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Resurgent Torres Playing Himself into Atleti Future

by Jenny Brown at Tuesday, May 24 2016 17:57
Resurgent Torres Playing Himself into Atleti Future On the final day of the La Liga season, Fernando Torres opened the scoring for his boyhood club with an acrobatic effort. It was the seventh time this season that El Nino scored the opening goal for Atlético Madrid. While that goal came too late to impact the title race, it may have been just...
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Player Focus: Griezmann Carrying Atletico Goal Burden as Torres Form Flops

by Dermot Corrigan at Tuesday, Apr 28 2015 13:39
Player Focus: Griezmann Carrying Atletico Goal Burden as Torres Form Flops Atletico Madrid’s 3-0 La Liga win against Elche on Saturday was routine in many ways. Diego Simeone’s side won for a 14th time in 17 home league games this season. They kept a fifth consecutive clean sheet in front of their own fans. Antoine Griezmann scored another two goals. And Fernan...
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Player Focus: Have Milan Hit the Jackpot by Trading Torres for Cerci?

by James Horncastle at Friday, Jan 2 2015 17:45
Player Focus: Have Milan Hit the Jackpot by Trading Torres for Cerci? Adriano Galliani, the Milan chief executive, was coy about the club’s transfer strategy in anticipation of the opening of the January transfer window. After a 2-0 win against Napoli at San Siro in mid-December, a result that kept the Diavoli in the conversation for the third and final Champion...
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Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One?

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jul 31 2014 16:19
Team Focus: Is Chelsea's Decision to Sell Lukaku the Right One? A new chapter indeed this is for Romelu Lukaku. Originally purchased as Didier Drogba's long-term replacement at Stamford Bridge, the 21-year-old has seen the tables turned by the return to west London of the Ivorian veteran. Shipped off to Everton this week on a permanent deal, Lukaku has left in s...

Player Focus: Can Costa Become Mourinho's New Drogba?

by Miguel Delaney at Thursday, May 15 2014 12:49
Player Focus: Can Costa Become Mourinho's New Drogba? By now, none of it is a secret.Chelsea did not win the English title because they did not have enough goals in them. Jose Mourinho has expressly admitted he wants to sign a high-profile striker this summer. That striker is now highly likely to be Atlético Madrid’s Diego Costa, given the...
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Team Focus: Mourinho's Criticism of Chelsea Strikers Warranted

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Apr 14 2014 16:36
Team Focus: Mourinho's Criticism of Chelsea Strikers Warranted Jose Mourinho’s frustration with his centre-forward options weren’t hard to discern even before the Champions League tie away to Paris Saint Germain, when he fielded Andre Schurrle as a false nine and then made his loaded post-match comments about “real forwards”. Unless he r...
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Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney

by Miguel Delaney at Wednesday, Aug 21 2013 14:40
Team Focus: Chelsea's Striker Search Starts But Doesn't End With Rooney Jose Mourinho, typically, wasn’t backwards about his forwards. When the returned Chelsea manager was asked on Tuesday whether he had a “plan B” if he fails in his public pursuit of Wayne Rooney, his reply was instantaneous.“And C.”Of course, the reason is also that Mour...
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Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for International Stars

by Alistair Tweedale at Thursday, Jun 6 2013 13:26
Player Focus: Burnout a Worry for International Stars While players from 8 nations face the Confederations Cup this summer, others have the opportunity for some well-earned rest before next season's campaign, which culminates in Brazil at the 2014 World Cup. Fatigue and burnout are genuine problems, making the next few months of R and R all the more im...
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Team Focus: The Worrying Lack of Progress at Chelsea

by Alistair Tweedale at Monday, Feb 25 2013 16:03
Team Focus: The Worrying Lack of Progress at Chelsea Rafa Benitez has been fighting an uphill battle at Stamford Bridge ever since his appointment as interim manager back in November, his affiliation with Liverpool simply too much for many fans to overcome. Results echoed these problems, with away performances and results significantly better than in ...
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Player Focus: Falcao

by Neil Ashton at Monday, Dec 10 2012 14:53
Player Focus: Falcao If Falcao is playing for a move to one of European football’s top clubs in the transfer window, the Atletico Madrid striker is timing his run perfectly. He shoots, he scores.On Sunday night the Colombian striker had five shots and scored five times during the 6-0 demolition of Deportivo La Cor...
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