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FC Barcelona, Messi-Neymar-Suarez, and Making Another Piece of History
The Barcelona trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Suarez could all be with at least 50 goals for their countries when they play their next Champions League match, something that has never happened to any club.
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Lionel Messi is the Most Efficient Player in Europe
We’ll never get a consensus about whether or not Lionel Messi is the best footballer in the world, or perhaps of all time. However, numbers make for a much more objective measurement, and according to minutes per goal or assist for players in Europe’s top 5 leagues (England, Spain, Germany, Italy and France), Messi is the most efficient footballer on the continent.
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Packing: Stefan Reinartz Redefining Soccer Analytics
In the never ending attempt to turn Analytics into something effective and definitive in determining a winner in a soccer match, comes the work of Stefan Reinartz, a former Bundesliga midfielder, who came up with a system to measure the effectiveness of passing in a match, named “packing”.
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Premier League – Who Scores When
Contrary to popular belief, the most clutch club in the Premier League this season is not Manchester United, with “only” six goals scored during the final 15 minutes of the match but Manchester City, with 8 goals of their 20 netted in during the final stage of the 90 minutes.