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Brazil – Switzerland: Similar Script Imposed On The Swiss (1-0)

November 29, 2022 Free No Comments

After a slow start and great opposition pressure, Brazil solved passing issues down their left side to win. Sound familiar? The title may suggest a sequel, but Brazil had to problem-solve in a new way...

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Brazil – Serbia: Slow Samba Eventually Finds Its Rhythm (2-0)

November 25, 2022 Free No Comments

A slow tempo had appeared by design. Brazil’s buildup faced a strong Serbian defensive block, geared to shut down avenues on their left side of the field. Tite needed an answer and had a trick up his ...

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Weight of Expectation

November 18, 2022 Free No Comments

After years of sluggishness, Brazil hasn’t assembled a squad as rich as this one in over a decade. Tite has developed a strong plan in both the offense and defense, but when such concrete steps have b...

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Atalanta Bergamo – Internazionale: El Toro Builds The Bridge To Help Inter Charge Through (2-3)

November 13, 2022 Italy No Comments

A balanced affair can need the slightest tweak to adjust the scales. Atalanta’s passiveness, with man-marking, gave Inter passing problems, but Lautaro Martínez moved deeper to get his team back on th...

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Atalanta Bergamo – Napoli: Overpowering Osimhen Trumps Left-Sided Transitions (1-2)

November 6, 2022 Italy No Comments

A sign of an elite team is when they still pick up results, without being in top form. Napoli extended their lead at the top, despite dangerous transitional threat coming from Atalanta Bergamo’s left ...

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Brighton and Hove Albion – Chelsea: Potter Punished On The Grounds He Once Built (4-1)

October 29, 2022 England No Comments

High tempo and routes through pressure were characteristics associated with Graham Potter’s Brighton and Hove Albion. Yet his Chelsea team were ill-equipped in stopping such qualities from shining, to...

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Chelsea – Manchester United: A Game Of Checkers With A Last Minute Wild Card (1-1)

October 22, 2022 England No Comments

Adaptations behind the first line of pressure saw two attacks cancel each other out, but how frantic final minutes can see law and order crumble. Graham Potter made a pivotal first-half substitution t...

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Liverpool – Manchester City: Pep Cannot Beat Klopp At His Own Game (1-0)

October 16, 2022 England No Comments

Manchester City was geared to attack Liverpool’s defense at pace, but if anyone wants to match their chaos, they rarely come out on the other side with points. Jürgen Klopp’s new 4-4-2 structure was t...

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Brighton & Hove Albion – Tottenham Hotspur: Conte’s Cold Water On a De Zerbian Outfit (0-1)

October 8, 2022 England No Comments

The statement was Roberto De Zerbi, but nobody out-shows Antonio Conte. Whereas Brighton and Hove Albion tease a unique stylistic change under their new coach, it was Conte’s tweaks to the midfield th...

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Old-School Football In The New Age Of Napoli

October 5, 2022 Italy No Comments

Luciano Spalletti has a reputation for being the right coach at the wrong time. With an array of club legends all departing in the summer, perhaps a similar fate was awaiting him once again. But excel...

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Author: Joel Parker