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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...

Having played three games in this season’s Champions League, AFC Ajax are top of their group, having won all three matches. In the...

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...

“The objective is to move the opponent, not the ball.” Adherents to the rather loaded term of positional play perceive football to be a...

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

The football tactics pendulum has definitely swung towards a focus on dominating central areas as more and more teams look to use as many...

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

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...

Last week, Simone Inzaghi was officially confirmed as Internazionale’s new head coach, replacing the Scudetto-winning Antonio Conte at...

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...

What do Manchester City, Chelsea, Roma, Red Bull Salzburg, Lazio and the New York Red Bulls have in common? The answer may seem puzzling...

There are games every now and then where you see a team completely dominating their opponent and record a comprehensive victory. That was...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On Sunday, Thomas Tuchel and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer faced off for the first time in the Premier League after several tactical battles in...

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

We’ve done a lot of tactical content here through the years, from investigating Paulo Sousa’s innovative Fiorentina tactics to Thomas...