For some reason, narratives need to be dumbed down and simplified, while judgments must be sweeping and absolute. Bayern are humiliated over two legs by Real Madrid and it becomes a case of the “end ...

Perhaps the single greatest tactical revolution that helped Spain to dominate world football in the early part of this decade was tiki-taka. The short, sharp passing style was forged, along with many ...

Max Allegri blames his players for ‘not understanding’ how to approach Cagliari, suggesting they were trying tiki-taka techniques rather than ‘get their hands dirty.’ It was another far from ...

Spain’s run of 136 competitive games with more possession than their rival — going back 16 years to the 2008 European Championship final — has finally come to an end. Croatia had 53 per cent of the ...

November 29th, 2010,marked the utter humiliation and destruction of Florentino Pérez’s New Galacticos at the Camp Nou. It was the greatest defeat ever suffered by José Mourihno as a manager and marks ...

Tiki-taka is dead. Long live tiki-taka. As a die-hard Real Madrid fan, I thought this year’s Champions League semifinal victory against Bayern Munich was one of the greatest I had ever seen. Its ...

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Pep Guardiola has become synonymous with the idea over the last decade, but what is the story behind the tactical phenomenon? Perhaps the single greatest tactical revolution that helped Spain to ...