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Player Analysis: Aurélien Tchouaméni
The strength in depth that the French national team is a little ridiculous. Several Champions League stars are nowhere near the 23-man squad, and a breed of young talents are being produced like robots at a factory. One such talented youngster is AS Monaco’s Aurélien Tchouaméni. Learning his trade alongside Cesc Fàbregas at Les…
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Player Analysis: Angeliño
In his time at RB Leipzig, Angeliño is calling the attention of many people, being one of the best attacking full-backs in Europe. After being deemed not good enough for Manchester City, RB Leipzig snapped him up and he is proving to be a vital cog in Julian Nagelsmann’s system. Despite losing to Liverpool in…
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Gerardo Seoane: The Revolutionary Swiss Manager Ready For the Bundesliga
5 years ago Young Boys Bern were the joke of Swiss football, finishing runners-up six times between 2007 and 2017, and even blowing a 13 point lead in the 2009/10 campaign. Just as English football has adopted the term ‘Doing a Spurs’ to refer to Tottenham Hotspur’s title drought, fans of Swiss Football became accustomed…
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How Richarlison’s Role Has Changed Since Being Deployed as a Striker
Under the stewardship of one of this era’s defining managers, Carlo Ancelotti, Everton have taken considerable strides towards gate-crashing the constructed ‘top-six that has largely monopolised England’s continental qualification places in recent years. This is viewed as a key goal of Farhad Moshiri’s upon his takeover in February 2016. Of Moshiri’s investment into the…
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Ralf Rangnick at Schalke: The History and the Future
On Friday afternoon, BILD broke the news that Ralf Rangnick was set to become Schalke’s Sporting Director for the 2021/22 season and plan for life in 2. Bundesliga as their inevitable relegation looms large. The report highlighted his plans and desire to help Schalke on their way back to the Bundesliga and subsequent success. The…
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Destroying Man-orientation: Antonio Conte Style
The latest and perhaps most important Derby della Madonnina in recent memory showcased an unconditional destruction of Milan, through Inter’s intelligent exploitation of their man-oriented defensive system. This article seeks to systematically analyse how Inter were so effective, attempting to extrapolate more holistic techniques on how to disrupt and destroy man-orientation. Milan use the…
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Tactical Analysis: Adi Hütter’s Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt fans fondly remember the 2018/19 season when Adi Hütter introduced his high tempo attacking style of football at the Deutsche Bank Park and qualified Frankfurt for the following season’s Europa League. The Austrian manager has since seen several players come and go but he continues to challenge for a place in European competitions.…
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Kelechi Iheanacho’s Breakthrough at Leicester City
Since joining from Manchester City in the summer of 2017, Kelechi Iheanacho’s Leicester City career has been neither hot nor cold, plagued with inconsistency to put it nicely. The Nigerian has certainly not met Leicester City’s expectations when they paid £25 million for him, but he’s also not done badly enough to warrant the flop…
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Dael Fry – Middlesbrough’s Big Lighthouse
Dael Fry is no stranger to the limelight. He made his Middlesbrough debut at 17 and has since gone on to rack up another 134 appearances for his hometown club. Fry was quick to establish himself as a one of the brightest prospects in English football, attracting interest from the likes of Manchester United and…
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The Old Lady Is Broken – Where Do Juventus Go From Here?
As former Juventus legend and these days, club director Pavel Nedvêd kicked the advertisement boardings in disgust at the end of extra time in Porto, Juventus crashed out of the last 16 of the Uefa Champions League for the second year in a row. Juve played against ten men for 36 minutes of normal…
