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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...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips If only Manchester United were able to live up to expectations, then this weekend would have seen two sets of title contenders come to blows as the Red Devils face Chelsea the day after the Clasico. It's the game at the Bernabeu on Saturday afternoon that will rightly get the most attention. There s...

Match Focus: The Key Issues Ahead of El Clásico

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Match Focus: The Key Issues Ahead of El Clásico El Clásico - an encounter that attracts interest from every fan, no matter who they support. The meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona is widely considered the biggest in football and this weekend’s installment promises to prove why.Naturally, we at WhoScored.com are excited about S...

Player Focus: Alves' Threat from Wide Still Worth its Weight in Goals for Barcelona

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Player Focus: Alves' Threat from Wide Still Worth its Weight in Goals for Barcelona A common sight during Barcelona games so far this season has been Dani Alves getting into a good position up the right wing, and then putting in a cross that causes little or no danger to the opposition defence. Alves actually tops the entire Liga in the ‘inaccurate cross’ standings with...

Player Focus: Mathieu Deserving of a Place in Deschamps' Latest France Squad

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Player Focus: Mathieu Deserving of a Place in Deschamps' Latest France Squad With Barcelona unable to sign players until January 2016 due to an international transfer ban, the Blaugrana invested all the money they could in order to bring in new faces this summer. Luis Suarez, bought for £75m from Liverpool, was naturally the acquisition that grabbed the headlines. Howe...

WhoScored Exclusive: Roberto Trashorras Talks Styles, Stats & Barca with WhoScored

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WhoScored Exclusive: Roberto Trashorras Talks Styles, Stats & Barca with WhoScored Last September’s meeting between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona was among the most commented upon games of the entire campaign, especially for those observers with an interest in statistics.For the first time since Pep Guardiola doubled down on the club’s historical focus on retaining poss...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Despite it still being so early in the season, there are two games this weekend that could decisive come May. But while Manchester City against Chelsea was always going to be a tie-breaker in the title race, it is something of a surprise to be referring to Milan vs Juventus in relation to the fight ...

Team Focus: Enrique's Faith in Youth Easing Concerns Over Barca's Transfer Ban

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Team Focus: Enrique's Faith in Youth Easing Concerns Over Barca's Transfer Ban Back in April, Barcelona were handed a 14-month transfer ban having breached rules on signing international players under the age of 18. Understandably, the Spanish giants appealed the ruling and, as a result, the transfer embargo was put on hold, meaning the club could make signings this summer bef...

Player Focus: Was Del Bosque Right to Leave Pique Out of Spain Squad?

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Player Focus: Was Del Bosque Right to Leave Pique Out of Spain Squad? Gerard Pique apparently being dropped by Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque last week fit perfectly with a widely believed narrative about the Barcelona defender at this stage of his career.Del Bosque decided he could do without Pique for Thursday’s friendly against France and Monday’s Euro ...

WhoScored Tipster: La Liga and Bundesliga Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: La Liga and Bundesliga Tips The underdogs are ready for a title challenge once again. Atlético Madrid and Borussia Dortmund begin their quests to show the world that they can win without the overpowering force of financial superiority. The Bundesliga and La Liga start this weekend and Klopp and Simeone's teams are the b...