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Riquelme — Football Of Suits And Ties

When you talk about Argentina, three things come to mind: tango, football and drama. Porteño football, like a dramatic tango, has not seen a world champion for 32 years. But if on the one hand the younger ones have not been able to see the poetry that is to…

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Lightning Can Strike At The Same Place

A club that revealed Pele. Reason enough to be known and respected worldwide. But for Santos, it was not. In addition to Pelé, the greatest player in the history of football, the coast club has become known for developing above-average players and, as a direct…

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Tite’s List

After the end of every World Cup there is growing expectation among the fans about the future of their national team. Who will be the new characters of the cycle that is starting? Precisely for this reason, the first post-world summons has a very strong character of renewal. Let’s discuss a few things…

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Soccer As A Living Organism

José Mourinho changed the way we played football. The Portuguese was the main exponent of tactical periodization, a new way of training teams. Today it seems obvious that the training should simulate the game, but in the early 2000s, the technical and physical part was still…

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Speculations On Chaos, Football, And Analysis

Chaos is usually defined, in mathematical terms, as the property of a dynamical system whose evolution is highly sensitive to small changes. A system that is not chaotic is said to be stable. In order to understand the difference between those two…

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Which Neymar Will We Watch Next?

“We’re creating a monster.” That’s how Renê Simões characterized Neymar in 2010. Santos faced an Atletico Goianiense side led by Renê and won 4–2. During the match, Santos coach Dorival kept Neymar from kicking a penalty. The player became irritated in a move that…

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Gioco All’italiana: An Unbiased Explanation

We’re used to use typologies, creating a sort of imaginary map where we put things in closed boxes so we can analyse complex questions faster and easier. The Italian way of playing was registered by the punditry – and by the fans – as “reactive…

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Richarlison — From Slums to the Premier League

Richarlison’s story is another of those traditional stories of many Brazilian footballers: he was born in poverty and took advantage of his footballing skills so he wouldn’t rely on the other, much less rewarding, jobs. But, unlike most other…

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Sarri’s Blue World

Officially, Sarri came to Chelsea this season. Symbolically, he was already destined for the blues long before, perhaps since March 4, 2018, when Antonio Conte’s Chelsea lost to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City by only 1-0. But the scorecard was not important; the passing was what caught the…

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PL Generation U-20: Who To Keep An Eye On

Prognostics are always problematic because they involve a certain exasperation of reality. Today, this writer perceives potential in these young people; tomorrow, any of them can be loaned to a team in an adjacent league — it is just part of the game. What…

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