Benoît Badiashile (194cm/6’4”, 75kg/165lbs) has been watched closely by those privy to what Ligue 1, European football’s self-proclaimed “league of talents”, has had on offer ever since making his senior debut for AS Monaco — his only professional club thus far, where he’s been since 2016 — back in the...
Under former Bayern and Frankfurt head coach, Niko Kovač, Monaco had a good 2020/21 season by making it into third place and participated in a cup final. This won Kovač the best coach in Ligue 1 of the season award, and the project could continue as Monaco kept key players...
After disastrous performances in recent matches, Bayern Munich sacked their head coach Niko Kovac. Under the Croatian coach, Bayern often failed to break down deep defensive blocks. In addition to that, Kovac's side has even started to struggle with defensive issues this season. In this tactical analysis, we explain Kovac's tactical problems at...
The UEFA Champions League is back, and it brought us some brilliant tactical matchups. In the first round of Group B, Bayern Munich welcomed Red Star Belgrade in a match that reminded football fans of the classic clashes between the two teams from the second half of the 20th century. Even though the Serbs are...
One of Bayern Munich fans' greatest fears was that they wouldn't be able to find someone to replace their legend Philipp Lahm at right-back. Besides, Jogi Löw may have thought he would have the same problem in the German national team. However, Bayern and the national team now don't have to...
Niko Kovac's Bayern Munich went to Anfield on Tuesday night as underdogs in the Champions League last-16 clash with Liverpool. After a poor start to the season, Bayern have gathered momentum recently and produced a strong away performance at Anfield. This tactical analysis will look at Kovac's setup, which gave...
Not long ago Niko Kovac was announced as the new head coach of Bayern Munich. Compared to former coaches of Bayern, Kovac has not exhibited a great career as a coach so far. This led to a lot of scepticism, especially among the supporters of the German record champion. However,...
One of the intriguing questions of the summer 2018 close season has been who would be the next Bayern Munich manager after Jupp Heynckes' departure. A bumpy start to the season last year under Carlo Ancelotti led to the Italians' departure from Bavaria, with steady-hand Heynckes taking the reigns and...
After leading Eintracht Frankfurt to avoid relegation in 2016/2017 campaign, Niko Kovac managed the Eagles to reach the top half of the Bundesliga table this season. His work didn’t go unnoticed. In fact, Bayern Munich selected Kovac to become their next coach as the successor to Jupp Heynckes. Maybe Kovac...
