Iker Casillas

An investigation into Europe’s goalkeeping stats comes up with some early signs of slippage for a couple of champions.

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101 goalkeepers made over ten starts in Europe’s four major leagues during season 2010-12. Another fifty-six made at least one start in either the English Premiership, La Liga, the Bundesliga or Serie A. So after thirty eight games (thirty-four in …

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The World Champions, Spain are a wonderful team. They will now be setting their minds to defending their Euro 2008 win next year. The team is a nice mix of players from both Real Madrid and Barcelona, with a majority …

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Barcelona practically wrapped up La Liga with a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu, but there were few celebrations fron Pep Guardiola’s men as Real Madrid appear to have gained a big psychological advantage going into the three remaining Classicos.

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When Real Madrid spent 80 million Euros on buying Cristiano Ronaldo, they were definitely going to end up benefiting from the vast range of WAGs to be brought in with him. There are at least ten women that he has …

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UEFA have taken the time and good grace to bestow upon us their Team of the Year, and it should come as scant surprise that both Barcelona and Inter Milan dominate proceedings – with 8 of the final 11 slots being occupied by their employees, along with a further 7 of the 44 ‘unsuccessful’ nominees.

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Pele vs. Diego Maradona Brazil’s #10 vs. Argentina’s #10. The man who won three World Cups versus the man who won the World Cup almost single-handedly (pun intended). The man who became a football ambassador and businessman versus the man …

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Madrid might boast one more club in La Primera than Barcelona, but at the moment is is the Catalans who are coming out on top. The thrashing of Real Madrid at the Camp Nou on Monday evening was hugely impressive …

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In a turn of phrase more befitting an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E than an interview regarding the upcoming World Cup 2018 voting ceremony in Zurich, the chief executive of the Spain/Portgual bid, Miguel Angel Lopez, has claimed that …

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As derbies go, it’s one of the most passionate and dramatic in Europe, however, in recent years, it has also been one of the most one-sided. Despite going close on a number of occasions, Atletico Madrid have not beaten their …

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With their individual World Cup exploits taken into account, it should come as little surprise that England as a nation have absolutely no representation on this year’s Ballon d’Or shortlist, failing to provide a single player for inclusion on the …

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It’s another summer in the Spanish capital with Los Merengues failing to have won a trophy last season. Florentino Pérez is the Club President. It can only mean one thing, last season’s coach has been sacked and money has been …

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