The Tactic of How to Beat Barcelona
By Waleed Zaghloul. Watching the latest Classico, I was wondering how much change will be seen from both teams based on the analysis of some vulnerabilities in a previous meeting this year (discussed...
View ArticleShort Passes or Direct Play?
By Stevie Grieve, Author of Coaching the 4-2-3-1, Modern Soccer Tactics and Winning Soccer Tactics. Dortmund gain a point with well worked direct play Borussia Dortmund are Bundesliga Champions, and...
View ArticleHow Higuain Creates Problems For Opposing Defenses
By Vasco Mota Pereira, PortuGOAL correspondent Every once in a while my blog deviates from the analysis of a particular match’s trends and incidents, focusing on a specific play or pattern from a...
View ArticleThe Formation of the Future – Part Three
By Stevie Grieve author of, Attacking in the 4-2-3-1 (Read Part One here and Part Two here) We have also seen Real Madrid over the last 12 months being able to stop Barcelona in La Liga, and win in...
View ArticleHow Real Madrid Pressed and Beat Atletico
By Stevie Grieve – Real Madrid Pressing v Atletico Madrid As the ball is passed back, a common pressing trigger in modern football allows for pressure on the ball, and squeezing the defensive lines...
View ArticleTactical Analysis – Real Madrid Defending v Barcelona
By Stevie Grieve In the Copa Del Rey final, Real Madrid went into the game against Barcelona confident of a win, even without Cristiano Ronaldo who mass missing due to injury, but with Bale and Benzema...
View ArticleCreativity in the Final Third By Real Madrid
By Stevie Grieve Real Madrid went into the European Super Cup match against Sevilla on the back of a summer of spending on big names Toni Kroos, and James Rodriguez. It will be hard for Carlo Ancelotti...
View ArticleSchalke Controlling the Channels v Real Madrid
By Stevie Grieve In the Champions League encounter between Schalke and Real Madrid, Schalke played the their usual deep 5-3-2 formation adopted by Roberto Di Matteo since he took charge earlier in the...
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