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Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Why there is no such thing as a perfect football tactic | Jonathan Wilson

Football playing styles evolve incrementally and adaptively, not inevitably cyclical; tactics are contingent on players, context, and historical knowledge, with periodic dominant styles.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Ageing revolutionary Guardiola is waging war on his own tactical orthodoxies | Jonathan Liew

And at this point, we have to acknowledge that Pep Guardiola is one of the principal reasons this kind of possession pornography exists in the first place: a serendipitous consequence of reinventing the game at exactly the moment we could start measuring the ways in which he was reinventing it, and exactly the moment we could beam it around the world in meme-sized fragments.
Manchester City
Soccer (FIFA)
fromESPN.com
1 month ago

Why having a left-footed right winger is so hot right now

Inverted left-footed right wingers have surged due to tactical evolution and youth coaching, becoming the most coveted attacking profile in European football.
Liverpool FC
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Liverpool's new era promises excitement but have they changed too much? | Jonathan Wilson

Liverpool's aggressive transfer strategy positions them for significant competitiveness in the Premier League.
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