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Fintan O’Reilly breaks down El Clasico and how Ancelotti’s little adjustments turned the game in Real Madrid’s favour.
Fintan is usually our French football expert and he also took a look at the best ball-distributors in Ligue 1 and how each of them fit into their team’s tactical strategy.
Beth Limb continues her Academy scouting series, this time focussing on three players of potential at Swansea City.
Andrew Hanna explains how Liverpool’s rest defence has helped them improve massively this season.
From the archives, we have found these relevant pieces;
Jennifer Hermoso scored the winner on her first post-World Cup appearance for Spain in a UEFA Nations League clash with Italy – go back to 2020 and revisit our article analysing what made her such a key player for Barcelona during her time with the Catalan giants.
Hirving Lozano bagged a hat-trick to help PSV Eindhoven overcome rivals Ajax by five goals to two. The Mexican attacker has been a star of PSV’s attack since day one, as we explained in our 2018 scout report.
After 12 games of the 2023/24 season, FC Zürich remain undefeated atop the Swiss Super League – we analysed why they were on the right track back to the top under Bo Henriksen back in April.
Mikel Oyarzabal bagged a brace to help Real Sociedad earn a point away to a tough Rayo Vallecano side; he’s now scored six in 11 league games this term. Read what we had to say about the Basque winger as a promising 21 y/o back in January 2019.
And 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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