Bayer Leverkusen vs Roma: Xabi Alonso’s Men 49 Games Without Defeat and Counting…
Bayer Leverkusen vs Roma saw the Germans nearly lose their incredible unbeaten run. However, Alonso pulled a win out of the bag.
Man-to-Man Marking: The Most Underrated System In Football?
Upon watching my Sunday League team play at the weekend from the comfort of the sideline, I couldn’t help but feel our zonal approach to the task at hand was one of the main reasons we were suffocated inside our own box for 85 out of the 90 minutes of a cup final. Tactics are…
Roma vs Bayer Leverkusen: Another Tactical Masterclass from Xabi Alonso
Bayer Leverkusen holds the title of the invincibles. They are just unbeatable at the moment. At the Olimpico stadium, they showed again that they are no slouch of a team when they faced Roma with their new coach, Daniele De Rossi, in the Europa League semi-final. The Italian manager has brought new blood to the…
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Erik ten Hag: Has He Always Been a Possession Based Manager?
There was a general belief in England when Manchester United signed Erik ten Hag that they would become a Pep Guardiola esque possession-based football team that controlled the ball no matter where they went or the occasion they were playing at. Ten Hag had showcased a possession-based style at Ajax that had drawn plaudits from…
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Atalanta, Man For Man Pressing, & The Gian Piero Gasperini Love Story
Man for man pressing and man for man work ethic. That seems to be the way of doing things at Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta. The Italian side strolled up to Anfield and did something not many sides have done in Jurgen Klopp’s era: win. But they didn’t just win; they smashed the Red’s from pillar…
Chelsea Beginning To Find Their Feet Under Mauricio Pochettino
Chelsea have been lacklustre for large parts of the season, which has led to widespread criticism of the manager, Mauricio Pochettino. The London club have been sitting in the bottom half for more than a quarter of the campaign, dropping to 12th not even a month ago, in a period that looked like there was…
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Tosin Adarabioyo: The Most Underrated Defender In The Premier League
Tosin Adarabioyo has been quietly going about his business since he left Manchester City in 2020 for Fulham, but he has slowly become one of the most underrated footballers in the entire league. The English defender, who is also eligible to play for Nigeria, has been a key cog in the Fulham side over the…
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Manchester City And The Vulnerability That Could Lose Them The Title
Manchester City under Pep Guardiola have been symbiotic with one word more than any other during the last seven years in the Premier League. That word is control. Whether the control was off the pitch with their trophy haul or on the pitch with the way they played football, Guardiola’s Blues have always seemed to…
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The Ajax Coaching Philosophy Explained
The Ajax coaching philosophy is a hard thing to explain, but here at Attacking Football, we have done our best at doing exactly that.
Amadou Onana: Everton’s Casemiro
“Keep going. Keep going, keep pushing, keep putting the graft and hard work in, and we’ll definitely be rewarded.”” Amadou Onana Lu metti yàggul te ku muñ muuñ. Whatever is painful does not last, and whoever perseveres smiles. Amadou Onana’s route to the premier league has been rife with struggle and pain. Born in Colobane, Dakar,…