Good morning analysis fans and welcome to the #MondayMorning newsletter – full of analysis, scouting and tactics. Fill up on your football knowledge – follow the Total Football Analysis page and be part of the squad that want better tactical analysis, data and scouting in their world ahead of Dortmund vs PSV and the second legs of the Champions League R16.
Jack Chippendale kicks off the week in Serie A, looking at how Roma have tactically evolved since the sacking of Jose Mourinho and appointing club legend Daniele de Rossi.
Fintan O’Reilly steps into the shoes of Nice’s Sporting Director Florent Ghisolfi and looks at replacing Khéphren Thuram – something Ghisolfi will inevitably have to do at some point.
This week, Beth Limb is in the Ivory Coast looking at some Academy prospects coming out of RC Abidjan – take a look.
From the archives, Fintan suggests reading the following today;
Manchester City provided evidence of how outswinging corners to the near post can catch a defence off-guard yesterday. Karim El-Shesheiny talked about this dangerous approach to corner kicks in a recent set-piece analysis piece.
Reims held PSG to a 2-2 draw at Le Parc des Princes yesterday. Oumar Diakité and Marshall Munetsi were the goalscorers for Will Still’s side — we specifically discussed how that duo have benefitted from the positional freedom afforded to them in Les Rouges et Blancs’ setup.
Benfica remain hot on the heels of in-form Sporting CP in Portugal’s top flight — read what we had to say in admiration of Roger Schmidt’s tactics about a year and a half ago.
Brahim Díaz is set to declare for Morocco, not Spain, at international level. We’re re-sharing this piece looking at how the versatile maverick has been a crucial part of Carlo Ancelotti’s squad this season.
That’s it for today – we’ll be back tomorrow with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.
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