After a turbulent campaign in 2024/2025, Juventus turned to Igor Tudor style of play in the closing stretch of the season, hoping for a course correction after Thiago Motta tactics had run out of steam. The results were immediate: under Tudor tactics, Juventus rediscovered their edge, losing just once in...
Igor Tudor guided Juventus back to the UEFA Champions League after taking over from Thiago Motta near the end of the 2024/2025 season. He breathed new life into the squad, and Juventus lost only one of their remaining nine matches of the season, which allowed them to secure fourth place...
On Wednesday night, the stage was set for the last games of the first-ever UEFA Champions League play-offs, with eight teams fighting for the remaining four places in the Round of 16 of the most prestigious competition in club football. In Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, two very big names in...
Juventus defeated Inter Milan 1-0 on Sunday in a crucial and decisive match in both teams' Serie A campaigns. This result saw Napoli take sole possession of the league's top spot with 56 points, two points ahead of Inter, while Juventus climbed to fourth place with 46 points. Inter Milan put...
Andrea Cambiaso is an Italian full-back who has been under the radar for a few years but has gained significant traction over the past 12 months. Clubs like Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich have been watching the youngster for some years now. The 24-year-old began his professional career...
Italian football is not short of passionate and intense rivalries. Few rivalries in world football can be as passionate as Napoli and Juventus. This rivalry represents the cultural and economic divide between the north and south of the country. The latest on-field instalment of this rivalry occurred Saturday, with Antonio...
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...
We have just been treated to a goal fest, one of the best editions of Derby d’Italia in recent times – a 4-4 draw between Juventus and Inter Milan. Prior to this fixture, Juve had not conceded a single goal from open play in Serie A this season – a...
Welcome to TFA today, where we share essential articles from the TFA archive that are relevant once again. Robin Van Persie's High Press Problems At Heerenveen Back in May, Heerenveen made an exciting decision to appoint Robin van Persie, a Dutch footballing legend and the nation’s all-time leading scorer, as...
After seven games in the 2024/25 Serie A season, Juventus have established themselves as early contenders, largely thanks to their remarkable defensive record. New manager Thiago Motta has tweaked things slightly for Juve, including a formation change, but he’s also leaned into their strong defensive foundation—they had the second-best defensive...
Matchday one of the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League is complete and it was a whirlwind of action and surprises. Our tactical analysis shares the best tactical formations and plays from Champions League week one, as we dive into what worked and what didn't work. Let's start off with a look...
An incredibly decorated player, Thiago Motta has also made his mark as a head coach in Serie A. He certainly piqued interest by discussing his 2-7-2 formation last year, discussing positional play from a horizontal perspective and his view on the sidelines rather than traditional vertical lines. Motta always discusses...
With only two points away from the top four after the end of the first half of the season, Bologna's fifth-place and above top Serie A teams, such as Roma, Atalanta, Napoli and Lazio, Thiago Motta had announced himself as one of the most promising young managers in the world...
It was a wet and rainy afternoon at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara between the home side Bologna and the current runners in the league, Internazionale. Although the gap between the fiery leaders Napoli and the joint-second Milan sides is a whopping 18 points, the competition among the rest is intriguing. ...
Thiago Motta Style Of Play A few seasons back, Thiago Motta raised some eyebrows of curiosity in the football world by revealing his idea for a 2-7-2 formation, something which has never been seen before, at least not since the early 1900s when supposedly nobody cared about defending. Some chuckled...
Jakub Piotr Kiwior is a 22-year-old Polish centre-back who has spent time in Anderlecht’s youth system, a breeding ground from which the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Vincent Kompany have been produced in the past. During the 2021/22 season, Kiwior earned his first move to the big leagues, moving from MŠK...
