Nottingham Forest have yet again made a move to bring a new player into the squad in this summer's transfer window. The latest signing for Forest is the addition of Brazilian forward Igor Jesus, joining from Botafogo for a reported £10m. Jesus joins Forest to add more strength to their...
Fluminense emerged as one of the biggest sensations of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. The team led by Renato Gaúcho arrived at the competition with questionable credentials, sitting in seventh place in the Brasileirão standings. Even though teams like Palmeiras, Botafogo (reigning Copa Libertadores champions), and eternal rival Flamengo...
Who Is Filipe Luís? After finishing his playing career a year and a half ago, former Deportivo La Coruña, Atlético Madrid, and Chelsea defender Filipe Luís began a new journey in coaching with the youth teams of Flamengo, his final club. Luís quickly made an impression on the sidelines with...
With eight assists so far in the 2024/25 season of Serie A, Nuno Tavares is ranked at the top of the Serie A assist-makers table, ahead of Napoli’s Romelu Lukaku, who has seven assists, and AC Milan’s Christian Pulisic with six assists. Tavares has significantly impacted Lazio’s results this season....
At the time of writing, Fluminense are 14th in the Brazilian Serie A, having recorded 10 wins, seven draws, and 16 defeats after 33 games played; quite clearly, they are a struggling team. However, not all is lost. Despite their difficulties keeping up with the rest of the Brazilian elite,...
At the time of writing, Fluminese are 14th in the Brazilian Serie A, having recorded 10 wins, seven draws, and 16 defeats after 33 games played; quite clearly, they are a struggling team. However, not all is lost. Despite their difficulties keeping up with the rest of the Brazilian elite,...
Many top teams in football today like to deploy an intense, high-pressing system that forces opposition mistakes high up the pitch; when executed effectively, this can yield tremendous results. However, it is possible to utilise tactics of the opposite approach, aka a low-block. Low possession rates and a low defensive...
At the time of writing, Palmeiras hold third place in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, trailing the leaders Fortaleza, who have played one fewer match, by only four points. Additionally, they are three points behind the second-place team, Botafogo, which makes the race for the title highly competitive. On the offensive front,...
While many of Europe’s big leagues kicked off their 2024/25 campaigns in recent days, Brazil’s Série A is heading into the latter months of its 2024 season, and the title race is seriously heating up. At the time of writing, just five points separate the top four teams after 22...
Over in the Série A, one of the most prolific goalscoring goalkeepers in football history is spearheading the latest adaptation in Brazilian football tactics. Having avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth in the previous campaign, Rogério Ceni and Bahia have emerged as Brazil’s surprise package this season, with...
The current season has been nothing short of a nightmare for Fluminense. The team's worst start since 2006, with just six points after twelve games, leaving fans and analysts alike scratching their heads. Despite a talented roster and a coaching staff with a proven track record, Fluminense is struggling to...
European-based coaches routinely dominate the shortlist for FIFA’s best men’s coach award. This year’s final three are composed of Premier League duo Pep Guardiola of Manchester City and the winner Thomas Tuchel of Chelsea, along with European Championship-winning Italy boss Roberto Mancini. Meanwhile, Liverpool mastermind Jürgen Klopp won the award...
After the sacking of the Argentinian coach Jorge Sampaoli, the historical Brazilian side CR Flamengo hired their fourth 2023 manager, Adenor Bachi, most known as Tite. The 62-year-old Brazilian led Brazil's national team for seven straight years, and although he failed to conduct them to the long-awaited sixth World Cup:...
Upon the recent appointment of Julien Stéphan for his second stint as Rennes boss, the club’s technical director Florian Maurice, whose project with the Brittany-based side we recently analysed in detail here at Total Football Analysis, openly admitted to RMC Sport that a Rennes return for Stéphan was not his...
In their fourth season in the Brasileirão, RB Bragantino has the chance to make history by overcoming their best-ever position in the table (sixth place). As a matter of fact, under Pedro Caixinha, they are placed in the extraordinary second place with 17 victories, 10 draws and only four defeats....
Bruno Lage Tactics At Botafogo Botafogo are running away with this year’s Brazilian Série A. This was almost unthinkable at the start of the year, but at the time of writing, Botafogo have just won the symbolic Primeiro Turno, the first half of the league, sitting 13 points clear at...
Botafogo occupy first place in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with 48 points, 11 ahead of Palmeiras in second place, with both having played 20 matches. They have achieved many good numbers, as they have the best defence line in Brasileiro Série A, having conceded only 11 goals, and the second-best...
Two years after winning the league, Atlético Mineiro find themselves in 10th place. Although only six points off of second-placed team Grêmio, the side have only managed one win in their last four games. After the sacking of Eduardo Coudet, Luiz Filipe Scolari agreed to take the reigns of the...
In this episode of the TFA Podcast, host Adam Scully is joined by TFA analyst Caio Miguel to discuss the idea of relationism in contrast with the worldwide trend of positional play by using two extremes from either end of the scale – Fluminense under Fernando Diniz and Brighton under...
For the past few years, the Brazilian league has been dominated by a few elite clubs. A few of these come from Brazil’s traditional 12 big clubs, while others have slowly asserted themselves at the top of Brazil’s food chain, such as Fortaleza and Athletico Paranaense. Nonetheless, the top of...
