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Ambitious Hertha avoiding hangover from last season's heartache

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Ambitious Hertha avoiding hangover from last season's heartache The fact that Borussia Dortmund are competing in a battle between second and third at this stage of the Bundesliga season comes as no surprise whatsoever. That they are facing Hertha Berlin is more of a shock, and Pal Dardai’s charges being the current incumbent of the silver spot in Germany&r...

Team Focus: Lille Still Not Pretty, but Hard to Budge

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Team Focus: Lille Still Not Pretty, but Hard to Budge It was, as L’Equipe later wrote with some understatement, “a strange day” at the Stade Louis II. With Monaco’s late withdrawal of Radamel Falcao from their squad – and his subsequent presence next to agent Jorge Mendes and Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev in the dir...

Player Focus: Why Salomon Kalou Has His Premier League Admirers

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Player Focus: Why Salomon Kalou Has His Premier League Admirers When Chelsea secured the services of Salomon Kalou in 2006, José Mourinho at the time was delighted. He’d brought in a player who was prepared to work hard and showed an eagerness to improve in a new league. Regardless of his ethic, ‘Salou’, as Mourinho nicknamed him, never ...

Player Focus: Players with the Biggest Effect on Win Rate

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Player Focus: Players with the Biggest Effect on Win Rate The presence of just one player in the starting lineup of a team shouldn't really be enough to have too drastic an effect on performances. In an ideal world, at least, while teams will have star players, they will also be able to call for reinforcement when necessary without too great a compromise i...

Player Focus: Biggest Player Impacts on Results

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Player Focus: Biggest Player Impacts on Results A team's results are never down to a single player, no matter how much the 'one man team' phrase is banded around nowadays, but it's fair to say that some players appear to have had a significant influence on those around them this season.In this piece WhoScored takes a look at the 5 players who&rsq...

Champions League Focus: Matchday 4 Round-up

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Champions League Focus: Matchday 4 Round-up I have never played a team as strong as that, Lille defender Franck Béria quivered. 5-0 down after just 33 minutes, a fate no one in Champions League history has ever had to chew on with their half-time oranges, Bayern Munich's blitz was, with Borussia Dortmund's display at Real Madrid and Sh...

United Take a Huge Step Towards the Title

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United Take a Huge Step Towards the Title OverviewA run of eight wins and a draw in their last nine league games meant Chelsea arrived at Old Trafford yesterday just three points behind their hosts. Carlo Ancelotti’s side knew a win would see them leapfrog Man United with just two games left but were given no time to settle, as Javier...

Football Technology - A Needy Evolution that Requires Minimal Adaptation

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Football Technology - A Needy Evolution that Requires Minimal Adaptation The introduction of goal-line technology was championed by Harry Redknapp following his side’s defeat to two goals, which, had video replays been introduced to the game, would have ruled Chelsea’s victory over Spurs obsolete.Sandro’s magnificent opener, along with Luka Modric&rsquo...

Chelsea vs Birmingham Midweek Match

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Chelsea vs Birmingham Midweek Match Pre Match Build UpChelsea came into this game with strong league form; eight wins and two draws from their previous eleven league games was indicative of the champions’ recent domestic displays. With two away wins all season, Birmingham were always going to be heavy underdogs and so it proved,...