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Football tactics

July 2024

  • Jonathan Wilson

    Inside football
    England must not lose Gareth Southgate’s successes in the urge for revolution

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Lamine Yamal; Jude Bellingham; Rodri; and Kyle Walker.

    Tactical breakdown: where the Euro 2024 final will be won and lost

  • Cody Gakpo, Luke Shaw and Harry Kane

    Netherlands v England: tactical conundrums that will settle semi-final

  • Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring against Slovakia with teammates including Ivan Toney

    ‘Focused’ Toney ready to play his part as England prepare for Swiss

June 2024

  • Jonathan Wilson

    Inside football
    England could still become serious Euro challengers but there is plenty to fix

    Jonathan Wilson
    The incoherence and panic that gripped lethargic players against Denmark shows their problems are deep-rooted
  • Karen Carney

    The best way for England to approach Euro 2024? All-out attack

    Karen Carney
    England have never enjoyed such an array of attacking talent – it may be a risk but Gareth Southgate should go for it
  • Dutch midfielder Johan Cruyff dribbles past Argentina goalkeeper Daniel Carnevali on his way to scoring in the 1974 World Cup quarter-final in Gelsenkirchen.

    Brilliant Oranje: 50 years on, the game is still in thrall to Total Football

    The influence of the Netherlands at the 1974 World Cup – Cruyff and the high-press revolution – will still resonate at the Euros in Germany

May 2024

  • Rodri.

    Rodri redefines role of holding midfielder to become City’s fulcrum

  • The 1970 FA Cup final replay was a dirty affair. Here, Alan Clarke (left) of Leeds United takes a shot while Chelsea defenders Ron Harris (left) and Dave Webb approach.

    Fluid poetry has beaten brutality in the battle for football’s evolution

    Jason Stockwood
  • Jonathan Wilson

    Inside football
    Arsenal capitalise on Arteta’s belief in set-piece specialism – unlike Spurs

    Jonathan Wilson
  • Arsenal set-piece coach Nicolas Jover

    ‘Identify weaknesses and exploit them’: the rise of the set-piece coach

April 2024

  • Liverpool's front three of Luis Diaz, Mohamed Salah and Darwin Núñez

    Liverpool’s trident can be just the ticket as title run-in gathers pace

    Cool-headed Salah, combined with the chaos strike pairing of Núñez and Díaz, offers ‘big chances’ and goals galore

March 2024

  • Karen Carney

    Haaland v Havertz: a style subplot as City’s goal machine meets Arsenal’s false 9

    Karen Carney
    The Norwegian remains ruthless but in the awkward German the title pretenders have acquired a player growing in efficiency
  • Barney Ronay

    As AI football looms, be thankful for those ready to rage against the machine

    Barney Ronay
    In a football world dominated by one style, the Stathamesque flamethrower-wielding mavericks need to be cherished

    • Sportblog
      High lines and counters: the tactics that could decide Liverpool v Manchester City

      Jonathan Wilson

    • Sportblog
      Klopp and Guardiola bring curtain down on an era-defining rivalry

    • Inside football
      Erling Haaland remains both solution and problem for Manchester City

      Jonathan Wilson

February 2024

  • Karen Carney

    Set pieces have gone from ugly duckling to gamechanger as clubs focus on details

    Karen Carney
  • Jonathan Wilson

    Inside football
    Hit-and-miss seasons of Darwin Núñez and Gabriel Jesus are shaping the title race

    Jonathan Wilson

January 2024

  • Franz Beckenbauer dribbles away from Bobby Charlton during the 1966 World Cup final

    Sportblog
    Franz Beckenbauer was a player out of time who made football evolve with him

    Germany and Bayern Munich could not quite fathom where to play the young Beckenbauer, so he effectively invented a role for himself
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