Tactical Theory – three ways to attack wide areas
The football tactics pendulum has definitely swung towards a focus on dominating central areas as more and more teams look to use as many...
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Jun 9, 20217 min read
Tactical preview of Simone Inzaghi’s Inter
Last week, Simone Inzaghi was officially confirmed as Internazionale’s new head coach, replacing the Scudetto-winning Antonio Conte at...
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Nov 29, 20164 min read
Juric’ tactically flexible Genoa destroy Juventus
After a poor run of form Ivan Juric’ Genoa overpowered Max Allegri’s Juventus at Marassi when the energetic and aggressive home side ran...
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Jun 28, 20162 min read
Analysing Antonio Conte’s flexible defensive tactics against Spain
In what was arguably the outstanding team performance of the tournament, Antonio Conte’s Italy overpowered Spain to secure a 2-0 win and...
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Apr 22, 20165 min read
A look at the different roles of the defensive midfielder
In the ever evolving game of football, player roles change depending on the style the coach wants to implement. Therefore, the same...
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Feb 5, 20163 min read
Analysing the tactics behind Sinisa Mihajlovic’ AC Milan revival
Less than a decade ago, AC Milan dominated European football. They won the Champions League twice, in 2003 and 2007, and reached the 2005...
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Nov 12, 20157 min read
Analysing Paulo Sousa’s innovative Fiorentina tactics
Paulo Sousa joined Fiorentina in June, hoping to build on three successive fourth place finishes. Three months into the season and it’s...
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Oct 24, 20156 min read
Analysing the tactics of Red Star’s European Champions of 1991
Football history has seen many great teams. From the Dutch Totaal voetbal masters in the 1970’s, the Brazilian national teams of...
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Jul 8, 20154 min read
The Swedish Way – An Exclusive Insight
The Swedish U21 national team surprised all of Europe by winning this summer’s U21 European Championship in the Czech Republic. The...
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Feb 10, 20158 min read
The resurgence of Villarreal
Last weekend, the most talked about result in Spain was the 4-0 derby demolition handed out to Real Madrid by Atletico. Most people will...
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Jan 30, 20159 min read
What is the way forward for Louis van Gaal and Manchester United?
Manchester United have been quite heavily criticized, and rightly so, for their boring style of play over the last two months. Louis van...
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Oct 1, 20146 min read
Is there a place for the classic regista in the modern game?
As the game of football constantly evolves, player roles change with it. Over the last few years we have seen roles such as the classic...
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Sep 15, 20143 min read
How Atlético’s defensive organisation helped them win another derbí
A few weeks after beating the superstars of Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup, Atlético Madrid triumphed again in last night’s derbí...
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Sep 5, 20145 min read
Is it time for Louis van Gaal to revert to Ferguson’s midfield diamond?
Louis van Gaal was very active in the last week of the transfer window and signed Àngel Di Maria, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcao. Three...
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Jul 28, 20147 min read
Real Madrid’s luxury problem – too much quality
With the signing of James Rodriguez from AS Monaco, Real Madrid secured themselves the services of the best player of the 2014 World Cup....
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Jun 25, 20145 min read
The return of the back-three
This summer’s World Cup in Brazil has so far been fantastic to watch; lots of goals, attacking football and matches played at a very high...
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May 1, 20143 min read
The impressive emergence of Southampton: part 2, the tactics
In part 1, I discussed the manager and his players. Part 2 is an in-depth analysis on the tactics Mauricio Pochettino deploys. Formation ...
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