Category: Tactics
San Jose Earthquakes Tactics – MLS Entertainers Exit At Quarterfinals Stage
By James Nalton.
San Jose Earthquakes' performance at the MLS is Back tournament was almost a microcosm of their 2019 Major League Soccer season. A [...]
Analysis Of Barcelona’s Historic 6-2 Victory At Real Madrid In May 2009
In 2009 Barcelona triumphed in the Copa del Rey, La Liga, the Champions League, the Spanish Super Cup, the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup, [...]
Parking The Bus – The Low Block And How To Break It Down
By Sachin Prabhu Ram.
What Is A Low Block?
The low block is a defensive system where the players defend very deep in their own territory and restric [...]
The Tactics Which Saw Real Madrid Win The Champions League Three Years In A Row
By Cain Smith.
In the last decade, Real Madrid gave the biggest display of European dominance since Udo Lattek's Bayern Munich in the 1970s.
Los [...]
Sampdoria vs Barcelona 1992 European Cup Final – A Snapshot Of Football History
By James Nalton.
Europe’s biggest and most prestigious continental club competition had been going for 36 years, but Barcelona were yet to win it.
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Play Up Or Play Out: The Myths And Legends Of Playing Out From The Back
Playing out from the back, or POFTB as it isn’t known, has become the go-to phrase for coaches, pundits, or fans for a style of football which isn’t r [...]
USMNT Victories Provide First Look At Berhalter-Ball
All eyes were on Gregg Berhalter’s first games in charge of the United States Men’s National Team against Panama and Costa Rica, but few gazes were mo [...]
Pep Ticks Off New Tactics As Manchester City See Off Arsenal
It was a lineup not dissimilar to one of Jurgen Klopp’s post right-back experiments, not in shape or style, but in the questions it posed pre-match.
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Ancelotti’s New Napoli Or More Sarrismo For Liverpool?
When Liverpool face Napoli in the Champions League it will be their third game in the space of a week. The first two were against Maurizio Sarri sides [...]
The Ederson Effect: The Story of a Goal Kick
Football is full of unpredictable moments: battles between individuals and teams the outcome of which, in most cases, is not known before the game, wr [...]