Atalanta, Man For Man Pressing, & The Gian Piero Gasperini Love Story
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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…

10 Times A Football Club Retired A Shirt Number For A Player
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10 Times A Football Club Retired A Shirt Number For A Player

To some, a football number means nothing; to others, it means everything. A football jersey number can be chosen due to superstitions, preference, or on-field positioning; for example, a number 10 is mostly known as an attacking midfielder, while a number 6 is linked to a defensive midfielder. However, this isn’t as common anymore. Every…

Alvaro Morata, The World’s Most Underappreciated Player
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Alvaro Morata, The World’s Most Underappreciated Player

Morata is always at the end of criticism, but perhaps judging his whole career on a less-than-impressive stint in the Premier League isn’t the most fair way to judge the Spaniard. However, due to that stint at the Blue’s, the public perception of the Athletico Madrid marksman has lowered considerably, making him one of the…

What happened to Simone Zaza? The former West Ham striker is still a free agent after 2 years
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What happened to Simone Zaza? The former West Ham striker is still a free agent after 2 years

Simone Zaza is the forgotten man of Italian football. The former West Ham striker has been without a club since leaving Torino in August of 2022. But how can an established Italian international go from being one of the hottest properties in football; to being left in football’s proverbial scrap heap at 32 years old…