Jose Mourinho takes charge of Real Madrid against Villarreal with his bench already thinned out by several absences, a test of squad depth as much as tactics. Real Madrid head into this one off the back of a 1-2 loss…
By Sam McGuire The story of the season Under Enzo Maresca, Manchester City have a 100% record. They’re five from five in the Premier League, they’re into the next round of the Carabao Cup and they got their Champions League…
By Eduard Bănulescu Enzo Maresca is Pep Guardiola‘s rightful heir. This is what the Manchester City appointment means, correct? But what are, precisely, these tactics that are supposed to continue the club’s success and what could turn out to be a…
Cristiano Ronaldo will not feature for Portugal in their UEFA Nations League Matchday 4 clash against Norway. Head coach Jorge Jesus will once again proceed without the team’s long-time captain, who remains completely excluded from A Seleção’s squad list for…
By Ross Kilvington Croatia play host to England on Saturday evening in Rijeka. Both teams have defeated Czechia while losing to World Cup winners Spain across their opening two games. Slaven Bilić’s second stint with Croatia has begun in mixed…
By Eduard Bănulescu It wasn’t ever going to be easy. But this wasn’t presumably what Frank Lampard was looking to find when he signed with Coventry City and, later, promoted the team to the Premier League. I think that Frank Lampard’s…
Cristiano Ronaldo could become the first player in soccer history to reach 1,000 official career goals—a historic milestone that Joao Felix, his Portugal and Al Nassr teammate, is eager to be part of. Following Portugal’s victory over Norway in the…
By Ian King England couldn’t have asked for tougher opponents in their first match of 2026/27 Given the peculiarly timid manner in which they were eliminated from the World Cup against Argentina in July, there’s a case for saying that…
By Eduard Bănulescu José Mourinho is a legend. Is this why he’s ended up back at Real Madrid in 2026? Surely, it can’t be a result of his impeccable tactics and results over recent years. I talked about Mourinho’s Fenerbahçe tactics…
We’ve now reached the first international break of the 2026/27 – and it’s the mother of all breaks. There are three weeks between Gameweeks 5 and 6, and some countries will be contesting FOUR international fixtures, rather than the usual…