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Antonio Conte: A Tactical Disasterclass
Leaving the Etihad Stadium yesterday made me question what exactly was the point of the team travelling up. It was a gloomy Manchester afternoon, with rain pouring down, the perfect setting for the display which had just taken place. A lack of desire, ambition and direction from the man once loved by Chelsea’s fans, only…
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Antonio Conte: Another victim of the Roman Empire?
Chelsea have hardly been a long-term club. If there’s any doubt about it, that can be well clarified by the how the revolving doors of management work and how the club continues to buy very young players with a promise of developing them, but the only purpose of it seems to be how the club…
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Julian Nagelsmann – The Tactics Behind a Pioneer
“30% of coaching is tactics, 70% is competence.” These sound like the words of an aging footballing philosopher who draws on countless years of experience, yet they belong to the youngest coach ever announced as manager of a team in the top five European leagues. Julian Nagelsmann was just 28 when appointed by 1899 Hoffenheim…
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What De Boer’s sacking tells us about modern football
It is no news by now to English football followers that Crystal Palace have sacked Frank De Boer after just 77 days of tenure. De Boer, 47, failed to earn a single point and score a goal in his four matches in charge of the South Londoners. The decision seemed quite harsh, considering the fact…
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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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El Proceso de Aprendizaje de Zidane
El futbolista es capaz de seguir aprendiendo aun siendo un profesional, es en esté momento donde más debe acoplarse al entendimiento de diversos modelos de juego y de metodologías de entrenamiento. Los entrenadores también pueden instruirse gracias a lo que sus jugadores brindan, sus habilidades y destrezas. Zinedine Zidane llegó al Real Madrid hace dieciocho…
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Bedlam in La Beneamata
Another one bites the dust. Yet another casualty in the Inter managerial carousel, this time we say Arrivederci to Stefano Pioli. This is a truly surprising decision from the owners considering the timing of the dismissal considering that two weeks ago the club released this statement following the defeat to Fiorentina: “The club confirms its…
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Grandeza sólida: La Juventus de Allegri
“En el juego, para ir cogiendo altura con los hombres de fuera necesito interacciones por dentro y como solo hay una cosa que ordene y desordene a un equipo, que es la pelota, esto permite a todos mis jugadores estar en ejes y alturas distintas”, lo explicaba Juan Manuel Lillo en el libro Pep Guardiola.…
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Can Marco Silva help Hull City stay afloat?
On the 5th of January 2017, Marco Silva was appointed manager of Hull City until the end of the season, replacing Mike Phelan after the latter was sacked following a series of bad results. Phelan left the club with only 13 points, dead last in the Premier League table. Upon Silva’s appointment, the club’s vice-chairman Ehab Allam…
