4-4-1-1 – Holding Midfield

Case Study: RC Lens 1-0 US Orléans 9/3/2020

March 10, 2020March 29, 2020 by Joshua Askew

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With Lorient dropping points, losing four of their last five matches, the opportunity is there for the four clubs in their shadow to overtake them at the top of Ligue 2. If Lens were going to make up ground on Lorient, they were going to have to do it without…

Case Study: Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Liverpool 11/1/2020

January 12, 2020January 17, 2020 by Joshua Askew

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Unbeaten and thirteen points ahead at the top of the Premier League, a repeat of last season's Champions League final comes at a good time for Liverpool, yet new Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho plays a large role in why many Liverpool fans won't believe they are winning the trophy…

Case Study: Bournemouth 0-3 Liverpool 7/12/2019

December 7, 2019December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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Fresh from a mid-week win in the Merseyside derby, Liverpool looked to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier League with a visit to the South Coast. Jurgen Klopp made several changes to the team that beat Everton, bringing back Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino in attack while…

Case Study: Manchester City 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur 18/8/2019

Case Study: Manchester City 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur 17/8/2019

August 23, 2019December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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Manchester City continue their title defence with what is the most difficult game of an otherwise relatively easy opening to the season, taking on Champions League finalists Tottenham Hotspur. Pep Guardiola set up his team in a slight alteration to his usual 4-3-3 formation, as Ilkay Gundogan, more of a…

Case Study: Juventus 0-1 Napoli 22/4/2018

April 24, 2018December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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Napoli started the season much better, making it look as if Juventus' chokehold on the scudetto would finally be broken, but slowly and surely Juventus' deeper squad saw them claw back the Southern club's lead and give themselves a buffer going into this huge match. With the support of their…

Case Study: Liverpool 4-1 Swansea 29/12/2014

January 3, 2015December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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After topping the league at Christmas last year, the suggestion that Liverpool would need a healthy win against Swansea to climb above them as they head into 2015 would have sounded ridiculous, highlighting just what a disastrous start to the season Liverpool have had. Still, Liverpool have shown a recent…

Retrospective: Juventus 2-3 Manchester United 1999

October 15, 2014December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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With the release of his second autobiography, the football news has been flooded with an abundance of stories from Roy Keane's career. Individually, they are quite amusing - him deciding against signing Robbie Savage when his "whassup" answering machine message reminded him Savage is a terrible human being or the…

World Cup 2014: Germany 1-0 Argentina

July 14, 2014December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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As quite possibly the best World Cup of all time drew to a close, we had one last battle still to go. Germany were favourites having handed a historic thrashing to Brazil, but Argentina still looked a good bet after edging out the Dutch on penalties. Neither side were going…

World Cup 2014: Argentina p0-0 Netherlands

July 10, 2014December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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After the historic events of yesterday, this game was always likely to disappoint, but it still had plenty to offer. If the Netherlands won, they would match up in the final against arch-rivals Germany, while an Argentina win kept alive hopes of a victory on their own rivals' soil. Alejandro…

World Cup 2014: Cameroon 0-4 Croatia

June 19, 2014December 18, 2019 by Joshua Askew

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The two teams both lost their opening games of the tournament, but looked like they were playing at different levels despite their similar fortunes. Croatia performed admirably against Brazil and could blame their loss partly on some poor officiating (which Stipe Pletikosa would presumably prefer everyone focus on), while Cameroon…

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