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Las Palmas Riding the Wave Under Diego Martínez
On October 8th, Diego Martínez inherited quite the mess at UD Las Palmas. The club never fully grasped their new identity under Luis Carrión, having watched their previously successful boss, García Pimienta, head to Sevilla. To make matters worse, they were dead last in LaLiga, having only gained three points from their first nine matches.…
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Why Bryan Mbuemo Is the Perfect Mohamed Salah Replacement for Liverpool
Bryan Mbeumo is the epitome of the ‘moneyball’ approach that Brentford have taken to their recruitment since the 2015-16 season. If you’re unfamiliar with that approach, essentially it’s using stats/data to identify players who are ‘undervalued’ with high potential that are brought in to be developed and sold for a lucrative profit. Mbeumo was…
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Giovani Lo Celso: Back to His Best in Betis
It has been a rollercoaster career for Giovani Lo Celso. He was 20 years old when he left boyhood club Rosario Central and headed across the Atlantic Ocean, joining Paris Saint-Germain for £8.5m. He was 22 when he left for Real Betis in search of playing time, emerging as a revelation for the Verdiblancos with…
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Real Betis vs Rayo Vallecano Bet Builder Stats & Predictions
Real Betis vs Rayo Vallecano Kick Off: Sunday 22 December, 20.00 GMT Competition: La Liga Watch live: Premier Sports 1 Two sides in the middle of the La Liga table will go in search of three points on Sunday evening when Real Betis host Rayo Vallecano to round off the action for 2024. …
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Amir Richardson: Fiorentina’s New Midfield Metronome
There are few things more exciting in football than seeing a footballer with a unique profile. Imagine a lanky, press resistant, left-footed midfielder standing at 6’6, with excellent technical ability and close control, a profile so rare you have to witness it to believe it. Yet, out of France where midfielders abound, emerged a…
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Ricardo Pepi: Unlocking a New Level at PSV Eindhoven
Ricardo Pepi began his professional career in MLS with FC Dallas, where he progressed through their academy and debuted for the first team in 2019 at just 16 years old. Pepi’s breakthrough came in the 2021 season, where his goalscoring exploits, including becoming the youngest player in MLS history to net a hat-trick, earned him…
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The Antagonist: How Football’s Great Minds Build, Destroy, and Redefine the Game
It begins with a vision—an obsession born not from the desire to win, but from the need to redefine. Football, in its essence, is simple: a game of passes, goals, and moments. Yet, within its simplicity lies a battlefield for ideologies, a stage for revolutionaries, and a canvas for genius. Somewhere, deep in the mind…
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Jacopo Fazzini: Empoli’s Hidden Gem
Club: Empoli Nationality: Italy Position(s): CM, AM Preferred Foot: Right Height: 5’10”/178cm Age: 21 Strengths: agility, dribbling, passing variance, duels, defensive work-rate, press resistance, athleticism Areas of Development: application, strength It seems like every year, there’s a new interior midfielder who’s leaving one of Serie A’s smaller teams and taking his talents to one…
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Data, Roles, and Tactics: The Modern Blueprint for Football Success
Football success is often reduced to a blame game, with coaches bearing the brunt of poor form. Yet, the truth often lies deeper: in how well a team’s player profiles align with its tactical philosophy. Take PSG’s star-studded Messi-Mbappé-Neymar trio—on paper, a dream attack; on the pitch, a different story. This contrast reveals how mismatched…
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The Evolution of Olympic Sports: From Ancient Times to Modern Day
The Olympic Games have come a long way since their inception in Ancient Greece over 2,700 years ago. Initially, they were merely an Olympus event dedicated to the chief of the Greek gods, Zeus. Fast-forward to the present. They are an international event, with athletes from nearly every nation participating in various and often very…
