Football Style Of Play

The false no 9 had been introduced to the world by Hungary 1954 that been called Magical Magyar. The players who had become a false no 9 is Nandor Hideguti. His movement where he often drops deep between the attacker and midfielder had led to […]

In the 60s, La Grande Inter or The Great Inter under Helenio Herrera had popularized the defensive style of play called catenaccio which emphasizing more on the counter-attack. Herrera also saw the introduction of the world first overlapping full-back in Facchetti who become one of […]

When Guardiola was appointed as the manager of Manchester City in 2016, many eyebrows were raised and at some time many skeptics and critics already said that his possession style of football will not work in the Premier League due to the nature of the […]

When Liverpool and Manchester City had been drawn together in the quarter-final stages, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp had a slight dig on Jose Mourinho that it will be an open game and they will no parking of the bus. In another press conference, Jurgen Klopp […]

In 2004, when Fiorentino Perez had sold Claudio Makelele to Chelsea, he had replaced him with David Beckham and famously proclaimed that “he had bought a player that able to pass 30 yards and had sold the player that whom can’t even make 5 yards […]

When Jurgen Klopp was appointed as Liverpool manager replacing Brendan Rodgers in 2014, things were looking good for Liverpool. Jurgen Klopp was famed for introducing the “Gegenpressing” style t while he was with Borrusia Dortmund. Against the financial power of Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund had […]