Category: Other Tactical Analysis
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The Dutchman’s Flying Eagles – When Leo Beenhakker took Mexican football by storm
As a result of a process that started somewhere during the mid-to-late 80s, the European game has become the top of the football pyramid. It has been for a while now. Anyone who’s someone plays their trade in one of Europe’s top five leagues; anyone who doesn’t, wants to. For the most part, at least.…
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One thousand postcards from Montevideo: The story of Marcelo Gallardo’s first job as manager
All legends are born somewhere. By their very nature, they’re carried along by the people who hold them close to their hearts; growing as they jump from person to person, changing, evolving, becoming ever larger, ever stronger, until the deeds from where they began end up seeming almost a small part of a much grander…
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Lessons from the mad man: Bielsa’s 2002 World Cup Argentina Team
A note before we begin: this article is an extrapolation of a full piece I’ve just written on that team, the reason’s it struggled and its legacy on argentinian football; if you fancy a read, here’s the link. A Bit of Background Ask any number of argentinian football fans who is, in their opinion, the…
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