 4-4-2 formation, while a Spanish-based midfield are joined by a front pair from Italy...
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La Liga All Star XI for Season 2010/11

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, May 31 2011 10:25
La Liga All Star XI for Season 2010/11 With Ligue 1 finishing up last weekend, we begin our round up of the Top 5 leagues with a look at the La Liga All Star Team for 2010/11. There’s little surprise to see the vast majority of the team filled with players from Barcelona and Real Madrid; second-place Madrid finished 21 points ahead...
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