#Analysis

Tactical Theory – three ways to attack wide areas

The football tactics pendulum has definitely swung towards a focus on dominating central areas as more and more teams look to use as many...

Sep 7, 20216 min read

Tactical preview of Simone Inzaghi’s Inter

Last week, Simone Inzaghi was officially confirmed as Internazionale’s new head coach, replacing the Scudetto-winning Antonio Conte at...

Jun 9, 20217 min read

Juric’ tactically flexible Genoa destroy Juventus

After a poor run of form Ivan Juric’ Genoa overpowered Max Allegri’s Juventus at Marassi when the energetic and aggressive home side ran...

Nov 29, 20164 min read

Analysing Antonio Conte’s flexible defensive tactics against Spain

In what was arguably the outstanding team performance of the tournament, Antonio Conte’s Italy overpowered Spain to secure a 2-0 win and...

Jun 28, 20162 min read

A look at the different roles of the defensive midfielder

In the ever evolving game of football, player roles change depending on the style the coach wants to implement. Therefore, the same...

Apr 22, 20165 min read

Analysing the tactics behind Sinisa Mihajlovic’ AC Milan revival

Less than a decade ago, AC Milan dominated European football. They won the Champions League twice, in 2003 and 2007, and reached the 2005...

Feb 5, 20163 min read

Analysing Paulo Sousa’s innovative Fiorentina tactics

Paulo Sousa joined Fiorentina in June, hoping to build on three successive fourth place finishes. Three months into the season and it’s...

Nov 12, 20157 min read

Analysing the tactics of Red Star’s European Champions of 1991

Football history has seen many great teams. From the Dutch Totaal voetbal masters in the 1970’s, the Brazilian national teams of...

Oct 24, 20156 min read

The Swedish Way – An Exclusive Insight

The Swedish U21 national team surprised all of Europe by winning this summer’s U21 European Championship in the Czech Republic. The...

Jul 8, 20154 min read

The resurgence of Villarreal

Last weekend, the most talked about result in Spain was the 4-0 derby demolition handed out to Real Madrid by Atletico. Most people will...

Feb 10, 20158 min read

What is the way forward for Louis van Gaal and Manchester United?

Manchester United have been quite heavily criticized, and rightly so, for their boring style of play over the last two months. Louis van...

Jan 30, 20159 min read

Is there a place for the classic regista in the modern game?

As the game of football constantly evolves, player roles change with it. Over the last few years we have seen roles such as the classic...

Oct 1, 20146 min read

How Atlético’s defensive organisation helped them win another derbí

A few weeks after beating the superstars of Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup, Atlético Madrid triumphed again in last night’s derbí...

Sep 15, 20143 min read

Is it time for Louis van Gaal to revert to Ferguson’s midfield diamond?

Louis van Gaal was very active in the last week of the transfer window and signed Àngel Di Maria, Daley Blind and Radamel Falcao. Three...

Sep 5, 20145 min read

Real Madrid’s luxury problem – too much quality

With the signing of James Rodriguez from AS Monaco, Real Madrid secured themselves the services of the best player of the 2014 World Cup....

Jul 28, 20147 min read

The return of the back-three

This summer’s World Cup in Brazil has so far been fantastic to watch; lots of goals, attacking football and matches played at a very high...

Jun 25, 20145 min read

The impressive emergence of Southampton: part 2, the tactics

In part 1, I discussed the manager and his players. Part 2 is an in-depth analysis on the tactics Mauricio Pochettino deploys. Formation ...

May 1, 20143 min read