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Player Focus: Maturing Cassano Ready For World Cup Challenge

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Player Focus: Maturing Cassano Ready For World Cup Challenge Until recently, Antonio Cassano didn’t believe he had any realistic hope of making Italy’s squad for the World Cup. Back in the spring he gave himself a “zero percent” chance of participating. “I think about Brazil,” he joked. “It’s a beautiful country...

Team Focus: Record Breaking Parma Dream of a Return to Europe

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Team Focus: Record Breaking Parma Dream of a Return to Europe Parma were undone by a ‘Quagliarellata’. A wonder strike that came out of nowhere. Juventus hadn’t scored from open play at the Ennio Tardini in six years. Something special was required. Who else but Fabio Quagliarella duly provided it. Thirty-five yards out with his back to goal ...

Player Focus: Antonio Cassano - Ghirardi's Gift to Parma

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Player Focus: Antonio Cassano - Ghirardi's Gift to Parma What do you get someone for their 100th birthday? Parma president Tommaso Ghirardi asked himself that very question over the summer. He had the club’s centenary to plan and wanted to give Parma a gift. “We looked to do something special, something extraordinary to make our fans happy,&rd...

Player Focus: Parolo Shining Among Parma Stars

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Player Focus: Parolo Shining Among Parma Stars The old idiom says you should never meet your heroes, but for a player with as unusual a career path as Marco Parolo, it is no surprise that conventional wisdom does not apply. Late last week, the midfielder gave an interview to his club's in-house television channel in which he admitted his admirat...

League Focus: Serie A Strike Rates Analysed

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League Focus: Serie A Strike Rates Analysed Sitting atop the Serie A table, their nearest rival already three points behind them in the title race, Juventus possess both the joint best attack and the meanest defence in the league. While many will point to Luca Maggiani’s flag as their most influential defender, it is The Old Lady’...

Euro 2012 Focus: Key Battles in the Opening Fixtures

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Euro 2012 Focus: Key Battles in the Opening Fixtures The first round of group matches at Euro 2012 have thrown up a number of great prospective games and some intriguing key battles within those matches. While it is still unclear exactly who will start and what role they might play, there are some players who are all but guaranteed to face off in the ...

Serie A Goal Scoring Masters

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Serie A Goal Scoring Masters Not too long ago Serie A was typified as a league that focused and mastered defending while avoiding beautiful/attacking football. To be honest not much as changed except one major thing, defending got poorer. Nevertheless, Serie A can be proud of is its abundance of natural goal scorers. Serie A is...