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Le « 4-4-2 Losange » Uruguayen: approche par l’entraînement
L’Uruguay a trouvé une formule victorieuse au cours de la Coupe du Monde 2018, en s’organisant en « 4-4-2 Losange ». Utilisé à l’occasion lors de sa campagne de qualification, ce système est celui sur lequel la Celeste s’est appuyée pour venir à bout de la Russie (3-0) et du Portugal (2-1) pour obtenir son…
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What’s gone wrong for Mourinho’s Chelsea in 2015 ?
That article was initially published on SBNation’s We Aint Got No History blog in October 2015 This is an opinion analysis of the current Chelsea situation, which will try to focus as much as possible on the field and field-related matters. There are certainly enough elements about the football to be discussed, thus this is…
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L’OM de Bielsa et la régression
Joueurs rincés, méthode usantes, révolte des cadres… on a tout lu ou presque au moment d’évoquer la saison paradoxale de l’Olympique de Marseille en 2014-2015 sous les commandes de Marcelo Bielsa. Cet article est l’occasion de vous donner mon point de vue, articulé en deux parties : la première s’appuie sur un aperçu statistique de la…
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Mataphysics of a relationship
Confortably sitting in an armchair since his arrival at the club, Juan Mata has seen his status be challenged by José Mourinho in the implementation of a more long-termist gameplan than Roberto Di Matteo’s or Rafael Benitez, while taking on more solid foundations that André Villas Boas’ “project”. Twice elected best player of a club…
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Rafael Benítez début: Food for thought
About the Game Chelsea hosted Manchester City after a turbulent week which saw the departure of Roberto Di Matteo, who was sitting on the unconfortable seat of being still the interim manager at the start of the season. Rafael Benitez’s quick appointment proved – if needed – that the deal was probably already concluded for…
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Notes on Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool
Liverpool decided to hold the club’s keys to Brendan Rodgers after last season’s 7th place finish – 4 points behind Everton – having decided that it was the right moment to launch a new sporting dynamic after Kenny Dalglish’s one and a half season tenure which left mixed feelings despite a League Cup win. I…
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How to relativize Torres’ alleged struggles in front of goal in 2011/2012
Today I share with you a graph with the datas provided by the very exciting MCFC Analytics project allowing you to register and get many OPTA figures from the 2011/2012 season in order to analyse it. I chosed to focus on Fernando Torres but I think I’ll extend this focus to another strikers in Premier League in…
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How Mikel’s “vulnerability” on the ball can help to break teams parking the bus
This a situation where the blue dots has the ball, imagine the rest of the red team behind the opponent (O) who’s the nearest to the ball and then is expected to press (or at least close the passing angle, it depends of what the manager wants). Situation: (A) has the ball, im my example this is Mikel.…
Sébastien Chapuis 