Despite very brief hope for Manchester United with a promising first five minutes, Barcelona would go on to completely dominate this second leg Two first half goals from Lionel Messi gave Barcelona a...

In some ways, this was a game of three parts Barcelona took an early lead, and looked like suffocating United with their stability in possession United gained momentum either side of halftime though,...

Whereas yesterday went down as an almost exclusively English night, this evening is reserved for Europe’s classic football giants Ajax, Juventus, Manchester United and FC Barcelona are all clubs...

In the key game to decide LaLiga’s title race, Barcelona ultimately defeated Atlético In the first half hour, this was an even match, with a surprisingly proactive Atlético, until Diego Costa was...

Espanyol genuinely made life hard for Barcelona at Camp Nou by playing in a very compact and well-functioning 5-3-1-1 formation Only past the midway point of the second half did the home side find a...

There were a lot of tactical aspects that gave colour to this match From Betis’ problematic attacking structure to the manipulation of Betis’ center-backs and how Barcelona’s offensive players...

Bruno Génésio’s Lyon went for an ambitious man-for-man approach in the second leg of their tie with FC Barcelona Because of Lyon’s poor execution of the matching system and the clear division...

Both teams struggled to organize themselves properly on defense, creating bouts of end-to-end football that allowed Rakitić to score a chipped effort in the first half The score held until...

Real Madrid had the better of their eternal rivals for most of the game They threatened on the counterattack late in the first half and responded with a flood of shots after going down 1-0, but...

Pablo Machín’s tactical creativity only earned its credit in the early stages of this encounter as the little Argentine’s talents eventually prevailed Sevilla’s true pantomime villain...