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Player Focus: Karim Benzema's Coming of Age

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Player Focus: Karim Benzema's Coming of Age On Tuesday night, Real Madrid were expected to trounce Liverpool. The Premier League side fielded a weakened team for their trip to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, but, to their credit, held their free-scoring opponents to just 1-0. The winner came courtesy of Frenchman Karim Benzema midway through t...

Team Focus: France Flexibility the Key as Les Bleus Look to 2016

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Team Focus: France Flexibility the Key as Les Bleus Look to 2016 It is beginning to look like a model case study in perfect preparation. France is limbering up for Euro 2016, and things are looking good. If you thought getting set to host a tournament was all about an unseemly last-minute scramble of infrastructure tightening and agonising over selection, think a...

Team Focus: France's Strength in Depth Can Lead Them to Glory

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Team Focus: France's Strength in Depth Can Lead Them to Glory A little over 4 years ago, France’s World Cup hopes were left in tatters. The players refused to train after Nicolas Anelka was sent home following a row with head coach Raymond Domench, culminating inLes Bleus crashing out at the group stages of South Africa 2010. In the aftermath of the Worl...

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...

World Cup Focus: Free-scoring France Dominate Team of the Round

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World Cup Focus: Free-scoring France Dominate Team of the Round The second round of group fixtures came to a close on Sunday, with six teams assuring their progression to the round of 16 and five seeing their World Cup hopes come to a premature end. Among them, most notably, were holders Spain, while Roy Hodgson's England side were also dumped out after back-to-...

Player Focus: What’s Wrong with Karim Benzema?

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Player Focus: What’s Wrong with Karim Benzema? “Someone who’s a starter at Real Madrid can’t be as bad as that.” French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet made a few jaws drop with his frank assessment of Karim Benzema in the immediate aftermath of France’s tame goalless draw in Georgia. Yet desperate...

League Focus: WhoScored's La Liga Team of the Season

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League Focus: WhoScored's La Liga Team of the Season With La Liga now all wrapped up, we can finally name the WhoScored Team of the Season according to our unique rating system. As you’d expect the team features a heavy presence of Barcelona and Real Madrid players, but there are a few surprise names thrown into the mix, particularly so when it ...

Euro 2012 Focus: Golden Boot Contenders

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Euro 2012 Focus: Golden Boot Contenders It's finally upon us. Euro 2012 kicks off this evening and we, at WhoScored, cannot wait. For all you betting types out there, we thought we'd share a few of our pointers for the tournament's Golden Boot, using stats from the previous season to back up our recommendations.We have selected 5 players ...

Player Focus: Real Madrid Assisted by an Angel

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Player Focus: Real Madrid Assisted by an Angel As usual, Jose Mourinho called it right. The Special One has always insisted his second season should be the one that defines him and so far, at least, it’s looking good for Real Madrid. Three points clear of Barcelona at the top of La Liga and with a game in hand, winning all five of their Ch...

WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweek 2

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WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweek 2 Barcelona’s surprise draw at Real Sociedad handed the initiative to Real Madrid this weekend and Jose Mourinho’s side made no mistake, beating a valiant Getafe to edge two points clear of their rivals at the top of La Liga. Wins for Valencia and Real Betis saw them join Madrid on six poi...