On Tap (Oct 23-29)
It’s a big week for Barcelona and Real Madrid, and a great Saturday of football. Here’s a complete viewing guid for the week ahead, with the top 5 picks marked […]
What to Watch in September
With the international window out of the way, it’s time to get back to the domestic leagues. In case you were worried that you might have time for something other […]
Best Games of 2019-20: November to January
Here’s the second installment of my choices for the best games of last season. These five games take us through the winter break and on into January. Hope you enjoy […]
Best Games of 2019-20: August to October
With the new season already underway in France, and the Community Shield scheduled for tomorrow, reflections on the season that was 2019-20 need to happen now. So here is the […]
Changing Seasons
This weekend is quite literally* a pivotal one for European football, with 2019-20 season coming to a close and the 2020-21 season opening. Today and Sunday will host the finals […]
Champions League Quarterfinals
The Hard Truth of Football The quarterfinal of this year’s condensed Champions League, hosted in Lisbon last week, was nothing short of extraordinary. It seems likely that the combination of […]
Champions League: Manchester City – Real Madrid
Manchester City advanced to the quarterfinals of this year’s compressed Champions League with a 2-1 win, completing a 4-2 aggregate victory over Real Madrid. Though individual errors loomed large in […]
The Liverpool Anatomy Project, Chapters 1-2
In honor of Liverpool’s remarkable season, this is the first installment of a six-post accompaniment to The Anatomy of Liverpool: A History in Ten Matches, by Jonathan Wilson with Scott […]
The Mixer Project: Chapter 5
Arsènal This is the fifth installment of my chapter-by-chapter accompaniment to The Mixer, Michael Cox’s tactical history of the Premier League. Having explored the influx of foreign playmakers in the previous […]
Die Erste Geisterwoche
The Bundesliga returned last weekend with a giesterwoche, the German word for a match day played behind closed doors (literally, a “ghost week”). I managed to watch about 2/3rds of […]
