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Clinical Finishers Key to Europe's Shot Shy Sides

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Clinical Finishers Key to Europe's Shot Shy Sides Last week’s article on the lowest-scoring team in each of Europe’s top five divisions had us thinking. Rather than do the obvious and analyse the top scorers in each of the leagues, WhoScored picked out those clubs who are racking up the goals almost in spite of themselves.Here, we focus...

WhoScored Scout: Europe's Top 20 Under-21s

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WhoScored Scout: Europe's Top 20 Under-21s WhoScored has been on a scouting mission across Europe's top 5 leagues to pinpoint the up and coming stars on the continent. Based on WhoScored ratings we have compiled a list of the top 20 under-21s so far this season, analysing 5 of the top 10 in particular, over a range of positions.All players a...

Player Focus: Shot Shy Villa Profiting from Gift of the Gab

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Player Focus: Shot Shy Villa Profiting from Gift of the Gab The story of the local boy turned good is a heartwarming one for a fan of any club, and the affinity between Gabby Agbonlahor, Aston Villa and its fans is one that is rekindling this season. The Erdington-born forward broke into the Villa side at such a young age, it is easy to forget that he is sti...

Out Of The Blue: Italy Continue To Overlook Antonio Di Natale

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Out Of The Blue: Italy Continue To Overlook Antonio Di Natale With injury and illness robbing Cesare Prandelli of two players who were quickly establishing themselves as Italy's first choice pairing under the former Fiorentina coach, it has quickly become necessary to look for alternative options in attack for the Azzurri. Such is the gravity of the situation ...

Player Focus: A Chance he will not Giroud

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Player Focus: A Chance he will not Giroud In preparation for this weekend’s International friendlies the press gathered at Les Bleus Clairefontaine training complex to the normal rounds of questioning. For Montpellier forward Olivier Giroud this was a whole new experience; an experience that has been three years in the making.Montpell...

Outsiders Should be Preferred Out Wide vs Spain

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Outsiders Should be Preferred Out Wide vs Spain England go into their eye-catching friendly with Spain on Saturday with a number of players knowing that this coming week's fixtures may be key in proving they have what it takes against the very best on the international scene. With the likes of Rooney, Young and Gerrard all absent, a number of pla...

WhoScored Pits England's Best Available XI vs Spain

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WhoScored Pits England's Best Available XI vs Spain The international breaks have been coming thick and fast, and too much so for many of the club managers' liking, though November's friendlies will be the last for a considerable period. With that in mind WhoScored will be analysing, throughout the week, what is undoubtedly one of the most mouth-wate...

Juventus Looking to Defend Away Record at Napoli

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Juventus Looking to Defend Away Record at Napoli Juventus’ record as the last remaining unbeaten team in Serie A will be firmly put to the test this weekend when they travel to the Stadio San Paolo to take on Napoli. After a promising start to the season, Walter Mazzarri’s side have somewhat stalled of late, winning just one of their l...

The Wide Angle: Stephan Lichtsteiner, Giorgio Chiellini & Christian Maggio

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The Wide Angle: Stephan Lichtsteiner, Giorgio Chiellini & Christian Maggio The problems Juventus have endured over the past few seasons, through a string of poor quality fullbacks, has been well documented and earlier in the season this blog focused on the investments made by the club in that position over the summer. It looked specifically at the arrival of Swiss internat...

Failures in Front of Goal Costing Flailing Five

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Failures in Front of Goal Costing Flailing Five For every Manchester City, there’s a Wigan Athletic. For every Bayern Munich, an Augsburg. We’re talking about goalscoring here. As the leading lights steal the headlines while racking up the goals, further down the table an inability to find the net is proving costly. Some only have the...