Bruised from midfield openings, Atalanta Bergamo survived AC Milan’s impressive rotational work. The Goddess has a lot more work to return to her former beauty, whilst Milan needs to sharpen their horns if they are to inflict full damage onto opponents. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker.  It was once a conceivable fact that […]

For the first time in the sixteen matchups between Unai Emery and Diego Simeone over the course of their careers, Emery took all of the points off of the legendary Atlético Madrid manager. Both sides approached the match in their usual fashions, and though Atlético Madrid and Villareal both created the shots to win the […]

The task of a coach is to make the most of the players he has at his disposal. Christophe Galtier, now at the top of the pile in Ligue 1, has not lost sight of this purpose. Decentring himself from media attention, he liberated his stars to remind France of the killer instinct they had […]