Serie A Update
Richard Chambers rounds up the week’s Serie A action, as Roma overcame reigning champions Internazionale 1-0 and Juventus picked some much needed points at home to Cagliari.
Category: Tactics & Analysis
Bitesize – the BPF Weekly Round Up
The first of a new series on Back Page Football looking back on the week’s action from around Europe, eyeing a couple of select leagues, the heroes and villains, some of the best goals, most entertaining games and other similar nonsense.
Charlie Adam and Holloway out to prove Blackpool’s fight is not built on sand
We’ve seen this all before, a team promoted from the Championship who surprise everyone and are for the first few weeks of the season,…
European Under-19 stars need Premier League chances to shine
The recent Under 19 European Championships took place recently with an erray of talent on show, but will the stars of the tournament be given the chance to shine at club level?
Talking Tactics: David Silva and player movement
Resident tactical analyst Tim Hill discusses Manchester City’s new signing David Silva’s best position on the field by looking at Valencia’s 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao last season, where Silva scored both goals.
FC Rostov 1-3 FC Zenit
On Saturday evening, Zenit St. Petersburg continued their unstoppable march towards the Russian title.
Are you not entertained?!
The debate over Spain’s ‘tika-taka’ philosophy has raged in the aftermath of the World Cup Final and Neil O’Hara poses the question – is it football at its best or just plain boring?
World Cup 2010 Tactical Review
Tim Hill takes a final glance over this summer’s World Cup and outlines some of the more intruiging tactical formations that were on show in South Africa.
Quarter-Final Preview: Germany v Argentina & Spain v Paraguay
Argentina v Germany Cape Town, Saturday at 3PM Of all the quarter-final showdowns, this is the one that has attracted most interest from football…
Holland 2-1 Brazil: Mistakes and indiscipline costs Brazil
A shock victory from the Netherlands knocks the in-tournament favourites Brazil out of the World Cup in rather freakish circumstances. After Brazil cruised through…