Tactics and Thunder: Analysing Antonio Conte’s suitability for Manchester United
No one can have missed that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer seems to be on the brink at Manchester United and clinging onto his job as the club’s...
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Oct 21, 20219 min read
Tactical Analysis: Ajax vs Borussia Dortmund
Having played three games in this season’s Champions League, AFC Ajax are top of their group, having won all three matches. In the...
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Oct 8, 20219 min read
Wrong-footed Full-backs: a tool for consolidating central possession and accessing the far-side
This post is a follow-up on David Selini’s “The Untapped Potential of Wrong-Footed Full-Backs” and I would advise reading that beforehand...
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Sep 21, 20218 min read
Tactical Analysis: Manchester City’s Underlaps
“The objective is to move the opponent, not the ball.” Adherents to the rather loaded term of positional play perceive football to be a...
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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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Sep 7, 20216 min read
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 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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May 25, 20217 min read
Tactical analysis of Celta Vigo’s innovative tactics vs Real Betis
When FC Barcelona’s title dreams ended on 16 May, very little was made of the team that ended the Blaugrana‘s title chase. Eduardo...
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May 22, 20218 min read
Tactical Theory: A Tale of Two Tens
What do Manchester City, Chelsea, Roma, Red Bull Salzburg, Lazio and the New York Red Bulls have in common? The answer may seem puzzling...
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May 18, 20218 min read
Tactical analysis of Sporting Kansas City’s attacking tactics against the Vancouver Whitecaps
There are games every now and then where you see a team completely dominating their opponent and record a comprehensive victory. That was...
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May 10, 20219 min read
Tactical analysis of New York Red Bulls’ tactics vs Toronto
On Saturday night, the New York Red Bulls recorded their second successive win and clean sheet with a 2-0 win against Toronto FC. Gerhard...
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May 2, 202111 min read
Analysing the suitability of Jesse Marsch’s tactics for the squad at RB Leipzig
After impressing at New York Red Bulls and then at RB Salzburg for two seasons, it was always likely that the next step in Jesse Marsch’s...
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Apr 26, 20217 min read
Tactical analysis of Lille’s fluid positional play against Lyon
Lille took a huge step towards winning a first Ligue 1 title since 2011 by beating title chasing rivals Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 away from...
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Apr 18, 20217 min read
The Untapped Potential of Wrong-Footed Full-Backs
No position has seen more change in the last fifteen years then the position of full-back. The demands placed on the full-backs of today...
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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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Mar 2, 20215 min read
A look at Manchester United’s tactics against Chelsea
On Sunday, Thomas Tuchel and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer faced off for the first time in the Premier League after several tactical battles in...
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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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Nov 10, 20207 min read
A Look at Possible Build-up Mechanisms in a 4-1-2-1-2
We’ve done a lot of tactical content here through the years, from investigating Paulo Sousa’s innovative Fiorentina tactics to Thomas...
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