After losing just three league games in last season’s title-winning campaign, Trabzonspor have endured a dismal and disappointing defence of their first Super Lig title in 38 years. In the ten months separating their league title win with the eventual departure of manager Abdullah Avci, Trabzonspor lost nine league games – more than Avci lost…

After a disastrous World Cup campaign in Qatar, the “golden generation” of the Belgian National Team was somewhat bittersweet throughout tournaments. Although their 2018 campaign was relatively successful, some would say that in general, the team full of superstars never lived up to their name. In their beginnings, the Red Devils’ 2014 World Cup campaign…

Bayern Munich currently sit in second place on the Bundesliga table, just one point adrift of rivals Borussia Dortmund. They have also qualified for the quarter-finals of both the UEFA Champions League and DFB-Pokal where they will face Manchester City and SC Freiburg respectively. The Bavarians have a realistic chance of winning three competitions this…

One year on from the arrival of owner Acun Ilcali, the Championship league table would suggest that Hull City have made slight but insignificant progress relative to the volume and calibre of signings made in the last two transfer windows, with the club going from hovering ominously above the relegation zone last season to pushing…

How do I start?   Should we start with the fact that Nigeria entered their March match with Guinea-Bissau fresh off a ten-goal win against the tiny nation of Sao Tome and Principe, their biggest win to date? Or the fact that Guinea-Bissau called up just one player from the top-5 leagues; breakout star Mama…

After winning the first leg 1-0 via a goal from Kingsley Coman, Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 via goals from Erick Maxim Choupo-Moting and Serge Gnabry, sending Les Parisiens packing from the UEFA Champions League at the Round of 16 for the fifth time in seven years. The Bavarians will take on Manchester City…

On February 25, Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid faced off against Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. Angel Correa received his marching orders in the 64th minute, Jose Maria Gimenez opened the scoring for the visitors 14 minutes later, whilst Alvaro Rodriguez came off the bench and scored an equalizer against 10-man Atleti. They…

Football tactics are like hairstyles – some are timeless classics, while others are cringe-worthy trends that quickly go out of style. In the Carabao Cup final between Manchester United and Newcastle, both teams showed that the key to success is not just having a good haircut, but also the ability to switch up your style…

Pressing is a crucial part of modern football and has become an integral part of many teams’ tactical play, utilizing pressing traps to take advantage of the opponent’s potential vulnerabilities in the build-up and hit on the counter. Today, we’re going to be taking a look at the use of pressing traps in a 3-1-3-3…

On February, 3rd 2023, at 9:56 PM, referee Gavin Ward blew for full time in what could go down as one of the biggest wins in West Bromwich Albion’s season. A 1-0 win saw West Brom, (who had lost to Coventry by the same score less than 2 months ago), sail into the playoff places…