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Team Focus: Should Chelsea Really Play A More Possession-Based Game?

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Team Focus: Should Chelsea Really Play A More Possession-Based Game? The unrivalled success of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona team as well as the Spanish national team from 2008 through 2012 sparked a huge rise in the idealisation of their tika-taka style of play. Bayern Munich have become arguably the best club side on the planet, while Germany swiftly proved themselves ...

Team Focus: Have Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Actually Been Boring?

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Team Focus: Have Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Actually Been Boring? Last week I wrote a piece for the Guardian in which I described Jose Mourinho as a “fallen angel”; an extraordinary number of top-level modern coaches worked at Barcelona in the nineties – not only Mourinho but also Pep Guardiola, Luis Enrique, Louis van Gaal, Julen Lopetegui, Rona...

Manager Focus: Premier League Manager of the Season Candidates

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Manager Focus: Premier League Manager of the Season Candidates If he had his own way, Tim Sherwood would probably give himself the Premier League manager of the season award for the 2014/15 season, having turned Aston Villa’s season around since his inception at their helm. If he were truly honest, though, Villa are not yet safe, and he is nowhere near be...

Team Focus: Something Still Lacking as Chelsea Face Toughest Test Yet Against PSG

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Team Focus: Something Still Lacking as Chelsea Face Toughest Test Yet Against PSG It’s been the bind that has so far created the only real doubt about Chelsea’s otherwise fine season, as well as Wednesday’s Champions League second leg with Paris Saint-Germain. Because, as high-quality as Jose Mourinho’s team is, as imposing as they should be for the French...

Team Focus: Chelsea Progressing Despite Consecutive 3rd Place Finishes

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Team Focus: Chelsea Progressing Despite Consecutive 3rd Place Finishes Despite eventually finishing 4 points off top, José Mourinho regularly insisted Chelsea were never in the title race last season. “Champions are only one (team) and the champions will be City or Liverpool,” the Portuguese said after their surprising 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfie...

Player Focus: Cast Aside Cole Has Mourinho to Blame

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Player Focus: Cast Aside Cole Has Mourinho to Blame The return of José Mourinho, The Special One, the messiah, the manager who can do no wrong in the eyes of Chelsea fans, was supposed to be a 'happy' homecoming. After 7 different managers and 7 trophies won, a still unsatisfied Roman Abramovich reinstated the Portuguese at the helm, and with ...

Team Focus: Pragmatic Mourinho Proving Hard to Predict

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Team Focus: Pragmatic Mourinho Proving Hard to Predict Not for the first time this season, or indeed his entire career, it was a little difficult to accept that José Mourinho actually believed what he was saying. The comment about the “little horse” already looks set to become one of his more memorable quotes, as he insisted the press...

Nuri Sahin: Key Factors for Success in Madrid

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Nuri Sahin: Key Factors for Success in Madrid Real Madrid’s summer signings kicked off with the capture of Borussia Dortmund playmaker Nuri Sahin in early May. Sahin’s performances last season have been heralded all over Europe and for the conservative sum of 10m Euros, Jose Mourinho looks to have a steal on his hands. So how will S...

Madrid’s 2010/11 Summer Signings Under Review

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Madrid’s 2010/11 Summer Signings Under Review The planning has already begun for Real Madrid’s 2011/21 campaign with last week’s signing of Borussia Dortmund playmaker Nuri Sahin a clear statement of intent. Jose Mourinho’s first season ended with a Copa del Rey as the club’s only silverware and Sahin will be expected to...

Barca On their Way to Wembley

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Barca On their Way to Wembley OverviewPlenty controversy still hung over this fixture following last week’s ill-tempered Bernabéu clash, as Madrid looked to overcome a two-goal deficit at the home of their arch-rivals. Barcelona welcomed back Andres Iniesta in their only change from the first leg, as the visitors ha...