Derby day delight for Liverpool compounded heaps of Evertonian despair. Thanks to a fine inside job from an old red, the hosts’ wild approach was a clear second best to the fluidity and organization o...

Sun, sleet, or snow, Manchester City have not strayed from the ideas of Pep Guardiola. So it proved in adverse conditions, where a dominant display in a flexible 4-3-3 offensive structure proved to be...

In an epoch where the concepts of organization and systems are taking center stage more than ever before, PSG and Manchester City have presented contrasting attitudes to this notion. The Parisians may...

Riding the wave of a temporary manager for the best part of three years, Manchester United yearned for a turnaround off the back of Solskjær’s exit. But conforming to a habit of cutting corners,...

How much turmoil can it take for a manager to lose his job? The latest portion of Manchester United’s twisted experiment took them on a hellish trip to Vicarage Road, where five goals, a red car...

Windsor Park was the perfect stage for the Italians to correct the errors of 2017 and bag a place in the World Cup. Or so it seemed. Mancini’s maneuvers in a 3-1-3-3 shape backfired, leaving his...

How do you crack a disciplined, determined 4-4-2 block? In the ultimate form of attack versus defense, Sweden forced Spain to grapple with this task once more. What followed was a low scoring but intr...

In a grim year for a gifted outfit, qualification for the World Cup would have been consolation for the Portuguese. But Serbia had other ideas. Stellar names made the hosts the favorites, but they fel...

The road to qualification prioritizes results over performances: a stumbling block for Spain in the past. But the visitors rose to the task that awaited them. Breaking down a deep 5-4-1 block, they he...

Dogged deep blocks and rapid breakaways are chief ingredients for a shock victory, but West Ham are no longer your classic underdog. In a duel where the favorites pushed them to offer more, they rose ...