After a balanced first leg, Niko Kovac’s subtle changes in Dortmund’s attack proved decisive in Lille. Karim Adeyemi’s roaming role stretched Lille’s defense just enough to find the gaps Dortmund needed to advance. Tactical analysis and match report by Bergas Agung. After eight Round of Sixteen first legs, this tie was the only one to […]
Carlo Ancelotti’s Real Madrid side eventually won on penalties against arch city rivals Atletico in the Madrid derby to keep their hopes of retaining the Champions League alive. A goal from Conor Gallagher inside the first minute levelled the tie on aggregate. But after normal time & extra time in a seesawing contest, Real went […]
Barcelona briefly pressed pause on their season to pay respects to a well-respected member of their backroom staff. But the action at the front and center of people’s attention is still as lively as ever. With more grace and decorum than in the last two clashes of the teams, the Catalans dispatched their Iberian neighbors […]
Over three hours of football could not split the league leaders of England and France, only for an Italian to make all the difference. Gianluigi Donnarumma denied two penalties as Paris Saint-Germain stormed through, after a highly competitive second leg that had different states than the first. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. […]
Few matchups in this season’s Champions League have delivered entertainment quite like Barcelona versus Benfica. The league phase clash between these two sides was a thrilling, end-to-end spectacle, and as they met again in the knockout rounds, expectations were high for another captivating contest. Benfica, a team that has embraced chaos in Europe this season, […]
This was not the game we had expected. Paris Saint-Germain had dictated proceedings throughout their first-leg clash with Liverpool, yet Alisson Becker inflicted his own dominance between the posts. With minutes left, Liverpool found the winner for the definitive “smash-and-grab” victory. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. We decided to make this article […]
Madrid’s derby turned out exactly as Carlo Ancelotti stated in his pre-match conference. A hard-fought clash was decided on fine margins. Rodrygo and Brahim Diaz’ aesthetically working magic and Julián Alvarez’ eye-catching strike led the European Champions to have a slight advantage to take to the second tie at Riyadh Air Metropolitano. Tactical analysis and […]
Arsenal’s high pressing game stunted PSV’s buildup early on, and they were able to take advantage of a weak man-oriented defensive scheme from the home side with smart attacking movements. The result: a dominant 7-1 win, all but securing Arsenal’s place in the Champions League quarter-finals. Tactical analysis and match report by Josh Manley. Arsenal’s chances of […]
The last two winners of the Champions League would not have expected to end up in a playoff. But only one outfit could correct their course to chase the crowing glory of European football and that right belonged to the reigning champions, whose royal status stood out in this clash. Tactical analysis and match report […]
The reformed Champions League leaves 16 teams to fight for a place in the knockout stages. In this all French fixture, the two clubs carried very differently sized burdens into the ordeal of this playoff. Thankfully for the Parisians, one of their oldest stars is flourishing in a new role of responsibility for the team, […]