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Who Will Be World Cup 2010’s Top Scorer?

by Rami Soufi on November 26, 2009 · 106 comments

The count­down to South Africa 2010 may have started but there is still plenty of time for sur­prises to take place in terms of team selec­tions and final squad lists. Coaches may spring a sur­prise or two and call upon unfa­mil­iar names or per­haps the likes of the erratic Ray­mond Domenech will pick some unknown […]

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The World’s Best Midfielders

by Rami Soufi on November 17, 2009 · 13 comments

The fol­low­ing list of elite mid­field play­ers in the world will exclude the likes of Lionel Messi, Cris­tiano Ronaldo and Kaka since they some­times play as for­wards or as sup­port strik­ers depend­ing on the strat­egy deployed by their team. Kaka has pre­vi­ously played as a sec­ond striker dur­ing his spell with Milan while both Messi […]

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The Best Defenders Headed To South Africa

by Rami Soufi on November 11, 2009 · 3 comments

In foot­ball attack­ing play­ers often get most of the praise when their team is achiev­ing results while play­ers in other posi­tions are often over­looked. Defend­ers are typ­i­cally ignored when acco­lades and awards are given out, yet it would be wrong to under­es­ti­mate the con­tri­bu­tion and influ­ence of key defen­sive play­ers such as Italy’s Paolo Mal­dini or France’s […]

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Messi in line for double scoop

by Gareth Freeman on October 30, 2009 · 0 comments

Argen­tine ace and Barcelona star Lionel Messi has had quite a year.  After lead­ing Barcelona to an unprece­dented tre­ble in the Cham­pi­ons League, La Liga and Copa del Ray he is now up for both the Bal­lon d’Or (Euro­pean foot­baller of the year) and the equally pres­ti­gious FIFA World Player of the Year. Last year Messi […]

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