Once upon a time in the Middle Ages, the Italian town of Siena was under threat from a foreign enemy. The town looked doomed until a condottiere arrived to save them. It was impossible to repay what the mercenary had done, he had saved the lives of the families of the town and protected their…
In his debut post for Holding Midfield, Petr Chulkov presents to you the inner mechanisms and key principles of, the team currently runner-up in Serie A, Napoli’s game organisation in detail.
Both clubs went into the game on the back of a poor month, with Sampdoria probably the favourites, having lost just once at home this season, while Juventus haven’t won away since December 5th and are struggling with a lengthy injury list. Domenico Di Carlo set up Sampdoria in a pretty standard 4-4-2, while Juventus…
Recently I went back and read through my post on Michael Owen for The Equaliser’s My Favourite Footballer series. To save you from reading it, the post can best be summed up as such: Owen was my favourite footballer as a child and a large part of why I’m into football now, but I’m not…
Oh, hello again, welcome to part two, where rather than pontificating on the English game, I’ll (try to) discuss the merits of the division in midfield. Welcome to me trying to know about tactics.
Unique. Unique is the main word to describe Luigi Meroni; not just for his footballing ability, but also for his inclusion in this series. The players are included for not living up to their footballing potential – and Meroni is no exception, winning just one Coppa Italia in his career – but he’s also someone…
