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League Focus: La Liga 2013/14 Preview

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League Focus: La Liga 2013/14 Preview Private battle at the topEveryone knows how La Liga works these days, and the foremost function is the battle between Barcelona and Real Madrid. The level of competitiveness between the two has been all consuming in recent years, brought to the boil by Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho’s ...

League Focus: Differing Styles of Europe's Top 5 Leagues

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League Focus: Differing Styles of Europe's Top 5 Leagues After barnstorming wins for Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund set up an all German Champions League final this season, much was made of the decline of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and indeed the rise of the Bundesliga. It was also only the second season out of the last nine without an English team i...

Team Focus: Levante in Danger of Swapping Europa for Segunda Nights?

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Team Focus: Levante in Danger of Swapping Europa for Segunda Nights? This time last year they were battling for Europe, but with their current state of freefall Levante are in danger of being dragged into a relegation battle. In La Liga in 2013 they’ve won just three games, and have, in total, taken 13 points from a possible 48. There exit from the Europa Leagu...

League Focus: Is Serie A Still The Most Defensive League In Europe?

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League Focus: Is Serie A Still The Most Defensive League In Europe? In the 1960's, Inter Milan were highly revered as the greatest defensive team in world football. At the forefront of the Nerazzurri's success was Helanio Herrara. The Argentine moved from Barcelona to Italy after two rewarding years in Spain before he was forced out of the Camp Nou following several...

Team Focus: Espanyol Benefitting from Aguirre's Direct Approach

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Team Focus: Espanyol Benefitting from Aguirre's Direct Approach At the end of November it wasn't just the weather that was beginning to look bleak in Barcelona, but Espanyol's hopes of staying in La Liga too. 13 games had been played in the league, from which Mauricio Pochettino’s men had managed just two wins, and following a 2-0 home defeat to Getafe new...

League Focus: Spain's Superior Passing Game A Myth?

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League Focus: Spain's Superior Passing Game A Myth? Passing football is an art, and in the modern era there have been no better masters of that art than Barcelona. Their dominance at domestic level has unsurprisingly coincided with that of Spain on the international front, but is the free-flowing football so quickly associated with the nation really ...

Player Focus: September All Star Team of the Month

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Player Focus: September All Star Team of the Month With September now having come and gone there were a number of standout performances over the top 5 leagues during the last 30 days. Here we compile our team of the month with those with the best average WhoScored ratings since 1st September making the grade.Those to perform consistently well over t...

Player Focus: Weekend Stats Round Up

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Player Focus: Weekend Stats Round Up After the previous round of fixtures across Europe's top 5 leagues this weekend there were, as ever, a number of standout statistical performances to catch the eye. Here we look at the players that led the way across Europe over a number of categories, starting with those to impress in attacking are...

Player Focus: Records Surpassed this Weekend

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Player Focus: Records Surpassed this Weekend After a somewhat tedious international break for club football fans, the full compliment of action returned this weekend, with a number of standout statistics. With it being so early into the new season there are more opportunities to record new campaign high figures, with a selection of players man...

League Focus: Possession Means Little in La Liga

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League Focus: Possession Means Little in La Liga If this summer's European Championship seemed to tell us anything it was that Spanish teams and Spanish players love possession. Having the ball and being in control of the game is when they feel most comfortable.Even if it wasn't always dazzling up until the demolition of Italy in the final, it was...