From a failed Serie B loan to a millionaire transfer in less than one year. It’s hard to understand the meteoric rise of Roberto Gagliardini. How can a player be valued so fast in such a short period of time? What’s so special about him? That’s what we’ll try to […]
Recently elected for the best 11 born after 1997 by the italian periodic “Gazzetta dello Sport”, Amadou Diawara, 19 years old, plays an important role in the Napoli midfield. Coming from Bologna, the African born in Guinea Conakry has already 19 games this season in Serie A, Coppa Italia and Champions League. […]
Soccer is full of individual skills, as each player has it’s own specific characteristics that fit in the game model, idealized by the coach. In this context, it’s possible to find players that play in identical positions but with distinct profiles. Luis Suaréz and Diego Costa have three common characteristics […]
During the pre-season the teams sign new players and sell others. Since some players take longer to adapt to a new reality, coaches need to know if the new players are prepared for the specific demands of their game model. Let’s look, for example, at Rashford and Lukaku from Manchester United: one had a great performance last […]
Ante Coric is one of the most highly rated players of the new Croatian generation. Formed at Dinamo Zagreb, the 19 years old prove to be a premature talent being now on the third season with the main team. At debut year he made 33 appearances, and last year 41. […]
What do you value the most in a player? In this article, we will find out what coaches have to say about players. Thus, it´s also interesting for the players to know what we look for as coaches. I asked the coaches of the top 5 teams in Liga Asobal […]
“We have an idea of how to play. Triangulations, speed on the ball. Build from the back, even when pressured. We have to keep control of the ball, sometimes resisting the urge to penetrate right away.” – Tite This sums up Tite’s ideas. He wants to implement a more collective approach, […]
There are two clear facts about Cristiano Ronaldo. First, he is undoubtedly one of the best players ever in soccer history. Second, he is a rather different player than the one who first appeared on the world stage. He is no longer that type of player who liked to have the ball on his […]