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To be fair catenaccio is a very very rigid system that's gone out of use, low blocks nowadays are more flexible in defense and quick in counterattacking. I think a top team with one of Conte's, or Juve's, or Atletico's low blocks could be very hard for you compared to a top team that presses...

If it were me playing against Brighton I'd go for a low block, wouldn't choose a high press at all. Basically out-transition Brighton and don't leave open spaces. But then again, I'm Italian You have to have the discipline and patience for it though, it's not a pretty style nor is it easy...

And some more from Lallana on the Athletic (https://archive.is/psS9o), lol at this point only the club's warehouse workers are missing

Interview to two of his former players on the BBC (https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65128647), some nice words

Today I read an interview of Francesco "Ciccio" Caputo (very decent kind of "Championship striker" who probably had his best 2 years while under De Zerbi at Sassuolo.) One line in particular reminded me of something I'd already thought about some time ago. Here's the passage I'm talking about...

Foggia? You mean his first serious coaching job which was in the third division and which he left 7 years ago in 2016 after spending 2 years with the club? I think this situation is a bit different and he might also have changed slightly in 7 years. Having said that, he didn't have much...

I don't know what the source for that one is, but it might be a poor interpretation of those Italian interviews he gave recently. In one of those ones, when he was specifically asked about it he said that in order to improve further one of the things you'll have to do is add some depth to the...

Agreed, it's a fun exercise to make though, like interpreting Rorschach shapes. And as I said, I do like this kind of videos from an aesthetic standpoint and for their theoretical efforts, but - through no fault of their own - they're necessarily simplifying and reducing in 3-4 moves something...

To be fair it might also be highlighted as part of the motive in terms of personal history of the killer and hatred towards that particular school; same as they usually say "X was a shut-in who'd been bullied in school and was considered weird by his work colleagues" for other mass-shooters. I...

Can't watch it at the moment but will come back to it later, I enjoy watching these videos that show tactics as all these little puzzle pieces slotting into place, it's very aesthetically pleasing. Being no tactics connoisseur myself though, I think a generic way to describe the describe De...

As someone who's completely external - it has probably something to do with coming quite close on various occasions and regularly being top 4 or thereabouts but not winning anything, meaning that they could win if they just made a little extra step. It's the "perennial runner-up" syndrome. A bit...

Yesterday I read a fun article about him being fired by Bayern, unfortunately it's in Italian but it does highlight some interesting stuff despite being deliberately over the top and not overly serious. Maybe if you dump it into DeepL it might provide a viable translation. Here's an excerpt...

From what I've seen he's stayed more under the radar because he plays a less flashy/surprising kind of football, but it's a kind of football that's very effective.

Lol I'd like to see him set fire to a team in a new league altogether, like the Spanish one for example. They already have Simeone there but Cholo is a much more known and trusted quantity - plus he has far more success in Europe. Only problem is he'd have to learn Spanish (which at least is...

Well, let's say their ultras have famously had an affiliation with the far (far) right - which the league and the club have tried to rein back in recent years. But there's plenty of the normal casual fans of Lazio who hate to be associated with that and hate their ultras for it. And they're...

The thing is, puritanism never really left their culture. It just changed and adapted to the times.

It's a very well-established concept here in Italy, we call those players "the senators" in a team/locker room. They're usually the ones with more experience at the club or in general.

Ehilà, do you speak Italian as well? If you want guys I can translate the full interview for you (it will take some minutes), but HCxUK's summary and excerpts are already really good so there's no real need other than to get all the minor details. As for Vasco, RDZ says "I'm curious and want...

Finally saw All Quiet on the Western Front some days ago; I obviously knew of the book since it's very famous, but I'd never read it. The film is very well made and terribly effective in describing the senseless loop of violence and feeling of being trapped in hell. Should probably become one of...