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Player Focus: Cuadrado's 2013 Form Coincided With Fiorentina's Serie A Surge

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Player Focus: Cuadrado's 2013 Form Coincided With Fiorentina's Serie A Surge It must’ve been a heartbreaking moment for Fiorentina when Philippe Mexes smashed home AC Milan’s winner in the 2-1 victory over Siena to confirm the Rossoneri’s place in the Champions League next season by two points, much to the disappointment of the Viola.Vincenzo Montella had s...

Player Focus: Is It Problematic Being A One-Man Team?

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Player Focus: Is It Problematic Being A One-Man Team? Picking up a man of the match award is an honour that any player will happily receive in football, regardless of the result of their team. The award highlights the input and display of said performer in a game and the more a player picks up, the more highly revered they tend to be.Naturally, any pla...

Team Focus: Does Hitting The Woodwork More Equate To Success?

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Team Focus: Does Hitting The Woodwork More Equate To Success? The scene was perfectly set in Jamie Carragher’s 737th, and last ever, appearance in a Liverpool shirt. The defender, who has scored as many own goals for Tottenham Hotspur (3) than strikes at the right end for the Reds in the Premier League, saw his 30 yard effort cannon off the post in what ...

Team Focus: Koscielny Crucial In Arsenal's Top 4 Finish

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Team Focus: Koscielny Crucial In Arsenal's Top 4 Finish As referee Howard Webb blew the full time whistle at St. James’ Park on the final day of the season, Arsenal fans breathed a huge sigh of relief that they’d again trumped bitter north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur to a higher league finish.The ‘St. Totteringham’s Day’...

Team Focus: The Preference To Pass To The Right

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Team Focus: The Preference To Pass To The Right As the domestic campaign in each respective league across Europe draws to an end, teams will naturally look at where to strengthen over the summer.For the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund - each of whom finished second in their respective league having won the title last s...

Team Focus: Chelsea's Deteriorating Performances Under Benitez

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Team Focus: Chelsea's Deteriorating Performances Under Benitez “Are you saying Boo or Boourns?” can be considered one of the more famous Simpsons quotes in the long-standing history of the programme. It, of course, refers to the booing of Mr Burns following the airing of his short film ‘A Burns for All Seasons’.The negative response to h...

Team Focus: Southampton Benefitting From Pochettino's High Pressing Game

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Team Focus: Southampton Benefitting From Pochettino's High Pressing Game On the 18th of January 2013, in a blizzard hit Britain, the nation came to a standstill as a vast majority of the workforce in England enjoyed an enforced leave of absence, or as some would call it; a “Snow Day”.However, there was one man who saw his spell away from his job extended by t...

Player Focus: Is A Target Man The Favourable Striking Option?

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Player Focus: Is A Target Man The Favourable Striking Option? There are teams across the continent that rely heavily on the burly ‘number nine’ to be the focal point of their starting XI. The striker that will hang on the last defender and provide the physical threat to the opposition, while bringing team-mates into play and look to capitalise on a...

Player Focus: Is Marouane Fellaini Good Enough For Manchester United?

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Player Focus: Is Marouane Fellaini Good Enough For Manchester United? When Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed his intention to step down from his role with Manchester United at the end of the season, it was understandable to see the outpour of emotion from the footballing family, even from those that do not support the Manchester side.A career spanning 26 years at a single c...

Player Focus: The Myth Of The Super Sub

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Player Focus: The Myth Of The Super Sub Every team has one - a player to come off the bench and save the day in the dying embers of a competitive encounter that will either secure a much-needed point or deliver a victory in the face of adversity.It’s the myth of the super sub that has regularly left football fans scratching their he...