Chelsea’s attacking game plan sought to outplay the Liverpool pressure and beat their offside trap to release their forwards behind Liverpool’s defense. This was relatively successful in the first hal...

Barcelona had it all to do in the second leg of their cup tie with Sevilla. The two hours of action that followed produced a game that will go down in folklore. In a breathtaking affair that saw three...

Lyon and Marseille did their best to undermine each other's hopes for progress this season. Both sides plodding through ninety unfocused minutes on their way to an undeserved single point. A grand tot...

Neither team was able to find the cutting edge to score in this match, but that was down to good defensive schemes as much as anything else. United were proactive in preventing Chelsea dominance in th...

Having taken the lead after seven minutes, Leicester City seemed more than happy to sit in their 4-4-2 shape and keep a hapless Arsenal at bay. Unfortunately for them, Arsenal found their routes throu...

Sevilla’s matchup with Barcelona pitted the two in-form teams in Spain of 2021 against each other. But there was only one side that looked likely to come out on top in this game. In a three at t...

Marco Rose’s side took the early lead before adding to it soon after; however, it was not enough to overcome a Leipzig side who were superior in almost every department. The scoreline aside, the game ...

Throughout the 2020/21 season, Real Madrid’s performances have followed the same tactical storyline: they struggle against deep blocks while thriving against opponents who press them high. This trend ...

Manchester City continued their recent form by showing dominance of possession and territory against Gladbach. The German side had a decent defensive idea and tried to be constructive playing out from...

Diego Simeone’s vintage defense-first mentality dictated the tempo and tactical pattern of this match. In a game where chances were rare and the game state only changed once, fans of football tactics ...