by Tacticsbyawais | May 22, 2025 | Rivalries
It’s the early 2000s, and the Premier League is a battlefield. Manchester United and Arsenal might have ruled the roost a few years earlier, but now, two new giants are stepping into the spotlight—Liverpool and Chelsea. At the heart of this new rivalry are two...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 21, 2025 | Rivalries
The Premier League has seen its share of fiery rivalries, but none have burned as brightly as the clash between Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. As captains of Manchester United and Arsenal during the late 1990s and early 2000s, their battles defined an era when the two...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 21, 2025 | Analysis
The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 is set to kick off next month, and with a brand-new 32-team format, it’s shaping up to be the biggest club competition yet. Hosted in the United States from June 15 to July 13, the tournament promises a month of high-stakes football as the...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 21, 2025 | Analysis
What a night in Bilbao! Tottenham Hotspur are Europa League champions after a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Manchester United at San Mamés Stadium, securing their first major trophy in 17 years. Brennan Johnson’s first-half goal, aided by a deflection, proved the...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 21, 2025 | Analysis
The Glory Days: When Italy Ruled the Football World In the 1980s and 1990s, Italian football was the heartbeat of the sport. Clubs like AC Milan, Inter Milan, and Juventus weren’t just giants in Italy—they were the kings of world football. Serie A was the most-watched...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 21, 2025 | Analysis
A Stage Set for Revenge: The Camp Nou Roars On April 24, 2012, the Camp Nou stood like a coliseum of dreams and nightmares, packed with 95,845 fans—a sea of Blaugrana ready to cheer Barcelona to another Champions League final. The defending champions, led by Pep...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 20, 2025 | Legends
In August 2012, Luka Modrić arrived at Real Madrid from Tottenham for €35 million—a 26-year-old Croatian with a wand of a left foot but a frame deemed “too lightweight” for La Liga’s cauldron. Spanish outlet Marca dubbed him the “worst signing of the season” in a fan...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 20, 2025 | Legends
From Translator to Outcast: The Barcelona Rejection That Forged a Legend In the late 1990s, Jose Mourinho was not “The Special One.” He was “The Translator”—a sideline figure in the grand halls of FC Barcelona, serving under coaching icons like Bobby Robson and Louis...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 19, 2025 | Analysis, Rivalries
May 20, 2025. The Santiago Bernabéu isn’t just quiet—it’s hurting. A place that breathes pride now sits heavy with silence after a nightmare season of El Clásico beatdowns. Four brutal losses—4-0, 5-2, 3-2, and that crushing 4-3 defeat on May 11—left Real Madrid...
by Tacticsbyawais | May 18, 2025 | Analysis
Xabi Alonso revolutionized football at Bayer Leverkusen, leading an unbeaten Bundesliga season with a fluid 3-2-4-1, blending Pep Guardiola’s positional play with Roberto De Zerbi’s relationalism. His tactics—circular rotations, asymmetric overloads, and lethal...
