News
Liverpool Are About to Win the Title in Slot’s First Season
Replacing a legend and winning the league immediately was supposed to be impossible. Arne Slot is about to do exactly that.
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Match Analysis
Arsenal Knock Out Real Madrid: A Statement in Europe
Arsenal eliminated Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, ending Madrid's defence and announcing themselves as genuine European contenders.
Players
Lamine Yamal at 17: Scouting a Generational Talent
Barcelona's teenager is not a prospect anymore. He is already one of the best wingers in the world, and the scary part is how much room he has to grow.
Match Analysis
How the New Champions League Knockouts Are Playing Out
The expanded format's first knockout rounds have arrived, and the playoff layer is producing the jeopardy the old groups sometimes lacked.
Data
PPDA Explained: The Metric That Finally Measures Pressing
Everyone talks about pressing. This is the number that actually measures it, what it means, and which teams the data says press hardest.
Tactics
PSG Under Luis Enrique Have Finally Become a Team
After years of star-driven dysfunction, PSG look coherent for the first time in a decade. The departure of individual egos built a collective.
Match Analysis
Barcelona 5-2 Real Madrid: The Supercopa Statement
Barcelona thrashed Madrid again, this time to win the Spanish Super Cup. Flick's side have now beaten the champions three times in a row.
Data
Half-Season Review: What the Data Says About the Title Race
At the midpoint, the underlying numbers tell a clearer story than the table. Liverpool look like the real deal under Slot.
Players
Cole Palmer and the Art of Doing Less, Better
Chelsea's standout has become one of the league's best by mastering economy: fewer touches, better decisions, more end product.
Opinion
The Inverted Full-Back Has Quietly Conquered Football
From a Guardiola experiment to a league-wide default in a few short years. A look at how the full-back became a midfielder and what it solved.