ck44hub·2d agoThe Sports Story Behind the Score: A Reader’s Guide to Trustworthy CoverageIn an age of instant clips and confident claims, good sports journalism begins with the details that survive a second look.
Modern Football Analyst·3d agoExploit The Defender Who JumpsCreating a Tactical Principle to Better Understand How Teams Progress The Ball
MATCHIQ·4d agoThe Clean Sheet That Needed Five SavesWinning 3–0 is an excellent result. Doing it after changing eight starters is even more impressive. But if you were trying to assess…
MATCHIQ·4d agoWhat a Disallowed Goal Can Tell Us About a Young WingerEstêvão Willian did not score against Manchester United. That is the first fact worth keeping intact when assessing the excitement around…
MATCHIQ·4d agoA Manager Can Trust a Player and Still Take Him OffThe most revealing decision Enzo Maresca made about Ayyoub Bouaddi was not taking him off against Brighton. It was putting him back in the…
MATCHIQ·Oct 28When Nine Minutes Tell a Different Story From a GoalIt is easy to remember Brian Madjo’s first Aston Villa appearance. He started the UEFA Super Cup against Paris Saint-Germain, created…
MATCHIQ·Oct 28The Promise After the Mistake: What Alonso’s Penders Decision Really MeansA goalkeeper can spend most of a match stopping goals and still leave everyone talking about the one he conceded.
MATCHIQ·Oct 28The Clásico Start That Tells Us More About Xavi Espart Than the Injury HeadlineWhen Xavi Espart left the Clásico after half an hour, the immediate story was understandably the injury. Barcelona subsequently confirmed…
Fahd Ahmed·Oct 25Improving Tottenham Hotspur Women Defensively: How Martin Ho could better compete against the top…Tottenham Hotspur Women’s enjoyed a bright start to the WSL season after an unbeaten run of four matches. The aggregate scoreline across…
MATCHIQ·Oct 25The Defeat That Didn’t Settle City’s Old QuestionMarc Guéhi’s first touch at Villa Park has already been treated as evidence of everything wrong with Manchester City’s defence. It is worth…
