Match Tactics
What a False Nine Actually Asks of a Striker
The false nine gets described as if it were a clever diagram, a number nine who stands in a slightly odd spot.
Topic
Formations, substitutions, and the small decisions that decide matches.
Match Tactics
The false nine gets described as if it were a clever diagram, a number nine who stands in a slightly odd spot.
Match Tactics
A few seasons ago the inverted fullback went from a quirk to a standard tool, and now you see it everywhere from elite sides to...
Match Tactics
Push four players to one side of the pitch and something strange happens to the other eighteen on the field: space opens up...
Match Tactics
After every tournament knockout decided on penalties, someone in the pub says the same thing: it is a lottery.
Match Tactics
On a tactics board, a high press looks simple. Your forwards close down the center backs, your midfielders cut passing lanes,...
Match Tactics
My nephew got me watching Counter-Strike 2 matches about a year ago, mostly because he wanted someone to argue with about a...