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How Ademola Lookman will fit into Julian Nagelsmann’s RB Leipzig
Julian Nagelsmann has taken over at RasenBallsport Leipzig, or RB Leipzig as one of the most exciting young coaches in world football. His ability to coach young players and transform them into world stars means he is a destination for the elite youth around the world. So it came as no suprise when he decided…
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How the USWNT won their 4th World Cup
The USWNT conquered the World Cup for the fourth time after beating the Netherlands in a tactical and emotional battle. Scoreless in the first half against a really organized team that focused entirely in retiring space to the US build-up and controlling the inner space of their block, the USWNT came back with more option…
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Tactical Overview: Women’s World Cup Group Stage
The Women’s World Cup started on June 7th and has been a complete success. Full stadiums, broadcasting records, a lot of inspirational stories and the most important: quality soccer. In a competition whose consequences and effects go beyond the field and the actual games, fighting for gender equality and women’s rights, women’s soccer is growing…
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Breaking down the USWNT’s 13-0 victory over Thailand
The USWNT beat Thailand by an impressive 13-0 score. The American team is one of the favorites to win the World Cup, a trophy they currently hold from their 2015 campaign. Their performance was at the top of their level, with a lot of chances created, 40 shots on total, with half of them going…
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Toulon Tournament: Match 10: Brazil-Qatar
There was a moment during the match where, after lunging to make a tackle, Qatar’s Amro Abdelfatah Ali Surag tried to get back onto his feet, before his head met the sheer brunt of a Lucas Fernandes shot whilst in mid-rise. That was basically the jist of this game. With their qualification to the semis already…
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Toulon Tournament: Match 9: Brazil-France
Going into the most star-studded match of the group stage, we knew what we were getting into. We knew that the French side, despite their ferocious performance against Qatar, was still largely packed with precocious teenagers, many of whom were still cutting their teeth in academy football, few of which had actually managed regular minutes…
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Toulon Tournament: Match 7: Japan-Chile
Hours before England and Portugal gave us the best match of the tournament thus far, Japan gave us the best performance of the tournament thus far. The match took place next to Nostradamus’ former home in Salon de Provence, but as one witty commentator put it, not even Nostradamus could have predicted this. Whilst Chile’s…
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Toulon Tournament: Match 8: England-Portugal
If Monday’s second match gave us the dullest match of the tournament, Tuesday’s second match gave us the most exciting match of the tournament’s early stages. With both of Group A’s favorites having lost their opening games, and with Japan having already secured their first-place status with a 7-1 drubbing of Chile earlier on in…
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Toulon Tournament: Match 6: Mexico-Bahrain
This was, by and large, the worst game of the tournament so far. I considered skipping the last thirty minutes, but I stayed true to my commitment and grinded it out to watch the entire thing. Here you go. Bahrain’s standouts I say this in the nicest, most polite way possible: Bahrain did not have…
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Toulon Tournament: Match 5: Ireland-China
For the record, this match wasn’t as straightforward or lopsided as the 4-1 scoreline may suggest. Ireland got off to a quick start with two goals inside the first five minutes, and while they remained comfortable throughout the following 88 minutes, China showed some promising signs in possession and had a few impressive standout performers.…