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Bundesliga Best XI: Bayern Munich dominate March XI

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Bundesliga Best XI: Bayern Munich dominate March XI  Here we run through the top five WhoScored rated players in the Bundesliga for the month of March. 5. Thiago Alcantara (Bayern Munich) – 8.04 ratingThiago Alcantara enjoyed a sublime run of form in the month of March. The Spaniard’s pass success rate in the Bundesliga last month was 92.5...

Masterful Messi extends huge gap in latest player form rankings

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Masterful Messi extends huge gap in latest player form rankings At this point, Lionel Messi is just being unfair to the rest of the competition when it comes to the form rankings in Europe’s top five leagues.The Argentine scored another two goals in the derby with Espanyol at the weekend, becoming the first player to reach and surpass 30 league goals this ...

Team Focus: Gladbach Flying High but Lacking the Expected Sparkle

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Team Focus: Gladbach Flying High but Lacking the Expected Sparkle “We’re happy to be called a top team,” said Borussia Mönchengladbach’s sporting director Max Eberl after Saturday’s draw at Mainz. “But a top team brings the thing home.” Eberl’s mixed feelings were understandable after an early evening that was h...

Match Focus: Favre Changes Fire Gladbach’s Ambition

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Match Focus: Favre Changes Fire Gladbach’s Ambition There are moments, even at such an early stage of the season, that have a sense of the pivotal about them. Perhaps Borussia Mönchengladbach and Schalke both had epiphanies of sorts when they met at Borussia Park on Saturday evening. A fixture between two of the pretenders for Champions League p...

Player Focus: The Best Players Not Selected for the World Cup

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Player Focus: The Best Players Not Selected for the World Cup With the announcement of every national squad ahead of this summer's World Cup, we have been ceremoniously presented on social media with the players considered most unfortunate to miss out. Brazil's current strength in depth was exhibited to the masses with an unbelievably impressive starting XI of...

Team Focus: New Signings Bring New Style to Gladbach

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Team Focus: New Signings Bring New Style to Gladbach The summer of 2012/13 was certainly an eventful one for Borussia Mönchengladbach as Lucien Favre saw arguably his three best outfielders in Roman Neustädter, Dante and, most notably, Marco Reus head for the exit door. As a reaction the Swiss coach brought in eye-catching new recruits in th...

Player Focus: Five Underrated Bundesliga Signings

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Player Focus: Five Underrated Bundesliga Signings It's fair to say that Pep Guardiola's take over at Bayern Munich and the way that he is shaping his side is stealing most of the limelight in the Bundesliga, from afar at least. Meanwhile Dortmund are doing their best to keep up with a number of high-profile transfers of their own, but little attent...

Player Focus: Under the Radar Strikers

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Player Focus: Under the Radar Strikers The top 5 leagues are inundated with some of the world's finest forwards and often the big names overshadow those doing a fantastic job for their club sides that go comparatively unnoticed.Here we highlight 10 strikers that have been going about their business quietly while the likes of Messi, Ibrah...