Player Focus: Should Enrique Persist with Bravo as Barcelona's Number 1 Next Season?
by Ben McAleer
at viernes, jun. 26 2015 14:50
One of the main criticisms of Gareth Southgate’s England U21 squad was that he did not maximise the national pool. The likes of Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling and Jack Wilshere, among others, were all eligible to turn out for the Three Lions at the European U21 Championship, yet played no part ...
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Player Focus: Vidal Will Have to Wait to Claim Alves' Right-back Crown
by Ben McAleer
at jueves, jun. 11 2015 17:30
On Tuesday, Dani Alves signed a new two-year deal to extend his stay at Barcelona. Rumours had suggested the Brazilian would depart La Liga and Europe's champions after seven years at the club, with PSG, Manchester United and Milan linked with a move for the marauding full-back. The news that Alves ...
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Match Focus: Allegri Requires a Touch of Luck to Halt Messi & Co. in Saturday's Final
by Miguel Delaney
at viernes, jun. 5 2015 09:40
Ahead of the biggest game in club football, Max Allegri faces the biggest conundrum in all football. It is the issue that has defined the entire season, and the question that so many managers have failed to answer, leaving Barcelona on the brink of a second treble in their history as they face Juven...
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Team Focus: How Enrique's Barca Treble Hopefuls Compare to Pep's Strongest Sides
by Dermot Corrigan
at jueves, jun. 4 2015 14:18
“Barca open a new chapter,” wrote AS’ Alfredo Relaño in his editorial on Sunday morning, after Barcelona had beaten Athletic Bilbao 3-1 in the previous night’s Copa del Rey final, sealing the sixth Liga and Copa double in the Catalan club’s history.Relaño ...
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League Focus: La Liga Round-up - The Stat Leaders from 2014/15
by Dermot Corrigan
at miércoles, may. 27 2015 10:21
In the end Barcelona’s two point advantage over second placed Real Madrid in the final La Liga standings was a pretty fair reflection of how the Catalan side had been just about superior over the full course of the campaign.Looking back over the 38 games there is a feeling that Madrid perhaps,...
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Player Focus: Fortunes Favouring Neymar While Unrest Amounts Towards Bale
by Ben McAleer
at viernes, may. 22 2015 14:30
Two seasons ago, La Liga welcomed two giants of the game into their league. Barcelona secured the signature of Neymar, while Real Madrid spent big, even for their standards, to bring Gareth Bale to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. The duo arrived with huge expectations having established themselves as...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips
by Tancredi Palmeri
at viernes, may. 15 2015 16:55
This is the weekend that could decide the two vacant titles in Europe’s top 5 leagues, while three clashes, that may not be as enthralling as hoped, but still pull in the crowds.LIKELY BETSManchester United vs Arsenal: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE @ 1.61This could be the perfect farewell for Robin Van ...
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Match Focus: Masterful Messi Leaves Guardiola & Bayern Hopes in Tatters
by Miguel Delaney
at jueves, may. 7 2015 10:35
By now, there are no new words to describe him, apparently no new ways to stop him and - as a consequence of all that - no realistic hope for Bayern Munich.Leo Messi levelled the Germans, somehow lifting himself up to even greater heights at the same time. After all the build-up, all the history, al...
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Match Focus: Attack the Best Form of Defence for Pep on Return to Camp Nou
by Alistair Tweedale
at miércoles, may. 6 2015 14:29
'Unstoppable' is the way Pep Guardiola has described his former striker Lionel Messi ahead of a return to Camp Nou for tonight's Champions League semi-final. If there were a manager who knew how to stop the irrepressible Argentine, it should surely be the man who mentored him towards legendary statu...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips
by Tancredi Palmeri
at viernes, may. 1 2015 15:14
Four fixtures remain, and motivation levels vary from club to club and league to league. In most cases underdogs can get around any technical gap fairly easily. Needless to say this is the best. time in the season to catch odds more realistic than they might originally suggest..LIKELY BETSCordoba...
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