Así gana el Madrid: the tactical identity of the greatest club in the world
The 2023 Club World Cup was Real Madrid’s 100th official title. Photo: Real Madrid’s website. There isn’t much doubt about Real Madrid being the greatest club in the world. Well, at least it is the greatest winner: Real Madrid has the most Spanish League titles (35), the most Champions League…
Individual Analysis: Kaká x Manchester United 2006/07
“I believe my best match was against Manchester United, in the Champions League, at Old Trafford” “That night was magical” That night marked one of the greatest individual performances in the history of the Champions League. The final result was a 3-2 loss for Milan, who played away at…
The Overwhelming Indifference of Talent
In the documentary Grizzly Man, the german filmmaker Werner Herzog tells us the story of Timothy Treadwell, an environmentalist who is passionate about bears and ventured into nature to film the animals routine. The dream turned into a tragedy, as Treadwell ended up eaten alive, along with his girlfriend,…
GANSO: THE 10 WHO WASN’T THERE
Tactics, Time And The Riddle Of The Invisible Playmaker Secrets are an exalted state, almost a dream state. They’re a way of arresting motion, stopping the world so we can see ourselves in it. — Don DeLillo, Libra During the Paris Commune, in all corners of the city…there were…
What you inherit from your father must first be earned before it’s yours
Julian Nagelsmann is the new head coach of the German National Team. September 19, 2023 began with news that, although they had already been virtually announced in the previous days, didn’t fail to shake German football: Julian Nagelsmann accepted the proposal from the German Football Federation (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, or…
The Exceptionality of Brazilian Football
You wake up, get up, go to work, pause for a minute on your way, then have lunch, and life goes on. You are always in motion and don’t know what will happen in the next second – it’s the time of the unexpected, the clash between expectation and…
Four Center Backs: The New Trend of Positional Play
“Pep used to say that he is the most defensive coach in the world.” Mikel Arteta, Arsenal’s coach In the last season of European, or more specifically, English football (2022/2023), we saw a new tactical trend emerge in the two teams competing for the Premier League title. Arsenal and,…
Así gana el Madrid: the tactical identity of the greatest club in the world
The 2023 Club World Cup was Real Madrid’s 100th official title. Photo: Real Madrid’s website. There isn’t much doubt about Real…
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