Adopting new systems and styles can result in your team underperforming, whilst getting used to it. Both Borussia Mönchengladbach and Schalke ‘04 showed glimpses of quality, but the score remained goalless thanks to Gladbach’s high counterpressing and Schalke’s positional play out of possession. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. The opening weekend of […]
In a chaotic, high tempo game it was Red Bull Salzburg who got the win they deserved. Although RB Leipzig were more or less obliged to win in order to get through to the knockout phase, they did not manage to make life difficult enough for their ‘little’ brother from Austria. Tactical analysis by Rowdy […]
The champions of Austria and Scotland faced off in this exciting Europa League group stage match. Red Bull Salzburg showed versatility to emerge as 3-1 victors, despite falling behind to Celtic in the opening minutes. Salzburg came into this game in high spirits. A flawless domestic record was added to with a victory against RB […]
The maturity of the Salzburg project led by Marco Rose was once again on display, this time with a victory in the very first ‘Red Bull Derby’. The Leipzig eleven with many squad rotations suffered from issues in their buildup structure. Off the pitch, this ‘Red Bull Derby’ revives the debate caused by the controversial […]