With fans of La Liga beginning to catch their first glimpses of Spanish football in the 2024/25 season, one of the most exciting narratives surrounds the players looking to break out during the current campaign. Whether it is their debut season in La Liga, or an emerging opportunity for a...
The 2024/25 La Liga season is officially underway, and Barcelona emerged victorious in their first competitive fixture in the Hansi Flick era. Despite their decline in recent seasons, Valencia, led by Rubén Baraja, was poised to be a tricky encounter for Barcelona. FCB had to come hot out of the blocks...
Who Is Lamine Yamal? Lamine Yamal displayed his quality to the world in a major way when Spain faced Italy in the second fixture of UEFA Euro 2024 group stage. His performance in that game left many positive thoughts and evaluations of the player. He was called up for the...
Who Is Hansi Flick? The Barcelona season resembled a soap opera in 2023/24, with on-the-pitch struggles compounded by hierarchical uncertainty, which left them unable to defend their La Liga title. After a positive end to the season, a soured relationship between head coach Xavi Hernández and club president Joan Laporta...
This weekend saw the end of the first round of fixtures for Group A3 in this year’s UEFA Nations League. Germany travelled to Budapest to face Hungary looking for their first win in this year’s tournament. The Germans have been uninspiring in the previous two games against Italy and France...
Who Is Jamal Musiala? Currently, Jamal Musiala is one of the biggest shooting stars in Europe. After the 17-year-old got playing time last season already and also travelled to the Champions League final tournament in Lisbon, he has been an integral part of the FC Bayern squad since this season....
The final game of the 2019/20 season came down to a clash between two European heavyweights, with the French and German champions looking to consolidate their domestic success with a European Cup. Bayern Munich came into the match as favourites, having won every UEFA Champions League match in their campaign...
In this Hansi Flick tactical analysis, we will take a closer look at Bayern’s win over Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League. Our video will explain how Flick’s tactics enabled Bayern Munich to beat Quique Setien’s Barcelona with 8-2. Therefore, we will examine Bayern Munich's pressing structure and attacking tactics...
With the popularity of formations such as the 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2, a midfield double pivot is one of the most common structures found in modern football. The balance afforded by a double pivot lends itself to almost any style of football, from possession-based sides who use positional play, to sides...
After sacking head coach Niko Kovac, Bayern Munich promoted their assistant coach Hansi Flick to the head coach position. And after remarkable improvements in terms of playing style and results, they gave Flick a contract until 2023. Under Kovac, Bayern created 2.20 xG while allowing 1.26 xGA and scored 2.67 goals while...
Hansi Flick took over on an interim basis after Nico Kovač was dismissed ten matches into the campaign, after which Bayern Munich sat in fourth place in the Bundesliga. However, the performances from the club - a 15-1-2 record in the league that has given them a seven-point lead at...
"I am in a top condition, the best of my career” In the last match before the Bundesliga was suspended, Bayern Munich just won their match against Augsburg 2-0 at home in the Allianz Arena. In what was a difficult match, Leon Goretzka scored the second goal that eventually secured...
Bayern Munich has had a rollercoaster of a season by their standards, dropping 12 of their first 30 points possible. While their lowest position in the table has only been 7th, earning 18 out of a possible 30 points was not considered to be good enough for the Bavarian giants....
When it was announced Robert Lewandowski would be sidelined for about four weeks with a fractured tibia, visions of a successful season for Bayern Munich became slightly blurred. They were on a 12-match unbeaten run which pushed the club into first in the heated Bundesliga title race. The Polish phenom...
In this Hansi Flick tactical analysis, we are going to explain Hansi Flick's Bayern tactics in their Champions League match against Frank Lampard's Chelsea. Our video analysis mainly deals with Bayern's build-up structure and positional play which helped them to overcome Chelsea's 5-2-3 pressing. By analysing the weaknesses of Chelsea...
