For the third time this season, Manchester City conceded a late goal to give away three points. Pep Guardiola’s side was in complete control on Wednesday, but a late penalty from Eric Dier gave AS Monaco a much-needed point at home. Manchester City have certainly been an interesting team this...
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...
Just over one year ago, Mika Biereth (187cm/6’2”, 78kg/171lbs) joined Austrian Bundesliga side SK Sturm Graz on loan until the end of the 2023/24 campaign — a season which Sturm Graz would end as league title winners for the first time in 13 years under the guidance of current TSG...
Welcome to TFA today, where we share essential articles from the TFA archive that are relevant once again. Trent Alexander-Arnold To Real Madrid Rumours are circulating that Liverpool have agreed to a free transfer of Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid. In our Trent Alexander-Arnold scouting report, we explained why Arne...
Who Is Adi Hütter? After seven games of the 2024/25 Ligue 1 season, Monaco are top of the table with 19 points, two points ahead of second-placed Paris Saint-Germain. They’ve conceded just four goals at this stage in the campaign, the second-lowest total in all of Ligue 1 and two...
A product of Monaco’s elite youth academy, Soungoutou Magassa made his debut for the Ligue 1 club last season, appearing twice in the top flight and accumulating about 80 minutes of game time. This season, the 20-year-old has ascended to proper first-team status, having started all of Les Monégasques’ first...
Adi Hütter has enjoyed an excellent start to life in the dugout at Stade Louis-II, guiding AS Monaco to three wins and one draw from their first four games of the season, putting them two points clear of second-placed PSG. Indeed, it's still very early days and far too early...
The 2021/22 campaign was a gruelling and debilitating season for all stakeholders involved in Borussia Mönchengladbach. The once-great German club finished in the bottom half of the table for the first time since 2011, ending the season with a negative goal difference and a vacant managerial seat. However, in the...
Ramy Bensebaini's (27) summer departure in Gladbach continues to take shape. The Algerian national player has been flirting intensively with Bundesliga competitor Dortmund for several weeks. And apparently, the parties are getting closer and closer when it comes to changing arrangements. After making his entrance into European football through Belgium...
At the conclusion of the 2020/21 Bundesliga season, the coaching carousel went into full swing. One of the clubs that had to make a move was Borussia Mönchengladbach, after Marco Rose left the club to join Borussia Dortmund. After the departure of Rose, Gladbach replaced him with then Eintracht Frankfurt...
Bayern Munich ended 2021 in excellent form, winning their last seven games, with special results against Borussia Dortmund and Xavi’s Barcelona, and most would think Bayern will enter the new year, and carry on where they left off. As some may say, different year, same Bayern. Borussia Mönchengladbach sits on...
The summer of 2021 saw the dawn of the manager carousel, where the chopping and changing of head coaches were commonplace between clubs such as Bayern Munich and Juventus. A more unnoticed managerial appointment was Bo Svensson, who previously took charge of FC Liefering before taking the reins at FSV...
Maybe because of the early announcement of managerial change, Borussia Monchengladbach did not end the Marco Rose era too well. This season, Austrian head coach Adi Hütter came from Eintracht Frankfurt to be the head coach, but they were not having a good start in the Bundesliga. Gladbach began with...
Bundesliga 2021-22 kicked off with a big clash between Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayern Munich on Friday night. Although the champions were clearly the favourites to win the game, Julian Nagelsmann could not secure his first victory in his debut game. At the Stadion im Borussia-Park, Bayern confronted a tough Adi...
On Friday evening, both Borussia Mönchengladbach and reigning Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich, will kick off their domestic campaigns in their first game of the season - against one another. Interestingly, both sides will have new faces in the dugout, with Mönchengladbach replacing now Borussia Dortmund manager Marco Rose with Adi...
Eintracht Frankfurt have let some of Europe’s best prospects go in the past couple of years, making it incredible that they still manage to cope with the pressure and perform on a high level. Although some said it would be impossible for the team to replace the likes of Ante...
On Thursday night Eintracht Frankfurt welcomed Arsenal to the Waldstadion in the Europa League. Last season’s finalists Arsenal came into the game under pressure from their fanbase following their disappointing 2-2 draw with Watford on the preceding weekend. Frankfurt, semi-finalists in last season's competition, also experienced a disappointing weekend beforehand....
After the first leg draw in the Europa League semi-finals between Chelsea and Eintracht Frankfurt, the Blues welcomed the German team to continue the battle for a place in final in Baku. Even though the home team didn’t cope with the expectations, and didn’t succeed to play their game, they...
At an electric Commerzbank-Arena, Eintracht Frankfurt and Chelsea were both looking to gain an advantage going into the second leg. Frankfurt, without Ante Rebić and Sebastian Haller, were looking to continue their impressive home form in the Europa League. While Chelsea were as offensive minded as ever, and looked to...
The Europa League enters its final stages with the teams set to battle it out for a place in the final at the Baku Olympic Stadium. This tactical preview will dissect the semi-final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Chelsea. Both teams will be looking for another European title. While the Champions...
