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Player Focus: Mata Motoring Despite Poor Start from Chelsea

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Player Focus: Mata Motoring Despite Poor Start from Chelsea Adapting to a new environment can often take time. Whether it be a different style of play, a language barrier or coping with greater expectations on the back of a huge transfer fee, there are a number of reasons as to why the first season at a new club can so often be cited as a nothing more than a...

Accurate and Prolific: Europe's Top Crossers

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Accurate and Prolific: Europe's Top Crossers WhoScored has decided to scour its plentiful statistics to ascertain the best crossers in Europe based on the accuracy of those who are most prolific across the top 5 leagues. Only 9 players made the grade in our search, filtering out all of those who haven't attempted at least 2 crosses per game an...

Madrid Derby a Real Test for Torrid Travellers Atletico

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Madrid Derby a Real Test for Torrid Travellers Atletico The form book, goes the saying, can be torn up and ignored when derby day comes around. The mere notion of a head to head with their greatest foes can rouse even the most lethargic of teams out of a months-long slumber and inspire the most unexpected of results. Saturday evening in Madrid should put...

Player Focus: The Speeding Bulot

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Player Focus: The Speeding Bulot Monaco’s relegation to Ligue 2 started a fire sale of their best assets. Stephane Ruffier moved to Saint-Etienne for a cut-price deal, Nicolas Nkoulou moved across to Marseille and the impressive Benjamin Moukandjo swapped the principality for Tomblaine and AS Nancy.One player who moved withou...

Premier League Target Men Becoming Less Effective

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Premier League Target Men Becoming Less Effective Given their performances so far this season, no one can argue that intricate playmakers such as David Silva and Juan Mata are a more than welcome addition to the Premier League. As the big clubs increasingly looks to artistry and grace to make a telling difference at the top, the culture change in E...

Europe's Best: Xavi Stands Tall as Long Ball Master

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Europe's Best: Xavi Stands Tall as Long Ball Master WhoScored.com has taken the time to establish the players, per position, with the best range of passing based on the number of long balls completed per game, along with success rate. We have looked at the best 3 players from defence, midfield, attack and even in goal, to gauge who are Europe's great...

Europe's Most Fouled XI: Toppled or Tumbling?

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Europe's Most Fouled XI: Toppled or Tumbling? While the likes of Europe's leading dribbler Gokhan Tore have looked to stay on their feet (fouled just once per game on average) despite completing 6.3 successful dribbles per game, others have been felled a little more easily.Whether they are merely players targeted by opponents for 'special treat...

Player Focus: Gökhan Töre Tearing Up Defences

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Player Focus: Gökhan Töre Tearing Up Defences With Hamburg languishing at the bottom of the table under previous manager Michael Oenning, there has been a mini revival of sorts since Thorsten Fink took charge last month, though one player has shone in particular.The impact of the former Basel manager cannot be underestimated, with the young Ger...

Valencia Looking to End Real Dominance from Madrid

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Valencia Looking to End Real Dominance from Madrid With ten straight wins in all competitions producing 38 goals, it’s safe to say Real Madrid are the form team in Europe’s top five leagues right now. Jose Mourinho’s side have been breathtaking of late, signing off for the international break with a 7-1 Bernabeu destruction of Osas...

Giovinco & Torje Among Small Players with Big Futures

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Giovinco & Torje Among Small Players with Big Futures As Barcelona are currently and continually proving, size doesn’t matter. After a number of years where seemingly every club was packing their squad with imposing physical players, the game has changed to the extent where smaller [insert own use of ‘diminutive’ here] players are ver...