Despite their longstanding presence in Italian coaching, Allegri and Conte faced off for the first time in twelve years. After exploiting the man-to-man press, AC Milan caused Napoli great frustration as the champions struggled to build through the deep block. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. We decided to make this article free […]
AC Milan defeated Udinese 3-0 away at the Bluenergy Stadium. A brace from Christian Pulisic and a strike from Youssouf Fofana ensured Milan strolled to victory & kept a clean sheet against an Udinese side that failed to trouble the Milan defense. The win saw Milan move into 2nd place in the Serie A table […]
AC Milan beat Lecce 2-0 in what seemed to be a tricky away fixture, which turned routine. Two disallowed goals for Milan led to eventual goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Christian Pulisic in the second half. Milan won the game comfortably with new signing Luka Modric pulling the strings. Tactical analysis and match report by […]
Deceptive and devious deeds cannot fool audiences forever. Juventus are no longer the force of Italian football, stumbling to see out their season in Serie A. However, there are two ways to depart center stage. Either one can bow out gracefully or flee from the spotlight in shame. Massimiliano Allegri rolled back the years with […]
Daniele De Rossi tweaked his usual midfield arrangement, to gain the early advantage over Juventus. But similar problems off the ball enabled the visitors to swing the momentum of the game throughout. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. We decided to make this article free to read. If you want to support our […]
Whereas Manuel Locatelli was often left isolated against overloads, Hakan Çalhanoğlu connected in the middle as Internazionale comfortably stepped past Juventus. Now four points ahead of their opponents, Inter appear on the road to success. Tactical analysis and match report by Joel Parker. We decided to make this article free to read. If you want […]
Juventus extended their impressive unbeaten run to ten games with a typical one-goal win over Napoli. As ever, their defensive work stood out as their ultra compact block saw out the win after they took the lead, but what preceded that was quite interesting from a tactical standpoint. Tactical analysis and match report by Neel […]
Only two points separated the league leaders from their hosts in second, as Internazionale visited Juventus in a Derby D’Italia that many thought would lay down an early marker in the burgeoning title race. A stalemate was probably what should have been expected from two teams with near-identical records. Tactical analysis and match report by […]
Juventus took the three points back to Turin following a 1-0 victory at the home of old foe AC Milan. Both Pioli and Allegri executed specific gameplans which counterbalanced the others but a red card towards the end of the first half and a deflected goal fifteen minutes into the second, swung the game in […]
The flexible passages of Atalanta Bergamo once polarized a competition dominated by Juventus. Two entities attempted to figure one another out, but as the game progressed, thoughts of this fixture’s magnitude in yesteryear would cast a harsh reality. Atalanta and Juventus need to do a lot more in order to battle for the crown. Tactical […]