von Adin Osmanbasic am 24.12.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League, Retro Analysis
mit 0 Kommentaren
Pep Guardiola vs. Sir Alex Ferguson in the Champions League final. Two of the best coaches in the history of the game (and two of my personal favorites) meet on the biggest stage in European club football. Ferguson called this the best team he has ever faced – and with good reason – as Guardiola’s Barcelona was near its peak and their focus on controlling the center while maintaining the ball was too much for the Red Devils.
von TT am 12.12.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League
mit 0 Kommentaren
Chelsea looked like a different team to that who have been playing in the Premier League recently and put in a solid performance against a Porto side that were far below their usual standards.
von TT am 27.11.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League
mit 0 Kommentaren
Barcelona came into this Champions League fixture off the back of one of the club’s most memorable performances in the modern era. Could they repeat the magnificent display they provided at the Bernabeu?
von Adin Osmanbasic am 07.11.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League
mit 3 Kommentaren
Blanc and PSG showed why they are underrated with a good performance away to the European giant Real Madrid. Los Blancos displayed some worrying qualities on defense while PSG seems to have improved their possession game since the previous season. PSG had some problems in defense as well, but their use of the ball resulted in a match where they were very unlucky to lose 1:0.
von TP am 22.10.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League
mit 0 Kommentaren
Bayern were issued their first loss of the season to an impressive Arsenal defence. Guardiola’s team were the cause of the majority of their issues with a possession game which lacked intensity and failed to have a good enough level of penetration as they dominated the passing stats but failed to convert them into chances.
von TP am 01.10.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League
mit 1 Kommentar
Roger Schmidt’s pressing machine fell late on against a Barcelona side lacking the injured Lionel Messi. Taking the lead through a Papadopolous header, Leverkusen controlled the game for the majority of the 90 with strong central-dominance and the typical intense pressing.
von TT am 19.09.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League
mit 3 Kommentaren
The first matchday of this season’s Champions League threw up a fixture worthy of the Champions League final. Last year’s finalists travelled to one of the most in-form clubs in the world. The match was fairly dull in the first hour, maybe to be expected with two teams that probably would have taken a 0-0 draw, however Kompany’s 57th minute goal was the catalyst for an entertaining last third of the match.
von TT am 13.05.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League
mit 14 Kommentaren
Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier was a pioneer of the aviation industry. He and his accomplice Marquis d’Arlandes made the first untethered hot air balloon flight on 21st November 1783. Less than two years later, on 15th June 1785 he set off from Boulogne, France in his ‘Rozier Balloon’ hoping to cross the English channel.
von TP am 08.05.2015
in den Kategorien Bundesliga, Champions League, Major League Soccer, Premier League, Primera Division, Tactical Theory
mit 17 Kommentaren
The term ‘compactness’ has been somewhat of a buzzword in football tactics over the past few seasons,
von TP am 06.05.2015
in den Kategorien Champions League
mit 5 Kommentaren
Allegri’s team executed an excellent strategy which saw them take advantage of Real Madrid’s instabilities to give them a 2-1 lead to take to the Bernabeu.
