BVB in preseason with Thomas Tuchel

“Something is ending now, which I, as a human, never wanted to end, but I absolutely have the feeling that I am doing the right thing. I have had no contact with other clubs, I have nothing up my sleeve, but I also do not intend to take a sabbatical.” Watzke added : “We have together

Chile ; Less Bielsa, More Pep? “Graduating verticality with horizontality”

“Bielsa plays more direct and not so possession like I’m looking for. I pursue more positional attack and always start with the keeper, the pressure is high, low or intermediate.The background is the same, but my way is different now. Before it was more like him in my time at the U of Chile.” BIELSA In 2007, El

Enrique, tiki taka, tito-tata and the evolution of Barcelona’s football.

First, they were criticized for passing for the sake of it. The following season they were criticized for losing certain Cruyffian principles and being too direct. After six months under Lucho, it seems Barca have found the right balance. Pep described them as the best team in possession of the ball, and now the best

Il Engineero| Pellegrini’s Spanish Utopia

“I changed the way football was played in Spain, using loose midfielders instead of fixed midfielders, and that was then adopted by the Spanish team. In the Spanish league, before I went to Villarreal, they put the forwards on the wings to move the ball up and down the pitch but I started to use

Weinzierl agrees with Paco Jemez

Raul Bobadilla’s wonderfully executed backheel at the Allianz Arena settled the Bavarian derby between Augsburg and Bayern. The goal was crucial to Augsburg’s European football aspirations, and also highlighted the tremendous work that has been going on at Augsburg since the turn of the century. Fourteen years ago, Bayern defeated Valencia to win their fourth