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Serie A's Surprise Package? It's Black and White

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Serie A's Surprise Package? It's Black and White Top of the table, playing great football despite a summer transfer campaign that was questioned by many, the team in black and white striped shirts are once again slicing through opponents with relative ease and look assured in possession of the ball. Their talismanic captain and number ten is both ...

La Liga Team Focus: Levante

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La Liga Team Focus: Levante While the sight of Barcelona at the top of La Liga after six rounds of matches is only really to be expected, the team sitting in second place has raised more than a few eyebrows. Equal on points with Pep Guardiola’s side, with an identical record of four wins and two draws, Levante’s st...

Player Focus: Emmanuel Adebayor

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Player Focus: Emmanuel Adebayor While much of Sunday's North-London derby's attention both pre and post match focused on former Gunner Emmanuel Adebayor, the Togo international towered above the abuse with another fine display to cap an excellent first month in the white of Tottenham.The 27-year-old has been much maligned over the...

Bundesliga Team Focus: Borussia MGladbach

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Bundesliga Team Focus: Borussia MGladbach It took a two-leg relegation play-off last season to prevent Borussia MGladbach from dropping out of the Bundesliga. A late goal in each of the two games against VfL Bochum earned the side a 2-1 aggregate win, thus ensuring their safety in Germany’s top flight for yet another campaign. As the ...

Premier League Team Focus: Newcastle United

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Premier League Team Focus: Newcastle United As we move into the second international break of the season, Alan Pardew’s Newcastle are sitting pretty in fourth place in the Premier League. One of only four sides remaining unbeaten, the Geordie favourites have surprised the doubters with a series of battling performances that sees them ru...

North London Derby Swinging Spurs' Way?

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North London Derby Swinging Spurs' Way? With Manchester United and City proving so dominant early on and Chelsea starting to evolve under Andre Villas-Boas, fighting for fourth may be as good as it gets this season for Arsenal and Tottenham. The north London rivals had an eventful summer, with Luka Modric, Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri th...

Eerie Similarities Make PSG-Lyon Clash Tough to Call

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Eerie Similarities Make PSG-Lyon Clash Tough to Call Undoubtedly the biggest game in France's Ligue 1 this weekend sees the division’s top 2 sides go head-to-head in a mouth-watering encounter.After 8 games Lyon and PSG are tied at the top in every sense having won 5, drawn twice and lost once each. Not only that but both team's have an identica...

Dortmund Dominating but Disappointing in Results

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Dortmund Dominating but Disappointing in Results Borussia Dortmund have had a stop-start early season thus far to say the least as they look to defend the Bundesliga title they won in spectacular fashion last term. A dip in form coupled with the improvements, defensively more than any, made by Jupp Heynckes at Bayern Munich have seen them fall 8 p...

AC Milan's Dominant Defence Underperforming in 2011/12

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AC Milan's Dominant Defence Underperforming in 2011/12 Serie A last season was one of the closest fought and interesting campaigns in recent memory. From a position of seemingly unassailable dominance Inter were brought crashing back down through a combination of terrible luck with injuries, poor form and the ill-judged appointment of Rafael Benitez. Th...

Hot-heads Should Lead to Another Feisty Merseyside Derby

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Hot-heads Should Lead to Another Feisty Merseyside Derby This weekend’s early Premier League kick-off promises to be a typically feisty affair as Everton host Liverpool in the first all-Merseyside showdown of the season.With the passions of a local derby running high, there’s always the likelihood of indiscipline as the occasion gets the bette...