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Nottingham Forest – Brentford: Fluent Midfielders Flourish In The Forest (3-1)

August 17, 2025 England No Comments

Whilst Morgan Gibbs-White and Elliot Anderson made creative combinations in the halfspaces, Brentford’s new boss looked lost in the woods. Three goals before half-time settled the score, before Nottin...

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Internazionale – Fluminense: Chivu Flu To Close To The Sun (0-2)

July 1, 2025 Club World Cup No Comments

The warning signs had been ignored. Internazionale leaves the United States in a way that you would expect: limited in both attack and defense, and at the hands of a well-organized Fluminense. Tactica...

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Internazionale – River Plate: Chivu Calls For More Angles In The Framework (2-0)

June 27, 2025 Club World Cup No Comments

Before his first game as Internazionale coach, Cristian Chivu talked about maintaining the principles, whilst improving and adding to them. Three games in and we can notice these tweaks, but will this...

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CF Monterrey – Internazionale: Matching Structures Cancel Each Other Out (1-1)

June 18, 2025 Club World Cup No Comments

Internazionale needed to abandon the trauma of last season’s finale: perhaps another competition under a new coach could aid in such healing. But in similar structures are similar results, and CF Mont...

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Paris Saint-Germain – Internazionale: A Doué Demolition On The Grandest Stage (5-0)

June 1, 2025 Champions League No Comments

Munich only crowns new European champions. For the project at Paris Saint-Germain, this was only a matter of time, but not in the way that it was delivered. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel ...

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Napoli – Cagliari: McFratm Ignites The Scudetto Fireworks (2-0)

May 24, 2025 Free No Comments

The Scudetto returned to Neapolitan hands after Napoli secured victory over Cagliari. After the promise of high drama and swinging outcomes, Antonio Conte’s team produced one of their more comfortable...

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AC Milan – Bologna: The Drought Is Over For A Club On The Rise (0-1)

May 15, 2025 Italy No Comments

Fifty-one years since their previous trophy win, Bologna lifted the Coppa Italia after a game that they controlled in a number of different ways. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. The...

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Atalanta Bergamo – AS Roma: Ranieri’s Fairytale Finish Takes A Vital Blow (2-1)

May 13, 2025 Italy No Comments

With AS Roma firmly in the Champions League mix, a win in Bergamo would have put them in the driving seat. However, Atalanta changed the course of the game to secure their own position on the grandest...

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Lazio – Juventus: A Bad Film Can Still Be Absolute Cinema (1-1)

May 11, 2025 Italy No Comments

Two Champions League competing teams still showcased some promising dynamics but fell into a cautious Serie A script that is all too familiar when limited big teams have faced each other. It looked li...

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Internazionale – AS Roma: Ranieri Gives Inzaghi A Dose Of His Own Medicine (0-1)

April 27, 2025 Italy No Comments

Everyone is a low-blocker until a real low-blocker comes into the room. Simone Inzaghi was given a dose of his own medicine by Claudio Ranieri. Although the Roman defense was not entirely compact, it ...

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Author: Joel Parker