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THE KINGS OF FIFA!THE KINGS OF FIFA!PART 1

DEFENCE

MATCH has crunched the Career Mode numbers and stats to find out who the true FIFA legends are! Here are the kings of defence!

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9BOATENG

B. MUNICH H CB

Pacy Boateng is one of FIFA’s highest-rated CBs, but some of his defensive stats, like Marking, aren’t as good as his rivals!

DEFENSIVE SKILLS

INTERCEPTIONS 84

MARKING 84

REACTIONS 83

SLIDING TACKLE 91

STANDING TACKLE 90

10NALDO

WOLFSBURG H CB

Naldo’s ancient, but no defender has better Heading Accuracy or Interception stats on FIFA 16!

DEFENSIVE SKILLS

INTERCEPTIONS 93

MARKING 84

REACTIONS 83

SLIDING TACKLE 85

STANDING TACKLE 87

7MIRANDA

INTER H CB

Only one defender in the whole game has a better Standing Tackle rating than Miranda!

DEFENSIVE SKILLS

INTERCEPTIONS 86

MARKING 89

REACTIONS 81

SLIDING TACKLE 88

STANDING TACKLE 90

8MERTESACKER

ARSENAL H CB

Per’s lack of pace costs him OVR points, but most of his defensive stats are in the high 80s. Hero!

DEFENSIVE SKILLS

INTERCEPTIONS 88

MARKING 88

REACTIONS 84

SLIDING TACKLE 86

STANDING TACKLE 88

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4 BARZAGLIJUVENTUS H CB

Barzagli’s stats, combined with Chiellini and Buffon, mean Juve have FIFA 16’s best defence!

DEFENSIVE SKILLSINTERCEPTIONS 89

MARKING 90REACTIONS 80

SLIDING TACKLE 87STANDING TACKLE 90

3 CHIELLINIJUVENTUS H CB

Chiellini’s the only player to have a 90 rating for Marking, Sliding Tackle and Standing Tackle!




2 THIAGO SILVAPSG H CB

Silva is a beast! His defensive stats rock, and his 93 Jumping is the best rating in our Top 10!




6 RAMOSREAL MADRID H CB

Ramos has it all – solid defensive stats, 91 for Jumping and 86 for Heading Accuracy. Total legend!




5 HUMMELSB. DORTMUND H CB

Hummels has a lower OVR than Ramos, but a lot of his defensive stats are actually better!




1 LAHMB. MUNICH H RB

Lahm has got unreal defensive stats, and nobody gets near his 95 Sliding Tackle rating! He can boss any attacker on FIFA 16!




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These epic clubs are on flames!

TEAMS IN EUROPE

TOP 20

TEAMS IN EUROPERIGHT NOW!

RED-HOT STARCESAR NAVAS

Spanish CB Navas is a big reason for Rostov’s epic defensive record! His class tackling’s helped them

keep 14 clean sheets in total!

STAT ATTACK! Rostov concede just

0.64 goals per game onaverage. Bonkers!

ROSTOV1st in RUSSIAN PREM,

RUSSIARostov finished in the

relegation play-off places last season, but now they’re

leading the way in Russia! They haven’t lost a league game since November or conceded a single goal in

2016. That’s amazing!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESRostov 3-0 Zenit

Kuban 0-1 Rostov

Anzhi 0-0 Rostov

Rostov 2-0 Spartak

Amkar Perm 0-0 Rostov

Rostov 2-0 CSKA Moscow

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RED-HOT STARALEXANDRE LACAZETTE

Only Zlatan Ibrahimovic has hit more Ligue 1 goals in 2015-16 than this guy! He’s scored eight

in his last seven games, too!

STAT ATTACK!

Lyon have averaged nearly 15

shots per game in Ligue 1 this

season – no team has more!

LYON2nd in LIGUE 1,

FRANCELyon were way down in 11th after 23 league games, but after winning nine out of their last 12, they’re now

fighting it out for a Champo League spot! They even

beat PSG on that run – that’s something to shout about!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESToulouse 2-3 Lyon

Lyon 1-1 Nice

Montpellier 0-2 Lyon

Lorient 1-3 Lyon

Lyon 2-0 Nantes

Rennes 2-2 Lyon

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RED-HOT STARAREK MILIK

There’s no doubt who Ajax’s in-form hero is right now – and all season long! Milik has seven in his last six, and 21 in total!

STAT ATTACK!

Ajax have scored more

league goals this season

than any team in the Prem!

AJAX1st in EREDIVISIE,

HOLLAND

Ajax have been victorious

in four of their last six

Eredivisie games and, most

importantly, one of those

was against title rivals PSV!

Despite only losing twice all

season though, they still

might not win the league!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMES

Heerenveen 0-2 Ajax

Ajax 2-2 Utrecht

Cambuur 0-1 Ajax

Ajax 3-0 PEC Zwolle

PSV 0-2 Ajax

Ajax 2-2 NEC

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RED-HOT STARMICHIEL KRAMER

Lethal finisher Kramer’s scored 28% of his league goals this season in his last six games!

He’s on a red-hot run right now!

STAT ATTACK!

Ex-Liverpool star Dirk Kuyt

hit 18 goals in his first 31

league games in 2015-16!

FEYENOORD3rd in EREDIVISIE,

HOLLANDFeyenoord went on a

nine-game winless run between December and

February, but six victories in their last eight has seen

them rocket back up the table. A Europa League spot

is almost certain now!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESHeracles 2-2 Feyenoord

Feyenoord 1-1 Groningen

Twente 0-1 Feyenoord

Feyenoord 3-0 Excelsior

Feyenoord 3-1 De Graafschap

Vitesse 0-2 Feyenoord

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RED-HOT STARHARRY KANE

Alderweireld, Alli and Rose have rocked, but hitman Kane has been

Spurs’ top guy! He’s got eight goals in his last seven games!

STAT ATTACK! Harry Kane has scored just

one goal less than the entire Aston Villa team this season!

TOTTENHAM2nd in PREMIER LEAGUE,

ENGLANDSpurs have never finished higher than fourth in the

Prem, but it looks like they’re going to beat that this season! Pochettino’s men have only lost twice in 2016, and hit 15 goals

in their last six games!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESTottenham 1-1 West Brom

Stoke 0-4 Tottenham

Tottenham 3-0 Man. United

Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham

Tottenham 3-0 Bournemouth

Aston Villa 0-2 Tottenham

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RED-HOT STARNOLAN ROUX

Attacking midfielder Roux netted four times in April! His

dribbling, crossing and shooting totally rock. He’s a proper baller!

STAT ATTACK! Saint-Etienne have only

conceded twice in their

last seven Ligue 1 games!

SAINT-ETIENNE5th in LIGUE 1,

FRANCE

Saint-Etienne went on

a five-game winless run

in February and March, but

they’ve climbed back up the

Ligue 1 table with five wins

in a row recently! The

Greens could still finish

in the top two as well!


Saint-Etienne 2-0 Lorient

Bastia 0-1 Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne 1-0 Troyes

Ajaccio 0-2 Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne 3-0 Montpellier

Guingamp 2-0 Saint-Etienne

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RED-HOT STARHULK

There’s no doubt who Zenit’s in-form star is! Powerful striker Hulk has 13 league goals this season, and five in his last six!

STAT ATTACK!

Zenit have a better passing

accuracy than any other

team in the Russian Prem!

ZENIT3rd in RUSSIAN PREM,

RUSSIA

Rostov are bossing it in

Russia right now, but Zenit

are hot on their heels with

five wins on the bounce! The

Russian giants kept three

clean sheets during that run,

and thumped title rivals

CSKA 5-2. Watch this space!


Rostov 3-0 Zenit

Zenit 5-2 Spartak

Amkar Perm 0-2 Zenit

Zenit 2-0 CSKA Moscow

Krylia Sovetov 0-2 Zenit

Zenit 4-2 Rubin Kazan

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RED-HOT STARANTOINE GRIEZMANN

Atletico’s defence has been solid, but speedster Antoine is hogging the headlines – he hit eight goals in seven games recently. Wow!

STAT ATTACK!

Atletico only conceded 16

goals in their first 35 La Liga

games of 2015-16. Wow!

A. MADRID2nd in LA LIGA,

SPAIN

Atletico’s recent form has

given them a great chance

of bagging a shock La Liga

title for the second time in

three seasons! 11 wins in

their last 13 league games,

including a 1-0 victory over

Real, isn’t bad. They’re flying!


Atletico 1-0 Malaga

Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Atletico

Atletico 3-0 Granada

Espanyol 1-3 Atletico

Atletico 5-1 Real Betis

Sporting Gijon 2-1 Atletico

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RED-HOT STARFEDOR SMOLOV

Smolov hasn’t stopped ripping nets lately! He smashed in four

goals against Ural, and has seven strikes in his last four games!

STAT ATTACK! They’ve got a better

defensive record thanZenit this season!

KRASNODAR5th in RUSSIAN PREM,

RUSSIAKrasnodar aren’t the most famous team in Russia, but they could still sneak into next season’s CL after an epic run! They’ve lost just

once in the league this year, and only Zenit have hit

more goals in total. Ace!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESKrasnodar 4-0 Ufa

Terek Grozny 0-1 Krasnodar

Krasnodar 6-0 Ural

D. Moscow 1-4 Krasnodar

Krasnodar 1-2 L. Moscow

M. Saransk 0-1 Krasnodar

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RED-HOT STARN’GOLO KANTE

‘Vahrez’ have been the headline makers this season, but you can’t forget about Kante! His awesome work-rate has been so important!

STAT ATTACK!

Leicester were 42 points

better off after 35 games

compared to last season!

LEICESTER1st in PREMIER LEAGUE,

ENGLANDRemember when Leicester lost their star man Esteban Cambiasso and sacked their manager in the summer? No,

we can’t either! With five wins in six, The Foxes have proved the doubters wrong

by charging to the title!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESLeicester 4-0 Swansea

Leicester 2-2 West Ham

Sunderland 0-2 Leicester

Leicester 1-0 Southampton

Crystal Palace 0-1 Leicester

Leicester 1-0 Newcastle

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RED-HOT STARPIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANGAubameyang’s pace and finishing have ripped up the Bundesliga in

2015-16, and we’d love to see him catch Lewa in the scoring charts!

STAT ATTACK! Dortmund had scored one

more goal than Bayern after31 matches this season!

DORTMUND3rd in BUNDESLIGA,

GERMANYNobody’s managed to beat Dortmund in the league in 2016! They’ve scored over

two goals a game on average this year, kept nine clean

sheets and won five of their last six! They’ll be back in the CL next season, too!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESStuttgart 0-3 Dortmund

Dortmund 3-0 Hamburg

Schalke 2-2 Dortmund

Dortmund 3-2 Werder Bremen

Augsburg 1-3 Dortmund

Dortmund 2-0 Mainz

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RED-HOT STARANDRIY YARMOLENKO

We can see why so many clubs want to sign Yarmolenko – he’s got four goals and four assists

in his last six games. Ledge!

RED-HOT STARJAVIER HERNANDEZ

The ex-Man. United striker has become a star in Germany! He’s bagged three goals in his last four games, and 17 in total!

RED-HOT STARJONAS

Lethal hitman Jonas has busted net 31 times this season – that’s

more than both Neymar and Messi! He hits a goal a game on average!

STAT ATTACK! Kiev have only lost once in the league

this season!

STAT ATTACK! Leverkusen are on fire, but they

didn’t score in either gameagainst Dortmund or Bayern!

STAT ATTACK!

Benfica have only lost

once in the league

since November!

DYNAMO KIEV1st in UKRAINIAN PREM,

UKRAINE

Dynamo Kiev have run away

with the Ukrainian Prem in

2015-16 – they won 21 of

their first 23 league games

this season! The 15-times

champions only conceded

seven goals in total, too!

They are unbelievable!


Dynamo Kiev 1-0 Vorskla

Hoverla 0-2 Dynamo Kiev

Dynamo Kiev 3-0 Volyn

Oleksandria 0-2 Dynamo Kiev

Dynamo Kiev 1-0 Zorya

Karpaty 1-2 Dynamo Kiev

B. LEVERKUSEN3rd in BUNDESLIGA,

GERMANYIt isn’t all about Bayern and Dortmund in the Bundesliga

– Bayer Leverkusen have been tearing it up lately, too! They’ve only been beaten

three times since Christmas, and won their last six league

games. Total legends!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESSchalke 2-3 Leverkusen

Leverkusen 3-0 E. Frankfurt

Cologne 0-2 Leverkusen

Leverkusen 3-0 Wolfsburg

Stuttgart 0-2 Leverkusen

Leverkusen 1-0 Hamburg

BENFICA1st in PRIMEIRA LIGA,

PORTUGALYou would’ve thought a

team who’s won their last six games would top our list, but Benfica are down in 8th coz of goal difference! They won’t care too much, though

– they’ve got the Primeira Liga title in their sights!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESRio Ave 0-1 Benfica

Benfica 2-1 Vitoria

Academica 1-2 Benfica

Benfica 5-1 Braga

Boavista 0-1 Benfica

Benfica 4-1 Tondela

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RED-HOT STARSOFIANE BOUFAL

He might not be an out-and-out striker, but Boufal is Lille’s top

scorer with 11 goals in 2015-16! He hit a hat-trick last month, too!

RED-HOT STARPAUL POGBA

Nobody has more assists in Italy this season than box-to-box man

Pogba! Over half of them have come in his last six games, too!

STAT ATTACK!

After 34 games, Lille

players had been fouled

the most in Ligue 1!

STAT ATTACK! Juve’s last Serie A

defeat came in October2015. That’s bonkers!

LILLE6TH IN LIGUE 1,

FRANCEWhat’s so amazing about

a team in sixth place, right? Well, Lille have won their last six games and scored

11 goals in their last three matches! They’ve only lost

once since the end of January, too. Heroes!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESAjaccio 2-4 Lille

Lille 4-1 Monaco

Nantes 0-3 Lille

Lille 1-0 Toulouse

Bastia 1-2 Lille

Lille 2-0 Reims

JUVENTUS1st in SERIE A,

ITALY

Juve fans were worried when

they lost massive players

like Pirlo, Vidal and Tevez

in the summer, but after a

slow start they’ve rocked!

They’ve won 24 of their last

25 Serie A matches, and

clinched the title last month!


Fiorentina 1-2 Juventus

Juventus 3-0 Lazio

Juventus 4-0 Palermo

AC Milan 1-2 Juventus

Juventus 1-0 Empoli

Torino 1-4 Juventus

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RED-HOT STARISLAM SLIMANI

With six goals in his last six league matches, attacking ace Slimani has played a massive part in Sporting’s red-hot run!

STAT ATTACK!

Sporting haven’t won

the Primeira Liga for 14

years. Too long, guys!

SPORTING2nd in PRIMEIRA LIGA,

PORTUGALIf anyone can stop Benfica

winning a record 35th league title, it’s their massive rivals

Sporting! The Portuguese giants have won their last

six Primiera Liga games, and netted 18 times during that

run. That’s mind-blowing!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESSporting 2-0 U. Madeira

Moreirense 0-1 Sporting

Sporting 3-1 Maritimo

Belenenses 2-5 Sporting

Sporting 5-1 Arouca

Estoril 1-2 Sporting

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RED-HOT STARROBERT LEWANDOWSKI

Lewa is the Bundesliga’s top goalscorer once again with 27

goals, and four have come in his last six league games! Where

would Bayern be without him?

RED-HOT STARYEVHEN SHAKHOV

CM Shakhov only started his first league match of the season six games ago, but he’s scored

three times and picked up three assists. Not bad at all, mate!

STAT ATTACK!

Bayern have kept a

monster 20 clean sheets in

total this season - nearly

double anyone else!

STAT ATTACK! Dnipro have bagged

19 goals in theirlast six leaguegames. Epic!

BAYERN MUNICH1st in BUNDESLIGA,

GERMANYShock horror, Bayern have dominated the Bundesliga

again this season! The German giants have only lost once in the league in

2016, and won 84% of those games along the way! Come

to the Prem already, Pep!

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESHertha Berlin 0-2 Bayern

Bayern 3-0 Schalke

Stuttgart 1-3 Bayern

Bayern 1-0 E. Frankfurt

Cologne 0-1 Bayern

Bayern 5-0 Werder Bremen

DNIPRO3rd in UKRAINIAN PREM,

UKRAINE

Yep, you read that right –

Ukrainian side Dnipro are the

second best team in Europe

right now! They’ve won their

last six matches, and that

red-hot run has included

scorelines of 5-0, 4-0 and

4-1! They’re scorching hot!


Oleksandria 0-4 Dnipro

Dnipro 5-0 Metalist

Zorya 1-2 Dnipro

Dnipro 3-0 Metalurh

Karpaty 0-1 Dnipro

Dnipro 4-1 Shakhtar

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RED-HOT STARCRISTIANO RONALDO

Another year, another 30+ goal season for Ron! The footy legend’s eight goals in seven La Liga games has helped fire Real back into the title race, too! He’s unstoppable!

REAL MADRID3rd in LA LIGA,

SPAIN

Someone call the fire brigade, coz Real Madrid are on fire

right now! Zidane’s men have hit 33 goals in their last nine

games, including a 7-1 thumping of Celta and an awesome 2-1

win over Barcelona at the Nou Camp. Can they be stopped?

LAST SIX LEAGUE GAMESRayo Vallecano 2-3 Real Madrid

Real Madrid 3-0 Villarreal

Getafe 1-5 Real Madrid

Real Madrid 4-0 Eibar

Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid

Real Madrid 4-0 Sevilla

STAT ATTACK! Real have only lost once in La Liga this year – at home to rivals Atletico

in February!

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MAGICMAHREZ!

MATCH takes a closer look at PFA

Player Of The Year RIYAD MAHREZ’s

biggest moments from 2015-16!

MAGICpfa awar

ds special!

We all started taking Leicester seriously

after they beat Chelsea 2-1 just before

Christmas! Riyad’s quick feet and winning

goal was world-class, and this result led

to Jose Mourinho getting the sack!

Riyad scored the first hat-trick of his

career against Swansea in December!

The 3-0 thrashing also fired Leicester

to the top of the Prem table with nine

wins from their first 15 games!

Everyone believed The Foxes could win the title after they outclassed Man. City 3-1 in February! Mahrez set up Huth for the opener, then scored one of the goals of the season with a sick solo effort!

This moment in March was huge! Rivals Spurs and Arsenal drew earlier in the

day, and Leicester took full advantage by winning 1-0 thanks to Mahrez’s rocket

shot and Man Of The Match display!

Riyad scored the first hat-trick of his

HAT-TRICKHERO!

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This moment in March was huge! Rivals

WATFORDWINNER!

Mahrez’s first big moment came against Villa in September! He sent three players for a pie with a jaw-dropping Cruyff Turn, then got two assists as The Foxes came from 2-0 down to win 3-2. Bonkers!

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STAT ATTACK!Check out the Leicester megastar’s

awesome season in numbers!

Riyad’s the first African player to

win PFA Player Of The Year, and the

first Algerian to hit a Prem hat-trick. What a legend!

He became only the third player – after Ian Marshall

and Stan Collymore – to score a Premier

League hat-trick for Leicester!

Mahrez has either scored

or set up a goal in 19 of the 34 Premier League

games he’s played this season!

Nobody has contributed to

more Prem goals this season than Mahrez – he’s got

17 goals and 11 assists!

The Foxes trick machine has hit 17 league goals this season – ten

more than his last two seasons

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EPICALLI!

Check out these incredible stats from PFA

Young Player Of The Year DELE ALLI’s season!

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Alli becomes the fourth Spurs player

to win the award in the last five years, after Harry Kane, Gareth

Bale and Kyle Walker!

At 20 years old, Dele is the youngest PFA Young Player Of The

Year since Jack Wilshere won in 2011 aged 19!

Nine of his ten Prem goals have been scored

with his right foot, including his wonder volley against Crystal

Palace in January!

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PFA TEAMS OF THE SEASON!Now get a load of the best XIs

from England’s top four divisions, as voted for by the players!

Premier League

Championship

League 1

League 2

DAVID DE GEA

Man. United

HECTOR BELLERIN

Arsenal

WES MORGANLeicester

TOBY ALDERWEIRELD

Tottenham

DANNY ROSE

Tottenham

RIYAD MAHREZLeicester

DELE ALLI

Tottenham

N’GOLO KANTE

Leicester

DIMITRI PAYET

West Ham

JAMIE VARDY

Leicester

HARRY KANE

Tottenham

TOM HEATONBurnley

BRUNO SALTORBrighton

DAWSON/AYALA

Hull/ Middlesbrough

MICHAEL KEANEBurnley

GEORGE FRIEND

Middlesbrough

ADAM CLAYTON

Middlesbrough

ALAN JUDGE

Brentford

JOEY BARTONBurnley

BARRY BANNAN

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ROSS McCORMACK

Fulham

ANDRE GRAY

Burnley

JON McLAUGHLIN

Burton

REECE WABARA

Wigan

JOHN EGAN

Gillingham

CRAIG MORGAN

Wigan

RICO HENRYWalsall

YANIC WILDSCHUT

Wigan

BRADLEY DACK

Gillingham

ROMAINE SAWYERS

Walsall

MARK DUFFYBurton

WILL GRIGGWigan

ADAM ARMSTRONG

Coventry

ADAM SMITH

Northampton

GEORGE BALDOCK

Oxford

CURTIS NELSONPlymouth

AARON PIERRE

Wycombe

JOE JACOBSON

Wycombe

RICKY HOLMES

Northampton

JOHN-JOE O’TOOLE

Northampton

MATT CROOKS

Accrington

KEMAR ROOFEOxford

JAY SIMPSON

Leyton Orient

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19 goals and assists combined in just 33 Prem games!

He’s the top-scoring English midfielder in 2015-16 with ten Prem goals, and busts

net every 248 minutes!

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Dele also made his England debut and scored his first goal for The Three Lions

this season! It’s been a fairytale 2015-16!

Dele also made his

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TRAINING GROUNDCheck out HOW to practise the skill yourself!

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Make space fora killer pass!

The U-Turn allows Ozil to change direction and keep the ball, while the U-Turn Hook sees him change direction twice! Mesut will often do these 1 v 1 moves when he’s travelling across the pitch and about to play a through ball!

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P To begin this Ball Mastery drill, place the ball part of your right foot on top of the ball.

P Now, roll the ball back towards you and point your toes down to the ground.

P Push the ball forward with your laces and repeat while hopping on your left leg. Then switch feet!

This warms up yourfeet to master

The U-Turn!

Ball Mastery – The Toe Roll

P While running forward with the ball, fake to kick it with your strong foot.

P Use the toe part of the sole of your kicking foot to pull the ball around and swivel 180 degrees.

P Shield it from your opponent, then use the inside of your opposite foot to push the ball!

Now try mastering Ozil’s fave skill move!

Mirror Move 1 – The U-Turn

P Like above, run forward and use the toe part of the sole of your kicking foot to turn 180 degrees.

P Push the ball forward and fake to kick it again, then use the inside of your kicking foot to hook the ball behind your

standing leg – just like a Cruyff Turn.

P Now you’ve beaten your opponent, turn and accelerate away from them!

If you can dothis move too,you’re a properfooty legend!

Mirror Move 2 – The U-Turn Hook

THE COOKIE

– DELE ALLI!

BE A FOOTY MACHINE!

Here’s your weeklyfitness schedule!

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Exercise 1 – RUSSIAN WALKThis is great for hip mobility and hamstring stretches. Walk forward with a high, extended step – imagine you’re scraping the sole of your shoes on an imaginary wall in front of you as you walk. Start slowly and gradually speed up. Walk 10 metres there and back 3 times.

MEAL TIPTry to have meat-free meals for one whole day each week. Eat lots of vegetables, fruit and nuts.

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Exercise 3 – SUPER-FAST FEET DOUBLE RUNPlace 5 sticks 18 inches apart in a straight line. Stand at the start of the ladder and run using 2 fast steps in between each stick until the end. Turn around and repeat. Run there and back 8 times for 1 set. Have 30 seconds between sets, perform 5 sets.

RECOVERY TIPEat protein after you’ve finished exercising to help you recover – things like lean meat, fish, nuts and eggs are good.


Exercise 5 – EYE-HAND-FOOT CO-ORDINATIONFace a wall 3 metres away with a ball at your feet and another in your hands. Start kicking the ball backwards and forwards against the wall, while throwing the other ball above your head and catching it at the same time. Do for 1 minute, then have 30 seconds rest. Repeat 10 times.

TREAT TIPManuka honey is great at re-energising you, and it’s a healthy alternative to other sweet treats.


Exercise 2 – UPPER-BODY STRENGTHGet 2 empty 2-pint plastic milk bottles and fill them with water. Hold a bottle in each hand and grip the handles. Punch directly out in front for 20 seconds, punch directly above your head for 20 seconds, then rest for 20 seconds. Complete 10 sets.

ENERGY TIPEat wholemeal pasta, rice and bread (complex carbohydrates) over 2 hours before exercising. This improves your energy levels.


Exercise 4 – PARACHUTE RUNGet mum or dad to cut an old bed sheet 1-metre square. Get 4 pieces of string (each 1.5 metres long), tie to each corner of the bed sheet, join the four ends and tie to an old belt. Run for 20 metres against the wind, jog back to the start, repeat 5 times then have 1 minute rest. Do 5 sets.

BRUNCH TIPBananas are great for slow energy release, so try eating one in the morning after your breakfast.


Exercise 6 – PLYOMETRIC CIRCUITMark out a 10-metre square with 5 sticks along each side. Start with 2-footed jumps over the sticks on Side 1, left-foot hops over Side 2, right-foot hops over Side 3 and backward jumps over Side 4. Rest for 30 seconds. Complete 10 circuits.

FOOD TIPAdd fresh ginger to your diet. This helps prevent muscle soreness after training.


Exercise 7 – MIRROR STEPSPlace 5 objects 18 inches apart in a straight line. Stand opposite a friend either side of the line. Randomly move sideways and touch one of the objects, then your friend has to mirror you by quickly doing the same. Do for 30 seconds, swap over then have 30 seconds rest. Repeat 6 times.

SNACK TIPIntroduce coconut into your diet. It’s great for snacking between meals because it’s packed with energy and fibre.


Total Score

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Fernando Torres is a shock contender for a place in Spain’s Euro squad! The ex-Chelsea flop has been ripping it up for Atletico Madrid, with seven goals in his last 12 league games!

PIRLO’S RETURN!

With Claudio Marchisio out of the Euros, Italy could turn to midfield legend Andrea Pirlo! Pirlo is playing in the MLS with New York City, but has never retired from international football!

LATEST EURO NEWS!

ROY’S MIDFIELD RIDDLE!

With the Euros less than 40 days away, England have been boosted by the return of Jack Wilshere and Raheem Sterling from injury! But

Jordan Henderson looks like missing out, so gaffer Roy Hodgson’s got a major selection headache! We think he’ll take eight of these players to

France – tick who you’d pick!

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Check out the wicked Euro 2016 stadiums in order of capacity!

1Stade de France

Paris

80,000

2Stade Velodrome

Marseille

67,000

3Stade de Lyon

Lyon

59,000

4Stade Pierre

MauroyLille

50,000

5Parc des Princes

Paris

45,000

6Stade Geoffroy-

GuichardSaint-Etienne

42,000

7Stade de BordeauxBordeaux

42,000

8Stade Bollaert-

DelelisLens

35,000

9Stade de Nice

Nice

35,000

10Stadium de

ToulouseToulouse

33,000

SCHWEINI’SINJURY KO!

Germany and Man. United ace Bastian Schweinsteiger is facing a race against time to be fit for Euro 2016! The midfielder injured his knee before Germany’s recent 3-2 defeat to England!

ROBSON-KANU RETURN!

Reading’s Hal Robson-Kanu is winning his fight to be fit for the Euros! The awesome forward started in eight of Wales’ qualifiers, but hasn’t played for his club since injuring his thigh in March!

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A CASE FOR

THE DEFENCE?

Aston Villa v NewcastleSaturday, 3pm

Aston Villa and Newcastle have the two worst defensive records

in the Premier League this season, but their attacks aren’t much better either! Rafa Benitez has made The Magpies a bit more solid recently, though – and that could give them the edge in this basement battle!

MISFIRING

STRIKERS’

GOAL HUNT!

Norwich v Man. UnitedSaturday, 12.45pm

Can Norwich’s hitmen score in this one? The Canaries are one of only two clubs whose strikers have hit less than ten Prem goals combined this season! With United having one eye on the FA Cup final, Norwich could bag the win they need to boost their survival hopes!

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WEEKEND PREVIEW!

MATCH checks out the bigtalking points ahead ofthis weekend's massivePremier League action!

SAINTS OUT

TO STOP POCH!

Spurs v SouthamptonSunday, 1.30pm

Gaffer Mauricio Pochettino worked wonders when he was

at Southampton – and now he’s doing the same at Tottenham! There’s no way The Saints will

roll over for their old gaffer, though – they’ll want to prove

a point by beating him!

WILL BIG SAM

BE BOOGYING?

Sunderland v ChelseaSaturday, 3pm

MATCH loves Big Sam, but we loved seeing him bust out some moves after beating Norwich recently even more! Sunderland are scrapping for their lives and Chelsea don’t have much to play for, so a home win and more epic Allardyce antics could be on!

VARDY’S

PENALTY

PARTY?

Leicester v EvertonSaturday, 5.30pm

No Prem team has won or scored more penalties than Leicester this

season, and most of those have been down to Jamie Vardy! The Foxes netted two in the reverse fixture in December,

a 3-2 win at Goodison Park, and Vards won one of those! Can he do it again this

weekend now he’s back from his ban?

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WORLD-CLASS

MATCH WINNERS!Sergio Aguero didn’t stop scoring last month and is right up there in the Golden Boot race, but Alexis

Sanchez is on fire too! The Gunners hero only netted six goals in his first 20 Prem games this season,

but hit six in six matches recently!

AGUERO SANCHEZ

28 PREM GAMES 26

23 PREM GOALS 12

2 PREM ASSISTS 4

110 SHOTS 98

45% SHOT ACCURACY 35%

PRO PLAYMAKERS!City badly missed Kevin de Bruyne’s creativity, assists and eye for goal when he was out injured for two

months, but Arsenal have their own magic man! Mesut Ozil’s enjoying his

best ever season for The Gunners – he’s got bags of goals and assists!

DE BRUYNE OZIL

23 PREM GAMES 33

6 PREM GOALS 6

9 PREM ASSISTS 18

71 KEY PASSES 137

54% DRIBBLE SUCCESS 59%

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LIKELY LINE-UPS!

STEVE SAYS...

MAN. CITY 1-2 ARSENAL

“Aguero’s on fire and will score again, but their CL semi-final

against Real Madrid will take it out of them. Wilshere will come off

the bench and bag the winner!”

YOU SAY

ARSENALWEEKEND PREVIEW!

MATCH checks out thekey match-ups ahead ofthis top-four shoot-out!

Cech

Bellerin Mertesacker Koscielny Monreal

Sanchez

Ramsey

Ozil

Elneny

Welbeck

Iwobi

Hart

KolarovZabaleta Kompany Mangala

Navas De Bruyne Silva

Toure Fernandinho

Aguero

SUPER SUBS?Raheem Sterling’s pace is scary and Jack Wilshere’s technique is world-class – and both are finally

back from injury! The England young guns need to get some

game time under their belt – even if it’s only off the bench – if they

want to go to the Euros!

STERLING WILSHERE

93 PACE 76

83 TECHNIQUE 95

75 PASSING 88

88 DRIBBLING 83

78 SHOOTING 74

DID YOU KNOW?

Arsenal are unbeaten in their

last five clashes with City, and

have won 96 in total compared

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“The Magpies need to win big-time to have any chance of staying up – and they will!”

STEVE SAYS 0-1

YOU SAY

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BOURNEMOUTH

WEST BROM

“These two teams look like they’re already on their summer holidays. A dull goalless draw!”

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YOU SAY

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LEICESTER

EVERTON

“What a fairytale season for The Foxes! They’ll win again here against a poor Everton!”

STEVE SAYS 2-0

YOU SAY

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“Pochettino’s old club won’t be able to stop Harry Kane! The

guy’s unstoppable right now!”

STEVE SAYS 3-0

YOU SAY

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STOKE

“Palace are unbeaten in their last five games against Stoke,

and that run will continue!”

STEVE SAYS 2-1

YOU SAY

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LIVERPOOL

WATFORD

“Liverpool will get revenge for the battering Watford gave

them back in December!”

STEVE SAYS 3-0

YOU SAY

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SUNDERLAND

CHELSEA

“Borini will bag the winner against his old club to send the Stadium Of Light wild!”

STEVE SAYS 2-1

YOU SAY

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NORWICH

MAN. UNITED

“Can United’s Marcus Rashford carry on his dream form in his debut season? Yes, he can!”

STEVE SAYS 0-2

YOU SAY

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WEST HAM

SWANSEA

“Payet’s been my fave player this season – another goal and

assist for the magic man!”

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MATCH!LEADERBOARD

1 STEVE 41

2 JAMIE 35

3 JAMES 31

4 BEN 29

Give yourself three points for a correct scoreline and one for the right result!

STEVE’S SCORE

YOUR SCORE

FINAL

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Which Premier League superstar won’t be happy with this MATCH makeover?

MEGA MASH-UP! ! ! Which Prem star is messed up in

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Sanchez’s Arsenal shirt number

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West Brom Man. United Chelsea

Pick the Premier League team that isn’t over 125 years old!

Everton

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between these pics!

Which footy hero’s gone back in time to lift the CL trophy with Bayern in 2001? CAMERA SHY!

Name the Champo League heroes who are hiding from the MATCH snapper!

Javi Garcia

Daniel Sturridge

Kasper Schmeichel

Gareth Barry

Maicon

Jerome Boateng

Which massive CL club have these stars all played for?

FIFA 16Challenge!

Which wicked Real Madrid

midfielder has a higher Passing rating on FIFA?

Which Atletico star fancies himself as a YouTuber like the Skill Twins?

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Romario

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Fit these legendary CL scorers into this grid!

Premier League SpecialSport Switch: Seamus Coleman.

MATCH Maths: Vardy’s shirt number – 9;

Sanchez’s shirt number – 17; Add them together – 26.

Odd One Out: Chelsea – they were founded in 1905.

Freaky Faces: Jermain Defoe.

Mega Mash-Up: Raheem Sterling.

Footy Mis-Match: See above.

Champions League SpecialClub Sharers: Man. City.

FIFA 16 Challenge: Kroos – he’s 88, Modric is 84.

YouTube Star: Fernando Torres.

Back To The Future: Robert Lewandowski.

Camera Shy: Philipp Lahm, Casemiro & Kevin de Bruyne.

Wordfit: See below.

Quiz answers!

One point for each correct answer!

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