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Tactical Calcio

José Mourinho once said that the Italian league is the tactical league. Tactical Calcio aims to prove him right. This football blog, published on the Guardian Sport Network, focuses on the coaches, players, systems and styles that have made and continue to make Italian football unique

16 March 2016

  • Leonardo Bonucci

    Leonardo Bonucci: the man who handles attacks at Juventus and in Ferrari garages

    The Juventus centre-back is one of Pep Guardiola’s ‘favourite ever players’ and could be on his way to Manchester City in the summer but for now ‘the soldier’ has a Champions League tie against Bayern Munich to worry about

29 January 2016

  • Gonzalo Higuaín

    Why Gonzalo Higuaín now stands as an equal with any No9 in world football

    His style of play may be unfashionable but Gonzalo Higuaín is scoring a goal a game in Serie A and is driving Napoli towards their first Scudetto since 1990

8 September 2015

  • Italy

    The young players who could rejuvenate Antonio Conte's Italy at Euro 2016

    Two drab victories over Malta and Bulgaria have all but guaranteed Italy’s place in the finals next summer but the team needs the youth of Domenico Berardi, Alessio Romagnoli, Riccardo Saponara and Davide Zappacosta to excel

20 August 2015

  • roma v lazio

    Serie A 2015-16 pre-season previews: Lazio and Roma

    Will Lazio continue to impress under Stefano Pioli and will Edin Dzeko and Mohamed Salah help Roma win the Serie A title for the first time in 14 years?

19 August 2015

  • Juve Napoli

    Serie A 2015-16 pre-season previews: Juventus and Napoli

    How will Juventus cope without Andrea Pirlo, Carlos Tevez and Arturo Vidal? And is Maurizio Sarri the right man to replace Rafael Benítez at Napoli?

18 August 2015

  • US Sassuolo, FC Internazionale, AC Milan - TIM Preseason Tournament<br>REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, ITALY - AUGUST 12: Marcelo Brozovic of FC Internazionale (L) and Keisuke Honda of AC Milan compete for the ball during the TIM pre-season tournament match between FC Internazionale and AC Milan at Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore on August 12, 2015 in Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy. (Photo by Claudio Villa - Inter/Getty Images)

    Serie A 2015-16 pre-season previews: Milan and Internazionale

    After a season in which the Milan clubs finished outside of the European places, Sinisa Mihajlovic and Roberto Mancini will be hoping to restore pride in the city

22 June 2015

  • Juventus

    Why did Serie A clubs outperform their richer English rivals this season? Superior tactics

    Juventus, Fiorentina and Napoli achieved more success in Europe this season than any of the Premier League clubs thanks to their tactical flexibility

28 May 2015

  • Totti

    How should Roma prepare for the day that Francesco Totti leaves the club?

    Francesco Totti has spent his entire 23-year career at Roma, playing more matches and scoring more goals for the club than anyone in their history. But he will be 39 years old in September and they need to prepare for the future

7 May 2015

  • Messi

    If Lionel Messi makes Pep Guardiola feel helpless, what chance do the rest have?

    The Bayern Munich manager developed a reputation as a tactical sage at Barcelona but he also learned a valuable lesson at his former club: when Lionel Messi is on top form, no tactical plan or system can stop him
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