Real Madrid secured a rather comfortable victory in the first leg of the quarter-final. Madrid’s positional interchanges and their ability to stretch Chelsea’s three-man midfield proved to be the difference at the Santiago Bernabéu. Tactical analysis and match report by Rahul Madhavan. The Champions League nights are back, and with it, two of the recently-crowned champions […]
Manchester City’s latest attempt to add a missing honor to their cabinet brought their manager head to head with two sources of regret. The first hour of the clash threatened to produce more pain, but this iteration of his project wields new tools that might finally end the barren run. We decided to make this […]
Manchester City delivered a masterstroke at the Etihad Stadium as they humbled RB Leipzig. Everything Erling Haaland touched turned into gold, but despite the striker scoring on five occasions, it was a team performance and one that emphasized City’s threat both in and out of possession. Tactical analysis and match report by Rahul Madhavan. We decided […]
Liverpool would need a perfect performance to perform the improbable. Their display would not go down in the archives, failing to roll back the years and test their European kryptonite. Tactical analysis and match report by Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere. Real Madrid have stayed true to their two distinct faces between competitions. Two stalemates and a defeat […]
Bayern Munich took on a slightly more passive approach than they had in the first leg, letting their opponents have more of the ball. Paris Saint-Germain’s own performance was improved from last week, but Bayern’s compact defending was hard to break through, and in the second half they conceded twice in transition, sending Bayern through […]
A taut Stamford Bridge crowd observed the second leg of a matchup in close balance. Graham Potter, whose work has been under extreme scrutiny, could not afford to bow out in the Round of 16 of this tournament. Fortunately for him and the fans, the display appeased their desires. Tactical analysis and match report by […]
Leipzig and Manchester City played out an entertaining draw in the first leg of the Champions League encounter. Pep Guardiola’s team were quick to get out of their blocks and took a deserved half-time lead. However, Leipzig demonstrated their ability in the second half, with City pinned back and unable to mount a comeback. Tactical […]
Liverpool’s last three Champions League ventures have all ended at the hands of a team from the Spanish capital. That fate seems to have caught them out once more at the hands of the reigning champions. But never before has their downfall been so dramatic or damning. Tactical analysis and match report by Emmanuel Adeyemi-Abere. […]
After a near-two-year absence, the Champions League knockouts returned to Signal Iduna Park. Borussia Dortmund tasted defeat last time out against English opposition in Manchester City, and were obviously looking to avoid a repeat whilst hosting Chelsea. They were able to succeed, but only at the end of a very close match. Tactical analysis and […]
Elimination from the Round of 16 in the Champions League would represent a black mark on both clubs’ campaigns. But only one outfit flew out of the traps with the aggression to control their destiny. The passivity of the Parisians was decisive, and a figure who could have solved this problem caused his former employers […]