Recently the football world was surprised by the impact that a single player who was pretty much “unknown” for the majority of his new club supporters had on the team performance, leveling it up and I would say an impact not only at that level but on the entire new club structure. A historical club…
Silvino de Almeida Louro is one of the most winning goalkeeper coaches in the world and has an enviable curriculum, training clubs such as FC Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, and Manchester United, aside from the Portugal national football team. Read the full interview conducted by Nuno Milheiro below. Silvino started his journey in…
“The 1994 jersey…” sighed Emmanuel Amunike whimsically as he fondly remembered the beautiful white and green patterned shirt which Nigeria sported at the World Cup in the United States. His reaction is typical of all football fans of a certain vintage, not to mention classic shirt collectors and Super Eagles fans. But for Amunike, that…
A Champions League winner and about as well-travelled a footballer as there is, Edgaras Jankauskas played for 16 clubs in a two-decade career. In that time, he became one of Lithuania’s greatest ever footballers and established a reputation for himself as a consummate professional. His finest hour came in 2004, when under the stewardship of…
The sports context was no exception in the impact that the coronavirus pandemic had on human beings and social and professional contexts. Throughout these months we started by promoting social distance to promote physical distance, use of masks and disinfectant with alcohol. However, hesitations, doubts and uncertainties about the future continue, especially with regard to …
Before we get into more details and start explaining concepts behind positional play, it’s important to clarify and give a brief overview about it, since there’s lots of misunderstanding and misconceptions. The most common misconception is confusing Positional Play with Possession Play. Although you can use both, they are not obligated to be used together….
From the stands, soccer may look like a single, 90-minute-long game that’s broken into 45-minute chunks by halftime. In reality, each soccer match consists a series of smaller plays involving groups of players. Soccer consists of ten basic tactical principles, originally developed by soccer tactician Allen Wade in 1967 called “The F.A. Guide to Training…
Japan, at the moment, is the country in Asia where Soccer is more developed. To go further ahead, there is a need to educate more and better soccer specialists in that country. The partnership between the Japanese company “International Football Coaching & Management Skill Certification Organization (IFCO)” will allow that all Japanese Soccer Experts can…
So here we are and let’s keep going together on this journey of how to become a soccer scout. As promised in the previous article I will leave you some tips that can be useful on how to become a soccer scout. As like most things in life the path to become a soccer scout…
Few professionals – if any – in world football can claim to have worked with Bobby Robson, Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger, Carlos Queiróz, Mario Zagallo and Carlos Alberto. Roger Spry’s CV is one of the most impressive around. And his accomplishments are matched only by his passion. The spiritual side of football, the emotional side…