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Benfica v Arsenal: How one calamitous performance shaped David Luiz s career
By Marcus AlvesBBC Sport
David Luiz made 74 appearances for Benfica between 2007 and 2011
Long before Brazil s infamous 7-1 drubbing by Germany at the 2014 World Cup, another six-goal defeat almost stopped David Luiz s development dead in its tracks.
As the veteran defender prepares to face Benfica, his first European club, with Arsenal in the Europa League last 32 on Thursday, he might reflect on how that 6-0 defeat by Criciuma in 2006 changed his future and set him on the path to success in Portugal. The boat only passes once and David has missed it because you were not focused. Now it s gone, began an angry Mauro Fernandes as he addressed a packed dressing room in Salvador.
Attitude of Atletico Madrid s battle-scarred stars key in march to La Liga title
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How Luis Suarez is turning back time during his season with Atleti (1:27)
ESPN FC s Alejandro Moreno explains how Luis Suarez turned his career around at Atletico Madrid. (1:27)
Since Atletico Madrid last won the Spanish title in 2014, the average number of points needed to win La Liga has been 86. Even if Monday night s 2-2 draw at home to Celta Vigo was disappointing, especially conceding such a late equaliser, it s a very good bet that with 51 points in the bag Atleti are, at most, 12 wins away from what would be only their third Spanish title win in 44 years. Heady times.