#Italia

Sep 24, 20211 min read

Episode 15 – Serie A Special: Napoli, Inter, Fiorentina and more

In this week’s podcast, Eddy and David talk about what has caught their eye during the first five rounds. That includes Luciano...

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Sep 14, 20219 min read

Tactical Analysis: Sassuolo’s Flexible Build-Up Strategies

For tacticians worldwide, Sassuolo and intriguing build-up dynamics have become synonymous in recent seasons after the eye-catching...

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Jun 25, 20211 min read

Episode 12 – Roberto Mancini’s Italy

In the latest episode of the podcast, Eddy and David discuss the tactics of Roberto Mancini’s Italy, the performances of Sweden at Euro...

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Jun 24, 20216 min read

Tactical Theory: Rest-Defence and Counter-Marking

Rest-defence. You’ve probably heard the term before, possibly in connection to why Pep Guardiola uses inverted full-backs or why so many...

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Jun 13, 202113 min read

Tactical preview of Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio

A few days ago, I penned a tactical preview of what former Lazio coach Simone Inzaghi’s tactics might look like at Inter and how his...

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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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Jun 6, 20211 min read

Episode 11 – The Serie A Coaching Carousel

In this week’s episode, David and Eddy go through the Serie A coaching chaos with almost half the league changing their coaches lately....

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Apr 11, 20211 min read

Episode 3 – Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus: Tactics and Sensible Signings

In the third episode of Up, Back, Through: A Soccer Coaching Podcast, Eddy and David talk about Andrea Pirlo’s Juventus, their tactical...

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Apr 8, 202114 min read

Rejuvenating Juventus: Potential tactical tweaks and sensible signings

It’s never as bad as it seems; it’s never as good as it seems. Juventus are certainly hoping for the former since Andrea Pirlo has had a...

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Apr 4, 20215 min read

Meet Cristian Romero – Your New Favourite Centre-Back

If you’re not an avid follower of Italian football, you might only have a vague notion of who Cristian Romero is. However, if you’ve...

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Feb 14, 20219 min read

Analysing the tactics of Vincenzo Italiano’s Spezia

Spezia have caught the eyes of tacticians all season and made it into the mainstream on Saturday night when they dominated Serie A...

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Oct 23, 20205 min read

Sassuolo, De Zerbi and Trusting Talent

Four games into the season, Sassuolo sit unbeaten in 2nd in the Serie A table, having outscored all teams in the division bar Atalanta....

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Oct 10, 20209 min read

Atalanta, Bergamo and the dream of the Scudetto

The Champions League group stage draw hadn’t even finished when neutral fans across the continent began to share their excitement with...

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Aug 22, 20189 min read

Serie A transfers – a look at every clubs key signing

The Serie A transfer window, the mercato, closed last Friday ahead of the new season kicking off on the Saturday. As always, each club...

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Mar 2, 20185 min read

Sergej Milinkovic-Savic – Serie A’s next €100 million player

If you’re a football fan on Twitter these days, you are sure to have seen something about Sergej Milinkovic-Savic. Maybe it was just...

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Dec 19, 201710 min read

Massimiliano Allegri – a complete coach

Massimiliano Allegri has had a fantastic coaching career to date. Since his first appointment at Aglianese in Italy’s Serie C2 in 2004,...

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Nov 15, 20175 min read

Who should become the new Italy coach?

Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years and coach Gian Piero Ventura paid the price when he was sacked...

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Sep 25, 20174 min read

Marco Giampaolo oversees stunning start with Sampdoria

Last season was a very good first year in charge for Marco Giampaolo at Sampdoria. After joining from Empoli in the summer of 2016, he...

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Sep 13, 20174 min read

AC Milan’s problem with Leonardo Bonucci

AC Milan’s spending this summer caused their fans huge excitement and anticipation ahead of the start of the new campaign. The headline...

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Aug 31, 20176 min read

Marco Borriello – Italy’s ultimate journeyman striker

Italian football have seen it’s fair share of journeymen strikers who move from various clubs, delivering at some while underwhelming at...

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