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Tottenham Hotspur – Bournemouth: Iraola’s Press Puts A Puncture On Tottenham Tyres (0-1)

August 31, 2025 England No Comments

After five goals, two wins and zero goals conceded, Tottenham Hotspur had momentum, but Bournemouth soon changed the story of the afternoon. With their trademark pressing structure and direct attacks ...

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AS Roma – Bologna: Wesley’s Snipe Pushes Bologna To The Blade (1-0)

August 24, 2025 Italy No Comments

Between two aggressive man-marking coaches, one had much better routes than the other. The profiles down the channels are not to his usual taste, but Gian Piero Gasperini had laid enough principles fo...

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Leeds United – Everton: Fullbacks The Foundation Of Farke’s Redemption? (1-0)

August 19, 2025 England No Comments

Previous runs with Daniel Farke left little to be desired for Premier League’s established survivors to be worried, but Leeds United beg to differ. Upon their return, Leeds creatively carved through t...

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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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