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Tactical Analysis: Club Brugge 2-2 Lazio
Matchday 6 in the UEFA Champions League group stage often comes around with little reason for excitement, with the majority of clubs having already sealed progression into the knockout round, but that was anything but the case this week, with 13 of the 32 clubs’s Champions League lives hanging in the balance. Two of…
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Marcus Rashford 20/21: On The Upward Trajectory
It would be an understatement to merely say that Marcus Rashford has “been in” the headlines in recent months. Rather, his off-the-field work, helping 3 million impoverished children gain access to free school meals, has seen him headline the front page of multiple newspapers, on multiple occasions- quite the achievement for a footballer. In…
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Dissecting the Ins and Outs of Build-up Play
I was watching the FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Chelsea a few months ago and a special moment in the game caught my eye. It was the moment where Arsenal’s Nicolas Pépé was near his own penalty box trying to bring the ball out from the back. It seemed risky when Pépé played a…
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Case Study: Roger Schmidt’s PSV Eindhoven
By: Russell Pope Featured Image: @GabFoligno / Quality Sport Images – Getty Images
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Tactical Analysis: RB Leipzig 3-2 Manchester United
Six weeks after suffering a 5-0 loss in Old Trafford, Julian Nagelsmann’s RB Leipzig narrowly defeated Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United at the Red Bull Arena in order to progress to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, where they will join Paris Saint-Germain from Group H. On the other hand, United will drop to…
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Player Analysis: Takehiro Tomiyasu
Japan has produced some fine exports to the Serie A for the last 25 years. Kazuyoshi Miura was a pioneer for Japanese footballers, becoming the first player from The Land of the Rising Sun to play in Italy when he joined Genoa in 1994. Attacking midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata played for Perugia, Roma, and Parma in…
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Player Analysis: Tiago Dantas
In today’s footballing atmosphere, a player is scouted for months, even years, before he is signed by a club. It is not uncommon for a player to be scouted for 10-20 matches and still be discarded when a top European club is involved. The more a player is scouted, the further it reaffirms the positives…
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Tactical Analysis: North London Derby
The North London derby holds a special place in the heart of Arsenal fans given the history and their dominance over Tottenham, but last weekend, Arsenal went into the derby as underdogs. The Gunners locked horns with their crosstown rivals on Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and the home side would go on to…
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Tactical Analysis: Bayern Munich vs. RB Leipzig
In their two relatively short managerial careers, Hans-Dieter Flick and Julian Nagelsmann have built a reputation for themselves as two of the most exciting coaches in Europe. After a 14-year hiatus from management, Flick took charge of Bayern last year and led them to their first treble since 2013. On the other hand, Nagelsmann led…
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Football in the Eye of the Storm: The Beirut Derby
On February 26, 2017, thousands of passionate football fans in the Lebanese capital of Beirut strode towards the Tyre Stadium. In a country marred by political and religious tensions, football is a huge reprieve to the stressful lives of these football fanatics. However, this game they’re attending is no less of a clash of differing…
