Team Focus: Relentless Juventus Building From the Back
by James Horncastle
at пятница, апр 4 2014 13:16
It wasn’t the most original idea. Many had thought of it and tried it before him. But Lyon coach Remi Garde still focused much of his preparation for the first leg of Thursday night’s Europa League quarter final against Juventus around it. The gist of his game plan seemed to be: stop And...
Player Focus: Bonucci Ability Taking Pressure Off Pirlo
by James Horncastle
at четверг, сен 26 2013 15:44
Player Focus: The Most Accurate Passers In Europe
by Ben McAleer
at вторник, июн 4 2013 15:00
As the game has developed, the onus on ball retention and the recycling of possession has increased significantly. Teams are no longer looking towards the utilisation of a powerful target man as a battering room through the opposition defence as managers will often require their players to hold onto...
Player Focus: Europe's Most Consistent Performers
by Martin Laurence
at вторник, фев 5 2013 17:12
Barcelona's relatively routine 3-1 victory over Celta Vigo back in November won't have shocked anyone, but there was one surprising outcome from the match. Lionel Messi neither scored or assisted a goal in the game and completed only 1 dribble to ensure that he picked up a WhoScored rating of just 6...
Match Focus: Midfielders At The Heart Of Juventus vs Napoli Clash
by Adam Digby
at вторник, окт 16 2012 11:12
This Saturday sees the resumption of what is quickly becoming the hottest battle in Serie A as Napoli once again travel north to face off against Juventus, the team who represent everything supporters of the Partenopei despise. Seemingly their entire ethos is to rally against the establishment, pain...
Player Focus: Europe's Set Piece Specialists
by Alistair Tweedale
at четверг, июл 12 2012 16:25
Euro 2012 Focus: The Final - Spain vs Italy
by Martin Laurence
at пятница, июн 29 2012 15:55
So, it's decided. Spain will face Italy in the final Euro 2012 after many believed that Germany were shoe-ins to progress past the Azzurri. Much of the credit should go to Cesare Prandelli for the Italian's surprise appearance in Sunday's showdown, with the former Fiorentina boss taking a team who h...
Euro 2012 Focus: Germany vs Italy
by Martin Laurence
at среда, июн 27 2012 12:44
Euro 2012 Focus: Quarter-Final Best XI
by Martin Laurence
at понедельник, июн 25 2012 12:58
Drawing ever closer to its conclusion, Euro 2012 has been whittled down to the last 4 teams after the quarter-finals went to plan for the Portuguese, Germans, Spaniards and Italians. The four matches threw up very few surprises, with all the favourites progressing and the England-Italy match unsurpr...
Euro 2012 Focus: WhoScored's Team of the Group Stages
by Martin Laurence
at среда, июн 20 2012 12:06
With the group stages now over and the quarter-finalists known, this day break from football gives us a perfect chance to analyse the best players at the tournament so far. Here we will give you a rundown of our best XI over the three group matches according to WhoScored ratings and explain just why...