In a past interview, Nuno Espírito Santo explained his defensive philosophy: “I think, but maybe I am the only one, that the defensive process can take care of the game. Why is that? Because teams wait to defend. If you create something where you go to defend, to steal the...
El Derbi Madrileño is always a massive story in the Spanish capital, and it was not different this past weekend when Atlético Madrid hosted Real Madrid for the first derby in La Liga this season. For Atlético Madrid, the season didn’t get off to the greatest start. After six games,...
Birmingham City is a club that's been through a lot in recent years. While the club played in the Premier League for most of the 2000s, 2011 proved to be a turning point. Despite heavily investing in the squad and even winning the EFL Cup, beating Arsenal in the final,...
Keith Andrews tactics are shaping Brentford's identity after his promotion to head coach. He’s been promoted internally to replace Thomas Frank, who was a brilliant coach and has now moved on to Tottenham Hotspur. While maintaining some of Frank’s principles, Andrews has already stamped his own identity on the side. This...
Celtic begin their UEFA Champions League campaign this week in the play-off round against Kazakhstan Premier League champions Kairat Almaty. The Hoops will be hoping to at least match their successful run in the competition last season, which saw them progress from the group stage to face Bayern Munich in...
In the 2020s, the Swedish Allsvenskan has been very competitive overall, but in the end, the result stayed the same for most years. Over the last couple of years, Malmö FF have won four out of five Swedish top-flight titles, with only BK Häcken being able to win one in...
After a third successive season as the Premier League runners-up, Arsenal have been in the market for a serious overhaul. Mikel Arteta’s side had an impressive UEFA Champions League campaign, beating Real Madrid to reach the Champions League semi-final. However, their lack of goals in crucial situations, especially in their...
After two seasons in Serie B, Cremonese secured their promotion to Serie A following a long and gruelling 2024/2025 campaign, which saw them defeat Spezia in the play-off final. It is essential to emphasise that Spezia were ahead of Cremonese in the standings by five points. Still, despite this, Cremonese managed to...
Adi Hütter’s AS Monaco finished a respectable third place behind Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille in the 2024/2025 Ligue 1 season. Going into his third season as head coach, the Austrian will have some high-profile signings at his disposal—Paul Pogba, who returns after serving his 18-month ban, was one of the biggest stories in...
Marco Baroni has recently signed a two-year contract with Torino to lead the team for the next two seasons after he failed to lead Lazio to finish in one of the top six spots in last season’s Serie A standings. This appointment follows the sacking of Paolo Vanoli, who failed to achieve...
Red Bull Salzburg are currently enjoying the welcome distraction of the lucrative FIFA Club World Cup, which comes off the back end of another disappointing season for the club in domestic and European competitions. For the first time since the Red Bull takeover in 2005, Salzburg have gone back-to-back years...
If you had asked 100 German football fans in 2018 if they knew about SV Elversberg, the majority would have had no clue about the small club from the Saarland, a region located near the French border in Germany. In October 2018, the club made two huge decisions that would shape its...
MLS newcomers San Diego FC currently sit second in the Western Conference. The West Coast side have been mightily impressive in their inaugural season. They have the second-best attacking and defensive records in the league, as well as having won as many fixtures as the first-placed Vancouver Whitecaps. Whilst the...
Florentino Luís is a 25-year-old defensive midfielder, currently playing for SL Benfica. He has been one of the most consistent performers in Liga Portugal over the last three seasons. Born in Angola, he moved to the Lisbon region of Portugal with his family at a very young age, where his...
FC Juárez experienced a historic final semester, achieving their best performance in Liga MX since the club's founding in 2015. The team accumulated 24 points by the end of the Clausura, emerging as an unexpected contender for the Liguilla and qualifying for the final phase for the first time in...
Massimiliano Allegri has been officially appointed as AC Milan’s new head coach following last week's negotiations. I Rossoneri started their summer reconstruction phase to try to fix what went wrong last season by hiring Igli Tare as the sporting director. This was an attempt to avoid the mistakes made last...
Real Betis will face Chelsea on Wednesday, May 28th, 2025, at the Wrocław Stadium in Poland in the UEFA Conference League Final. Although the UEFA Champions League final between PSG and Inter Milan is obviously getting a lot more attention and debate this week, it is fair to say that...
After eight years away—four of which were spent in England’s third tier, EFL League One—Sunderland will return to the Premier League in 2025/2026. Régis Le Bris’ side defeated Chris Wilder’s Sheffield United 2-1 in the EFL Championship Play-Off Final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday to secure their return to England’s top flight....
On Saturday, 24th May, two of northern England’s most storied football clubs, Sheffield United vs Sunderland, meet in what is called the most expensive game in football: the EFL Championship Play-Off Final. Promotion to the Premier League is at stake, along with a financial windfall that can reshape a club’s...
"These will be my last two matches as Osasuna coach at El Sadar, and I would love to leave the club in a European competition", Vicente Moreno said. During the Osasuna vs Atlético Madrid pre-match press conference, the head coach of Osasuna announced he will step down at the end...
