von Next Generation am 05.03.2025
in den Kategorien Team Portraits
mit 0 Kommentaren
Inter Milan’s U19 team is the only side in this season’s UEFA Youth League to have won all their matches so far, finishing the group stage of the “Youth Champions League” in first place. They also secured victory in the knockout playoff round and will now face Bayern Munich U19 in the Round of 16. This analysis will take a closer look at Inter Milan’s tactical structures and mechanisms under head coach Andrea Zanchetta in the Youth League while also considering possible approaches against them.
von Next Generation am 28.01.2025
in den Kategorien Premier League, Team Portraits
mit 0 Kommentaren
On Matchday 23, the two surprise teams of the Premier League faced off. Nottingham, unbeaten in their last nine matches, has impressed this season with outstanding defensive work. Bournemouth, coached by Andoni Iraola and now unbeaten in 12 games, takes a completely different tactical approach compared to most other teams. In an interview with TNT Sports, Guardiola remarked: “Today, modern football is the way Bournemouth, Newcastle, Brighton, and Liverpool play.” What exactly are these teams doing differently? Bournemouth’s approach will be analyzed in detail based on this match.
von MR am 21.02.2024
in den Kategorien Bundesliga, Coach Portraits, Europa League, SV Academy, Tactical Theory, Team Portraits
mit 0 Kommentaren
We want to take a look at the team of the moment in a two-hour seminar at the Academy. What makes Bayer so strong and how can their style of play be classified in regard to tactical theory and history?
von AC am 04.08.2022
in den Kategorien Premier League, Team Portraits
mit 2 Kommentaren
Arsenal are in the midst of a rebuild, and since Mikel Arteta’s appointment in December 2019 a transformation of the Gunners playing style has taken place. Perhaps influenced by his shadowing of Pep Guardiola whilst at Manchester City, Arteta’s philosophy has turned the North London side into one of the most attractive and aesthetically pleasing teams in the Premier League, producing both an identity and improvement in results.
von guest am 29.01.2022
in den Kategorien Coach Portraits, Eredivisie, Team Portraits
mit 3 Kommentaren
With six wins from their first nine official games, scoring 22 goals, and a friendly win over Atletico Madrid, Feyenoord have had a pretty good start to the season. Especially considering the fact that their new manager Arne Slot is trying to implement a completely new style of play.
von guest am 12.11.2021
in den Kategorien Champions League, Team Portraits
mit 0 Kommentaren
After finishing 2nd last season, Shakhtar Donetsk hired esteemed, upcoming Italian manager Roberto de Zerbi. The ambitious and unique playing style demonstrated most notably at Sassuolo earned him acclaim for his tactical acumen, ending his tenure at the Sassuolo with an 8th place finish and a respectable 62 points. This article will investigate the rationale behind his build-up preferences and how that is translating to his new side.
von guest am 14.07.2021
in den Kategorien Primera Division, Team Portraits
mit 1 Kommentar
On November 12th, 2020, following a start to the season with just one win out of their first nine, Celta Vigo fired Óscar García and replaced him with 46 year old Eduardo Coudet. In the two months following his appointment, Celta strung together an incredible run of results while implementing a style of play that captivated many fans.
von guest am 22.03.2021
in den Kategorien Premier League, Team Portraits
mit 5 Kommentaren
Guardiola’s image in the football world is complex to describe. While polarizing, everyone seems at least to agree that he is an unique innovator. Funnily enough, he is polarizing exactly because of this mutual agreement of critics and fans. The public discourse about his Barcelona team mainly revolved about the positional style of play and – even contrasted with Aragones’ successful EURO campaign with the Spanish national team – was highly focused on his idea of playing football and how it differed from most teams. Building up from the back with passes on the ground and involvement of the goalkeeper even under pressure, overload in the center while maintaining high width and depth, or even their extreme pressure with an extraordinarily high line to enable early regain of possession have conquered football back then (with two Champions League titles in four heavily favored campaigns) and since taken over the ideas of others teams more and more – some of them, Guardiola had started already in his first year as head coach back at Barcelona B.
von AC am 09.03.2021
in den Kategorien Serie A, Team Portraits
mit 0 Kommentaren
AC Milan have undergone somewhat of an unexpected revival this season, transforming themselves into surprise contenders for the Scudetto whilst also performing admirably in the Europa League as well. Stefano Pioli is no doubt slowly but surely steering the Rossoneri back to European prominence, with a free-flowing attacking mantra that make Milan thrilling to watch.
von AC am 15.02.2021
in den Kategorien Premier League, Team Portraits
mit 1 Kommentar
Leicester City have made constant progress since the arrival of Brendan Rodgers in February 2019, from securing Leicester’s position in the top six in his first full season to now contesting for the Premier League’s top spot half-way into the 2020-21 season. The improvements are evident and though claims that Leicester are not title contenders are played down by Rodgers himself, their performances this season suggest otherwise. In fact, it would be of much surprise if Leicester were not in the running for a top four finish if not more come the end of the season.
