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Individual and Systematic in-Possession Considerations When Recruiting a Goalkeeper
In recent years, as football moves to more possession-orientated philosophies and approaches to the game, goalkeepers’ roles go far beyond just shot-stopping. In the ‘modern’ game, goalkeepers have to be adequate with their feet in possession, often used in the build-up and they have to ‘sweep’ more often, coming further off their lines as teams…
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Tactical Analysis: Spain vs. Sweden
In a tepid tie between two sides that began the match with an average age of 25.1 for Spain and 29.6 for Sweden, it was players aged 18 and 21 that shone by far brightest for their respective sides. For Spain it was the next in a long line of midfield maestros, Pedri, and for…
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Le Meilleur – France Primed for European Glory
Not content with winning the 2018 World Cup on home soil, Didier Deschamps’ France side are set to be crowned European Champions next month, when they win the Euro 2020 final. That is according to Casumo. The bookmaker used a supercomputer to predict the tournament’s winner, top goalscorer and Team of the Tournament among other…
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Manchester City Tipped for Champions League Revenge in 2022
Online betting sites have released odds for the 2021-22 Champions League campaign, and despite still being in search of their first European honours since 1970, Manchester City have the shortest odds to lift the trophy next year. Pep Guardiola’s men were also favoured last term, and were odds-on to beat Chelsea in the final but…
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Tactical Analysis: Scotland vs. Czech Republic
Four days into the tournament is all it took to wrap up the goal of the tournament award. It’s a safe bet to assume no strike is topping Patrik Schick’s second goal in Czech Republic’s 2-0 victory over Scotland. The Scots were the brighter team from the off, creating a number of chances primarily…
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Tactical Analysis: Poland vs. Slovakia
“The look on Polish faces tells the story,” ITV Sport commentator Sam Matterface remarked at full-time in St. Petersburg. “They lost the first game of their World Cup campaign three years ago and it set the tone for what would be a very difficult tournament for them. They hoped to avoid that disappointment this time…
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Tactical Analysis: Ukraine vs. Netherlands
As the Dutch national anthem rang out in front of the 16,000 fans packed inside the iconic Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam for the Onsoranje first match of Euro 2020, both Ronald De Boer’s men and Ukrainian legend Andriy Shevchenko’s Ukraine side did not disappoint in a 5 goal thriller. The action started right from…
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Tactical Analysis: Italy vs. Turkey
The world’s biggest sporting event since COVID-19 ravaged the globe has finally begun. It’s a year late, there is no official host country, and only a handful of spectators have been permitted in the stadiums, but football fans worldwide won’t care. The European Championship has always promised fantastic, free-flowing football. It’s promised shocking moments, wonder…
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Tactical Analysis: England vs. Croatia
3 years ago in Moscow, Croatia stunned the footballing world, as they knocked the spirited but ultimately limited, England out of the 2018 World Cup semi-finals, adding to their 2008 upset in eliminating The Three Lions from even competing in that year’s tournament. However, as “God Save the Queen” was belted around Wembley Stadium by…
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Player Analysis: Piotr Zieliński
Poland will be opening its Euro 2020 campaign on June 14 when it faces Slovakia at the Krestovsky Stadium in St Petersburg, Russia and naturally most of the attention will be on star striker and captain Robert Lewandowski. Although the Bayern Munich striker has been scoring goals at an outstanding rate, one of the Biało-czerwoni…
