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The PFA Nominations: Goals and Assists Not Requred
The PFA have today announced a surprising shortlist for both their Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards. Nemanja Vidic has the opportunity to follow Rooney, Ronaldo and Giggs and become the fifth Manchester United winner in five years, but hoping to deprive him of that honour will be Gareth Bale,…
Real Madrid to Outclass Spirited Spurs?
Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur meet at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League Quarter Final on Tuesday evening, with both sides looking to take an advantage into the return leg in a week’s time. Real Madrid Jose Mourinho is looking to win the competition for a third time, whilst…
Real Madrid’s Shooting Habit And Tottenham’s Reliance On Rafael Van Der Vaart
According to Castrol EDGE Performance Stats, the Tottenham goal will be peppered with shots in their Champions League quarter final against Real Madrid. Jose Mourinho’s side have fired in more shots than any other team in the competition so far and nearly twice as many as Spurs. In fact, Harry Redknapp’s team have mustered fewer…
Who would you like to see in the Champions League final?
Soccerlens writer Adrian Del Monte shares his views on which two teams would make for the most entertaining Champions League final. Read on and share your thoughts below. 1. What would be the most entertaining Champions League Final this year? With the draw for this year’s Champions League quarter finals now complete, there are a…
Tottenham NOT challenging Olympic decision – yet
Following statements made by the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) claiming that they have received a letter from Tottenham that is a pre-cursor to judicial review proceedings (and then pre-empting any Tottenham actions by going on and on about the ‘fairness’ of the process – in other words, playing the media), Tottenham Hotspur have issued…
The Five Best ‘Wide’ Players In The Premier League
Football isn’t nearly as exciting without the flair players – the ones capable of conjuring pure magic out of a nothing situation. While you’ll have the odd midfield controller or a fullback capable of delighting on his day, nothing can quite beat the thrill of watching a wide player in creative motion. The hubris of the wide player lies in the constant conflict between passing the ball to a well-positioned teammate, thus foregoing a chance at glory for the sake of success for your team, or taking matters into your own hands and charging towards goal with a vengeance. Here’s a look at the five players who have best managed to find that subtle balance of the two –
Why Liverpool and Manchester United stars should team up for England
Castrol data shows that Liverpool’s £35 million striker Andy Carroll deserves his place alongside Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney in Fabio Capello’s England attack, netting an impressive 11 Premier League goals in 1,712 minutes of action this season. While Rooney’s place in the Three Lions’ first 11 is set in stone under Capello, the second striking…
Manchester United vs Chelsea, Tottenham v Real Madrid and the Vitality of English Football
In less than two weeks’ time, two battle-weary formations will stare at one another across a field, the contrasting burdens of history and recent slip-ups pressing upon their shoulders. Clinging to the comforting idea that their faults are no worse than those of their enemy, they are plunged together in a battle to avoid being…
Champions League Predictions: Why Madrid, Chelsea, Barcelona and Inter will win
The Champions League quarter-finalists were decided with just enough upsets to keep punters guessing, and the quarter-final ties thrown up by the Champions League quarter-final draw today promise one or two more upsets before the end of May. Before we go any further though, here are the matches: 5th April and 13th April Real Madrid…
To track or not to track? A Milan demonstration on stopping Tottenham at home
Fun fact: Tracking was extremely important to the pivotal champions league knockout round second leg between Tottenham and AC Milan. The Rossoneri went into the game very much the underdogs having been deservedly beaten at the San Siro, which is fair enough considering the firepower Tottenham could have potentially deployed from the outset – Van Der Vaart, Crouch, Lennon, Bale,…
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