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Leonardo Bonucci: The archetypal ball-playing center-back
“I thought it was a joke. I would never have thought anything like this could happen,” Alessandro Del Piero told Sky Italia on hearing the news about Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci’s transfer to AC Milan. As the old adage goes: where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and that was especially true here when it came to…
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The Beautiful Game is Growing in America: FC Cincinnati is Proof
The beautiful game has seen unbelievable growth in America over the past two decades but the growth has sped up exponentially as of late. New clubs are being created, there will even be a new league introduced in the future as USL will introduce “USL D3” in the 2019 season. USL spent lots of years…
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Tactical Analysis: RB Leipzig 4-0 Rangers FC
In an intriguing mid-season friendly, Bayern’s closest Bundesliga rivals RaesenBall Leipzig challenged Mark Warburton’s Rangers. In what is supposed to be preparation for inevitable foreign competition in Europe next season, the sides would meet at the Red Bull Arena in a fixture set up to provide an opportunity for experimentation. Leipzig lined-up in their typical…
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Rolando Mandragora: lo scugnizzo dai piedi d’oro
Guardando giocare Rolando Mandragora si ha la sensazione di trovarsi davanti l’ennesimo prodotto made in Italy pronto a seguire le orme di Andrea Pirlo e Marco Verratti. Quella dell’ attuale giovanissimo centrocampista della Juventus è la storia di tanti ragazzi di strada a Napoli, sempre in bilico tra il sogno di una vita migliore e…
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Roque Mesa: Mustachioed Maestro
He has been the leading player for one of the most entertaining teams in La Liga during the past two seasons. Players like Viera, Tana and Boateng wouldn’t get half the space and freedom if it weren’t for the small maestro in midfield. While people compared him to the likes of Xavi and Busquets the…
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Rangers crash out of Europe – What next for Pedro Caixinha?
Rangers European trip is over and manager Pedro Caixinha is in the hot seat. His road to redemption is now longer than expected after Rangers suffered an embarrassing elimination by Luxembourgian club Progrès Niederkorn losing 2-1 on aggregate. The result was a terrible way to return to European football for Rangers after a six seasons hiatus…
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Tactical Analysis: Metz 2 – 4 OGC Nice
Throughout the 2016/17 footballing season, there were many interesting matches. Many of these go relatively unnoticed in the chaos of the schedule and are neglected in terms of the depth they deserve. In a BTL exclusive feature, writer Ross Eaton (@boxtoboxcb) will be analysing a series of these intriguing football matches… On gameweek 10 of…
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Calhanoglu è del Milan: come lo utilizzerà Montella?
Hakan Calhanoglu, 23 anni, trequartista e specialista dei calci piazzati, è il sesto acquisto del Milan targato Marco Fassone e Massimiliano Mirabelli. Dal punto di vista tecnico, il neo-acquisto alza il livello qualitativo della rosa rossonera con Calhanoglu che, oltre alla nota precisione sui calci di punizione e sugli angoli, porta in dote un buon…
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La rivoluzione monegasca
Se c’è una cosa capace di mettere d’accordo i tifosi di tutte le latitudini, quella è la piacevolezza provata nel veder giocare il Monaco di Leonardo Jardim la stagione scorsa. Le fortune del club monegasco, laureatosi sorprendentemente campione di Francia e qualificatosi alle semifinali di Champions League, partono però da lontano. Nel 2014 infatti, dopo…
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Acciones mexicanas, reacciones alemanes
“Al final, los seres humanos vivimos a través de nuestras emociones y de las reacciones de dichas emociones; y obviamente cuando hay un resultado que está en conflicto, el jugador se aferra a eso”, Juan Carlos Osorio en The Tactical Room en una entrevista realizada por Martí Perarnau. En todos los deportes se desprenden emociones…
