This match had promised to be a tricky away fixture for PSG, and it proved to be so as they found themselves unable to break down Rennes’ 5-4-1 defensive scheme. The home side spent most of the game w...

Pep Guardiola was once again able to adapt his team to unlock Chelsea’s defense here, as a structural shift helped Manchester City dismantle Chelsea over the wings. City capitalized in the first half ...

Arsenal started brightly against Newcastle’s high pressing but once the away side got settled into deeper defending, the game became quite scrappy and the quality of possession phases decreased. This ...

Croatia’s midfield is their biggest strength, and they had their fair share of possession here while struggling to threaten in forward areas. Argentina were happy to let this happen, knowing that they...

England went behind early on to Aurélien Tchouaméni’s long range effort and found it difficult to break through France’s flexible defensive scheme in the first half. After the break Gareth Southgate’s...

England struggled against the midfield pressing of Senegal for the first thirty minutes of this match. Once they found their way into the lead though, momentum swung their way and they began to play m...

Australia showed plenty of character in this game as Argentina struggled to break them down defensively. However, Argentina were ruthless when it mattered as Lionel Messi put them ahead, before Julián...

Argentina showed some improvement over the structural issues they have faced in possession so far in the tournament as they advanced into the knockout rounds here. Their opponents Poland played an ext...

England dominated possession in the first half against a relatively passive Wales defense, but it took them until the second half to break the deadlock via Marcus Rashford’s free-kick. After tha...

The struggles of Argentina to progress the ball when they had possession combined with a determined Mexico defense meant that very little was created in this game. In the second half though, Lionel Me...