Paulo Fonseca was appointed by Olympique Lyonnais on the 31st of January, 2025, to improve overall performance and achieve European qualification. Lyon had played 19 matches at that point and had only one win in their last five showings. With him on board, they won seven of the next nine games, setting a positive benchmark....
Sérgio Conceição's arrival at AC Milan is a big deal for the club. He's known for being practical and flexible and has loads of experience. His approach is all about making the defence strong and being able to go on the attack quickly. After Paulo Fonseca got the boot, his...
One of the most legendary Serie A matches is set to occur at the San Siro, where AC Milan will face Juventus on Saturday. As we'll see in this tactical analysis, both teams face challenges this season but are determined to make their mark in the race for the league...
Tijjani Reijnders has been one of the most remarkable and impactful midfielders at Milan — and in Serie A overall — this season. He has added a lot of value to the Rossoneri’s performances since his arrival. Following his excellent performances, most notably at the start of this campaign against...
Premier League fans, particularly Chelsea fans, will remember the promise that USA international Christian Pulisic brought with him upon his arrival at Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2019. After impressing at Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund for a number of seasons as a youngster, Pulisic showed some real potential early...
Football season is officially in full swing, after an action-packed summer of Euro 2024 and the Paris 2024 Olympics. Our latest September 2024 issue of Total Football Analysis Magazine is out NOW and previews what the 2024/25 campaign might bring across all different leagues around the world! This month we...
Who Is Álvaro Morata? It was an eventful summer for Spaniard Álvaro Morata, who captained his country to Euros glory in Germany. Whilst on the domestic stage, the forward clinched a move to Serie A side AC Milan — a move we speculated on in our previous magazine issue and analysed...
Having just booked their place in the UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-finals, where they’ll face a tough test versus in-form EPL side Aston Villa, Lille will be on something of a high entering their Ligue 1 clash with high-flying Brest this weekend. The only side other than PSG to win...
At the end of the 2020/21 campaign, Christophe Galtier’s Lille were crowned French champions, overcoming the financial might of Paris Saint-Germain to finish top of the Ligue 1 table for the first time since the 2010/11 campaign when the likes of future Chelsea and Real Madrid playmaker Eden Hazard helped...
Jonathan David has enjoyed a fantastic start to life under Paulo Fonseca for Lille this season. The Canadian international has scored nine goals in 12 games so far this campaign and is now being linked with moves to clubs such as Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, and Liverpool. Having made...
Friday night saw Marseille vs Lille in Ligue 1. We've broken down all the key stats for you to digest in this tactical analysis and provide insights around; * shot maps * pass flow * heatmaps * defensive actions * average positions and much more! We also try to answer some...
Sunday night saw Lille vs PSG in Ligue 1. We've broken down all the key stats for you to digest in this tactical analysis and provide insights around; * shot maps * pass flow * heatmaps * defensive actions * average positions and much more! We also try to answer...
In 2021, LOSC Lille pulled off one of the greatest title victories of the last decade in European football. It may not have had the same awe-inspiring adoration and Italian idolisation as Leicester City’s tremendous Premier League triumph of 2015/16, but Les Dogues, under the tutelage of Cristophe Galtier, putting...
The annual debacle around Marcelo Bielsa and his expiring contract has begun. It is something that the Leeds United board have involuntarily become used to since his arrival at the Yorkshire club in 2018. When questioned in the last month about his current contract situation, his repeated response was that...
The second leg of the UEFA Europa League semifinals will be played on Thursday night. The first leg matches did not disappoint, as we were treated to two hugely entertaining ties. Manchester United fans had a night to remember as the Red Devils thrashed AS Roma 6-2 at home to...
Manchester United and Roma played out one of the best European ties this season in terms of entertainment in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League tie between the two clubs. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side came away with a deserved 6-2 victory despite being 2-1 down at the interval,...
In football, the players' performance often depends closely on their manager and their connection with the coach. There are many examples of bad player-manager relationships, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan is one of them. Being unable to build a connection with Jose Mourinho and Unai Emery and failing to meet their expectations pushed his career to...
Roma faced off against Sassuolo at the Stadio Olimpico this past week in what was another interesting week of Serie A football. The game finished 0-0, but Roberto De Zerbi and Sassuolo will certainly be the most disappointed from this outcome as they have been on an incredible run of...
The last match of Serie A’s fifth week finished with an entertaining 3-3 draw between the first in the league, Milan, and Roma. it was a beautiful game to watch especially for neutral football fans since everything was there during the 90 minutes; goals, chances, cards, referee mistakes, tension and...
The second round of the Italian Serie A offered some exciting games, including the derby between Roma and Juventus. What was expected to be an interesting meeting turned out as an intense tactical battle between the two coaches, that started awfully for Juventus and ended up in a disappointment for...
