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October 9, 2014 David

AC Milan, Arsenal, Barcelona, Champions League, Chelsea, Europe, Inter Milan, Juventus, La Liga, Ligue 1, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd., Premier League, Real Madrid, Serie A

Change In Champions League Seeding Big Blow For Premier League And La Liga Teams

UEFA has announced that the seeding for the Champions League will change next season, a decision that will have potentially a huge impact on the fortunes in Europe of English and Spanish sides.

The existing UEFA format means that seeding is based on the results of clubs competing in the five previous seasons of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. This season that meant that the top seeds come from just four different nations: Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid representing Spain, Chelsea and Arsenal representing England, Porto and Benfica. Read more... (551 words, 1 image, estimated 2:12 mins reading time)

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April 6, 2014May 19, 2014 David

Bundesliga, Europe, La Liga, Ligue 1, Liverpool, Premier League, Serie A

Weekend Review: Liverpool Stay On Track While Bayern Suffer First League Defeat

The title races in both Spain and England look like they will come down to the final weeks of the season after wins for the top three in both countries left Liverpool and Atlético Madrid still holding narrow leads.

England
Two more penalties for Steven Gerrard penalties helped Liverpool beat West Ham 2-1 and lifted them back in front of Chelsea, who bounced back from two straight defeats to beat Stoke City 3-0, with Manchester City four points off the top, but with two games in hand, after beating Southampton 4-1. City travel to Anfield next weekend with the winner odds on favorite to lift the trophy. Meanwhile Arsenal’s season is threatening to come undone as they lost 3-0 at Everton, a result that moved Roberto Martinez’s side to within a point of the Gunners, having played one game less. Read more... (437 words, 1 image, estimated 1:45 mins reading time)

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January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 David

Bundesliga, Europe, La Liga, Ligue 1, Premier League, Serie A

Who Has The Best Academies In Europe?

The interesting tweet from ‏@giggs_boson over the weekend that shows the average number of academy players used in starting 11 this season in the top 5 leagues. Arsenal leads the Premier League with 3.9 players per game.

Not a big surprise to see that Barcelona’s starting line-up this season has contained just over seven players from their famed La Masia academy. The financial crisis that has gripped Spanish football over the last four or five seasons has meant that teams have had to develop their own talent instead of buying it, and as a result La Liga teams have the highest number of academy players in their starting XI. Although that is not the case at Real Madrid, who have relied on players they have bought rather than ones they have developed. Is that a carryover from Jose Mourinho’s win now philosophy? Read more... (205 words, 1 image, estimated 49 secs reading time)

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January 13, 2014February 20, 2015 David

Europe, La Liga, News, Real Madrid

Controversy As Cristiano Ronaldo Wins Ballon d’Or

Cristiano Ronaldo has won the 2013 FIFA Ballon d’Or award, which is given each year to the top-performing soccer player in the world, after a stunning year that saw him score an astonishing 69 goals in 59 games.

Ronaldo claimed the award with a total of 1,365 points, ahead of Lionel Messi (1,205) and Franck Ribery (1,127), with the votes cast by 184 coaches, 184 national captains and 173 members of the global media. Read more... (273 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

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January 13, 2014January 17, 2014 David

Bundesliga, Europe, La Liga, Ligue 1, Premier League, Serie A

European Weekend Roundup: Big Wins For Juve, City and Paris

In another interesting weekend of soccer, a draw between Spain’s leading duo played into Real Madrid’s hands, while Paris Saint-Germain stretched their lead in France, Juventus won again and Manchester City moved to top of the Premier League.

Spain
In a defensive masterpiece Atlético Madrid and Barcelona played out a 0-0 draw in the Estádio Vicente Calderón to remain locked together on 50 points at the top of the table. Real Madrid took advantage of the teams ahead of them dropping points as they beat Espanyol 1-0 to close withhin three points of the leaders. Elsewhere Athletic Bilbao cemented their hold on fourth spot by thumping Almería 6-1. Read more... (371 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

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January 2, 2014 David

Europe, La Liga, Ligue 1, Real Madrid

Real Madrid beat Paris Saint-Germain In Desert Classic

They might be two of the richest clubs in the world, but even Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain could not turn down the millions of euros to play a friendly game in the pouring rain in Doha, Qatar on Thursday.

In a game that PSG dominated for large periods, rising Real star Jese scored the only goal of the game after 19 minutes to give the pro-Spanish crowd the win. A defence-splitting pass from Alvaro Morata allowed Jese to get behind the PSG back four and the young striker made no mistake as he slotted the ball past Italian goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu. Read more... (312 words, 1 image, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)

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November 4, 2013 David

Bundesliga, Europe, La Liga, Ligue 1, Premier League, Serie A

Europe Weekend Review: Roma Stumble, While Arsenal and PSG win

AS Roma’s perfect start in Serie A was finally ended by Torino on a weekend when Arsenal surged five points ahead in England and Paris Saint-Germain extended their lead in France.

Italy
Roma’s record breaking start to the season finally ended as the Giallorossi were held 1-1 by Torino, dropping their first points of the season in the process.

“We’re still first and you cannot win every game,” said Daniele De Rossi. “It’s a shame we conceded during a moment of slight relaxation. That can happen, especially after this great start to the season.” Read more... (515 words, 1 image, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

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August 14, 2013 David

Europe

USA, Argentina and Sweden With Impressive Wins

Jozy Altidore had a hat trick to lead an impressive comeback Wednesday, with the U.S. scoring all of their goals in the second half to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-3 in Sarajevo and extend their record winning streak to 12 games.

Altidore has scored in five straight games, a first for a U.S. player, and also had an assist on Eddie Johnson’s goal. It was the first time the U.S. has come back to win a game in Europe, and gives the Americans two victories over top-15 teams during their winning streak after a 4-3 victory over No. 2 Germany on June 2 that started the run. Read more... (506 words, 1 image, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)

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July 1, 2013October 26, 2015 David

Europe

Who Was The Best Players Of The Confederations Cup?

While the Confederations Cup is being hailed as Neymar’s coming out party, according to the Castrol Index, not only was Neymar not the best player in the competition, he was not in the top five Brazilians!

The Castrol Index ranks players based on their actual performance in games. Castrol measures every pass, tackle and move on the field to see if it has a positive or negative impact on a team’s ability to score or concede a goal.

Confederations Cup Top Players Read more... (275 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

FRED 9.57 Forward
SERGIO RAMOS 9.47 Defender
JORDI ALBA 9.38 Defender
DAVID LUIZ 9.30 Defender

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June 18, 2013 David

Europe

Thiago Shines As Spain Win Euro U21s Again

Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara scored a first-half hat-trick as Spain outclassed Italy to retain the European Under-21 Championship today.

The Spanish captain was left unmarked to head in early on before Ciro Immobile scored a wonderful equaliser from Giulio Donati’s pass.

Thiago restored the lead with a crisp shot and added a third from the spot. In a flat second half, Isco’s penalty sealed the win before Fabio Borini added a late consolation for Italy. Read more... (558 words, 1 image, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

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