Match Tactics
Why Penalty Shootouts Are Less Random Than Fans Think
After every tournament knockout decided on penalties, someone in the pub says the same thing: it is a lottery.
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Formations, substitutions, and the small decisions that decide matches.
Match Tactics
After every tournament knockout decided on penalties, someone in the pub says the same thing: it is a lottery.
Match Tactics
On a tactics board, a high press looks simple. Your forwards close down the center backs, your midfielders cut passing lanes,...
Match Tactics
My nephew got me watching Counter-Strike 2 matches about a year ago, mostly because he wanted someone to argue with about a...
Match Tactics
We once had sixty eight percent possession against a team sitting in a deep, compact low block, completed over six hundred...
Match Tactics
The first time I switched a struggling team to a back three midseason, I expected the biggest change to show up in defense,...
Match Tactics
A corner that looks completely unrehearsed on television, three players drifting toward the near post as if by accident, is...