The Modric-Rakitic Double Pivot and 7 other tactical talking points from the FIFA World Cup 2018
Inspired by the ESPN’s Zach Lowe weekly column on the NBA, I write about random things I like about players, teams and trends at the World Cup. 1 – N’Golo Kante redefining what it means to be a defensive midfielder. Good news for the rest of the teams in the tournament: France has not yet […]
The Long Read: The Rise and the Decline of Jose Mourinho
Abstract: Jose Mourinho needs to be bold and embrace the audacity of pragmatic football instead of its weaknesses or else the future will belong to Cruyffism and Pep Guardiola. Act 1 — Jose Lannister Note- Game of thrones spoiler alert In the first novel of the iconic A Song of Ice and Fire series, before pushing young […]
Euro 2012 Preview:Portugal
Euro 2012 Group B is literally and figuratively the group of death. Perhaps we will get the opportunity to see this competition’s finest football in the first round games of this group. Three (Portugal, Germany and Netherlands) of the four teams of this group are in the top 5 FIFA rankings. And when you add Denmark(Previous Euro Champions) in, all the […]
