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Six of the Best: Star men overlooked this season

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Six of the Best: Star men overlooked this season Continuing WhoScored.com’s Six of the Best series, we look at the players who impressed in Europe’s top five leagues last season, but have been overlooked for one reason or another this time around…Yaya Toure – Manchester CityFollowing his appointment, Manchester City manage...

Player Focus: Copa America Superstars in Fine Form Ahead of Chile 2015

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Player Focus: Copa America Superstars in Fine Form Ahead of Chile 2015 Back when he was manager of Barcelona, Johan Cruyff used to have a theory about the season after a World Cup. He claimed such campaigns could throw up more surprises and unexpected results because of the effect of fatigue on the top players. “Everyone in the squad who played in the World Cup -...

Player Focus: James Rodriguez and Isco Do Battle for Final Madrid Midfield Berth

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Player Focus: James Rodriguez and Isco Do Battle for Final Madrid Midfield Berth Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is a happy man ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg at Atletico Madrid. For the first time all season Ancelotti has a fully fit galactico-rich squad to choose from. At various times this season injuries to key players including Gareth Ba...

Team Focus: Madrid's Progression Sees Them Beat Barca at Their Own Game

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Team Focus: Madrid's Progression Sees Them Beat Barca at Their Own Game There was something new about the teamsheets for Saturday’s clasico at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. It was Real Madrid, not Barcelona, who took to the field with more technically-adept playmakers in their XI.All of Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Isco and James Rodriguez started for Madrid in centr...

Team Focus: Madrid's Midfield Yet Stronger for Signing Kroos and Rodríguez

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Team Focus: Madrid's Midfield Yet Stronger for Signing Kroos and Rodríguez Now the World Cup has drawn to a close and round up articles have been filed away, transfer gossip columns have again taken centre stage. There have already been a number of big-money moves made - Luis Suarez signing for Barcelona, Alexis Sanchez joining Arsenal and Adam Lallana moving to Liverpool ...

Team Focus: World Cup 2014 Highest Rated XI

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Team Focus: World Cup 2014 Highest Rated XI Mario Götze’s close-range volley in extra time proved to be the difference between Germany and Argentina in a pulsating World Cup final. A 1-0 win at the Maracanã on Sunday confirmed the Germans as champions and the opinion of the masses was that it was little more than they deserv...

Team Focus: Highest Rated World Cup Group Stages XI

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Team Focus: Highest Rated World Cup Group Stages XI 136 goals were scored in the group stages of the 2014 World Cup, a significant improvement on South Africa 2010 where the ball hit the net 101 times in the opening 48 games. European giants Spain, Portugal, Italy and England all crashed out at the first hurdle, while Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Arge...

2014 World Cup Odds: Round of 16 Tipster

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2014 World Cup Odds: Round of 16 Tipster This summer's Brazilian bonanza has certainly lived up to the hype. With 136 goals scored over 48 group stage games the punters have been piling on the goal markets and will hope for more of the same as we look at the 2014 World Cup odds ahead of the round of 16 match-ups.Colombia vs UruguayFirst up...

World Cup Focus: Conditions Making Brazil 2014 the Substitutes' World Cup

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World Cup Focus: Conditions Making Brazil 2014 the Substitutes' World Cup James Rodríguez has been one of the players of the World Cup so far, of that there is no doubt. His rating of 8.68 from WhoScored.com indicates as much, ranking fourth at the time of writing, and it was fitting that a player in such exceptional form should net a record-breaking goal.The Colom...

Team Focus: Colombia Still an Attacking Threat Without Falcao

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Team Focus: Colombia Still an Attacking Threat Without Falcao With rumours circulating that Franck Ribéry may be set to miss the World Cup with injury, he could be joining a rather vast list of some of the planet's best players who will not be on show in Brazil this summer. Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale could not inspire Sweden and Wales to qualifi...