Category: Champions League

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UEFA Champions League 2016/17: Monaco vs Manchester City – tactical analysis

Last Saturday, James’ analysis explained how Manchester City won at a 5-3 thriller at the Etihad Stadium. However, we all knew that…

April 5, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2016/17: Manchester City vs Monaco – tactical analysis

Every once in awhile, you get a team in the UEFA Champions League completely outperform expectations. Ajax were that team last season,…

April 3, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Valencia vs Atalanta – tactical analysis

Atalanta reached the Champions League quarter-finals in their first season in the competition, knocking out Valencia after a 4-3 show. Both teams…

March 12, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Liverpool vs Atletico Madrid- tactical preview

Many people seemed to point to Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League first-leg defeat to Atletico Madrid as the beginning of their poor form,…

March 10, 2020

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How can Liverpool use set-pieces to exploit Atletico Madrid – set piece analysis

The return of the UEFA Champions League this week sees Liverpool host Atletico Madrid at Anfield, with Liverpool looking to overturn a…

March 10, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Valencia vs Atalanta – tactical preview

Valencia will host the second leg of the UEFA Champions League rounds of 16 against Atalanta on Tuesday, 10 March 2020. It…

March 9, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Real Madrid vs Manchester City – tactical analysis

Finally, Manchester City showed their capability to beat the best teams in Europe, even though they were playing away from home. At…

February 28, 2020

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Champions League 2019/20: Lyon vs Juventus – tactical analysis

The first knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League are always hard to predict. The home teams feel the pressure to take…

February 28, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Real Madrid vs Manchester City – tactical preview on how City can benefit from a back three

This is one of the biggest games of Manchester City and Pep Guardiola, as they will travel to Santiago Bernabéu. This is…

February 25, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Real Madrid vs Manchester City – tactical preview on how can Madrid attack flanks

One of the biggest clashes in the Champions League round of 16, Real Madrid vs Manchester City is going to play on…

February 25, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Lyon vs Juventus – tactical preview

As Lyon prepares to host Juventus in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, the club is enjoying a fine run of…

February 25, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Atalanta vs Valencia – tactical analysis

February means two things, wet weather and Champions League football. This week was the return of the hallowed competition, where Atalanta met…

February 21, 2020

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Champions League 2019/20: Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool – tactical analysis

Atletico Madrid faced a difficult task as they welcomed the reigning champions of the Champions League and the unbeaten Premier League leaders…

February 20, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Atalanta vs Valencia – tactical preview

Atalanta achieved a major milestone last season, securing UEFA Champions League play for the first time in the club’s history. A frantic…

February 18, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2019/20: Atletico Madrid vs Liverpool – tactical preview

Liverpool are the side every team wants to avoid this season, thanks to their success last year and their current success domestically…

February 17, 2020

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UEFA Champions League: Ajax vs Sturm Graz

Last season was a difficult one for Ajax Amsterdam. Their pre-season preparations were thrown in to disarray by the decision of coach…

January 24, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2018/19: Hoffenheim vs Manchester City

The second matchday of the 2018/19 Champions League gave us the tantalising prospect of a clash between Hoffenheim and Manchester City, or…

January 24, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2018/19: Shakhtar Donetsk vs Manchester City

This post originally featured on our network site which covers players, matches and more involving Manchester City – manchestercityanalysis.com Manchester City were…

January 24, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2018/19: How Napoli’s back three aided victory against Liverpool

Group C in this season’s Champions League features two of the tournament favourites in French Champions Paris Saint-Germain and last year’s beaten…

January 24, 2020

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UEFA Champions League 2018/19: Real Madrid vs Viktoria Plzen

This Real Madrid match analysis was first featured on our network’s Real Madrid site, realmadridanalysis.com. Following defeat to CSKA Moscow in the…

January 24, 2020