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  • Heart of Lions: What Football can learn from the success of the Basques

      The Basque Region is one of the most unique in the entire world. A small region of people that settle from land in the Pyrenees Mountains in Northern Spain to a small section in Southern France have produced some of the best footballers on the planet. At the forefront of the footballing world today, players…

  • The Brightest Stars of the Stars and Stripes

    Christian Pulisic is the first of many for the USA. The United States of America, home to some of the best athletes in the entire world is yet to produce a “Golden Generation” for the beautiful game. Some people believe this is due to the large variety of sports the country offers to the youth,…

  • Paul’s Plight

    Stem cells are special. If you do not know why, it is because they have the ability to become any different number of cells through differentiation. Paul Pogba is special. If you do not know why, it is because he has the ability to become any type of midfielder he wants because of the different…

  • RIP Tiki Taka: 2008-2016

    When Pep Guardiola became manager of Barcelona in 2008, he revolutionized the game forever, and became the epitome of both knowledge and simplicity. His ‘tiki-taka’ brand of football swept the globe, and brought about a Renaissance Period. Xavi was Da Vinci, Iniesta was Michelangelo, Messi was William Shakespeare. No one perfected it like they did,…

  • Insistir Hasta el Final

    El 1 de febrero de 2016, en su presentación como nuevo entrenador del Manchester City, Pep Guardiola explicó los motivos que lo llevaron a asumir en el banco citizen y sus intenciones. “Estoy aquí para cumplir un reto. Para intentar jugar cada fin de semana, queremos que el City juegue bien y los aficionados se sientan…

  • Where do golden generations come from?

    Political involvement in football dates back as far as we can remember. Even the origins of modern football are delved in political intrigue, when the inhabitants of a small east English town played a game of football with the decapitated head of a Danish prince. In the 1950’s, Real Madrid were accused of receiving special…