Albert Riera Tactics That Score Galore At Girondins Bordeaux 2023/2024: The Art of Adaptation – Tactical Analysis
While one former Liverpool player, Xabi Alonso, is arguably the hottest property in the football coach market at the moment,...
AFC Asian Cup Final 2024: Qatar’s central control conquers Jordan’s final third threat – tactical analysis
Qatar have successfully retained their AFC Asian Cup crown on home soil, overcoming a determined Jordan side by three goals...
AFCON 2023 Final: Nigeria’s shield meets Ivory Coast’s unshakeable resurgence – tactical preview
Just two teams are left in the AFCON 2023 tournament: Nigeria, who have made it to Sunday’s final after finishing...
Derek McInnes Tactics At Kilmarnock 2023/2024 – Tactical Analysis
During his lengthy tenure in charge of Aberdeen, Derek McInnes oversaw a period of relative consistency, with The Dons never...
Attacking Efficiency: FC Winterthur Under Patrick Rahmen Tactics And Their FC Como-created Conundrum – Scout Report
Winterthur were promoted to the top tier of Swiss football for the first time since their 1984/85 relegation for the...
Identifying Ligue 1’s Most Valuable Ball-Playing Centre-Backs 2023/2024 – Data Analysis
We’re now just over the midway point in the 2023/24 Ligue 1 season. Yet again, the self-styled ‘league of talents’...
Éric Chelle Tactics For Mali – Tactical Analysis
A day before they’re set to kick off their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations group stage campaign versus South Africa,...
AFCON Scout Report 2024 – Five U23 Forwards Who Could Be Set For A Breakout Tournament
We’re just a week away from the start of the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in the Ivory Coast. This...
Nobuhito Toriizuka at Cerezo Osaka 2023/24: The fundamental defensive principles guiding WE League’s youngest team – tactical analysis
We’re currently six games into the 2023/24 WE League season — Japan’s top-tier Women’s Football division. This season sees Cerezo...
Paolo Vanoli Tactics & Formations At Venezia 2023/2024 – How Antonio Conte’s Former Assistant Has Fortified Venezia – Tactical Analysis
Who Is Paolo Vanoli? Though he’s only in his second first-team managerial role, Venezia boss Paolo Vanoli is no newcomer...
Will Still Tactics At Stade De Reims 2023/2024: The In-Possession Principles Propelling Them Up The Table – Player Analysis
Will Still and Stade de Reims have received plenty of publicity and praise over the last year—and rightfully so. On taking...
Nantes 2023/24: Pierre Aristouy’s fatal problems at the back and solutions his successor must consider – scout report
Appointed in the final weeks of the 2022/23 campaign, Pierre Aristouy initially had one job on arrival at Nantes: save...
3 Top Upcoming ‘Tier 2’ Managers – Javier Gandolfi, Antonio Oliveira, Patrick Kluivert Scout Report
Upon the recent appointment of Julien Stéphan for his second stint as Rennes boss, the club’s technical director Florian Maurice,...
Successful squad building: How Pavel Dotchev has carefully crafted a solid spine at 3. Liga’s Erzgebirge AUE – scout report
Pavel Dotchev has quite an interesting history with Erzgebirge AUE. It all started in 2015 when he first took the...
A high stakes clash of styles: Malmö and Elfsborg’s winner take all 2023 Allsvenskan title-decider – tactical preview
The 2023 Allsvenskan season sees its finale take place tomorrow. Of course, it's a league format without a 'final' in...
Stevie Grieve Tactics At SJK Akatemia 2023: The Benefits Of A Tactically Flexible Coaching Methodology – Tactical Analysis
Two years on from achieving promotion to the second tier, SJK Akatemia came within touching distance of the Veikkausliiga Playoff...
Comparing How Ligue 1 Best Midfield Distributors Fit Their Respective Teams’ Tactics – Scout Report
The 435th weekly post of the CIES football observatory ranked the top-100 midfield distributors in the world from a field...
Bold build-up and defensive discipline: Why Maxime D’Ornano’s Rouen are Championnat National promotion contenders – tactical analysis
FC Rouen 1899 earned promotion to France’s third tier, Championnat National, for the 2023/24 season under their 42-year-old manager Maxime...
Lorient 2023/24: Why their goal has been so exposed this season – scout report
Last season, Régis Le Bris guided Lorient to a 10th place finish in Ligue 1 — their highest top-flight placing...
Ligue 2 2023/24: How Christophe Pélissier has crafted a daunting attacking outfit at Auxerre – scout report
Nine games into the 2023/24 Ligue 2 season, Auxerre — who were relegated from Ligue 1 last term — sit...
